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TSX Settled in Green for the Third Straight Day, Thursday
August 07, 2020 01:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaON TSX: The broader index of the Toronto Stock Exchange – S&P/TSX Composite Index extended gains of the previous trading session and enhanced by 77.49 points or 0.47% higher to 16,579.10 and settled in green for the third day in a row...

Canadian Insolvency Filings Decline By Record Numbers After Federal Support
August 07, 2020 03:31 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCanada’s economic response plan and fiscal stimulus measures deployed to soften the blow of the pandemic seems to be bearing fruit. While tens of thousands of establishments shut down in the months of March and April, consumer and business in.....

Labour Market Conditions in The UK Improve as More Sectors Open Up, But Outlook Still Remains Grim
August 06, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The REC and KPMG employment index for July stood at 43.4, up from 34.3 recorded in the month of July The improvement in the employment index in July is being attributed to the opening up of the hospitality sector, the largest employment.....

BP's plan for zero carbon emission by 2050, will other companies follow the suite?
August 06, 2020 08:14 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Oil majors BP & RDSA have vowed to reduce carbon footprint by 2050 Supermarket operators SBRY & TSCO are likely to become carbon neutral in the next few decades There are some sectors where reducing carbon footprint still seems.....

Impact of Coronavirus on Australian Economy and Way Forward
August 06, 2020 06:29 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicSummary A start of the new pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China created a global health challenge and an economic catastrophe. Just after the most horrific bushfire season ended, Australians needed to adapt to a “new normal”. B.....
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Unemployment, Financial and Economic Crunch: 3 Things that Kiwi landers May Consider to Sail Though
August 06, 2020 05:59 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary New Zealand’s critical unemployment scenario despite its significant success against the virus indicates an impending concern for the New Zealanders. The hard-hit travel sector might have still to wait for the potential Tran.....

Cybersecurity and the Requirement of a Resilient Environment in Australia
August 06, 2020 01:59 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicSummary Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, people became more aware of the value of cybersecurity. More jobs being created in the cybersecurity industry after more cyber attacks had been happening. There are various possible ways of mainta.....

S&P/TSX Composite Index Settled Higher for the Second Straight Day, Wednesday.
August 06, 2020 01:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaON TSX: The benchmark indices of the Toronto Stock Exchange – TSX COMPOSITE INDEX settled 133.58 points or 0.82% higher at 16,501.61, with energy stocks ruled on Wednesday, with Cenovus Energy surged 43 cents, or 7%, to CAD 6.61, while Enerplus...

Coronavirus effect: Virgin Atlantic’s bankruptcy increases spotlight on airline stocks
August 05, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Facing the Covid-19 crisis, Virgin Atlantic filed for bankruptcy after a month old announcement of securing £1.2 billion in funding. Despite higher cost and lower income, airlines need to invest in safety measures to check the spr.....

Goods exports to China are now nearly half of the total Australian Exports
August 05, 2020 10:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Australian trade surplus rocketed to $8.2 billion in June 2020, driven by rising export of iron ore to China where surged steel production culminated in high iron ore demand. The robust trade statistics come at a time when severe .....

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Plan on Economic Recovery – 5 Aspects to be Looked at
August 05, 2020 09:45 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicSummary A recent emergency state declared in Victoria put new challenges to the Australian health and economy. JobTrainer program is expected to create more jobs that will be needed in the future. Mr Morrison is planning to invest a lot of mon.....

Robinhood Traders Responsible for Moves in Markets
August 05, 2020 07:57 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Day trading has taken a leap in the wake of the pandemic, as retail investors have found making money easy and fast. At the heightened market volatility in March, there had been an addition of a large number of new traders. The stock ma.....

Coronavirus Vaccine - ‘Silver bullet’ OR NOT as per WHO
August 05, 2020 06:38 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary World Health Organization (WHO) stated that at the moment, there is ‘no silver bullet’ for COVID-19 and that could hold for the future as well. The international body advised all countries to precisely implement health .....

Gold Supply Disruptions and Paradigm Shift in Gold Miners’ Business Strategy
August 05, 2020 06:31 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Gold is once again talk of the town with recent surge in gold spot to a record high of USD 2,031.07 per ounce, well above the much-awaited mark of USD 2,000 per ounce. Investors have embraced gold in 2020, leading to a gush in spot pric.....

Job losses Continue Unabated at Major British Companies
August 05, 2020 06:15 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe spate of job losses in the United Kingdom is not showing any signs of abatement even after the lockdown has been opened in the past three months. Many major companies in the country have announced redundancies in the last month despite evidence.....

S&P/TSX Composite Index Edged 198.83 points or 1.2% Higher, on Tuesday 04 August
August 05, 2020 01:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOn TSX: The broader index of the Toronto Stock Exchange – TSX Composite Index traded 198.83 points or 1.2% higher at 16,368.03. And TSX Venture Exchange surged 20.83 points or 2.8% to 741.57. Within oil & gas sector, shares of Crescent Poin...

The TikTok Talk: Microsoft's Efforts around Pocketing a Big deal
August 05, 2020 12:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThere was a buzz in the market related to Microsoft buying Chinese technology company TikTok. On Sunday 2 August 2020, Microsoft confirmed the buzz that it had a discussion with the Chinese technology Company ByteDance concerning the acquisition of.....

Tech boom & FAANG Stocks: Investors look for another wave of high stock price levels
August 04, 2020 05:45 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Technology, along with healthcare, has been among the best performing sectors led by new opportunities created by the pandemic. FAANG stocks are the primary drivers of the NASDAQ composite, with a substantial contribution of over 10% fr.....

TSX Ends Lower on Last Trading Day of July
August 04, 2020 01:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaTSX/TSXV: The Canadian stock market fell on Friday 31st July 2020, over energy stocks’ dismal earnings amid heightened uncertainty over surge in COVID-19 cases. Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX 300 Composite Index dropped 130.09 points or 0...

Orocobre Posts 48 Per Cent Decline in Quarterly Revenue, Total Sales Cost Reaches A Record Low
August 03, 2020 11:38 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The COVID-19 outbreak has added to the ever-growing problems faced by the lithium industry, which has been struggling in the past to deal with the supply glut. The lithium industry remained under oversupply conditions before and the COV.....
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