Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1361 - 1370 of 2066 results for "Employment"

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... success and the operation of our financial services sector, our superannuation system, and indeed our workplace and employment systems," said Shorten. However he was adamant that financial services wouldn't be neglected with the widening of his responsibilities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares slipped after disappointing employment data added to an already negative trend as doubts linger over the outcome of a crucial eurozone debt crisis summit. Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in November as the number ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... they can't find one anyway - but the underlying indications from the non-farm payrolls report remains positive. Total employment increased by 120K in November. Sure, this was lower than expectations for a 130K gain but... upward revisions to the October ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... the unemployment rate is still stuck at 9% as at October. If I told you once, I told you a hundred thousand times. Employment is a lagging indicator - the economy must improve first before it does. The consistent increases in retail spending over the ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... continue to monitor the implementation of measures taken by Italy with the aim of pursuing policies that foster growth and employment." Monti has yet to name his government but is expected to announce a cabinet of 12 technocrats within days. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... cent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower after a mixed US employment report and the G20 summit did little to help ease investor concerns over the risks the eurozone debt crisis poses for growth. ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... sophisticated workforce, industry funds could be their most potent attack weapon. Dr Shae McCrystal, a senior lecturer in employment law at the University of Sydney, told the Sydney Morning Herald this week that unions still perform similar roles as ...

Infra transport spending to jump 123%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... investment in direct dollar terms, but can have a much broader impact in providing for business growth, stimulating employment opportunities and providing the basis for a more efficient, effective and growing economy. "Transport infrastructure can be ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... payrolls growth had been consistently reported with a plus sign in front of it over the past 12 straight months US employment growth may still be subdued but whatever little growth there is, is encouraging consumers to spend. And that spending by 70% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... cent for three months. The department revised upward the two previous months' job creation numbers, indicating that employment in the faltering economy had more momentum than previously believed. The July payrolls totalled 127,000, not the 85,000 initially ...