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Finance Sector Union slams CBA's decision to cut 3,700 jobs

The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has today condemned the Commonwealth Bank's announcement today that it would slash 3,700 jobs over the next three years. "There's no way you can take that amount of people out of an organization and not have an impact ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ords dragged down by CBA news

Tokyo share prices fell 0.86 per cent today in what dealers said was a technical correction to the market's recent sharp rise. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index dropped 94.90 points to end at 10,938.42. The Australian stock market ended its ...

Tasmanian adviser faces 110 ASIC charges

A former financial adviser from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, appeared today in the Hobart Magistrates Court on a total of 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges that between July 1995 and May 2003 Mervyn ...

Labor has a red letter day in Parliament: Senator Sherry

Superannuation portability, which the Government was attempting to pass through the Senate, has been disallowed in Parliament today. According to Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, there had been a unanimous ...

NYSE chairman resigns amid pay package turmoil

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso resigned today amid rising fury over his $US139.5 million ($A210.25 million) pay package. Mr Grasso entered an emergency meeting of the NYSE board and said he was prepared to offer his resignation if the ...

Midday market wrap: Australian stocks track US gains

The Australian stock market at noon today had made modest gains in the wake of firmer trading in the United States, with most of the major banks, resources stocks and Telstra in positive territory. At 1219 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index rose ...

Democrats round on government portability regulations

Although striking a deal to introduce limited co-contributions and reduce the superannuation surcharge, and thus emerging as a key player in the retirement savings policy debate, the Australian Democrats have again attacked the government's superannuation ...

Gold Coast super release promoters face court: ASIC

Two superannuation release promoters have appeared before the Gold Coast Magistrates Court on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Timothy Melrose Barritt and Kelvin Oliver Mills, from the Gold Coast, were ...

Macquarie Group applauds Government-Democrats' action on super

Macquarie Financial Services Group has today congratulated the Government and the Australian Democrats for breaking a deadlock on superannuation discussions. The group's technical manager David Shirlow called it a decision that will potentially benefit ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

... advertisements is still downwards; with Victoria's downward trend lasting 12 months. Job advertisements also fell 7% in the ACT (though this followed a 10.3% rise in July), and in South Australia, the job advertisements fell 3.7% and by 2.5% in Western ...