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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... prices and mining stocks offsets gains in other sectors. US stocks rose about one per cent after better-than-expected labour force data on Friday showed more jobs were created than expected in June. While the Australian market usually follows Wall Street ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... developed countries' (LDCs), with the release of a paper by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) entitled 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in Supply-Chain Sourcing'. This report coincides with the release of a new joint study by retail ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... jobs numbers surprised way below - four times less - than expected. Never mind that a broader look at the Australian Labour Force report shows that on average more jobs are being created one average so far this year (17K) than last year (12.5K) and the ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... into the life insurance division of the company. "After we sold our broking business, we are looking to reduce our labour force, re-aligning jobs and putting more effort into our life insurance offering" he said. Austock Group independent non-executive ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists expected found work last month. The ABS' Labour Force report for February showed that 71,500 heads found work during the month. But wait...I read that one of my brother-in-arms ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... futures contract was down two points at 5,097. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release labour force data for February. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (Economic) Christopher Kent is scheduled to deliver a speech ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Washington last night, reminded all and sundry that QE will go on until there is a significantly visible improvement in the labour market. I don't have to remind you that only last week, ECB President Mario Draghi almost said the same thing, "Our monetary ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... was up five points at 4,880. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release labour force figures for January, and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association its performance of construction index (PCI) ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... most of last year to 340-360 towards the end of 2012 and into the new year. If this trend persists, there's nothing the US labour market can do but improve. Did I say improve? Yes, I did and it's not only with regards to US jobs, the housing sector is ...