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Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Backpackers who spend at least three months picking fruit or working on farms will qualify automatically for a second year's visa.' It added, 'With unemployment hovering just above 5%, these trends have worried the central bank because of inflationary ...

Vision Super eyes banking within super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... David Moxon said members over the age of 60 can now avail of the new investment option, a cash management product linked to a Visa debit card. Like traditional bank cards, fund members can use the product to pay utility bills, theatre tickets, holidays ...

Cuscal targets super as profit soars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... In addition to the operational profits, a significant gain of $56.6m before tax was booked during the year following the Visa IPO. A large component of this windfall will be shared with Cuscal's partners in its Visa program. Looking forward, Cuscal is ...

Govt revises temporary res super bill

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... super arrangements to transfer the balance of temporary residents six months after they leave Australia and no longer hold a visa if the person does not claim their super on departure. "This new administrative approach produces a fairer outcome for temporary ...

AXA extends cover for 457 visas

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
AXA upgrades its individual life insurance suite to include cover for 457 visa holders and separately, better cover for prostate cancer. As part of the firm's annual life insurance upgrade, 457 visa holders can now obtain a two-year income protection ...

Kelly plans changes at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... of 34 per cent over the previous corresponding period. Adjusting for several one-off items, including the proceeds of the Visa IPO and the sale of 40 per cent of BT Investment Management into an IPO, cash earnings for the period were $1.8 billion, an ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... yesterday that they expect to make a substantial windfall from the $US18 billion ($A19.89 billion) float of US credit card giant, Visa Inc. "In the midst of all this gloom here's one business [Visa] that has an initial public offering and then stuns ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... 6.56 per cent, higher to $41.90. CBA says it expects to make a pre-tax gain of about $355 million from its shareholding in Visa after the credit card company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Westpac added $1.00 to $25.10, ANZ ...

Cuscal branches outside credit unions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... aggregation as they "also provides a low cost of entry for customers to card schemes through its principal membership of Visa International and the strategic alliance with Citigroup for the provision of a MasterCard credit card. "Access to these payment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... to lower the minimum pay rates for temporary migrants. Unions have claimed that employers are using the likes of the 457 visa scheme to access cheap labour. Indeed, the Minister said that the pay rate should go up every year.