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Wall Street Raises Target Price on Amazon, Why So Bullish?
September 27, 2020 08:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaGlobally, COVID-19 market mayhem brought the economy to a standstill. The shut doors of numerous entities and educational institutions, however, led to an unprecedented demand for technology. Burgeoning demand for cloud computing and digital servi.....

The US Fed Bats for Further Stimulus, Market Losing Hope?
September 27, 2020 08:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe ongoing Global Virus Crisis (GVC) has hit world economy hard, with many businesses shattered, bleak employment scenario amid increasing layoffs and pay cuts, and growing infection cases and deaths. Undoubtedly, this is a period of enormous unce.....

How Will Smartphones Look Like In 2030?
September 27, 2020 12:15 AM AEST| By Ipsita SarkarMoore’s Law predicts that the speed and performance of a circuit will double every two years. And this continues to shape the trajectory of technology. The law has become a golden rule for pretty much all things digital, including those littl.....

How Is Wall Street Poised Ahead of Presidential Elections & Mixed Economic Signs?
September 26, 2020 05:07 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSome experts argue that the share market is an economic and not a political barometer. Given interlinkages between economics and equity space, the micro and macroeconomic indicators continue to drive the American share market. However, there is no .....
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Is AU Tech Salary Growing Despite the Pandemic-led Crisis?
September 26, 2020 04:06 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, where many sectors like hospitality and advertising are taking a huge hit, experts believe that the technology sector has been performing well and will continue to grow strong. From many sectors, there were updates rela.....

Are Innovative Tesla batteries set to change the future?
September 25, 2020 06:59 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicIn three years or so, people might be able to drive energy-sustainable cars that are completely electricity-fuelled and self-driven, for a price of A$34,870. Think this is impossible? Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk disagrees. If Mr Musk showed us any.....

How much does YouTube pay the Creators?
September 25, 2020 04:47 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicYouTube started as an online video service, serving for the sole purpose of fun. It was exciting to wait for music videos to come out, probably without realising how big a business YouTube will become a few years later. Some of the people that sta.....

COVID-19 vaccine Race: Johnson & Johnson Initiates Global Phase 3 Clinical Trial on 60k Volunteers
September 24, 2020 10:09 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe COVID-19 vaccine prospects have intensified with Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) disclosing the commencement of its Phase 3 clinical trial (ENSEMBLE) as a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. JNJ’s candidate is the fourth candidate which is under.....

Westpac to pay A$1.3 billion in fines for misconduct
September 24, 2020 06:03 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicWestpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) revealed that it would pay a fine worth A$1.3 billion for money-laundry misconduct and failing to halt transactions linked to child exploitation. The bank, unfortunately, made history as it is the biggest fine .....

Why is Gold a valuable metal?
September 24, 2020 04:32 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicGold has a kind of reputation that the moment someone mentions it, everyone immediately thinks of wealth and being rich. For many years, which will be approximately thousands of years to be precise, gold has been looked upon as the most precious a.....

What made NASDAQ and Apple Share Price turn the corner?
September 23, 2020 10:50 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaWith the outbreak of COVID-19, the performance of the stocks, globally gave an impression of being knocked with a hammer. March was one of the historic months that experienced tumbling down of financial market. In the COVID-19 pandemic era, techno.....

Major global banks under money laundering cloud, are ASX banks safe?
September 23, 2020 07:03 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaGlobal banks have come under pressure after reports emerged that some global banks have been found to be facilitating transactions for illegal organisations. It has been alleged that banks continued dealing with culprits even though regulators had .....
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Which are the top Fintech companies in Australia?
September 23, 2020 03:47 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicIn the last annual Fintech 100 list, seven Australian firms have made the cut and were among the top hundred in the world. The list that gets collated by KPMG bank and venture capital company H2 investments challenges both already established and .....

The Big Battery Day Arrives!! Elon Musk Set to Take Stage Tonight
September 22, 2020 11:11 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaElon Musk is set to take the stage tonight for the big announcement in the battery technology, aimed at bringing the running cost of EV on par with the internal combustion engine (or ICE). The chief executive of Tesla has been dropping hints for th.....

How did travel ban for international students affect property market in Australia?
September 22, 2020 04:23 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicAustralia was among those countries that implemented the strictest lockdown measures as a public health response. Unlike almost anywhere else in the world, many restrictions are still in place across Australia. Most restrictions apply to tourism a.....
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Why do Millennials love Buy Now, Pay Later?
September 22, 2020 03:13 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicMillennials and Generation Z (Gen Z) are often misunderstood, while talking about their savings and spending preferences. Nowadays, millennials consist of 44% of the workforce in Australia, slowly replacing baby boomers as most of them are retirin.....

What are the biggest trends in digital marketing and e-commerce?
September 22, 2020 02:41 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicIn an era where technology has surrounded us in all places, competition is on the constant rise. It is not easy to maintain a digital business if certain trends are not being followed, especially if digital experts are not aiming for the developmen.....

The TikTok saga finally comes to an end, all that you need to know
September 22, 2020 02:13 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFor the past few months, TikTok has been in the news for facing a ban from the United States over national security concerns. Now that the TikTok saga is finally coming to an end, ByteDance, the company who owns TikTok said that they would not tran.....

Spotify’s Internal Struggle Heats Up Over Hosting of Joe Rogan’s Podcast
September 21, 2020 03:56 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe signing of a podcaster, Joe Rogan, to a multi-year exclusive licensing deal in May 2020 certainly gave a boost to Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) share price, but then it also heated up an internal struggle in the Company. ‘The Joe R.....

Is the BNPL market heading towards PayPal dominance?
September 20, 2020 01:07 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe pandemic has taken a toll on the world economy with GDP growth declining in various countries. Earnings across various industries such as travel, hospitality, and financial sector took a hit. Ironically, the retail industry, especially online s.....

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