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Franklin Templeton appoints institutional sales manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... as head of institutional sales for eight years. He moved to Australia in 1990 to set up the performance measurement department at State Street Australia followed by business development roles at MLC and Credit Suisse. "Diversification across investment ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... cent to 2,031.92. But the US' October jobs growth came in below the 235,000 expected by analysts, although, the Labor Department revised upward by a total of 31,000 the number of net new jobs gained in the previous two months. The report also said the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... orders for US manufactured goods dropped $US2.8 billion, or 0.6 per cent, to $US499.4 billion in September, the Commerce Department reported. The US trade deficit widened in September to $US43.0 billion as exports slowed and imports remained flat from ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... saying activity is picking up more than expected going into the year-end holiday shopping season. But the Commerce Department reported that US construction spending fell a second straight month in September, for a 0.4 per cent annual decline, surprising ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... announcement under the name of suspended frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos, suggesting he had been restored to the ministry. The department later corrected the name to Finance Minister and Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann. "Treasury apologises ...

Sunsuper named Australia's best contact centre

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Sunsuper's contact centre has been named the nation's best in the under-100 employees category by the Customer Service Institute of Australia. Sunsuper received the National Service Excellence in a Contact Centre Award for a business with under 100 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... private-sector employment increased by 213,000 in September from August, according to payroll company ADP. But the Commerce Department reported that construction spending in August fell unexpectedly, by 0.8 per cent, while a report from the Institute ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,998.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 46.53 (1.03 per cent) to 4,555.22. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family houses surged 18 per cent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... was down 53 points at 5,318. Locally, in economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia's head of payments policy department, Tony Richards, is slated to speak at the Chicago Payments Symposium in Chicago. NAB is due to release its inaugural Aust-Asia ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,998.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 46.53 (1.03 per cent) to 4,555.22. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family houses surged 18 per cent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest ...