4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – ANZ Job Ads November: +1.7% m/m (prior +1.0%)
Australia – ANZ Job Ads November: +1.7% m/m (prior +1.0%)
ANZ Job Ads
– Second month of solid gains
– For the y/y, up 6.1% (was +5.2% in October)
Felicity Emmett, head of Australian economics at ANZ:
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan – November Nikkei Services PMI 51.8 (prior 50.5) & Composite 52.0( 51.3)
Japan – November Nikkei Services PMI 51.8 (prior 50.5) & Composite 52.0( 51.3)
More PMIs from Japan, on the up!
Key points from Markit/Nikkei
– Output at Japanese services firms increases at sharpest rate since January
Comments from Amy Brownbill, economist at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey:
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on All Eyes On Monte Paschi, Whose Bailout Is Now In Doubt, And Italian Bank Sector Contagion
All Eyes On Monte Paschi, Whose Bailout Is Now In Doubt, And Italian Bank Sector Contagion
As we noted last night, when we previewed the virtually assured “No” vote, we said that “a strong “No” vote will cause Prime Minister Renzi to resign, leading to political instability in Italy.
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Twitter, Inc. Hires a New Product Chief As Ad-Sales Leader Departs
Twitter, Inc. Hires a New Product Chief As Ad-Sales Leader Departs
Social network Twitter‘s (NYSE: TWTR) top ranks shuffled around last week, emphasizing a time of change at the company. On Thursday, Twitter announced that it’s bringing onboard tech executive Keith Coleman as vice president of product, filling an important position that has been vacant since January. And on Friday, Richard Alfonsi, one of Twitter’s top ad-sales leaders, announced he was leaving the company and joining Stripe, an online payments company for start-ups in the United States.
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Australia – Q3 Inventories +0.8% q/q (expected +0.3%) & profits +1.0% q/q (expected +3.0%)
Australia – Q3 Inventories +0.8% q/q (expected +0.3%) & profits +1.0% q/q (expected +3.0%)
Australian data
Q3 Inventories +0.8% q/q … a beat on expectations and will add to GDP for Q3
– expected +0.3%, prior +0.3%
Company profit +1.0% q/q … MISS
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Euro hits near 2-yr low after Italy’s Renzi loses reform referendum
Euro hits near 2-yr low after Italy’s Renzi loses reform referendum
The euro tumbled after Italian PM Matteo Renzi said he would resign after conceding defeat in a referendum.
4 December, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Italian prime minister to resign Monday after bruising referendum defeat
The Wall Street Journal: Italian prime minister to resign Monday after bruising referendum defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced early Monday that he will tender his resignation in the afternoon after admitting defeat in Sunday’s referendum.
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