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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... per cent, to settle at 898.72. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets slid in gloomy trading as investors reeled from grim US jobs data and looked ahead to a wave of company earnings results. London's FTSE 100 index closed 0.98 per cent or 41.37 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Australian share market fell more than one per cent in morning trade, following losses in Wall Street on poor jobs data. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 54.8 points, or 1.41 per cent, at 3822.5 points, while the broader All ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... extra effect, the Dow plunged by 223.32 points! Bloomberg's headline: 'U.S. Stocks Slide in Dow's Worst Drop Since April on Jobs Data'. The Melbourne Age's webpage had something more alarming: 'Weak jobs data sinks US stocks'. Yes, they're out in force ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... losses in the United States in June sent stocks sharply lower. The Labor Department reported that US employers shed 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a fresh 26-year high of 9.5 per cent. Analysts had expected a smaller number of ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... lament. The same opposing conclusion from last night's ADP/Macroeconomic Advisors private employment index, showing 473,000 jobs were lost in June from the previous month. Rejoice - this is the smallest fall in payrolls since October. Lament - jobs are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... 17th straight month. That news helped to offset a survey from a payrolls firm showing the US private sector shed 473,000 jobs in June. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 57.06 points, or 0.68 per cent, to settle at 8,504.06. The Nasdaq climbed 10.68 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... gains but closed lower after news that US consumer confidence shrank in June on worries about the recession and vanishing jobs. The London FTSE 100 index shed 44.82 points, or 1.04 per cent, to close at 4,249.21 points. FRANKFURT - The Dax lost 76.45 ...

Job freezes to thaw: Watson Wyatt

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... have reduced their employer 401(k) or 403(b) plans are contemplating reinstating them. Despite the expected turnaround in jobs, Watson Wyatt cautions that not all scaling back procedures, staff cuts and changes resulting from the GFC will be reversed. ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... is easy to institute and very popular at home. Because it shows that the government is doing something to protect domestic jobs and businesses. That is, until the other country protects back. "Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat i ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... picking on the huge contribution from net exports, isn't this what Australians want? That we buy less from overseas to keep jobs at home? Household consumption rose by 0.6 per cent in the March quarter while imports declined by 7.0 per cent. Doesn't ...