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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... Price Index futures contract was down 57 points at 3,618. In economic news today, the Manpower-Melbourne Institute Employment Report for January is due. On Monday, the Australian stock market closed lower amid falls in the resources and banking sectors ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... report. The US Labor Department reported that the economy lost 2.6 million jobs in 2008 - the biggest one-year decline in employment since 1945. The bulk of the job shedding - 1.9 million - occurred in the last four months of 2008 with December accounting ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... higher as crisis bites. The Age online headline: Economy sheds 15,600 jobs. Bad news really does sell. What made the employment report a beautiful set of numbers lie not in the headlined 15,600 jobs lost in November but the details behind these numbers. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... client adviser Bill Bishop said it was "green across the screen". "The American market went up on Friday because the employment figures were so bad the market was hoping the government would pump more cheap money into the economy," Mr Bishop said. "There ...

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... committee emphasizes economy-wide measures of economic activity. The committee believes that domestic production and employment are the primary conceptual measures of economic activity. The committee views the payroll employment measure, which is based ...

TWU Super ups retirement stakes

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... instance, members aged 55 to 59 pay 15 per cent less tax on pension income compared to tax on ordinary income, such as employment. There's also no tax for members aged over 60 and zero tax on investment savings. But TWU Super is not tailoring this product ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... of Statistics releases data on construction work done in the September quarter. The Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations will release its skilled vacancies survey for November. Retailer David Jones Ltd is to release first ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... that their expectations that the sky might fall could become a reality. While it is true that production and sales and employment are falling because of reduced demand -- and this tends to feed on itself - demand is not going to fall to zero. While it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... Monetary Policy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for September. SEEK reports its Employment Index for October. In company news, Orica Ltd reports annual results. Waratah Coal lists on Australian stock exchange. Seven ...

Spring facelift to Zurich life risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... of its life risk products. The insurance firm is targeting women and individuals who experience a period away from employment - such as maternity leave, sabbatical leave or unemployment. Zurich now takes into account the previous 24 months' income history ...