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ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

Australian newspaper job advertisements rose 2.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January to 20,783 a week - its sharpest increase in eight months. The January figures follows a revised 6.9 per cent fall in December and 0.8 per cent slip in November ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investor jitters after weekend terrorist attacks

European stockmarkets suffered heavy losses today as a sell-off on Wall Street and weekend terrorist attacks in Turkey gave investors the jitters. The London FTSE 100 index fell 1.32 per cent to 4,338.9 points at the close of trading, in Paris the CAC ...

Super funds offering more additional services: new report

Industry funds are leading master trusts in the race to offer additional benefits and services, according to a new report by research group Selecting Super. At least 10 of the industry funds surveyed by Selecting Super now offer more services than the ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks rebound on comforting data

US stocks rebounded strongly in overnight trade, as bargain hunters entered the market and following a report showing US manufacturing activity continued to expand modestly in September. Investors returned with renewed vigour after most major indexes ...

Morning market wrap: US shares end mixed

Major US share indexes ended mixed on Tuesday, as markets continued to await the outcome of the FOMC meeting. Earlier the Conference Board announced US consumer confidence was broadly unchanged in June, its index edging 0.1 point lower to 83.5, and ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

The Dow Jones finished slightly lower as investors were subjected to a barrage of mixed signals regarding US economic health. Disappointing earnings figures and manufacturing data indicating a second month of contraction dampened market sentiment. But ...