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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... disappointing US data, notably a surprising erosion in US consumer confidence. A report on Friday that the US economy had lost jobs in June for the first time this year added further tension. A fall in the jobless rate to 9.5 per cent of the workforce ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... US is headed for a double-dip. Non-farm payrolls fell by 125,000 in June -- worse than expectations for a loss of 110,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent but this is because of reduced participation because many Americans gave up looking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... to 4,264.9. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday after a mixed June employment report showed the economy shed more jobs than expected but the unemployment rate dipped. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 46.05 points, or 0.47 per cent, to ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... proposal, which would have seriously undermined the industry's international competitiveness, increased sovereign risk and cost jobs," said Mitch Hooke, chief executive at MCA. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) has welcomed the compromise ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... overall employment in June largely due to the retrenchment of temporary census workers. However. They expect private sector jobs to climb by 110K in the month. It would be interesting to see how financial markets react to the official job numbers or ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... smaller-than-expected 13,000 in June following a revised 57,000 increase in May. Bad. The latest figure shows that private sector jobs growth has increased for five consecutive months now. Good. Good? Bad? So-so? We'll find out soon enough -- when the ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... workers. The income protection cover has been extended to mining, oil and gas-related occupations, which includes more than 70 jobs such as quarry workers and driller operators. The insurance firm also improved the cover for blood borne diseases with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... listless trade as consumer spending and income data came in mostly in line with expectations and as the market awaited a key jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 5.29 points (0.05 per cent) to settle at 10,138.52. The tech-rich Nasdaq ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... a year's time. Unlike other western economies, Australia is heading to a point where the problem is finding workers...not jobs. Then there's the other Asian powerhouse, Japan - if you can still call it that. Its first quarter real GDP growth was revised ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... the largest amount in almost a year. The drop in total claims provided some hope that laid-off workers are starting to find jobs. LONDON - European stock exchanges ended higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank left interest rates at a record ...