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Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... questioning America's outlook after last week's disappointing US economic news - specifically, the bigger-than-expected jump in weekly jobless claims. Never mind about the increased M&A activity. This, too, is now being spun negatively. This time last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Europe's main stock markets tumbled on Thursday as sentiment was dampened by US data showing an unexpected jump in the weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits, dampening recovery hopes. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed 91.58 points ...

Something for everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... 500,000 in the week ended 14 August. This was higher than market expectations for a decline to 478,000, the third consecutive weekly increase and the highest since 14 November last year. Two-fecta. The Philadelphia Fed index dropped to minus 7.7 in August ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... was down nine points at 4,455. In economics news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases average weekly earnings data for May, and on International merchandise imports for July The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Kruger are out to induce a nightmare on Wall Street. But wait, it wasn't Jason, nor was it Freddie - it was the US initial "weekly" unemployment insurance claims that scared the bejeesus out of investors last night. You'll be crapping yourself, too ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... unemployment rate steadied at 9.5 per cent. The average workweek increased to 34.2 hours from 34.1 hours in June. Aggregate weekly earnings rose by 0.6 per cent in the month after posting a 0.3 per cent dip in June. Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2 ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... different from the week before when they dropped to 452,500 (their lowest level since May). The point? The point is despite the weekly ups and downs in the data, jobless claims remain stuck at the 450,000 mark they've been on since the start of the year. ...

Strachan to head combined investment team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Vision Super has five managers. "We've started bringing people together already, the Vision team are starting to join in our weekly investment meetings," said Press. She said the strategy addressed possible concerns from both investment teams regarding ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 2.2 percent...The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 1.3 percent, extending four consecutive weekly gains... The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rallied the most since June 21, climbing 2.1 percent to a three- month high." Europe's ...

Auscoal switches to daily unit pricing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
The $5 billion-plus Auscoal Super has switched from weekly crediting rates to daily unit pricing in line with the broader industry shift towards daily unit pricing. Auscoal Super started its new calculation method at the beginning of this month. According ...