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Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... contributions," Cormann said, adding: "Under the Coalition's proposal, small businesses will report superannuation payments to the agency that already collects their PAYG payments, rather than submitting additional forms to Medicare." Cormann said the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Prospects that Beijing would step in to provide money were dashed at the weekend when a commentary by the official Xinhua news agency said there was no shortage of funds in the financial system. NEW YORK - US stocks ended the day decisively lower on ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... devices in 2008. The Fund's investment portfolio is continually reviewed, based on information from specialist screening agency MSCI, and other reliable sources of information, to ensure its list of excluded companies remains up to date.

LinkedIn the fastest-growing tech company... again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... number one at 51%. Also registering in the top ten were laser and amplifier manufacturer IPG Photonics, stock photography agency Shutterstock, and consumer electronics company InvenSense. Forbes compiled the list by sifting through more than 2000 listed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... 12.2 per cent in April, with 19.2 million people on the dole as recession continued to sap the economy. The Eurostat data agency said on Friday that in the 12 months to April, a total 1.6 million people lost their jobs in the 17-nation eurozone. Meanwhile ...

Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... information posted on LinkedIn as trustworthy, according to a study released this week. The study, carried out by recruitment agency Robert Half, polled 150 chief executives and finance directors in Hong Kong. The majority (69%) said they 'sometimes' ...

SPAA creates head of education role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... an education manager. Prior to joining SPAA, Ward was at AMP and was a consultant for the Financial Services Education Agency Australia. "Liz has the right skill set for this demanding role, having the experience to identify needs and find education ...

FFMA is on track to break $100bn barrier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
The Future Fund Management Agency (FFMA) is on track to break through the $100 billion barrier after having climbed to $97 billion by end March 2013. The FFMA is the public sector agency that looks after the $85 billion Future Fund, as well as $12 billion ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... information on economic and financial developments in coming months. The Committee will continue its purchases of Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate, until the outlook for the labor market ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... points. NEW YORK - US stocks finished up more than one per cent despite a two-minute mini-crash caused by a false news agency tweet, with good earnings results from DuPont, Travelers and Netflix. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday was up 152.29 ...