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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... fell 11.2 points to 6351.1, while the all ordinaries dipped 9.2 points to 6383. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday after jobs data pointed to a strong labour market and a rising oil prices helped energy stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
The Australian bond market opened weaker today as good news in the US services industry and jobs pushed US Treasury yields up by as much as 10 basis points. At 0900 AEST, the yield on the Commonwealth Government February 2017 bond was at 6.243 per cent ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... builds businesses. It makes companies more successful by adding value and making them more profitable. In turn it creates jobs, increases productivity, invests in research and development and boosts sales and exports, all at a rate which far outperforms ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... Workplace Relations. In their latest labour market report, DEWR predicts the manufacturing sector will shed close to 34,000 jobs over the next five years defying the employment growth in most other sectors. The report forecasts manufacturing, currently ...

Watson Wyatt loses senior consultant to Hyperion

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... month, and will start in his new role at the end of July. The move takes Spence back to his funds management roots, given his jobs prior to Watson Wyatt at Westpac, Credit Suisse and in the UK at Lazard Brothers, Fidelity and Dimensional Asset Management. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... 21.7 points to 6363.5. NEW YORK - US stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow and the S&P 500 to record finishes, as strong jobs and manufacturing data reassured investors about the economy's health. Wal-Mart Stores Inc shares jumped 3.9 per cent after ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... work, and some have withdrawn from the labor market for family and other reasons. Many people now have part-time or seasonal jobs," Marcel told McKinsey & Co. The impact is that people due to retire between 2020 and 2025 are "likely to receive a pension ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... feat that would have to be the envy of other economies. Maybe the real problem is consumers just expect booming economies, jobs growth, surging share markets and record-breaking super fund returns as the new natural order. The fallout if something went ...

Nipping at the Tiger's tail

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide. The decision is expected to be announced by the company shortly and will generate hundreds of jobs in Victoria at the airline's Tullamarine Airport base. Predictions of this developmnet sparking an airline discount war ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... said. The merger will reportedly mean annual pre-tax savings of -3.5 billion and will also result in the loss of about 23,600 jobs, of which about 10,800 will be jobs outsourced to low-cost locations, including ABN AMRO's existing ACES operations in ...