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Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... February. The four-week moving average of claims has fallen significantly below 400K to 388,500. Remember what the US Labor Department said before? That "it takes a sustained improvement below 400k to have any appreciable effect on unemployment." We ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... have forced fund managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Dennis Richardson told the Paydirt Africa Down Under mining conference last year ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 175,000 gain - from an upwardly revised 189,000 increase in the previous month. Today (yesterday's tomorrow), the Labor Department reported that jobless claims fell to 368,000 -- the lowest level for claims since May 2008 - ending 26 February. I've always ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... mid-Atlantic region nearly doubled between January and February. The surge in manufacturing was enough to offset a Labor Department report that applications for unemployment benefits rose 25,000 from the previous week. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 3.60 per cent from 3.61 per cent from late Tuesday. The Commerce Department reported that new home construction rose by the largest amount in 20 months. The pace of construction is still way off from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... stocks fell in afternoon trading after the government reported surprisingly weak retail sales figures. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose for the seventh straight month in January, but the increase was the smallest since June. Retail sales ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... exchange. On Monday, the Australian share market closed flat after retail stocks weighed on the market, particularly department store chain Myer Holdings after a profit downgrade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.8 points, or 0.12 per cent, at ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... not, US consumers are again opening their wallets. They've regained confidence. Just look at the latest US Commerce Department report on consumer sentiment. And if you still doubt this, look at the University of Michigan's consumer confidence measure ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... their finances as we've seen recently in the improvement in the consumer confidence measures calculated by the Commerce Department and the University of Michigan. They're no longer scared of dipping into their savings. Reports that the Chicago Purchasing ...

Developed nations raise funds for ADB

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... innovative television drama series," said Betty Wilkinson, senior finance specialist (microfinance) in ADB's East Asia Department. ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally ...