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Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... intends to cull 150,000 heads from the public sector. Those that are left would have to contend with low wages and extended weekly working hours and oh, higher taxes. "Public sector downsizing." Public sector entities would either be closed or merged. ...

Big Benny and little Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... expectations for a gain to 415,000. Regular readers would know that I don't really pay too much attention to this volatile weekly series and prefer the less seesawing four-week moving average of claims. Here, the picture is becoming none too flash either. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... on a second bailout package to avert a Greek debt default. The US stock markets appeared on track for a seventh straight weekly loss. The dollar jumped against the euro amid eurozone risk concerns and crude oil prices plunged 4.6 per cent in New York. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 97.29 points, or 0.79 per cent, to close at 12,151.26, making a fifth consecutive weekly slump amid the index's longest streak of losses since 2004. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 12.78 points, or 0.97 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... following negative reports on jobs and manufacturing. Australian shares also lost further ground on Friday, posting their fifth weekly loss in the past six weeks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 17.3 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4,583.1 points on ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... superannuation 'Cheat Notes', which gives members, small, easy to digest bits of information. Members can receive daily or weekly updates or subscribe to Cheat Notes through Twitter or RSS.

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Street where equities ended higher because investors ignored negative reports and chose instead to focus on the volatile weekly jobless claims data. US jobless claims fell by 29K to 409K last week - better than expectations for a 420K tally -- "bolstering ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... selling on the back of that. Also during the local session, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that average weekly ordinary time earnings for adult full-time employees rose 1.0 per cent in the three months to February, for an annual rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... million of Treasury Notes maturing on August 12, 2011. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) for the three months to February. In equities news, James Hardie SE issues full year results. ...

Grant Samuel bags $800 million mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... McKinnon said that the Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy was also seeing "very good inflows through platforms on a weekly basis." Other institutional clients include State Super Financial Services and Suncorp. GSFM's Australian equities partner ...