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Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... numeracy, problem-solving and health literacy." Even worse, the Dusselldorp report noted, "Currently 87 percent of available jobs require post-school qualifications, but 50 percent of the workforce lacks these qualifications." The shortfall is a major ...

Earnings power peaks from age 35

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... The ABS said the mean weekly earnings of all employees in their main job was $916. In further evidence high public sector jobs growth is squeezing and crowding out the rest of the economy, public sector employees earned 15 per cent more than private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... Wachovia, the number four US bank, fueled fears about anaemic earnings when it said it would cut its dividend, eliminate jobs and raise capital of $US7 billion ($A7.57 billion) after becoming the latest casualty of the global credit crunch. The Dow Jones ...

Angels targeting SMEs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... them ideally suited to work with the SME sector, a sector often overlooked even though it accounts for half of Australia's jobs and three-quarters of our jobs growth, said John Mactaggart, chairman of the Australian Association of Angel Investors Limited ...

Unemployment rises to 4.1 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... part time employment gains more favour across the economy. The ABS said part times job grew by twice the number of full time jobs. The switch may also be impacting gender-based employment as male unemployment jumped 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 per cent ...

Finance jobs fall 8 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Slowing market conditions are finally flowing through to the finance sector with advertised job vacancies falling 8 per cent in over a one month period. Grant Montgomery, managing director of E.L Consult who conducted the Executive Demand Index, said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... plays, and buoyed by a strong rally in China's main stock index as investors shrugged off the biggest monthly fall in US jobs in five years. The Hang Seng Index ended up 314.13 points or 1.29 per cent higher at 24,578.76. WELLINGTON - The local share ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... Britain's FTSE 100 index rose one per cent, as bid talk boosted British Energy, but banks capped gains and surprisingly weak US jobs data signalled more cracks in a struggling US economy. The FTSE 100 closed up 55.8 points at 5,947.1, as stocks edged ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... Merrill Lynch & Co does not need to raise more capital eased fears of a deeper credit crisis and offset concern that monthly jobs data would point to a recession. Technology shares rose after strong results from Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... nearly 4 percentage points. Low confidence is now overflowing into job market expectations with consumers expecting fewer jobs to be available in coming months. With sub-prime foreclosure fears overshadowing consumer fears, fears of a jobs shortage could ...