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Fin services jobs on the rise

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
No longer in the grasp of the GFC, jobs within the financial services industry have swelled as companies begin to expand once more according to talent consulting firm, Right Management. Right Management research found that 71 per cent of candidates ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... a selection of some of Bloomberg's headlines over the past 24 hours pointing to better times ahead. Australia Headed for Jobs Record, Intensifying Wage Pressures Japan's Economy Grows Faster Than Initial Estimate China November Property Prices Rise at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Thursday. Total employment rose by 54,600 to 11.416 million in the month, seasonally adjusted. "The stronger-than-expected jobs numbers would be helping things but the rally started before that," he said. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... festive was such that not even a disappointing US non-farm payrolls report spoiled their mood. America added only 39,000 jobs in November -- well below market expectations for an addition of 145,000 - and the unemployment rate skipped a couple of notches ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... gain it calculated last month. The latest ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors survey showed that private US companies added 93,000 jobs in November - the largest increase since November 2007 and more than the expected 70K increase. Better still, the previous ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... just won't work. I've said this many times before. Reduce debt by raising taxes and cutting government spending (welfare, jobs) only leads to less jobs, less spending, less economic growth, less government revenues - plus protests and riots on the side. ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

AustralianSuper to hit $110bn by 2020

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... solid fund portability strategy. "It's something we're trying to solve now - how people can take us with them to their new jobs easier," he said. But to achieve the $110 billion FUM target, AustralianSuper will need to grow around 13 per cent per annum ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... stimulate the economy and get people spending so they can look after their mortgage... give everyone $1 million." As for jobs. The October private non-farm payrolls report showed employed Americans earned US$779.64 weekly. This translates to a total ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... That takes care of America's problem with the threat of deflation and the millions of Americans who are still looking for jobs. Maybe... The US$600 billion QE2 package has lifted commodity prices and is now raising inflation expectations. Well done! ...