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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... streak. Wall Street rallied from the opening bell after a better-than-expected November jobs report from the Labor Department. The US jobless rate dropped to 7.0 per cent, a five-year low, from 7.3 per cent in October, and the economy added 203,000 jobs. ...

Govt makes key infrastructure inquiry appointment

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... in their knowledge of the global regulatory environment and 62% admit they don't know what is going on outside their department. "This shows that a silo culture is pervasive in the industry, with departments acting unilaterally rather than viewing themselves ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... and strategy. Johnson joined the Vanguard Group in 2000 as a senior investment analyst in Vanguard's portfolio review department where he was responsible for fund and manager oversight, due diligence on prospective managers, product management and development ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... cent, to 3,969.15 points. First-time applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 21,000 last week, the Labor Department reported, the latest sign that the US job market is recovering. The number of applications, which is a proxy for how many workers ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... revenue so far in the current financial year were already higher than they were for the whole of the previous year. Department store chain Myer eased 2.5 cents to $2.815 after it said it was cautious about the year ahead as it faced increased costs and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... cent, at 5,347.8. NEW YORK - US stocks fell modestly, ending the Dow's four-day streak of fresh records, as the Justice Department announced a record $US13 billion ($A13.91 billion) settlement over mortgage securities with JPMorgan Chase. The Dow Jones ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... its ambassador to Australia and invited Australia's deputy head of mission David Engel to Indonesia's foreign affairs department yesterday to "please explain" leaked documents revealing Australia's Defense Signals Directorate (DSD) "monitoring" personal ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013