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| | | ... banks were lowered and President Barack Obama unveiled financial regulation reform plans. Market action began after the Labor Department said its consumer price index (CPI) rose a modest 0.1 per cent in May from April, seasonally adjusted, less than ... |
| | | | ... Street ignored last night's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims tally. According to the US Department of Labor, initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 637,000 in the week ending 9 May. More than the 610,000 expected and ... |
| | | | ... vaulted higher on Friday after a largely positive report card on the country's leading banks as well as better-than-expected labor market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 164.8 points, or 1.96 per cent, to 8,574.65. The Nasdaq composite ... |
| | | | ... Pearce, shadow minister for superannuation and corporate law. Pearce said, "Further allocation of default super funds under Labor's oxymoronic process treats working Australians as sheep, unable to discern for themselves the type of fund required to ... |
| | | | ... Stocks regained some lost ground on Friday after a jobs report that was bad but not as horrific as many traders feared. The Labor Department said employers cut 651,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate jumped to 8.1 per cent. The government ... |
| | | | ... bankruptcy, and ongoing uncertainty about the financial system. The market is also extremely anxious ahead of Friday's February Labor Department report that is likely to show the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Better-than-expected retail sales ... |
| | | | ... speed reinforces speculation that major reforms in wealth management is likely to become a significant aspect of the Rudd Labor government's re-election platform, especially following the GFC, Prime Minister Rudd's repeated speeches about what he believes ... |
| | | | ... superannuation and corporate law. Pearce said the Coalition could not clarify what the cost of the proposal would be because the Labor government would not discuss the plan or provide any figures. "We've asked the government to talk to us about this ... |
| | | | ... not comment on how regulatory changes to the US financial services industry would affect the local industry but said the Labor government would support the US government's plans. "As part of that global process, we welcome any moves that would potentially ... |
| | | | ... has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things - some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions ... |
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