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Robinhood the new wall-street piped piper drawing retail investors in hoards, What is driving this trend?
September 15, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaStock trading has always been deemed risky. Still, for many long-haul investors, stock trading has been a passion. In contrast, few enter to make quick bucks. With the pandemic making stock markets volatile globally, a new set of retail invest.....
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US-China Ongoing Spat: A Glance at Recent Developments
September 15, 2020 08:41 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaBy now, most people are familiar with the trade war between the US and China. The trade war started way back in 2018, where the two were seen imposing heavy taxes on import of the goods of one another. The US President blamed China for exercising u.....

Your Privacy on Sale, Dark Web the Marketplace
September 15, 2020 08:30 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCybercrime is one of the most prevalent risks and threats facing Australia security mechanism. The incidence, magnitude, and complexity of cyber activities against Australia's national and economic interest are increasing. In the wave of cybercrime.....

How has COVID-19 affected bitcoin price?
September 15, 2020 06:36 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicCOVID-19 has brought many fiat currencies into trouble, resulting in disturbed financial markets. For this reason, investors find cryptocurrencies more attractive during unprecedent times, as cryptos do not behave as fiat currencies in the market. .....
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Why are AstraZeneca and Pfizer Share Price Under Investors’ Radar?
September 15, 2020 05:28 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe COVID-19 storm that has created havoc in the world, is not showing any signs of abating with the world witnessing an ongoing increase in the number of new cases daily. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), globally, there have been .....

TikTok’s US operations to go Oracle way as Microsoft bid fails
September 15, 2020 02:18 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe week commenced on a good note for Oracle Corporation, ahead of the 20 September 2020 deadline for the deal to be closed by ByteDance. The Trump administration had threatened to ban TikTok by 20 September 2020 following the issuance of the exec.....

Industrials rally as TSX Extends Gain on Monday
September 15, 2020 01:11 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaBuoyed by the news of COVID vaccines and multimillion-dollar deals, the S&P/TSX Composite Index Monday added 137.68 points or 0.85% and closed at 16,360.14. Industrials stocks were the biggest gainers. The key Canadian index traded above its imm...
Major milestone: C$ 32 billion inflow into Canadian ETF industry
September 15, 2020 10:05 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOver C$ 32 billion flowed in the first eight months of 2020. The figure is higher than the historic annual inflow of C$ 28B in 2019. More than 700 ETFs are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. ...
Canada touches zero COVID death, markets upbeat
September 15, 2020 10:05 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFor the first time in six months, no new COVID-related death was reported in the country, said the health ministry. Markets are expected to react positively to this news. The country is slowly easing COVID-related restrictions. Total dea...
Amazon Set To Hire 100,000 Employees Across Canada and US
September 15, 2020 07:58 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAmazon has announced that this will be an addition to the 33,000 tech and corporate employees it already has. The tech giant said in a statement that it has plans of opening 100 new operations buildings in September. Amazon has been recru...
Canada Unlikely to Compensate Telecoms For Removing Huawei From 5G Network
September 15, 2020 07:54 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCanada has been mulling over allowing smartphone maker Huawei into its 5G network, as per media reports. Telecom operators in the country are said to have demanded a compensation from the government if they are forced to remove Huawei gear...
Canada to Impose ‘Dollar-for-Dollar’ Retaliatory Tariffs on US Products
September 15, 2020 07:50 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Canadian government plans to announce a series of counter-tariffs on US aluminum imports next week. This step comes in retaliation of US President Donald Trump levying a 10 per cent tariff on Canada's aluminum exports to the US. Earli...

Suncor, Air Canada and Aurora Cannabis: 3 Hot Trending Stocks Under C$ 20
September 15, 2020 07:20 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary Suncor Energy, Air Canada and Aurora Cannabis are three of the top trending stocks on the Toronto Stock Exchange this week. While Suncor saw a bump in its demand after Warren Buffet’s investment in August, Air Canada’s st...

Bank Of England Could Keep The Interest Rate Unchanged
September 14, 2020 11:11 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe Bank of England (BoE) is expected to leave the interest rates untouched at 0.1 per cent as the British economy is moving on a slow but steady path to economic recovery. The next review of the interest rates is due on Thursday 17 September 2020 .....

There Could Be A €110 Billion ‘No Deal’ Brexit Catastrophe For the EU-UK Carmakers
September 14, 2020 11:11 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe coronavirus pandemic has devastated the automobile sector. The lockdown induced by the coronavirus led to a steep decline in sales of cars. Though as soon as the lockdown was lifted by the British government, the sector witnessed the release of.....

5 Steps Australia should take as the business re-opens across Victoria
September 14, 2020 11:11 PM AEST| By Edita IvancevicVictoria imposed strict movement restrictions at the beginning of July this year, which will now be relaxed post-midnight of 14 September, after six weeks period. Unlike most democracies that faced severe COVID-19 impacts and yet chose to keep the.....

MPs Ask For A Targeted Extension Of The Furlough Scheme
September 14, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSummary The furloughing scheme was rolled out in the month of March 2020 when the lockdown was put in place. It helped as many as 9 million people in the country save their jobs, who received up to 80 per cent of their salaries from the governme.....

SoftBank sheds assets, is it getting ready to go private?
September 14, 2020 08:44 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) share price surged 8.96% to settle the day at $6,385 on 14 September after the Company announced that it entered into an agreement to sell British chip designer Arm Holdings to Nvidia Corporation, ending SoftBank&rsq.....
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San Francisco goes all orange, Is New Zealand the north star for 21st-century house hunters?
September 14, 2020 07:37 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaHouse prices in New Zealand have hit a record high amid COVID-19 as sales improved after lockdown and people looked at renovating their homes due to increased amount of time spent there. As per the latest sales figures from Real Estate Institute o.....

Banks raise an alarm as RBNZ Governor prepares for Negative Interest Rate
September 14, 2020 05:47 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has hit businesses, disrupted supply chains, and threw the economies into a recession across the globe. Central banks of some of the leading countries are taking into consideration negative interest rates to combat the.....
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