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Taco Bell issues NFTs after a string of changes
March 14, 2021 04:11 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media.5 WETH (USD 3,500), with all proceeds going towards the Taco Bell Foundation. Taco Bell recently issued non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and sold blockchain-based digital art. It has released taco-themed GIFs as well as an image on Rarible, an NFT ma...
Australia to promote tourism; to create travel bubble with Singapore
March 14, 2021 04:03 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media;s “proof of vaccination” certificate to minimise the hotel quarantine period. Very soon, Australians may get to visit Singapore for vacation. According to officials, the government is planning to create a travel bubble with Singapor...
Singapore’s Grab Eyes US IPO Via SPAC, May Hit US$40 Bn Valuation
March 14, 2021 04:01 PM AEDT| By Ipsita SarkarSource: Dmitry Demidovich, Shutterstock Summary Grab is in talks about a merger with one of Altimeter’s SPACs for US IPO listing. US stock listing may boost its market value to around US$40 billion, according to analysts. Softbank, Toyota...
Google smashes Microsoft over hacks and media revenue payments
March 14, 2021 03:59 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Mediae plans to spend USD 1 billion to license content from media firms. Tech giants Google and Microsoft stood at loggerheads as Google accuses Microsoft of siding with Government laws to undercut a rival when the company itself is fighting co...
Countries Divided over Usage of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Jab
March 14, 2021 01:20 PM AEDT| By DaminiSource: Mongkolchon Akesin, Shutterstock Summary Multiple European countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, citing fears of blood clots caused by the jab. Australia and Canada have ruled out any safety conce...
COVID & Canadian Markets: Record Lows To Record Highs, All In A Year
March 13, 2021 04:14 PM AEDT| By Shreya BiswasSource: whiteMocca, Shutterstock A whole year has gone by since all hell broke loose in form of the COVID-19 outbreak and threw a wrench into life as we knew it. Everything, starting from world economies to trivial daily chores, changed quickly afte...
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Here’s What 2021 Holds For Canada's Energy Sector?
March 13, 2021 04:00 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSource: Haizhen Du, Shutterstock Summary Canada expects a 14 per cent rise in oil investment and upstream gas. A global stance towards new and clean energy resources like lithium, hydrogen and geothermal among others can help the Canadian ener...
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US Stocks End Week With Modest Gains Amid Mixed Global Cues
March 13, 2021 12:06 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSource: Phongphan, Shutterstock Summary S&P 500 rose 0.10%, Dow Jones was up 0.90%, and NASDAQ shed 0.59%. Europe’s coronavirus woes intensify as vaccination drive falls behind schedule. Ant Group CEO Simon Hu steps down as China crac...
TSX Settles Slightly Higher, BlackBerry & Intertape Polymer Top Movers
March 13, 2021 09:06 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaCopyright © 2021 Kalkine Media Pty Ltd. The broader Canadian benchmark index, S&P/TSX Composite, traded 0.04% higher at 18,851.32 on Friday. Other broader indices also traded in green with S&P/TSX 60 rising 0.02% to 1,121.71, the S&...
Sarah Everard Case: A Look At 5 Safety Apps For Women
March 13, 2021 04:32 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSource: Daxiao Productions, Shutterstock The mysterious disappearance of 33-year-old Sarah Everard in the UK and the arrest of a police officer on suspicion of her murder has reignited the debate around abuse and harassment of women. Social media is...
A Year Of Pandemic: How Canada Survived COVID In 2020
March 13, 2021 04:29 AM AEDT| By Shreya BiswasSource: Andrii Vodolazhskyi, Shutterstock While Canadians were celebrating Christmas parties with friends and family or traveling to warmer locales for the winter holidays of December 2019, a novel coronavirus was rearing its head in China’s W...
Canada’s Job Market Bounces Back In February
March 13, 2021 04:24 AM AEDT| By AnujSource: Pixel-Shot, Shutterstock Canada’s job market boomed in February 2021, propelled by the gradual economic reopening across the country, said national data agency Statistics Canada on Friday, March 12. Employment soared as much as 1.4 per...
AstraZeneca’s vaccine suspended in multiple EU nations over blood clot concerns
March 12, 2021 09:27 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaSource: insta_photos, Shutterstock Summary Following reports of serious events related to blood coagulation, some EU nations have temporarily terminated AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine administration. So far, no relation has been determined...
Is Elon Musk’s Starlink Ready To Be Commercialised?
March 12, 2021 01:58 PM AEDT| By Mark O'DonnellSource:AleksandrMorrisovich ,Shutterstock Summary Starlink is taking pre-orders in New Zealand and Germany for its internet satellite service. Over 1,200 satellites are currently encircling the globe in low orbit. The Company is seeking approv...
GameStop Weekly Update: Up 89% So Far
March 12, 2021 12:25 PM AEDT| By Mark O'DonnellSource: quietbits,Shutterstock Summary GameStop stock has risen 89% since last Friday at US$137.74 to end at US$260 yesterday. Online discussion and interest concerning the stock are still incredibly high, arguable more than in February w...
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TSX Registers Record High on Thursday, Up 0.83% to 18,844.57
March 12, 2021 09:47 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaCopyright © 2021 Kalkine Media Pty Ltd. The S&P/TSX Composite Index, key index of the Toronto Stock Exchange, hit a new record high on Thursday, surging 155 points or 0.83% to 18,844.57. During the day trading session, the index tested a da...
US Stocks Close Higher On Tech Rally, Jobs Data
March 12, 2021 09:10 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media/li> Unemployment benefits claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 712,000 last week. US markets closed higher on Thursday, lifted by technology stocks, as investors welcomed the positive employment data and signing of the coronavirus relief bill...
South Korean E-Commerce Giant Coupang Raises US$4.55 Billion In US IPO
March 12, 2021 07:34 AM AEDT| By Ipsita SarkarSource: Maks_lab ,Shutterstock Summary Coupang increased the IPO size from 120 million to 130 million shares late on Wednesday. South Korean e-commerce giant to start trading on NYSE on Thursday. Based on the IPO price, Coupang is valued...
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5 Warren Buffett Stocks To Pick & Hold For A Long Time
March 12, 2021 03:22 AM AEDT| By AnujSource: HNK, Shutterstock Veteran American investor Warren Buffett mostly invests his money in large-cap and dividend-paying stocks. He has a diversified portfolio that includes stocks from sectors like technology, healthcare, telecom, consumer defe...
Uber Canada Proposes Flexible Work+, Receives Mixed Reaction
March 12, 2021 02:07 AM AEDT| By Shreya BiswasSource: Siwakorn1933, Shutterstock Summary Uber Technologies reached out to Canada’s provincial governments on Wednesday to bring in regulatory changes that would allow it and other app-based companies to offer benefits to gig workers. U...
