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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... points, or 2.01 per cent to 4949.5. NEW YORK - Stocks reversed a steep selloff to end mostly higher on Friday, as fears about a jobs report gave way to bargain hunting in sectors including financials and consumer staples. Wall Street initially fell after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... to 4,304.01. TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed down 1.04 per cent on Thursday amid caution ahead of the release of US jobs data, with losses in commodity shares and shipping companies dragging down the index. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... then turn into investment in capital and labour. This must be why the unemployment rate remains at a low 4.3 per cent and jobs continue to grow at a 2.4 per cent pace per annum. But the markets have placed their bets and some banks have even pre-empted ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... watched report this week. Non-farm payrolls are expected to show a ninth consecutive decline in August, with a loss of 75,000 jobs following July's 51,000 fall. The unemployment rate is expected to remain steady at 5.7%. Because of the weakening labour ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... US$9.1 billion from the US8.9 billion deficit announced last month. The bank also declared that it will cut 600 full-time jobs in addition to the 6,350 layoffs - mostly in mortgage-related positions - announced last 22 July. Losses will continue to accumulate ...

Friendster to fundster

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... online social networking sites like Facebook and Friendster to reach would-be investors. Kimber, who only this week moved jobs to become the Asia chief executive of Friendster, said 'viral marketing' really comes to the fore on social networking sites. ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... of Statistics will release the Australian Labour Force report today. Market expectations centre on a meager 5K increase in jobs in July and the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3 percent. This forecast represents a softening from June's 29.8K gain in employment ...

More females in fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... and to work in clerical as opposed to management positions. Sixty-five per cent of women in the industry are in clerical jobs compared with 32 per cent of men.

Hyperion expands investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... industrial sector. He will operate in the firm's Brisbane based investment team. "While many in the finance sector are shedding jobs, Hyperion is going against the trend by appointing a new team member," said Manny Pohl, Hyperion Investment Committee ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... employment will be another key statistic scheduled for release this week. The economy is expected to have added another 5,000 jobs in July, lower than last month's increase of 29,800. The unemployment rate is forecast to rise to 4.3 percent from 4.2 ...