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Is Job insecurity related to a lower level of life satisfaction?
May 12, 2021 11:52 AM AEST| By SonalStatistics New Zealand added a set of wellness questions to the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) from the June quarter of 2020 to the March quarter of 2021. These questions provided it with the ability to calculate key well-being results for New...

Will Inflation Cut Short The US Real Estate Boom?
May 12, 2021 07:07 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Although borrowings became cheaper for new homebuyers, fewer houses in the market have driven up the house prices. The current housing sales figures may be the highest in the US in the last 40 years, say experts. The younger generation.....
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US gets first COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents as Pfizer-BioNTech’s shot wins emergency approval
May 11, 2021 06:11 PM AEST| By Tripti JoshiSummary Pfizer - BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has obtained the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in the US for adolescents. The two companies also notified they had submitted data to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and other worldwide .....

Nomura Teams Up With Auckland-based Jarden Group To Expand Its Global Reach
May 11, 2021 02:15 PM AEST| By SonalOn May 10, Nomura Holdings Inc. announced that it would partner with Jarden Group Ltd. in New Zealand and Australia. Jarden is an Auckland-based investment and advisory group on both sides of Tasman. . Nomura Holdings is a Japanese investment bank t...

Is Psychedelic Treatment MDMA A Cure For PTSD?
May 11, 2021 01:10 PM AEST| By RomaSummary Phase 3 clinical trial on MDMA complete, results encouraging. Drug might be made legal in controlled amounts in the future. PTSD patients found relief through MDMA combined with therapy. Different kinds of cures have been tried to.....

What Is Tax Freedom Day in New Zealand? What Is Its Significance?
May 11, 2021 11:50 AM AEST| By SonalSummary May 11 is the Tax Freedom Day for New Zealand. The date is calculated every year by a business accountancy firm. It is a day when taxpayers have paid their annual taxes fully and can keep every dollar for themselves for the remaining y.....

NZ Removes NSW Travel Ban; Vaccination Of Tokyo Olympic-Bound Australian Athletes to Start
May 10, 2021 01:58 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Travel between New Zealand and New South Wales resumed from early hours of Monday. Sydneysiders are urged to follow COVID-19 protocols. Vaccination of Australian athletes and staff commenced from Monday. Source: Copyright ©.....

Market Outlook: Four key things to watch out for this week
May 10, 2021 01:18 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanIn contrast to the markets’ flat trend last week, it is going to be a high-octane week in terms of macro announcements. The packed week will see Australia’s budget being put forth, the UK’s growth numbers being announced and diffe.....

How is Australia tackling the climate change crisis?
May 09, 2021 04:22 PM AEST| By DaminiOf late, climate change has emerged as a hot topic in Australia, with the nation accelerating its pace to achieve its carbon emissions target. Although the country has been under immense pressure to match the ambitious carbon emissions target set b.....

Here’s How We Can Support Australia’s Net Zero Mission
May 09, 2021 12:59 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe current zero emission target set by Australia stands at 26-28% emission reduction below 2005 levels to be achieved by 2030. While climate change is a global concern, it holds special importance for Australia as the country has long been in the .....

Critical minerals can strengthen global climate ambitions, says International Energy Agency
May 09, 2021 12:17 AM AEST| By SukritiCritical minerals refer to metals as well as non-metals that are vital for the global economic well-being. Nonetheless, their supply can be at risk owing to geopolitical issues, trade policy, geological scarcity or other likewise factors. Understand...

China Ramps Up Diplomacy As World Comes Calling For Vaccines
May 08, 2021 06:08 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary India, one of the world’s largest drugmakers, has put curbs on exports of AstraZeneca to meet its domestic demand. Amid a shortage of covid drugs, countries grappling with the increasing number of deaths and infections have turned.....

New Zealand Unveils New Fair Pay Agreements; Receives Mixed Response
May 08, 2021 06:00 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaLabour Laws play an instrumental and significant role in the country's corporate sector. They ensure that just treatment is meted towards the employees with the appropriate working environment, thereby ensuring the protection of employees' rights. .....

Five digital assets that offered over 500% returns this year
May 08, 2021 01:07 AM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanCryptocurrencies seem to be having a blockbuster 2021, having picked up well in the first four months of the year. Understandably, there has been a lot of noise over the digital assets. Many markets, which were earlier hostile to the idea, have st.....

All you need to know about intranasal COVID-19 treatments and vaccines
May 08, 2021 12:12 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary With the development of COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, scientists are now aiming to improve therapeutics and exploring different delivery routes. Amcyte Pharma’s algae-derived NasitrolTM nasal spray has demonstrated efficacy in .....

Has the Rally Begun in Procter & Gamble Co. Post Consolidation?
May 07, 2021 07:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) outperformed its peers and generated ~4.62 percent return in the last 3 months. PG stock prices are trading in a falling wedge formation on the daily chart and now taking the major support from the 50.....

Experts warn of more COVID-19 variants as India reels under the deadly second wave
May 07, 2021 06:51 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Viruses continually mutate, and sometimes new variants emerge that can persist for a longer time. Experts warn that more COVID-19 variants are anticipated to arise in the upcoming months. Meanwhile, Moderna’s new booster shot has.....

Fed warning fails to stymie APAC markets’ rally
May 07, 2021 05:18 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanThe equity markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) rallied on Friday, despite the warning about ‘significant declines’ in the asset prices. All the indices in the region, except for Indonesia and New Zealand, were trading in green. The Taiw.....

Palladium rockets to an all-time-high; here's what propelled its rally
May 07, 2021 04:07 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Palladium prices surged to all-time-high levels on strong demand and supply deficits. The ongoing disruptions in Russian and South African mines have created a supply deficit in the market. Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan and sti.....

Too high for NASDAQ: Berkshire shares outpace computers
May 07, 2021 01:22 PM AEST| By Furquan MoharkanSummary The Class A shares of Berkshire are trading at US$435,120 This is higher than what NASDAQ computers can record The company has never had a stock split. The Class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) h.....
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