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AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... At 0813 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up six points points at 5,758. The US Labor Department said the US economy added 257,000 jobs in January, better than the 235,000 projected by analysts. The report also included ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... she lived near Canberra, the public service was an obvious choice. So she took the exam, passed, and was asked what department she would like to work in. "I didn't have a car at the time so I chose one that was close to where I was living," she says. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... rate of 2.6 per cent in the fourth quarter, well below the 5.0 per cent in the prior quarter, according to Commerce Department data. Analysts also pointed to the drag from a eurozone inflation report, which showed consumer prices fell by a record 0.6 ...

Challenger negotiates Care Annuity compromise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has backed down from its plan to change the way it assesses current holders of the Challenger Care Annuity. However, Challenger has agreed to redesign the product in line with the new 'user pays' aged care policies ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... improving job market and cheaper fuel. Jobless claims decreased by 3,000 to 294,000 in the week ended December 6, a Labor Department report showed. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October lending finance ...

Robots will take over white collar jobs first

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... take over the tasks of medium and high-skilled workers, rather than jobs that do not require a university education, a Department of Industry paper determined. "The challenges presented by increasing automation are not limited to low-skilled positions," ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,360. The Dow closed just shy of the 18,000 mark after the US Labor Department reported that a much stronger-than-expected 321,000 jobs were added to the economy in November, the best jobs growth in nearly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... following a review of its operating performance and after assessing the further impact of its settlement with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the company expected its Statutory EBITDA for the year to June 30, 2015 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... cent, or 15.98 points, to 2,779.53, but Hong Kong fell 0.95 per cent, or 225.68 points, to 23,428.62. The US Commerce Department on Tuesday said construction spending rose 1.1 per cent in September, almost twice as much as expected, while industry specialist ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back. However ...