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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... Australian share market is expected to open stronger today following a firm lead from Wall Street on better than expected US jobs numbers on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contact was up 36 points at 5,109 at ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said yesterday that as a result of the Work Choices legislation an extra 159,000 jobs were created between April and July, which was about three times the amount that has been created over this part of the year ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has warned Australians to carefully check their super fees after changing jobs and to be on the lookout in case their new employer signs them on to a higher fee master trust. IFS highlighted the trend where some employees ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... option of bailing out its Adelaide wheel supplier Castalloy which has been under administration since 2004. This will save 320 jobs as a result of cooperation between the company's workforce, Harley-Davison and the South Australian State Government. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... prices. The Washington based World Bank has suggested that the use of workers from the Pacific islands for unskilled seasonal jobs would benefit Australia by about $390 million a year and foster economic stability and growth in the area. Population projections ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
Continued good jobs growth of 150,000 over the last quarter, the second most healthy increase on record, caused overall employment to fall to 4.8 per cent, the lowest level since 1976. Employment rose by 50,700 in July - 27,100 were full-time jobs and ...

VIC and TAS region hungry for financial planners

... by a fresh batch of financial planners in the next few years. The recruitment firm reported that there were more than 250 jobs advertised on average every month since March of this year. "Most positions were advertised in the $70,000 to $90,000 range. ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
... just published showed that the recent strong growth in demand for labour is slowing as the number of newspaper and internet jobs ads rose by 1.8 per cent in July following the 3.2 per cent increase in June. The underlying trend growth continued to slow ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... 4926.1. NEW YORK - US stocks edged slightly lower on Friday as concerns about slowing growth, triggered by slower than expected jobs growth data, ended up stoking fears that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates when it meets this week. Apple ...

Costs of multiple super too hard to address: max Super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... does a person's career start and end in one organisation these days. By the time you hit 30, it's common to have five or six jobs listed on your resume, which often results in multiple super funds or lost super due to changes of address," said Tim Pethick ...