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Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... straits as formally acknowledged by President-elect Obama and as indicated by the weekend's depressing payrolls report. The US Labor Department reported that the economy lost 2.6 million jobs in 2008 - the biggest one-year decline in employment since ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... signs of weakening. However, as the week progressed, the market appeared to be taking the bad news in stride - even Friday's Labor Department report that showed the nation lost more than a half a million jobs last month. The report raised hopes that ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... bail-out the former fat cats of Wall Street, they will be lucky to afford half a can of soup. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics non-farm payrolls plummeted by 533,000 in November - the biggest one-month fall in 34 years. This brings the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... to help the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a 568-point range as investors' shock dissipated over the Labor Department's report that employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November compared with the 320,00 that economists forecast. The ...

Social investment MIS targets community projects

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Fair Finance Fund. Foresters boasts among its directors Cheryl Kernot, former senator and Australian Democrats leader and Labor Party MP.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... 500 points, betting that the market has priced in enough bad news. The initial selloff began early in the day after the Labor Department reported that the number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week to a level ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... Couteur, has won a seat in the ACT Legislative Assembly. The ACT election was held last on 18th November but with neither the Labor Party or the Liberal Party winning a majority of seats, Le Couteur and her three fellow MLA-elect Greens colleagues are ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... 497,000 in the week ended 27 September - the highest since the September 11 terrorists attacks in 2001. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics explains that the estimate has been elevated by around 45,000 due to Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. But even accounting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... report gave way to bargain hunting in sectors including financials and consumer staples. Wall Street initially fell after the Labor Department reported that payrolls shrank more than predicted last month, and that the unemployment rate reached a five-year ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... of a global slowdown led to a broad-based sell-off in equities. Concerns over the global economy re-emerged after the US Labor Department's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims led to speculation that tomorrow's US payrolls report could ...