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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... broader All Ordinaries lost 163 points to 5368.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell 1.2 per cent on Friday after worse than expected jobs data supported fears that the world's biggest economy could already be in recession. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... - so the solution is around opening up the opportunities members as well putting forward the option for them to consider jobs that they haven't exactly done before," she said. The new entrant to the recruitment market couldn't come at a better time. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... points, up 108.27 or 2.22 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese shares edged lower, hurt by worries about the US economy ahead of key jobs data and a slide in Sony shares to a 14-month low after the maker of PlayStation game gear cut its profit forecast. The Nikkei ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... to prevent a recession, and an announcement by telco Sprint Nextel that it had lost customers and would cut thousands of jobs. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 59.91 points, or 0.49 percent, to 12,099.30 and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... rattled investors. The bank also said it planned to raise $US14.5 billion ($A16.16 billion), slash its dividend and cut 4,200 jobs to help shore up its balance sheet. Mr Solar said the Citigroup news had prompted a spike in risk aversion with high-yielding ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most obvious thing is we no longer have to worry about creating jobs, the challenge is now boosting workforce participation to unearth new sources of labour that we may not have previously ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... held onto earlier gains as banks felt the benefit of an interest rate cut, miners rose thanks to consolidation talk and US jobs data gave an additional lift. The FTSE 100 index was up 69.3 to 6,554.9 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended up 53.49 to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... 15,874.08, its highest close since November 7. HONG KONG - Stocks advanced for a seventh straight session after strong U.S. jobs data eased worries about a recession. The Hang Seng Index closed up 0.73 percent, or 213.47 points, at 29,558.92, a one-month ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... behind the headlines was strong, with a surge in full-time employment continuing its solid out-performance". "Strong full-time jobs growth is a positive for incomes growth and consumer spending, while the higher unemployment rate will do little to allay ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... $42 billion, about twice its market value, and Cerberus Capital Management owned Chrysler plans to cut as many as 25,100 jobs after losing $731 million last year. In his statement on the US monetary outlook, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered ...