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It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... the US energy sector due to the drop in oil prices and foreboding over the strong and strengthening US dollar. Total employment up 257,000 in January - more than expectations for a 230,000 gain and the 11th consecutive month of plus 200,000 increases ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed, with Tokyo's main index rising as traders took heart from news employment hit its lowest level since 1997, despite a slowdown in inflation and weak consumer spending. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... said. "Any move to raise the exemption threshold would unfairly penalise low income workers and those in precarious employment who already face a myriad of challenges saving enough for retirement," Garcia added. Cbus joined the AIST in asking the government ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... Virginia, last year's lower than target growth rate has PM Li's blessing. A rate of 7.4% still still created jobs -- employment increased by 2.76 million in 2014 - and boosted incomes - national per capita disposable income grew by 10.1% nominal and ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... incorrectly constituted. The Federal Court ruled in favour of the FSC, resulting in the FWC process being frozen until Employment Minister Eric Abetz appointed a new chair. Six months on, no chair has been appointed. FSC chief executive John Brogden ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... the Transport Workers' Union that encourage members to engage with their superannuation. Sayer defended the fund's employment of super liaison officers, saying TWUSUPER has some specific challenges when it comes to member engagement which the union is ...

The Grinch is stealing Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... when we thought financial markets would be jingling all the way into the New Year - helped by the unarguably strong US employment report for November - we're now seeing dead people (apologies for mixing my movie themes). Wall Street's down, Europe's ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
Yo momma! We're there now. The US Bureau of Labor Statictics' (BLS) latest update on America's employment situation - the momma of all eco stats - indicates that the economy is no longer mending, but that... it has mended. I refer not only to the much ...

FSI favours Chile-style default super auction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... be required to select default funds for employees, and there would be generally no need to specify default funds in employment contracts, including awards." It went on: "The benefits of this option would not be limited to new workforce entrants. As mentioned ...

Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... index slipped to 58.7 in November from 59.0 in the previous month, it remains near recovery highs. The details show employment and production remain strong and forward indications provided by the new orders index - up to 66.0 last month from 65.8 - suggest ...