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Lost super deadline closes in

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... chances of their super becoming "lost" by making sure their fund has their tax file number and letting them know if you change jobs, your address or your name.

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... year. The one that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates would reduce employment by three quarters of a million jobs. It was so frightening that Wall Street closed higher that very same day the sequestration got rolling. What gives? What gave ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... respond to threats around the world. " He said the consequences would be felt across the economy. "People will lose their jobs," he said. "The unemployment rate might tick up again." -CNBC "...if it stays in effect for the rest of the calendar year." ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... whatever...looks like Virginia and I won't be having our Valentine's dinner at a cheap feed place, served by waiters (in fear for their jobs) earning A$10 an hour... or less - tonight. Instead we'll be splurging at one those fine dining ones and be served ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... sharply on Friday, with the Dow industrials closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007 following a positive US jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,009.79, up 149.21 points (1.08 per cent). In Europe, London's FTSE ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... expectations for a 185K increase, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% from 7.8%, the Bureau's revision indicated that jobs growth were stronger than originally reported for all of 2012. The change now shows average employment growth of 181K monthly ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... sharply on Friday, with the Dow industrials closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007 following a positive US jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,009.79, up 149.21 points (1.08 per cent). The broad-based S&P 500 ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Most firms will be reluctant to add to their headcount and staff will be cautious about changing jobs in 2013, according to eFinancialCareers. The financial services recruitment firm said recruitment growth would be limited to areas such as regulatory ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Bank had finished easing monetary policy but added that the non-mining sector was still showing little signs of creating jobs in the face of weak cash flow. "We're looking for non-mining to start investing and start hiring. But if you're in mining or ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... shrink. But it is not all bad news. Haslem said that for the first time in a long time, we were starting to see an increase in jobs growth in the private sector, which had been stagnant. "We're looking for non-mining to start investing and start hiring," ...