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Newspaper and internet job ads rise in June: ANZ

... to slow in the second half of 2004, a new survey has shown. The latest ANZ Job Advertisements series found the number of jobs ads in major metropolitan newspapers grew by a seasonally adjusted 1.5% in June, to an average of 21,732 per week, following ...

Market wrap

... the open this morning, after all major US share price indices closed softer on Friday. The release of weaker than expected jobs data sent Wall Street lower as traders reassessed the outlook for the US economic recovery. The weak data release also undermined ...

Brambles splits CHEP in two, division CEO leaves

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2004
... division's global chief executive Victor Mendes to leave in a week. Thirty-three other senior CHEP staff will also lose their jobs and 90 more will have their global roles "pushed down" into regional positions, as the logistics group ends a six-year-old ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

... US cent over the weekend to reach a six month low as the United States dollar soared on a much stronger than expected US jobs report. The key US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last month, has fuelled market expectations of a ...

A$ opens stronger on US$ weakness ahead of jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... The Australian dollar opened stronger today, buoyed by a weaker United States currency which fell ahead of Friday night's jobs data. At 0700 AEST the local unit was trading at $US0.7324/29, compared with 0.7314/20 at yesterday's close. Overnight, it ...

Australia newspaper job ads fall for first time in 4 months in April: ANZ

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers fell for the first time in four months, a jobs series showed. The ANZ job advertisements report for April showed newspaper job ads fell by 0.7%, seasonally adjusted, to an average of ...

US jobs confidence adds to recovery optimism

... near record levels another report from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed on Tuesday. The positive news about jobs seemed to more than offset economists' concerns that soaring gasoline prices, bloodshed in Iraq and a recent pull-back in ...

A$ drops against greenback

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2004
... business inventories rose 0.7 per cent in February, a report released overnight showed. These numbers follow the very strong US jobs report of two weeks ago, which also boosted the US dollar.

Employment growth likely returned to solid levels in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... employment gained by just 1,300 and the unemployment rate was 5.9%. St George economist Adam Carr said that while February's jobs growth had been surprisingly weak, this was a volatile series. "We think March is going to reflect a pick-up, just to offset ...

WA state Budget to be handed down on May 6

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... $500 million extra tax take will provide scope for tax cuts, which Ripper has previously hinted at. Today, Ripper said more jobs, better health services, quality education and a crackdown on crime remained top priorities for the community.