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Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... nearly 7,000 people in 75 countries. In that study, 98% of respondents were interested in genetic testing to determine indicators of future diseases. Groyer cautioned, though, that genetic testing doesn't provide guaranteed evidence that a certain condition ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... the pick-up in economic growth in the March quarter - a sharp one at that - is, to quote Reuters, "at odds with other indicators such as industrial production, trade and tax collection figures, which suggest the economy is still suffering from slack". ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... somewhat."" This is Reuters talkin' 'bout the change in the Fed's language to "On balance, a range of labor market indicators suggest that underutilization of labor resources has diminished since early this year" in the July statement. And Reuters again ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... are today remunerated largely based on sales performance," the reforms will provision for non-sales key performance indicators, including understanding customers' needs, suitability of product recommendations and professionalism. The reforms will also ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... events and to deviations of economic performance from what had been anticipated. The number of surveys and obscure indicators seen as conveying information has continued to grow, as has the number of commentators to talk about them." The Australian Financial ...

Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... payrolls report - I repeat, the Fed has done it for us thank you very much. The LMCI is comprised of "19 labor market indicators" "covering the broad categories of unemployment and underemployment, employment, workweeks, wages, vacancies, hiring, layoffs ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... "Here is where the opportunity lies." Bracken notes that in Spain unemployment is still above 22%, but "all economic indicators are ticking up and beating expectations. In Ireland, unemployment is at 10%, but the 10 year bond yield is at around 1.7% ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... categories: falling and rising. The large volume of users commenting on economic issues has allowed the platform to create indicators combining, for example, the VIX volatility index with mentions of exchange traded funds (ETFs). The StockTwits Fear ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... trading site Forex.com. HONG KONG - Asian markets have fallen, with Shanghai and Hong Kong hit by another weak batch of indicators - but the euro has been supported by upbeat German trade data. Shanghai closed down 0.36 per cent, or 18.35 points, at ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Tech shares like Intel (-1.7 per cent) and Facebook (-1.8 per cent) were hard hit on a day with no major US economic indicators. Airline stocks also fell sharply on worries about overcapacity. Analysts said the market continued to weigh the implications ...