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Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... in line with the recent improvement, albeit still disappointing, in the labour market. We'll get an update on the US employment situation later this week. Predictions are for a 114,000 gain in October payrolls and a slight tick up in the unemployment ...

Tackling direct insurance head on

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... the worst that can happen to customers if they buy direct is that they may end up "losing their house, and end up on employment benefits, with $20,000 a year, as opposed to 75% of their income until they are 65."

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Halloween visit to New York and the northeastern seaboard by Frankie. The bigger forward picture lies on the upcoming US employment report that'll be released before the 6 November US Presidential polls. A better-than-expected labour market number will ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... - released overnight - that showed the index rising to 51.3 in October from 51.1 in the previous month. "Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending has advanced a bit more quickly, but growth in ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... the markets overnight - troika and Greece nearing a deal, Spain avoiding a junk rating from Moody's, the surge in UK employment in September, or perhaps, Obama edging out Romney at their second debate - but for moi, it was the housing stats that did ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... today. The jobless rate climbed to 5.4 percent, the highest since April 2010, from 5.1 percent as more workers sought employment. That 0.3 percentage point rise was the biggest since May 2009. The local dollar gained for a fourth day as traders pared ...

Six year ban for mortgage broker

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... either Perpetual or to St George Bank which contained information that was false and misleading about the income and employment of the borrowers. "In one instance, the corporate watchdog found that Halvorsen had replaced a loan application that had been ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... Europe and the US declines. Woe to our terms of trade. Woe to the resources and mining capital expenditure plans and the employment they're meant to generate. Then there are my neighbours - three of them I exchanged neighbourly greetings while mowing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
The Australian share market has opened flat following a lacklustre lead from the US on Friday despite employment figures coming in better than expected. At 1040 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.0 points, or 0.13 per cent, at ...