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Did you enjoy watching TikTok video, and did you know that TikTok invaded your privacy?
August 13, 2020 09:26 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary ByteDance recently came into radar, as leading media reports revealed the Company breaching Google policy to collate the user data without disclosing the same to their users. The news came in a moment when Trump administration had been .....

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.....

Sumner Redstone, Man Who Shaped Modern Entertainment, dies at 97
August 13, 2020 03:12 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine Mediaater CBS. The two merged to form media mammoth ViacomCBS. Sumner Redstone – the billionaire media boss, business innovator and the man who gave shape to the modern entertainment industry – died late on Tuesday (March 11). He was 97....

Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 is pulling down jobs and consumer spending
August 12, 2020 07:23 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The lockdown imposed in Victoria is dragging down the nation's jobs market and consumer spending. ANZ and CBA data shows a deteriorated spending in Victoria due to stage 4 restrictions, but a rise in spending for the rest of the country.....

How are NZ Educational Institutions Bracing for 2021 Calendar?
August 12, 2020 04:49 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Government of New Zealand is planning to provide NZ$214 million as COVID-19 response and recovery fund. The aid will be provided to schools and help the construction of companies that are addressing additional costs because of the ongoing healt.....

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.....

Cryptocurrency Trading on the Rise, Bitcoin Again Crosses USD 12K Mark
August 12, 2020 01:51 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Amid COVID 19 crisis, bitcoin trading seems to gain a foothold, as it crossed the USD 12k mark twice in the recent weeks. Factors like pandemic-driven scenario, stock market volatility, ongoing geopolitical issues, and recent US Preside.....

Despite Rising Employment Figures, Canada is Staring at Bumpy Economic Growth
August 12, 2020 03:48 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyCanada's job growth is trickling back, inch by inch. In July, the economy added 419,000 jobs while the jobless rate dropped to 10.9 per cent. A total of 1.66 jobs were regained in the last three months. Yet, the employment numbers are nowhere clos.....

CERB is ending for millions of Canadians. What Next?
August 12, 2020 03:45 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaA week after Canada imposed sweeping countrywide lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a fiscal stimulus package which included an income replacement fund called the Canada Emergency Response Benefi.....
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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.....

China's Next Digital share price soared above 330%; Here's What is Brewing
August 11, 2020 06:54 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Lately, numerous technology companies have witnessed negative consequences from the escalated US-China tensions over trade, politics, and security. However, investors have showered surprising support for Next Digital, whose share price .....

What is the Street Anticipating from NZ Central Bank?
August 11, 2020 05:01 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaWith coronavirus ravaging the economies worldwide, governments and central banks are taking up widespread fiscal and monetary measures to fight the spread and economic fallout arising due to COVID-19. Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has declare.....

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...

M&A World is Buzzing, C for COVID-19, C for Consolidation
August 10, 2020 09:42 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary In the beginning of the year 2020, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) deals were shelved owing to coronavirus crisis. Since June, M&A in the US saw a steep rise in megadeals above US$10 Billion. Mergers and Acquisitions deals are m.....

November is around the corner, Who is Wall street betting on?
August 10, 2020 08:51 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The coronavirus pandemic is raising a question regarding Donald Trump being re-elected as the US president as the North American country, the most advanced economy of the world, failed in handling the virus spread effectively. Trump&rsq.....