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Wealth down as ANZ posts $4.5bn profit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... costs rises this year. ANZ has frozen the salary of its top executives and earlier this year announced plans to cut 1,000 jobs in 2012 in an effort to protect profits.

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... with most equity markets ending on the plus side, boring is good enough for me. Reports that the US economy created 163,000 jobs in July - better than the 100K expected - sent financial markets off to a good start. America's not headed to sinkville after ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... some 8,000 heads to work at the construction of her iron ore mine at Roy Hill and I think, this will be on top of the 1,700 jobs it's offering to migrant workers. Not only this, Pit Crew Management Consulting Services - which consults on future staffing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... open slightly higher after a seesaw session overnight on Wall Street, which ended flat, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 4,278. In ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... started the week strongly, closing up by more than one per cent on robust overseas leads following better than expected US jobs data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 51.1 points, or 1.21 per cent, at 4,272.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... 11,434 contracts traded. US stocks surged, boosted by the Labor Department's July labour report showing stronger-than-expected jobs growth and a slight increase in the services sector activity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 13,096.17 ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... the 163K gain in US non-farm payrolls July, you better keep that thought to yourself. This is because the latest monthly jobs report instalment has not cleared short run visibility of the direction of the US economy. Employment was better than the 100K ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open higher following a strong surge on Wall Street on Friday after better-than-expected jobs figures boosted sentiment. At 0752 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 58 points at 4,243. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... in the red as Wall Street hopes for US Federal Reserve and ECB stimulus action this week and awaits a report on the July jobs market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the session at 13,073.01, drifting down 2.65 points (0.02 per cent). European ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie internalise infra JV

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital managing director. AMP Capital is currently considering a cost cutting program that could see jobs cut across the funds management business. On 24 July an AMP Capital spokesperson confirmed that plans were in the works, but ...