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Super keeping economy strong: ASFA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... provides strong support that a move from nine to 12 per cent would be not only good for the retirement futures of current workers but would also have no adverse affect on employers." The report concludes that while employer costs could be increased in ...

US ceiling raised but underlying reasons remain

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... officer, Clime. "In our view it is the direct result of a society that has chronically and consistently underpaid its basic workers for a generation," said Abernethy. "The massive wealth creation generated by the industrial revolution, the IT revolution ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... month. Consensus expected a gain to 53.5. The latest ADP private payrolls survey showed that US employers added 114,000 workers in July. But ADP reduced the previous month's stat by 12,000 to show only 145,00 private sector jobs created (from 157,000). ...

Former AIST chief takes on age discrimination

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... university, applying to rent a house, or using services like a bank, said McClelland. "Inaccurate stereotypes about older workers being inflexible or hard to train are just a few examples of age discrimination that need to be addressed in order to remove ...

Mercer chief scores plum promotion

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... officer of mainstream assets to support its $44 billion investment management business. Mercer said it employs 20,000 workers in more than 40 countries.

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... who are not making active choices," she said. Reynolds said the award system was important as it was where employers, workers and unions got together to decide what the fund would be in the event that people don't make choices. "They don't want hidden ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... shape, too, with BHP up 40 cents at $43.46, despite the federal court ruling that a non-union collective agreement covering workers in its Pilbara operations was invalid. Rio Tinto was up 69 cents at $82.75. Energy stocks also had gained ground. Oil ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... That will grow when government cannot pay its bills. You worry about consumer spending? That will drop when government workers are laid off and/or social security payments don't get paid. Having rid of the fog, Wall Street's left with some clarity. And ...

Earnings up but jobs cut at State Street

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... positions to be cut. The global job cuts come as part of an "IT Transformation" program with 320 information technology workers moving to tech firms IBM or Wipro while a further 530 will have their jobs eliminated, the company said on its website. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... applications for unemployment benefits fell to a three-month low last week, a sign that companies are laying off fewer workers. At 405,000, the figure is still above the 375,000 that signals healthy job growth. In a separate report, the government also ...