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FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... be in the "several hundreds" in the next six months. Westpac announced in November it was cutting numbers in the IT department, outsourcing nearly 200 jobs to other parts of Australia and overseas to save money. A spokesperson for NAB said staff fluctuations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... last week among European leaders fell far short of what was needed to contain that region's debt crisis. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that retail sales rose for the sixth straight month in November. Sales increased just 0.2 percent, below ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Hang Seng Index was 139.3 points higher at 19,179.69 on turnover of $HK51.94 billion ($6.68 billion). The US Labor Department said on Friday that unemployment dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who had forecast ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... years. The rally lost steam as investor focus shifted to the negative aspects of a jobs report, traders said. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who had forecast ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... credit crisis. Another rise in applications for weekly unemployment benefits dampened the mood on Thursday. The Labor Department said initial applications rose to 402,000 last week, the second weekly increase in a row. The figures didn't change expectations ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... jumped to 52.7 in November against expectations of 51.8 and the previous month's reading of 50.8. There was the Commerce Department report that US construction spending rose by 0.8% in October - the third straight month of gains. These reports add to ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Canadian sanctions against Iran's central bank and petrochemical sector. Merck fell nearly one per cent after the Justice Department said the firm would pay a fine of nearly $US1 billion ($A1.02 billion) because of misleading marketing related to its ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... the corner - expect a lotta more shopping to go on - and that's why am in Christmas countdown mode. The US Commerce Department reports that retail spending increased by 0.5% in October following a 1.1% gain in the previous month. This was more than market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... the Treasury Dr Martin Parkinson addresses an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia function. In equities news, department store Myer releases first quarter sales results. Building products manufacturer CSR releases its first half results, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... fast-changing developments in the European debt crisis. The Europe woes overshadowed a mixed October jobs report from the Labor Department. The US unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped to 9.0 per cent from 9.1 per cent the prior month. The number of ...