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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Faces Probe Over C$ 900-million contract...

Summary Justin Trudeau-led government’s decision to award a contract of over C$ 900 million to WE charity his family members are associated w...

Revealed! Four Strong Companies From The Biggest Economies Amid COVI...

Summary World continues to track economic and epidemiological developments around COVID-19, and as lockdowns lift, businesses are pondering over th...

How ‘Secure’ are Insurers Amid COVID-19, PPP a Savior?

The emergence of COVID-19 crisis has ignited a debate over the importance of public private partnership in the insurance industry to mitigate the risk...

Condemned for Misinformation, Hate & Harassment, Facebook Says- “We...

An Audit report of the 21st century American corporation- Facebook, the social media company that has influence over 2.5 billion users across the glob...

Global Vaccine Developers Providing Excellent Returns: A lens on Nov...

According to WHO, globally, there have been more than 12 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 549,247 deaths (as of 8:14 AM CEST, 10 July 20...

Is Retail Landscape changing for good?

Summary Post-pandemic, the retail industry would emerge with a hybrid of online and physical stores serving as a key to sector’s recovery. T...

Advantages of working from home for businesses, employees, and emplo...

Summary Remote working gained momentum recently, due to spread of COVID-19 putting several people at risk of getting infected through human touch....

China’s Share Market Gaining Steam: Technology, Automation, 5G & Cyb...

Summary The Chinese stock market could be heading for another bubble with the CSI 300 index recently hitting a five-year high. A robust service an...

Wall Street Nudges the Issues Around COVID-19; Stocks Depict Solid G...

Summary Wall Street is reflecting positive trends with NASDAQ Composite reaching record levels notwithstanding the continued rise in COVID-19 cases...

China’s Internet Play: Issues, Censorship and ByteDance in Action

Summary China is noted to have the most comprehensive and sophisticated censorship rules across the globe. New National security law passed in Hon...

IPO Gamble in a Confidential Way: Uptick in floats and Palantir is u...

Summary Amid pandemic, the IPO market grounded to a near halt from a past couple of months; we are beginning to witness some movement again, and Pa...

Global Equity Markets: High-Level Punting by Retail Investors, Watch...

While COVID-19 driven volatility continues to persist in the global equity markets, a surge in retail investor participation has been observed in stoc...

E-commerce Titan Amazon shares traded above $3,000; would the rally...

Summary Nasdaq Composite index closed at a record high of 10,443.65 points, up by 2.21%, on 6 July 2020, driven primarily by tech giants gains. 6...

Good Note From COVID-19: Prospering Companies Amid Pandemic

Summary Amid COVID 19, companies must incorporate pandemic planning considerations into resilience management activities to provide comprehensive r...

How are the Unicorns doing?

Summary Crunchbase’s unicorn list has added 44 new entities within a year which were valued cumulatively at US$64 billion and have raised US$...

Are the tides turning against Chinese tech companies?

Summary Many economies such as the US, UK, India, Canada, are now singing the same tune and turning the tide against Chinese vendors by excluding t...

Chinese Stocks on Fire, Déjà vu or This time is different?

Summary CSI 300 Index representing overall performance of China A-share market gained 14% in the five days to trade at a five-year high, fuelled by...

Citizens of Hongkong glance towards exits as China foists security l...

China’s decision to impose national security law, which was drafted and approved in a swift and secretive process, on Hong Kong has strengthened...

Peter Reith was 'born to plot'

<p>Peter Reith was a one of John Howard's hard men, especially during the bruising and divisive 1998 battle for the waterfront.</p>

Beloved entertainer Barry Humphries dead at 89

Barry Humphries, who brought to life Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, has died in hospital in Sydney at 89.