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Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Borrowing from Croc Dundee, "you call that a reason to sell?" "This is a reason to sell." Last night, the Commerce Department reported a drop in new home sales. Oh sorry...it wasn't just a drop, it was a tumble to record lows and lower the lowest number ...

QIC taps lifecycle strategies

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... retirement income. He was the only academic invited to present at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor Joint Hearing on target date funds in June 2009. Joining Drew at QIC to work on this initiative will be Evan Reedman ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... previous month. Expectations were for only a 0.7 per cent gain. Housing? There's good news there too. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts increased by 2.8 per cent in January to 591,000 units annualised in January versus expectations ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
... Powis is also the chief executive of FuturePlus although two sponsoring unions United Services Union (USU) and the Department and Environmental Professionals' Union (DEPA) have both started a petition for him to resign because he failed to adequately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... 23, 2010, Treasury notes. In company news, Challenger Wine Trust and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd first half results are due. Department store giant Myer Ltd releases second quarter sales data and Santos chief executive David Knox speaks at the Melbourne Mining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... quarter with a 5.7 per cent growth rate on the back of brisk business spending to replenish inventories. The Commerce Department figures showed growth accelerated from the 2.2 per cent pace in the third quarter, when the economy expanded for the first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... stocks. The S&P report was yet another worry for investors who have been focused on politics, not the economy. The Labor Department said weekly jobless claims fell by less than expected last week and the Commerce Department reported that durable goods ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... market was mixed earlier as good earnings news was tempered by an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. Economists polled ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... Survey of Consumer Sentiment for January. The Australian Office of Financial Management tenders April 2020 bonds. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled vacancies report for January. In company news, miners ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... Street into losing more than half a per cent last night. Inflation cast its shadow on the Street after the US Labor Department released figures showing that the country's headline producer price index jumped by 1.8 per cent in November, with the core ...