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Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009

... hikes because of this 'low' unemployment rate which threatens inflation. Similarly, the 28 April 2005 issue of 'The Economist' printed that because of the 'low' unemployment rate, 'Amanda Vanstone, the immigration minister, said that Australia would ...

Sub-prime divorce binge

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008

... fuelling a spike in divorces among stockbrokers, financial analysts and hedge fund managers. According to a report in the Economist magazine, City couples in London whose wealth was previously enough to let them overlook their differences, are now untying ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008

... major concern. But adding subtlety, the practice is much more entrenched in the US than Australia. According to The Economist magazine, more than 60 per cent of S&P500 companies have a common chief executive and chairman and only 16 per cent have an ...

Super savings on track

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008

... billion, off the value of Australian's superannuation savings," he said. Oliver's inflation fears are echoed by the Economist magazine warning that two-thirds of world could soon be confronting double-digit inflation.

Let the sub-prime post-mortem begin

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008

... credit supply when a boom is on and contract it when businesses really need it to battle slowing market conditions. The Economist in a review of the book said de-regulation of the market which allowed securisations to expand their share of the credit ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008

... Professor Fischer said the paradox is akin to the problem identified in 1977 as the Dutch Disease, a term developed by The Economist magazine "to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands after the discovery of natural gas in ...

What US recession?

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008

Fears about the US economy plunging into recession have been overstated, overplayed, and blown out of proportion - but the outlook for 2008 still looks fairly benign, according to economists from Lehman Brothers. "There's a 60 per cent chance, in our ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007

... President Richard Fisher have been quite vocal in reassuring the world there's no chance of a US recession. However, The Economist noted that days after the 1929 stock market crash, Harvard Economic Society followed this same reassuring theme, as did ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

... lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the study called "The means to compete: Benchmarking IT ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007

... GDP growth and market capitalisation built on the stable performances of the previous year. However, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, a slowdown is expected in real GDP global growth, down from 5.4 per cent in 2006 to a forecast 4.8 per ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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