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Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... police," according to Reuters. Reuters also reports that this 25,000 sorry mob would be given eight months to find other jobs or be laid off. You kiddin' me? Are...you...kidding...me? I don't think there's even any vacancy for flippin' burgers position ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... its bond-buying program, but only when the economy improves. LONDON - European shares advanced on unexpectedly positive US jobs data and more expected testimony from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke that he had no preset plans to wind down stimulus. ...

Cbus invests in Qualitas property fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... finance and preferred equity investments provide a catalyst for development activity in Australia and therefore create further jobs for our members." Cbus has 700,000 members in the building, construction and allied industries, and funds under management ...

Workers should track down super when changing jobs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Workers who have changed jobs during the last financial year should keep track of their superannuation savings or they could end up with two funds. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth management partner Jonathan Philpot reminded that "unless action has been ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... gentle readers that the Fed would only unwind stimulus if it is safe...and it will be safe when the economic data - namely jobs and prices - behaves as the Fed would want them to behave. And oh, you better include the financial markets' behaviour to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... less on the bad news of a rise in unemployment to 5.7 per cent in June, and more on the better than expected 10,400-plus net jobs created. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 64.3 points, or 1.31 per cent, at 4,965.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... if this data today disappoints," he said. "So, that might warrant a little bit of caution." But, Mr Shamu said, a weaker jobs report could raise expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the cash rate in August, which would be good news for ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... less or there'll be riots on the streets of Beijing and other yum cha-eating cities because many millions will lose their jobs? That number was 8.0%. What happened to this number? Well hello! China's economy have been growing less than that "magic" number ...

Self-education cap could prevent professional development

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... to oppose to the self-education cap. "The cap will discourage people from being sufficiently prepared for the high value jobs of a modern services and knowledge based economy," the document said. The measure is potentially critical to the financial services ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... 19% from a year ago. This is important for Australia because the series is considered a leading indicator of the domestic jobs market. The Age even has a nifty chart that shows the correlation between job ads and the unemployment rate on their website ...