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Instreet BDM hires pay off

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... does not expect to add any more development staff for now. "For now we're just concentrating on product. The business conditions are still a bit fragile, it's obviously turned up from what it was, but it's still fragile so you have to manage your business ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... headline index. The Expectations Index rose to 72.3 in May from 51.0 in April. And why not? US consumers see both business conditions and their employment outlook improving in the coming months. The Conference Board reported that 'the percentage of consumers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... spend amid a shaky economy and a punishing stock market. The release of the Beige Book, the assessment of business conditions from the Federal Reserve, added to investors' angst. The report found that the economy continued to slow in the early fall as ...

Rate Cut in the Offing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... further confirmation of a weakening economy. The NAB business confidence index fell to -9 in June while the business conditions index posted a zero reading from 7 in May. In Japan, markets will be paying close attention to industrial production and consumer ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... affect movements in the local share market. Australia NAB Business Survey (June). The NAB survey showed that business conditions and sentiment improved in May following sharp falls earlier in 2008. However, while profit and trading conditions rose slightly ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... either side of where it is now." Not helping the market, a National Australia Bank survey released today shows business conditions have worsened in the the first three months of 2008 as companies battle higher interest rates and a high Australian dollar. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
... seven-week closing high, with exporters such as Canon advancing on a softer yen and receding pessimism about US business conditions. The Nikkei ended up 78.15 points at 13,476.45, the highest close since February 29. It gained 1.2 per cent over the week. ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Centre. Franco said, "Looking ahead, consumers' outlook for business conditions, the job market and their income prospects is quite pessimistic and suggests further weakening may be on the horizon." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... mid-Atlantic region contracted much more than expected in January, in the biggest monthly drop in the index of business conditions since January 2001. That overshadowed earlier optimism about a decline in weekly jobless claims data. Merrill Lynch & Co ...

Confidence down but not out

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... Business Survey, NAB have reported that confidence is lower but still strong. Flying in the face of solid business conditions, the RBA's interest rate rise and global financial turbulence seem to have taken their toll on confidence, at least in the short ...