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Aust real estate investors staying home

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... continue to tick down and that's very positive. "The other factor is that there are some relative strong pockets of strong jobs markets in Australia whereas in other markets we are not seeing that," she added. Breen said with the strength of the Australian ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... below 20 since the end of last month - investors remain on wait mode. Last Friday, it was the US - and its disappointing jobs report - that pulled Europe and other markets down. Last night, it was Spain - and the jump in its bond yield above 7% -- that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower after the release of disappointing US jobs data and concerns about China's economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 39.5 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,118.3 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Australian sharemarket has opened almost one per cent lower in line with falls in the US after the release of a disappointing jobs report there on Friday. At 1015 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 35.1 points, or 0.84 per cent ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... 0.94%, the Dow by 0.96% and the Nasdaq by 1.30% the day the US Labor Department released its latest update on the state of the jobs market -- for they all saw that it wasn't good. Employment increased by only 80,000 in June versus expectations for a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 14 points at 4,111. In economic news on Monday, the ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... 1992) and didn't fall below double digits until May 1994 - long after the recession ended in the third quarter of 1991. Have jobs (and some handouts), will spend. With the Gillard government distributing carbon tax compensation in May, and June and 123,400 ...

Former Ansett workers get $16m super payback

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... Australia's recent history, and as much of an impact as it had on the country, it is of course the workers who suddenly lost their jobs that day who were the most affected," he said. Shorten said to minimize the likelihood of this situation occurring ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... expected - more blah bloody blahs. Them 20 know there's a problem, they "promised" to increase efforts to "promote growth and jobs". As always there is very little clue on the how. As for the when, "We will implement all our commitments in a timely manner ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... Pilbara region. Media publisher Fairfax was 3.5 cents lower at 61.5 cents, 24 hours after it announced it would cut 1,900 jobs over three years as it makes moves to become a more digital company. Renovation group Alesco was two cents higher at $2.03 ...