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Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... "The trend is clear: computers increasingly challenge human labour in a wide range of cognitive tasks," the "Future of employment" paper stated. Researchers note that up until now, robots had been able to replace humans only on manual tasks. But the ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... by 34,600 in January, marking the 20th consecutive month that this measure has fallen. Moreover, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs - published earlier this month - found that "Demand for staff continued to rise ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... wait for a catalyst to give the market greater drive. Investors are hoping for inspiration from US non-farm payrolls employment data for March, to be release on Friday night, or the announcement of additional economic stimulus measures from China, OptionsXpress ...

CBA asks Murray inquiry to remove super from awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... employees. In a submission to the Murray inquiry, CBA said that "the process to select default superannuation funds within employment awards is unnecessary." Under the current system, employers choose a default superannuation fund from a limited list ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... on the Federal Open Market Committee and I estimate that the unemployment rate consistent with maximum sustainable employment is now between 5.2% and 5.6%." So... have no fear, Janet is here! "Recent steps by the Fed to reduce the rate of new securities ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... ability to maintain the economic growth within a reasonable range." The wait will culminate with the release of the US employment report this week. This would be the first "clean" read (not weather-distorted) of the state of the labour market and speculations ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... dealerships to help the dealers' customers obtain finance to buy cars. An ASIC investigation found Shiraz, 22, used tax, employment and income documents and personal details of two former clients to create false loan applications in their names, without ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... while Rio Tinto had gained $1.14 to $62.53. Mr Shamu said investors would be closely watching the release of local employment data at 1130 AEDT. "We might still see a bit of caution heading into the jobs numbers later today," he said. "Jobs have been ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... while Rio Tinto had gained $1.14 to $62.53. Mr Shamu said investors would be closely watching the release of local employment data at 1130 AEDT. "We might still see a bit of caution heading into the jobs numbers later today," he said. "Jobs have been ...

You go NZ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... from 6.8% a year ago and down from a 13-year high of 7.2% in the third quarter of 2012. How good is that? That's the employment mandate of the RBNZ's dual mandate taken cared of... the other? "While headline inflation has been moderate, inflationary ...