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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... and Super System Review chairman Jeremy Cooper. On Monday, the Australian share market closed lower after disappointing US jobs data cast a shadow over the US growth recovery story. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended down 123.5 points, or 2.78 per ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... know what happens when hype meets reality. The S&P 500 index plummeted by 3.44 per cent when "great expectations" on the US jobs front turned out to be a "great disappointment". In a way, the financial markets brought this onto themselves. How would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... finished down 33.8 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 4,472.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Friday after the latest US jobs data said hiring remained weak and as Hungary became the latest European country to report its economy was in crisis. ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... guess. According to Bloomberg, consensus predicts that the US payrolls report would show that some 536,000 workers have found jobs in May. If accurate, this would be the biggest one-month hiring since 1983. Positive reports on jobless claims and private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... eked out minor gains on Thursday as investors mulled mixed signals on the US economic recovery ahead of a highly awaited May jobs report. After opening with modest gains, the major indices slid lower but clawed their way back to close in positive territory. ...

AdminPARTNERS improves back office, adds staff

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... consultant to fast-track development and the backend database server has been upgraded to improve the processing of batch jobs. This mean the database server is at least 60 per cent faster in processing batch jobs than before, said Donovan. Further improvements ...

Silver lining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
... expect Friday's US non-farm payrolls report to show? Financial markets expect the US employment report to show that 510,000 jobs were created in May. That's a lot of jobs for a single month - in fact, if the actual number comes close to expectations ...

CalSTRS finances solar energy project

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Generating System project -- the world's largest solar energy project. The project is expected to create more than 1,000 local jobs and generate $290 million in construction wages.

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... services sector is leading the rebound in executive searches and that two in five executives are dissatisfied with their current jobs. According to the latest quarterly survey from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the Asia Pacific ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... spurred the rally. Consumer confidence improved for the third straight month in May as Americans saw a rosier outlook for jobs and businesses, according to a survey released by the Conference Board Tuesday. When markets settled, the Dow Jones Industrial ...