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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
The Australian share market is set to open slightly higher following the release of better-than-expected jobs figures in the US on Friday. At 0713 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 4,566. In local economic ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
Global economic eyes were on US jobs figures late last week but the real indicator concentrating the minds of investment strategist continues to be US housing prices. The good news is that a range of economic figures over the past few months have reinforced ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... applications caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded. The report comes a day before the government releases its closely watched jobs survey. LONDON - European stock markets held on to gains but the euro has turned sharply lower after the European Central ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... way that the superstorm is blamed for the ADP private payrolls number missed market forecasts last month. US private sector jobs rose by 118,000 heads in November versus expectations for a 125,000 gain and a downwardly revised 157,000 increase in October. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... was also gains for financial companies, while optimism about the Chinese economy offset news that US business added fewer jobs last month. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 82.71 points to 13,034.49. The Standard and Poor's 500 was up 2.23 points ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... points. However Madrid's IBEX 35 slid 0.33 per cent to 7837.60 points after Spain's nationalised Bankia said it would cut 6000 jobs, about 28 per cent of its staff, by 2015. The euro slipped to $US1.2923 from $US1.2938 late in New York on Tuesday, when ...

Yellow Brick Road targets Big Four bank employees

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... are disheartened and disappointed by the lack of product choice offered by the banks." The Big Four have slashed some 6,600 jobs in the last 12 months and Yellow Brick Road has described the recruitment drive as an opportunity for those longstanding ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Don't ignore Lifecycle Funds: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... mums and dads who walk into branches. They'll be saying: why don't you put all your money into our super product? You change jobs every few years, but you don't change banks," he said. While it is not just MySuper, or Lifecycle Funds, that will widen ...

IFM appoints new private equity executive director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... opportunities. Australian SME's currently lack funding and that means IFM has an opportunity to achieve strong returns, while building jobs for Australians in the process." Smith added that the positive outlook for PE investing is leading to an increase ...