Good afternoon, More than 56,000 people found work in December, blistering past expectations for employment gains of 15,000 as Australia’s still-tight jobs market acts as a potential barrier to an interest-rate cut by the Reserve Bank. The Australian dollar hovering near five-year lows makes Australia look even more attractive to private equity firms hunting for bargains, fund managers say. And meet Kane Harrison, the 39-year-old entrepreneur who slugged it out selling pancakes at markets before coming up with an investment app that he just sold for multi-millions. |