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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... stocks were boosted by improved growth figures and Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Weaker-than-forecast US jobs figures raised concerns about the world's number one economy but also fuelled hope that the Federal Reserve will hold off ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Chinese import and export figures for August were strong and the US recorded moderate employment growth. The fact that US jobs growth was slightly below expectations increases the chances of the Federal Reserve there maintaining its stimulus program. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open higher on the first day following the federal election and after disappointing US jobs data prompted little change on Wall Street at the end of the week. The US Labor Department said the world's biggest economy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... 0.35 per cent, to 5,138.4. NEW YORK - US stocks closed slightly higher as investors look ahead to Friday's crucial monthly jobs and unemployment report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.61 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 14,937.48. The broad-based ...

Thousands of finance workers face axe: FSU

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Several thousand jobs could be at risk in the financial services industry, despite the sector being in strong shape according to the Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU). The media and communications manager at the FSU Leanne Shingles said that last ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... has denied that it has a "new" offshoring program, despite a Finance Sector Union of Australia (FSU) tally stating that 133 jobs had been offshored this year. According to an FSU tally NAB has axed 571 staff, as the bank reduces staff as part of a plan ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension funds Wilshire index in 2012-13 was 12%, 11% ...

NAB tight-lipped on latest redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... "natural attrition", after it was reported that around 15 members of NAB's custody arm, NAB Asset Servicing, had lost their jobs. This followed last week's large scale redundancies in NAB's wealth management arm. NAB has offered very little insight into ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... giant Cisco lost 7.2 per cent after it reported a "softening" outlook in emerging economies and announced it would cut 4,000 jobs. LONDON - European stock markets fell but the euro rose against the US dollar as traders reacted to US economic data and ...

Baby taper steps in one of the 'ber' months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013