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Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... in his speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on 8 June 2010 (also after a disappointing US employment report): "My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific....The unemployment rate is still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... Australian share market extended last week's losses amid fresh concerns about the world economy, sparked by poor US employment data. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 14 points lower, by 0.31 per cent, at 4,569.1, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
Let's cut to the chase and get straight to the point - the US employment report most of us have waited for all week was plain and simply U-G-L-Y ugly. There's no ifs, no ands and definitely no buts. Ugly, ugly, ugly. That's just what it is! Although ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... disappointed, market sold off. Non-farm payrolls report surprised to upside, bears disappointed. With the now lowered US employment expectations for May, it'll be easier for the actual number to beat predictions. And if not, look out below. But you won't ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... because the participation rate was unchanged at 64.2 per cent - no one gave up looking for work in March from Feb. US employment is heading in the right direction, yippee! But for those looking for something to worry about, they could simply point to ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... cent from 16.1 per cent in the previous month. Not enough fear? How's this for a scare? Based on the February data, US employment remains 7.468 million below the December 2007 peak. The grizzlies want you to ignore the fact that US employment had been ...

Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... market grizzlies are finding themselves naked as news keep on getting better all the time. OK, ok. Maybe not the US employment report released over the weekend. Not yet. But it'll get there. What with all the positive activity indicators we've witnessed ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... the employment survey was taken. It was the weather that was unexpected! The fact is both camps are dissecting the US employment report to its sub-atomic parts to find rationales for their views. And it shall be so next month and the month after... and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... has changed its outlook after the Queensland floods. Mr Jones said the market would focus also on the release of US employment data on Friday, but the turmoil in Egypt was likely dominate markets this week. "Certainly, the situation in Egypt is what's ...

HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
HOSTPLUS turns up the heat on low chef apprenticeship figures and promotes the cooking industry through its own master chef competition. HOSTPLUS has launched a national cooking competition, 'Cook For Your Career', which the industry fund said will ...