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Goldman Sachs to Pay US$2 billion over Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal
October 23, 2020 03:02 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaNew York’s leading global investment bank, Goldman Sachs has agreed to a much-anticipated settlement with the US Justice Department and would pa...

AstraZeneca (LON:AZN) to resume COVID-19 vaccine trial in the US ahe...
October 22, 2020 09:55 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaAstraZeneca’s COVID-19 clinical trials in the US are anticipated to start again as early as this week after the US Food and Drug Administration...

Purdue Pharma reaches US$8 bn settlement, Why did the OxyContin make...
October 22, 2020 06:38 PM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicPurdue Pharma agreed to an A$11.6 billion (US$8 billion) settlement after pleading guilty for uncontrolled selling of its controversial opioid product...

Outmost sustainability is a crucial goal for Tesla and its CEO and co-founder, Elon Musk, who never ceases with inventing new sustainable products. M...

Netflix Subscription Tepid, Is Binge watching on the wane?
October 22, 2020 03:08 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaNetflix released dismal earnings report for Q3 2020, falling short on its guidance for earnings per share. Besides, Netflix subscriber growth lowered...

RBA Governor Philip Lowe Stares at Super Low Interest Rates
October 22, 2020 12:15 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaReserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe, in a speech, revealed that the bank was considering to further ease the interest rates. He said that t...

Coronavirus’ impact on global economy: Are US & China out of the woo...
October 22, 2020 12:12 AM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyThe Covid-19 pandemic has proliferated with startling pace worldwide. Affecting millions and dragging the global economy to almost a cessation, the pa...

Everyone has heard of WeWork at some stage – maybe they applied for jobs, saw their vibrant offices and millennials that work there, or have hea...

Why is the Department of Justice filing an antitrust suit against Go...
October 21, 2020 10:09 PM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicAfter years of thorough investigations and one published research held by the House Judiciary Committee, an antitrust suit against Google (NYSE:GOOGL)...

General Motors Resurrects Hummer As a 350 Miles EV Avatar, Goes Head...
October 21, 2020 05:55 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaGeneral Motors is all set to hit the EV market once again with its recent launch of Hummer EV – a progeny of gas-guzzling military-style SUV tha...

NetApp eyes Cloud services, ONTAP Software updated
October 21, 2020 05:00 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaSummary: NetApp, Inc has announced a further improvement in its cloud-connected NetApp® ONTAP® data management software. The Company also...

How Will Failed International Tax Talks Impact Global Economy?
October 21, 2020 12:11 AM AEDT | By Kunal SawhneyOECD, on 12 October 2020, stated that the global economy could witness a loss of 1% in total output if international tax talks do not take shape immed...

Investment firm Tattarang acquires RM Williams, bootmaker back under...
October 21, 2020 12:11 AM AEDT | By Edita IvancevicA famous Australian shoemaker RM Williams is back in Australian hands once again. Tattarang owner Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, and his wife N...

Royal Caribbean International Cancels Sailings Onboard Odyssey of th...
October 20, 2020 08:29 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaTravel has been one of the hardest-hit industries in the wake of coronavirus crisis. With lockdown and travel restrictions implemented every...

COVID Vaccine Update: Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca Vaccines Hit...
October 20, 2020 03:14 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaNot only unprecedented, the COVID-19 crisis also seems like a never-ending malaise. While the medical world seems to have no answer to the problem, pr...

2020 does not cease to surprise. With popular conspiracy theories such as 5G network causing the coronavirus or that Mr Bill Gates wants to chip the...

Online streaming booming amid pandemic, apple tv giving free service...
October 19, 2020 10:21 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaOne upside of the coronavirus pandemic is that online streaming has become a mainstay in Australian homes. The steep rise in the subscription services...

Carbon Dioxide Emissions off the cliff in 2020, Coronavirus the Clim...
October 19, 2020 10:05 PM AEDT | By Team Kalkine Media‘Stay home, stay safe’ slogan has become part of our lives now. Little did anyone know that staying indoors would do something to the clim...

Elections amid the virus crisis - a glance at US and NZ elections
October 18, 2020 12:20 AM AEDT | By Kunal Sawhney The year has been unique in every sense, with people living 2011 release Contagion, a Virus crisis based Hollywood movie. The point is, t...

Typhoon Nangka pulls the plug of Hong Kong Stock Exchange
October 17, 2020 05:21 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine MediaNangka, in Malay language, means jackfruit. Four tropical cyclones have been named after the jackfruit in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The latest N...