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Weak old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Personal income was unchanged in June after rising by 0.3 per cent in May. Expectations were for a 0.2 per cent pick up. Wages/salaries slipped by 0.1 per cent in the month. This is a negative report if you're looking only at the June numbers. But note ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... "It's hard to argue that such a rise will be a huge impost on either wage costs or take-home pay, particularly when real wages are expected to have increased by more than six per cent by 2013-14." Reynolds also noted that among the estimated 25 per cent ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... Commerce Department reported that personal income, personal spending and personal savings all increased in May. Read, US wages and salaries are rising fast enough to allow consumers to simultaneously spend and save. US personal income increased by 0.4 ...

IFSA rebrands to the Financial Services Council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... issues the Financial Services Council would focus on, including advocating for a 'Big Australia', which involves capping wages and inflation and reducing the fiscal burden of an ageing population. As part of this strategy, the council will lobby for ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... to see shrinking demand and delay (stop?) investment in equipment, in buildings and structures and in staff. Income and wages fall, company profits fall, equity market falls. And then that eagerly awaited double dip. If this fear becomes entrenched at ...

CalSTRS finances solar energy project

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... solar energy project. The project is expected to create more than 1,000 local jobs and generate $290 million in construction wages.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... was 70 points lower at 4,346 points, with 5,511 contracts traded. In economics news on Tuesday, the Melbourne Institute Wages Report for the May quarter is due, and the Australian Office Of Financial Management (AOFM) is to auction $300 million of August ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... deficit hole they dug themselves in -- their growth outlook is not looking too flash now. Portugal has frozen public sector wages, restricted social services, raised taxes and privatised state assets. More tax hikes are planned. Spain cut spending on ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... ACCI, is that because so many employees are disengaged from their super, SG increases are not considered by workers to be wages and so employers are pressured to pay them over and above normal wages. "The Government plan to allow employers to pay this ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Greek government has agreed to freeze wages and pensions for three years in a deal with the International Monetary Fund which will help revive its ramshackle economy. Greece reached the agreement with the IMF, the European Commission, and the European ...