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Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Claims that US politicians are out of touch with ordinary Americans have led a group of conservative Republicans to sponsor a bill to end Congressional pensions and force politicians to save for their own retirement just like everyone else. The legislation ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... consumers and could force Fed-regulated insurance companies to abandon key products, reducing their ability to help Americans manage their economic security," MetLife said. While MetLife said it fully endorses prudent regulation of the life insurance ...

Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... participation rate was unchanged at 62.8 - a 35-year low - improving labour market conditions should encourage more Americans to start looking. The latest US jobs report may well be the start of a stronger virtuous cycle of greater job creation, higher ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... weapons sales, and restrict the sale of sensitive technology, in particular in the energy industry. US sanctions ban Americans or people in US jurisdictions from any new medium- or long-term financing transactions with VTB Bank, its subsidiary Bank of ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
WOW! Seen the latest ADP private payrolls number last night? The report showed 281,000 Americans found jobs in the private sector in June. This is the biggest monthly addition since the 293K added back in November 2012 and... it beat even the most optimistic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... its extraordinary measures until the jobless rate fell a lot more. "The recovery still feels like a recession to many Americans, and it also looks that way in some economic statistics," she said. in which she underlined that unemployment was still a ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... don't, they make excuses. Yes Virginia, excuses, excuses. It's the weather. Of course, there would have been a lot more Americans working had the deep freeze not prevented "outdoors jobs"A hiring Then again, riddle me this batboy, why have construction ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... anyway), a strong report would support the "the US economic recovery remains in track" crowd. Bets are in that 189,000 more Americans found jobs in January and the unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 6.7%. Close to the 175K reported by ADP right? ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

Big fall one day, up and away the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014