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As published in last weeks Financial Standard. Friday, 26 October 2012 11:50am By Linda Hausken | In Economics Australia has experienced the world’s largest drop off in financial service jobs with a 34% drop in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same time last year, according to the quarterly Jobs Barometer from…
Thanks to AMP Capitals Olivers Insights this note looks at the November 6 US Presidential and Congressional elections and implications for share markets. The key points are as follows The November 6 US Presidential election has more significance than usual given the policy differences between the two candidates and urgent need to reduce the “fiscal…
A former colleague emailed me the following Scam alert. “The following note comes from Ken, a retired banking colleague of a friend of mine: Telephone Scam Offering Cash Payment Case 1 A retired friend of mine has emailed this story about a CBA colleague (Keith) received a telephone call purporting to be from Westpac Head…
Two minute scenarios… Wills are usually written to last a lifetime, however a separation or divorce is a key trigger for a Will review. We consider some of the issues surrounding these possibilities. Scenario One… separation and divorce Scenario: Chris and Angie, who have two young children, had their Wills prepared about 15 years ago,…
· Telstra’s mobile network dominance continues. The recent introduction of the iPhone 5 as yet to be measured in terms of sales but Telstra remains confident that it is well placed. · Telstra is expanding its LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile network which is better known as the…
You are golfing and have just hit the ball into a buried lie in the tall grass. You know it is very difficult to get the ball back into play from that type of lie. Well, now there’s a product that can remedy that frustrating situation very quickly.
This amazing high rise in China was built in just 2 weeks by constructing nearly all elements on the ground and lifting into place. They did a time lapse video and it is mind blowing what they achieved in such a short time. To see the video
Has Ablett done enough to win a second Brownlow Medal? We have modelled the 2012 AFL season using a number of match-day statistics and modelled the Brownlow voting. Gary Ablett is clearly the most likely winner in our model. Swan, Thompson and Watson are next, in that order. We know it’s unusual…
