wren Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The latest figures wrt Participation RateÃÆâ€â„¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¢ÃƒÆ’¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢Ã¢â€š¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÆ’…¡Ãƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¬ÃƒÆ’â€Å¡Ãƒƒâہ¡ÃƒÆ’‚¦today. Participation rate decreased by less than 0.1 pts to 64.7%, based on unrounded estimates.Not so different to the USA (an economy which is allegedly about to implode) where the rate is 62.8% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joules mm1 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 and i saw elvis at coles this morning.....and in other news May 9, 2014, 12:00 p.m. EDT Fed bond buying should end in October: Fisher WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, said Friday that he supports the central bank ending its bond- buying program in October with a final reduction of $15 billion. The Fed has been reducing the pace of its asset purchases by $10 billion per meeting this year, which would leave a balance of $15 billion by the policy meeting in late October. There is a debate among economists about whether the Fed would decide to end the program in October or extend it until December. It is not an arcane technicality because the central bank is not expected to even contemplate tightening until after the asset purchases have been completed. In a speech to community bankers in New Orleans, Fisher, a consistent critic of the program, said the central bank couldn't speed up the pace of the taper because markets are "somewhat addicted to our accommodation of their needs." Fisher made fun of the market's fixation on the "dot chart," the graphic that lays out forecasts of the Fed's benchmark interest rate by all members of the Fed's policy committee. "Some analysts practically worship the dots. They have become analytical idols around which a doxology of sorts has developed," he said. Fisher, who is a voting member of the Fed's policy committee this year, cautioned that the forecasts are little more than "best guesses" and that the composition of Fed voters has been in flux. "Surely economists of high repute are aware of the imperfections of this exercise...we, on the Fed policy committee, certainly are," coodawoodshooda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joules mm1 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/05/tesla-wi...k-in-australia/ Tesla Will Build A Supercharger Network In Australia excerpt Buying a Tesla Motors electric car in Australia just got even more attractive. The electric car company will build a network of its Supercharger high-speed chargers around the country, letting Tesla owners recharge their vehicles for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arty Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 eBay Hacked, Change Your Passwords Now http://lifehacker.com/ebay-hacked-change-y...-now-1579504977 Apparently, it's the Heartbleed bug inside Open SSL that enabled hackers to capture an indefinite amount of server memory. Amazingly, this has remained unnoticed since February! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balance Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Hi Arty, Thanks for the heads up. Many here would have an account I'm sure. I changed mine this morning after hearing it on the ABC. It has been in there quite some time! Pretty poor security effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arty Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Thanks to Aunty ABC in that case. Mrs A heard it on the News too and told me at breakfast. ... and yes - I've changed my password too; also the "Secret Question" because such a thing can aid identity theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Sending emails purporting to be a company insider is a tactic hackers use to get inside the systems of businesses and governments. Mr Dell, founder of the multinational computer technology company Dell, said hackers were also using distraction techniques to attack big banks which Dell services. "We are actually seeing very commonly with banks a massive 'denial of service' attack that is a distraction for a theft that is going on with wire transfers on the other side of the bank," Mr Dell said at a technology conference in California. Dell SecureWorks, a subsidiary of Dell, counts an average of 29 trillion cyber attacks each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barra Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 I wonder if paypal was also compromised? Hope not as they have my credit card number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balance Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Ah yes, thanks, I forgot about the secret question. I just updated mine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arty Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Paypal said No. And if your Paypal account has a different id (and password) to eBay, there should be nothing to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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