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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... quite outstanding - demand for electrical goods, a huge demand for infrastructure replacement. "You'll have a massive employment squeeze, so people will be needed for both the mines plus the rebuild of Brisbane, so unemployment should drop." The materials ...

Lift the bar on default funds: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... adequate protections to ensure workers' accounts are not automatically 'flipped' to more costly funds upon changing employment," according to the note. ISN proposes several strategies to improve the selection process. Firstly, it calls for a transparent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... November, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment, and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations issues its survey of skilled job vacancies advertised on December 4. In equities, the Senate ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... rise. But, yes there's a but... some still doubt whether this could be sustained given the still weak labour market. US employment rose by a meagre 39,000 in November and the jobless rate jumped to 9.8 percent. Here's my but or butt, whichever you prefer. ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... further from the truth. Australia's still the Lucky Country, thank you very much. Just last week, the ABS reported that employment rose by 54,600 in November - nearly double the previous months' gain and the largest increase in jobs since January. "Anyone ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... switching out of Bank of Queensland and possibly back into the big four (banks)," Mr Potter said. The release of official employment data at 1130 AEDT provided support to the market. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... manufacturing data out of China, positive comments from the president of the European Central Bank and strong private sector employment data in the United States. "They're the three flashpoints of the world economy," he said. "If you get positive comments ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... the fastest quarterly growth since December 2008. Over the year, wages have grown by 3.5 per cent. Apart from healthy employment growth, expect wages to grow further especially is an SBS report that the government is considering giving itself a pay rise ...

Health Super to merge with First State

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... be some of the key areas discussed during the due dilligence process. Clausen said Health Super is guaranteeing the employment of its staff until 30 September next year, after which there will be some "attrition" to staff numbers. First State Super is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Labour Price Index for the September quarter, and the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations releases a survey of skilled job vacancies advertised on November 6. Westpac and the ...