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CalPERS pre-empts healthcare funding crisis

... said that the CERB trust fund's mandate will, in the future, extend beyond the usual health benefits and to other post-employment perks such as dental, vision, and hearing benefits. "There is no question that prefunding future retiree health benefit ...

38 per cent of US retirees like reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... who have already retired, we found disconcerting gaps. Topping the list are significant miscalculations about future employment possibilities: while almost half of all respondents expect to work past age 65, only 13 percent of current retirees have done ...

PE investment in UK boosts job: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... businesses backed by PE/VC firms. It is estimated that companies that have received UK PE/VC funding account for the employment of around 2.8 million people, equivalent to 19 per cent of UK private sector employees," said the BVCA survey report. Companies ...

Email scams on ASIC hitlist

... messages, to phishing, to lottery scams, to fake investment schemes, bogus medical cons, to the Nigerian letters, to fake employment and money laundering schemes, to identity theft," said Greg Tanzer, ASIC's executive director of consumer protection. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... and applied for permanent residency have a level of competency below that needed to pass an exam or gain professional employment. South Australian academic Dr Tracey Bretag published a paper, stating that every academic that she spoke to said international ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the movement in profitability was that of the measures of trading and employment that fell by 2 and 1 point respectively but are still above longer term averages. NAB says that the capital spending index as ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... prices to businesses has increased from 42 per cent to 64 per cent and more than 10 per cent of the respondents expect employment levels to fall. D&B Economic Consultant Dr Duncan Ironmonger says that the January survey indicated that small and medium ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
... Analysis of the data shows that those looking for full-time work fell by 4,500 to 355,300 whereas those seeking part-time employment decreased to 137,500 after a fall of 4,900. About 300,000 jobs have been created in the last year with much of that coming ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... per cent less than the recent peak of October 2004. Another measure of the job market calculated by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, skilled vacancy series, increased by 1.4 per cent in January which was up from the 0.9 per cent ...