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Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... unchanged at 64.2 per cent - no one gave up looking for work in March from Feb. US employment is heading in the right direction, yippee! But for those looking for something to worry about, they could simply point to calculations that the US economy need ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... the forest for the trees"? The fact is that the bigger picture shows that the US labour market is heading in the right direction. The pace of improvement may be too slow for comfort... but it's getting there. The positive signals we've seen from strengthening ...

Year of the Bunny

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... safe you wouldn't believe it." This early in the New Year, most major equity markets are already moving in the right direction - posting positive performances. And why not? While we know all too well about robust economic growth in China and other emerging ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... (even suns spots) to explain the markets' daily movements - you'll see that the global economy is heading in the right direction. Better, the outlook looks good for next year. Here's a selection of some of Bloomberg's headlines over the past 24 hours ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... cent in October. Higher income, higher spending, higher confidence... looks like the US economy is heading in the right direction to me. But then I've said this many, many times before. And I also remember repeating about a week ago that any market weakness ...

Fear and thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... don't know why the financial press attributed this as a market negative? Shouldn't this be another step in the right direction towards ridding the system out of shenanigans that flourished during the boom days when no one cared how money is made as long ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... labour market. It might still be too slow for Big O's and Big Ben's taste, but job creation is heading in the right direction. These three are just the latest snippets of the slowly strengthening growth picture in America. But taken in conjunction with ...

A simpler, streamlined Suncorp

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... holding company and the creation of a new holding company," he said. "While this is another important step in the right direction for the company's post GFC transformation, it has been a long time coming and capital implications are well flagged."

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... The bears failed to tell you this, didn't they? This is a clear indication that the US economy is headed in the right direction, particularly when you compare this to last year's massive job shedding. Job gains may be slow in coming... but they are coming. ...

Raising SG could impact regional companies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... Australia is a major concern, argues Prime Super. The government's reforms to superannuation is a step in the right direction, they said, but more needs to be done to help small businesses transition to the new super guarantee levels. "The majority of ...