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UK abolishes Default Retirement Age

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
The Default Retirement Age of 65 has been abolished in the UK, which now prevents employers from making staff redundant on the grounds of age alone. Implemented in 2006, the Default Retirement Age (DRA) meant that employers could force their employees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... indicator of the health of the US manufacturing sector was better than expected, the main indexes ended the day firmly in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 258.08 points (2.36 per cent) at 10,655.30 at the close, its lowest level since ...

Zurich drops PMAR to speed up cover

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... financial requirements, said Kewin, and provide them with more flexibility in proof of medical status. "In the insurance process, red tape can lead to longer turn-around times, which isn't in the best interest of the customer. If we ultimately want to ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... night with the futures market showing the three major US indices - S&P 500, Dow Jones and the Nasdaq - now trading in the red. It's "just bizarre" for Wall Street to react this way if there is any truth in the rumour. Though we might be getting close ...

Cash sector surges beyond super

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Nervous investors have been flooding money into the safety of bank deposits since the global financial crisis. This has pushed the deposit sector to a record $1.5 trillion, building a clear lead over the $1.4 trillion superannuation savings pool. Super ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... best performing stock on the S&P/ASX 100, soaring 20 per cent to $1.05. Biopharmaceutical company CSL Ltd was among the only red spots on the market and the worst performing stock on the same index, shedding one per cent to $28.73. Turnover was 933.66 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian share market was firmly in the red at noon following tumbles on Wall Street and European bourses overnight, as a cocktail of negative economic data weighed on investor sentiment. CommSec market analyst Steve Daghlian said both key indices ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
A sea of red swamped the world's equity markets - from New York to Rio and old London town - over the past 24 hours. As I've been warning the past few weeks, the global economy is weakening, the odds of another recession has increased and this is sapping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... holdings to longer-term bonds in a bid to reduce long-term interest rates. All of the Dow's 30 blue-chip stocks were in the red, with industrials among the worst performers. Downbeat economic data from China and the eurozone also weighed on global market ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...