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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... was being helped by better than expected results for US initial jobless claims. During overnight trade, the US Labour Department said that initial claims for jobless aid dropped by 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 435,000. Many Wall Street economists ...

Politics shape investment choices: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... on whether they support the political party in power or not, academic research shows. The School of Business finance department from University of Miami released data this month claiming that investors are more likely to feel optimistic about financial ...

Van Eyk head of distrib exits, staff cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Van Eyk has made job cuts across its sales, product, IT and research departments, while head of distribution, Michael Angwin, has resigned. Mark Thomas, chief executive of van Eyk, said less than 10 people were let go as part of the restructure. Angwin ...

Cbus hires Frontier and AustralianSuper execs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... David Constable joins Cbus as marketing manager after four years with Australian Super and working in its marketing department. Constable has post-graduate qualifications, is experienced in superannuation marketing and related campaigns. Mark Ward also ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... public versus private choice for their investments. His views on 'crowding out' are supported by a recent Treasury department working paper, which argues that external factors play a greater role than fiscal policy does in determining short-run interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... merchandise imports for September. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Indices of Economic Activity, and the Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations releases its jobs vacancy report. In equities, Woolworths Ltd releases ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... with pension age and more means testing of benefits will be needed to contain superannuation costs, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) has told the incoming government. DoFD has released its red book briefing prepared for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... were disappointed to see first-time unemployment claims rise last week, breaking a recent trend of declines. The Labor Department said that claims had jumped by 12,000 and are still at levels that signal employers are not significantly adding new jobs. ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted any which way that tickles your fancy. ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? The latest US Labor Department figures show that initial unemployment claims dropped by 27,000 to 451,000 in the week ended 4 September. This is stronger ...