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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... stocks helped a run of sluggish trade in US equity markets. Locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases jobs figures for May, which is expected to show the unemployment rate holding steady at 6.2 per cent. In Australia, the market ...

Australia a priority for HSBC despite job cuts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
HSBC said Australia is a priority market, but has not confirmed if the decision to cut 25,000 jobs globally will affect the business down under. The group confirmed that it wants to reduce its risk weighted assets by 25%. To achieve that, it will sell ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... worries about overcapacity. Analysts said the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... June payments, 1.6 billion euros ($A2.32 billion) worth, into one due on June 30. Investors are looking ahead to the May US jobs report and a policy announcement from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Both are scheduled for Friday. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... drop in the US trade deficit in April, slower growth in the US services sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... manager at Kenjol Capital Management, said investors are also awaiting key economic data later in the week, including Friday's jobs report for May. "Overall we're in wait-and-see mode," Levy said. Apparel company PVH, which owns the Tommy Hillfiger and ...

J.P.Morgan makes Australian appointment amid global restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... coming months. The global fund manager made the announcement days after chief executive James Dimon announced that 5,000 jobs would be cut globally. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Dimon said that this represents at least 2% of its current workforce ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... personal incomes in April, but lower consumer spending. A jammed economic calendar this week includes May auto sales, the May jobs report and meetings of the European Central Bank and Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Dow member Microsoft ...

Uncertainty over JPM job cuts in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
J.P. Morgan is aiming to cut 5,000 jobs globally, but it has not confirmed whether the move will impact its Australian division. "There is nothing further that we can say locally," a JPM spokesperson told Financial Standard, when asked to comment on ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... economist Shane Oliver acknowledged that Treasurer Joe Hockey replaced the focus from last year's "budget emergency" to "boosting jobs, growth and opportunity." Oliver noted that "as a result, we are unlikely to see the big blow to confidence that last ...