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Brunton, Ozkurt Join Northeast Water Leadership Team at WSP USA

NEW YORK, January 19, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Jennifer Brunton and Ozlen Ozkurt have assumed key leadership positions in the Water business line at WSP USA...

Monash (ASX:MVF) shares closed over 4% higher today. Here's why

The shares of ASX listed Monash IVF Group Ltd (ASX:MVF) have gained today after the Group updated on its IVF treatments.  The scrip closed...

What led to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust’s (GBTC) record-high discounts?

Highlights  Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, a popular crypto fund, has been witnessing steep discounts in the trading of its share. GBTC’s dis...

Uber Australia gets into car-sharing biz, acquires Car Next Door

The global ridesharing company Uber has strengthened its market position by snapping an Aussie peer-to-peer car-sharing platform. Expanding its Austr...

Dixon Advisory files for voluntary administration

Highlights Dixon Advisory has filed for voluntary administration as it comes close to its dark episode. Directors of Dixon Advisory identified tha...

Australia announces visa rebates to international students & workers

Highlights The Australian Government has announced providing an AU$55 million package for the visa application fee. Rising Omicron has forced m...

Wealth of richest men doubled in pandemic, says Oxfam

Highlights The 2022 Oxfam report highlights that the collective wealth of the world’s top 10 richest men has doubled in the pandemic. About...

Walmart is ready to penetrate the Metaverse world

Highlights Renowned retailer Walmart is taking a leap into the Metaverse and blockchain technology. It aims to introduce NFTs and create its own c...

What is Code Brown? What it means on Australia's deadliest pandemic...

Highlights  Australia’s Covid heat is blazing hot as the death count keeps rising higher. The surge in Covid infected persons is callin...

Why is Singapore alerting people against crypto marketing services?

Highlights Singapore’s Central Bank has issued guidelines to limit activities of crypto players for marketing or promoting their services to...

Australian tech investment firm CPC wins legal battle against Apple 

An Australian tech investment firm – Charter Pacific Corporation’s (CPC) subsidiary CPC Patent Technologies has won a legal battle against...

AU$500 for two tests: ACCC sends warning to RAT price gougers

Highlights The ACCC received reports that RATs are costing up to an exorbitant price of AU$500 for two tests. ACCC said that these tests are being...

Why does China want to strengthen economic ties with New Zealand?

Even though diplomatic ties between China and New Zealand are getting strained, both countries are keen on deepening economic ties. An indication of t...

Credit Suisse chairman resigns over COVID-19 rules breach

Global conglomerate’s chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has quit Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse, on an internal probe over COVID-19 rules brea...

What led to Cardano’s price rise during weekend?

Highlights Cardano, the fifth most popular crypto worldwide, is seeing the maximum rise in its prices over the past seven days as compared to its p...

Australia and other Pacific islands under Tsunami alert

Highlights People have posted Videos of giant waves crashing the buildings on social media from Tonga.  Authorities have advised the peo...

Djokovic fights back as Hawke revokes Visa

Highlights  The Australian Immigration Minister has cancelled the tennis star’s visa, considering a possible threat to public health. D...

Has COVID-19 pandemic proven more hostile to developing economies?

Highlights  Unlike advanced economies, developing countries would not be able to achieve pre-pandemic economic levels by 2023. As per the WHO...

UNESCO & floodplain councils slam NSW’s Warragamba Dam proposal

Highlights UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has slammed the NSW government’s plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall. ICOMOS has stron...

What is Australia doing to mitigate its supply chain woes?

Highlights Experts have suggested self-driving trucks and migrant workers could now solve the problem of the crumbling food supply chain in Austral...