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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... positive employment numbers on Thursday. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed the nation added 49,500 jobs in September, well above market expectations of a 20,000 increase in total employment. CMC Markets head of trading James Foulsham ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Last night, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Charles Evans, backed his Chairman saying that the slow improvement on the US jobs front requires "more accommodation". Beggar thy neighbour. While the US might not have any other choice given the moribund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... is expected to open slightly higher on Thursday despite US equities ending mixed following a disappointing report on the jobs market leading to renewed concerns about the economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0755 AEDT, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... stock markets dipped overnight as investors weighed up further sovereign debt concerns in Europe against better than expected jobs and gross domestic product data from the United States. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had climbed 13 points ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... elections just around the corner, US congressmen are making sure voters see them voting against "the enemy" that are taking jobs away from their constituents. While the US Senate still has to approve the bill, congressmen are calling on China to "revalue ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... Department said that claims had jumped by 12,000 and are still at levels that signal employers are not significantly adding new jobs. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 76.89, or 0.7 per cent, to close at 10,662.42, while the Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... weekend. With the resources sector booming thanks to China's insatiable appetite for minerals and with a robust domestic jobs market, there are increasing fears that labour shortages in the sector could put upward pressure on wages, and by extension ...

New website for women and super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... retirement payout for women is $63,000, a bit under half that for men at $136,000. This is because most women have lower paid jobs and take career breaks or part-time work to accommodate family responsibilities. Even combined with a full or part Age ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that, "We're not safe yet." Because "The recovery is not enough, you need to have a recovery with jobs." The IMF didn't come alone, it phoned a friend. Business services company BDO warned that the UK is in danger of heading ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... per cent from 5.3 per cent in the previous month. Better, part-time employees are becoming full-time. Some 53,100 full-time jobs were created in August - the largest addition in two years - while part time jobs declined by 22,100. Overall employment ...