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Tax breaks no enough: seniors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... executive at National Seniors, welcomed head of Treasury, Ken Henry's, proposal for tax concessions to encourage older workers to remain in the workforce. However, he warned that a more comprehensive package of measures is necessary to improve the participation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... earlier as good earnings news was tempered by an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... data out of the US supports this. The unemployment rate remains at double-digits -- looked at another way, 6.9 million workers lost their jobs last year. Jobless claims have again risen. And financial markets were surprised that US consumer confidence ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... number. Given the positive lead in job ads and business confidence, in a few months time Australia could be importing workers again - if not already - to ease capacity constraints (read, demand for higher wages) and ease inflation pressure. Australia's ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... create bigger multiplier effects for the economy through what we economists term as the "permanent income hypothesis". Workers on full-time employment psychologically are more likely to spend more because they deem their income permanent. Sure, the 600 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... monthly increase. The trade figures helped offset mixed jobs numbers. The Labor Department said the number of laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose more than expected last week to 474,000 after falling for five straight weeks, slightly higher ...

ETFs slash fund fees to 15bp

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... government civilian and uniformed employees. It has $A220 billion under management. With about 80 per cent of US federal workers and 30 per cent of uniformed personnel using the fund, it's akin to an industry fund as it operates on a not-for-profit basis ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... the reported 11,000 job losses were so far, far better than the 125,000 pink slips market expected have been handed to workers in the month. US equities didn't know which way to jump - rejoice that jobs (the sole variable that has put a question mark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Wednesday that it would repay its $45 billion in government bailout money. The government said the number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 last week to 457,000, in a hopeful sign of improvement in the job market. Economists ...

QIC wins $100m from QSuper

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... strong track record." QSuper is the superannuation fund for current and former Queensland Government and related entity workers and their spouses with more than 520,000 members and over $26 billion in funds under management. The QIC Global Fixed Interest ...