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How is the US Election Race Faring? Does it impact your portfolio?
September 05, 2020 12:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe US Presidential election is just two months away from now and all eyes are set on its outcome, which will have an impact all around the world. Just as the race between the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden and Republican nominee, President Donald T.....

Are Cyber Attacks on NZX likely to get worse? GCSB warns NZ companies
August 31, 2020 09:24 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe New Zealand Exchange (NZX) has been the target of cyberattacks for five consecutive days, as on 31 August 2020. The DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service), one of the common cyberattacks, disturbed the trading session on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs.....

Excessive use of hand sanitisers can be bad for health
August 29, 2020 04:15 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaWe have heard a lot of times that excess of anything is bad and the same holds true for hand sanitisers. Hand sanitiser pumps, stations and wipes are present everywhere from grocery stores, shopping malls to churches, for curbing the spread of coro.....

It happens again, NZX being bullied by Cyber-attackers- Down for the fourth day
August 28, 2020 09:04 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOn Friday, August 28, the New Zealand’s Exchange (NZX) again became a target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. The exchange was knocked offline by an offshore DDoS attack. Initially, the session resumed but later halted because of the attacks......

How Anti-Chinese Sentiments Are Shaping Facebook vs TikTok Battle
August 25, 2020 03:25 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine Mediamarkets continues. ByteDance, owner of the short video-sharing platform TikTok, has been fighting battles on multiple fronts. One on hand, it is getting ready to sue the Trump administration that demands its US assets be sold, on the oth...

Before They Were Famous: Inspiring Beginnings of These Five Billionaires
August 22, 2020 01:16 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaHave you ever wondered what most successful people did before they were rich and famous? What did they do when they were young, and how did they get so successful? It is interesting to note that some of the wealthiest people were not born with a si.....

Back to school kit for online studying amid Coronavirus pandemic
August 22, 2020 12:49 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaEducation institutions are closed in most of the countries because of Novel coronavirus pandemic since the beginning of this year. Though schools and colleges are not operating on-ground, virtual learning has taken over the standard process of.....

Fortnite removed from Apple store; Here’s what you need to know about Apple-Epic Clash
August 17, 2020 06:47 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaApple Inc. (NYSE:AAPL) has removed Epic Games’ famous game 'Fortnite Battle Royale' from the App Store after the gaming company bypassed Apple's standard 30 per cent fee and implemented its own in-app payment system last week. Subsequently, F.....

Why do extra wealthy people never show off, the 70/30 rule in finance for spending on luxury
August 16, 2020 01:13 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAs many people around the world have started to take fitness and lifestyle more seriously, quite a few experts talk about diet being more important than exercise. The more you work out, the hungrier you feel, and it isn’t nearly possibl.....

5 Start-ups That Are Giving the Established Players A Run for Their Money
August 16, 2020 01:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaA lot has been happening lately in the corporate world, and things have taken a different turn for businesses. Off late, numerous domestic start-ups have pouched significant attention from global players and are giving established businesses a run .....

COVID-19 Impacting Mental Health: Youth getting affected more
August 16, 2020 01:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCOVID-19 pandemic may be stressful for people, and it is normal to feel anxious & stressed during such times. Fear, anxiety, worry, and stress are normal responses to any perceived as well as real dangers, and at times when we confront any unce.....

Smoking e-cigarettes? Study Shows you are seven times more likely to get COVID-19
August 13, 2020 02:27 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCOVID-19 pandemic is actively spreading across the globe, and irrespective of the age group, with countries that had dealt with it earlier now facing the second wave of infection. People across all age groups are getting affected, though previous d.....

Deja Vu -Shortage of Essentials as Customers Rush to Stock Up
August 13, 2020 02:13 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Coronavirus pandemic has been the talk of the town since it was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. We have already made it through more than half of 2020, yet there seems no decline in the number of coronavirus cases across the g.....
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Kamala Harris: From Joe Biden's Critique to Vice President
August 13, 2020 01:51 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFirst woman, first African American and first Asian attorney general of California. Kamala Harris, once a staunch critique of Joe Biden, is now running with him as a Vice President candidate. The US Senator Kamala Harris is a prominent black poli.....

McDonald's Suing Former Chief Executive – All That You Need to Know!
August 12, 2020 02:45 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIt's been eight months since McDonald's Chief Executive Steve Easterbrook was fired for allegedly sexting with a co-worker. After the revelation, ex- CEO apologised and left the company with tens of millions in compensation. On Monday, 10th Au.....
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Why has China Imposed Sanctions on 11 US Lawmakers and NGO Leaders?
August 11, 2020 08:47 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaChanging global equations amid the ongoing unprecedented COVID 19 crisis are bound to give investors further sleepless nights. US and China, the most prominent economies in the world, are unable to remain amicable at these challenging times when id.....

Nature Flags Another Warning for the Growing Need to Address Global Warming
August 11, 2020 01:56 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe impact of global warming and climate change is now not unprecedented with frequent natural disasters making headlines. There is a steady uptick in global temperature leading to extreme uncontrolled natural horrors such as the recent wildfire bl.....
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Facebook Gaming Hops on to Apple’s App Store
August 11, 2020 01:40 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Facebook became one of the newest members to cash in on the gaming boom after it launched Facebook Gaming, for iOS devices on 7 August 2020, marking the end of six-month long submissions and rejection saga. Facebook Gaming app, which so.....

Saudi Aramco to make dividend payments despite the carnage in the battered oil sector
August 11, 2020 12:34 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Aramco committed to diversify its product portfolio and strengthen its business strategy Royal Dutch Shell and BP to reduce carbon footprint and invest in renewable energy sources Oil producers trying to maintain a delicate balance bet.....

SOS: Everything you should know about Lebanon’s port explosion
August 10, 2020 10:02 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine Mediat rejected by the Lebanese President On the evening of Tuesday 4 August 2020, a large fire broke out at the port of Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. While the cause of the fire is being...