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 The meteoric rise of Ray Dalio, World’s Largest Hedge Fund Manager

The meteoric rise of Ray Dalio, World’s Largest Hedge Fund Manager

December 08, 2020 06:42 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Hedge Fund managers are one of the most fancied names on the Wallstreet, and many stock market participants closely track each and every move these fund managers make. Many hedge fund managers make it to the rich list, thanks to the huge amount of m...

 Surge in Norovirus cases in Auckland’s preschools under scrutiny

Surge in Norovirus cases in Auckland’s preschools under scrutiny

December 08, 2020 06:12 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Auckland city’s early learning services have witnessed a tenfold rise in norovirus outbreak in the last month, which could be attributed to a switch in cleaning supplies in the preschools to avoid the transmission of COVID-19. Auckland Regiona...

 Tony Hsieh: the 'generous' genius from the US who died at just 46

Tony Hsieh: the 'generous' genius from the US who died at just 46

December 08, 2020 04:18 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Image Source: Shutterstock Tony Hsieh was a renowned American businessman, who made a considerable impact on Zappos after being hired as its CEO. He was known to turn an almost bankrupt firm into a multibillion-dollar empire. Within a decade, he too...

 Who is Dr Timnit Gebru and why did Google fire her?

Who is Dr Timnit Gebru and why did Google fire her?

December 08, 2020 12:49 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

If asked to imagine an artificial intelligence and the technology sector employee, there is a high chance one would picture a white male scientist wearing smart glasses. In that case, one would not be wrong due to white male dominance within the tech...

 Who is Solomon Lew? How influential is he in Australia?

Who is Solomon Lew? How influential is he in Australia?

December 07, 2020 07:34 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Image Source: Shutterstock Solomon Lew is a Melbourne-born billionaire, who has earnt his wealth through the retail industry. Born on 22 March 1945, Mr Lew is a seasoned retail businessman. His main experience is in importing toys from China to Aust...

 Who was Alex Trebek? How did he mesmerise millions through Jeopardy?

Who was Alex Trebek? How did he mesmerise millions through Jeopardy?

December 07, 2020 04:27 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Image Source: Shutterstock The US is widely recognised for its entertainment industry – from Hollywood to the real-life television – which has sold copyright licences to numerous countries. One thing that makes the American TV industry...

 Safety Warehouse Fake Cash Drop event escalated to Police

Safety Warehouse Fake Cash Drop event escalated to Police

December 07, 2020 03:48 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

The Safety Warehouse experienced a strong criticism of its cash drop event which took place in Auckland on 05 December 2020. In this event, the community was promised NZ$100k in value. However, people who attended the event found the Company dropp.....

 Chinese Factory Output Growth Outshines many Asian Countries

Chinese Factory Output Growth Outshines many Asian Countries

December 07, 2020 02:52 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

With coronavirus mostly under control in China, buyers are ready to spend again in a bid to lift activity further. As per the National Bureau of Statistics data, industrial output of China soared 6.9% in October compared to a year ago in sync with.....

 Who was Leila Janah, the Robin Hood of entrepreneurship?

Who was Leila Janah, the Robin Hood of entrepreneurship?

December 07, 2020 01:40 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Image Source: Shutterstock Leila Janah was a successful social entrepreneur, adventurist, and founder of Samasource, Samaschool, and a skincare brand LXMI. She tragically passed away aged 37 in January 2020, after suffering from a rare form of soft-...

 How did Chloe Morello make her way to social media stardom?

How did Chloe Morello make her way to social media stardom?

December 04, 2020 05:47 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Image Source: Shutterstock The world of influencer marketing has reached its peak in recent years, but it has been the most generous to those with years of blogging experience. Beauty, skincare, and makeup world are currently the most popular withi...

 Pfizer’s shares plunge after reports of cutting COVID-19 vaccine supply to half

Pfizer’s shares plunge after reports of cutting COVID-19 vaccine supply to half

December 04, 2020 03:16 PM AEDT| By Hina Chowdhary

Pfizer shares closed the day below 0.22% on Thursday after the news of supply chain challenges. According to several media reports, supply chain challenges forced Pfizer to cut its estimates by half for roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine. The compan.....

 What is Oregon’s magic mushrooms program? How will it benefit people?

What is Oregon’s magic mushrooms program? How will it benefit people?

December 04, 2020 02:46 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

s for Measure 109, the whole program should be finalised in a two-year time frame. Exactly a month ago, Oregon became the first state in the US to legalise the usage of psychedelic mushrooms for psychiatric purposes. Psilocybin, a ‘magic&...

 How much money has Kayla Itsines made through her fitness career?

How much money has Kayla Itsines made through her fitness career?

December 04, 2020 11:34 AM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Kayla Itsines is a name that may be unknown only to a minority of Australians. The Instagram superstar has taken the reign of the fitness and the social media industry. A gym guru, who created one of the most successful fitness apps of all time, SWE...

 NSW braces for restrictions to ease despite a new COVID-19 case

NSW braces for restrictions to ease despite a new COVID-19 case

December 03, 2020 08:13 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed that the easing of restrictions scheduled for 7 December 2020 will go according to the plan despite the fact that a quarantined hotel worker was tested Covid-19 positive on 3 December 2020.&n.....

 Building an empire through fitness: who is Emily Skye?

Building an empire through fitness: who is Emily Skye?

December 03, 2020 06:35 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Emily Skye is a successful Australian fitness prodigy, who has established a multi-million empire trough her fitness blogging, social media posts, and several business ventures. Ms Skye is one of the pioneers in fitness blogging, as she started po.....

 VanEck introduces two new corporate bond ETFs based on Moody’s Analytics credit model

VanEck introduces two new corporate bond ETFs based on Moody’s Analytics credit model

December 03, 2020 04:45 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

On 02 December 2020, VanEck launched two new corporate bond ETFs that are intended to provide investors with new essential tools to improve their investment-grade bond exposures. The two new corporate bond ETFs, VanEck Vectors® Moody’s Anal...

 Zespri collaborates with Crown Research to create new types of kiwifruit

Zespri collaborates with Crown Research to create new types of kiwifruit

December 03, 2020 02:25 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

NZ based Zespri International is a world leader in kiwifruit sales. The Company is in plans to create a Kiwifruit Breeding Centre in collaboration with Crown research institute Plant & Food Research (PFR). Image Source: Shutterstock As per .....

 Big tech firms making an exit: Is Silicon Valley losing its sheen?

Big tech firms making an exit: Is Silicon Valley losing its sheen?

December 03, 2020 01:44 PM AEDT| By Hina Chowdhary

Silicon Valley, home to many of the world's largest tech companies, seems to be losing its charm among the corporates and tech workers. Recently, a trend has come to light where companies and employees have been observed to be relocating to other p.....

 Tesla's EV strategy to churn out quality automobile amid global competition

Tesla's EV strategy to churn out quality automobile amid global competition

December 03, 2020 01:07 PM AEDT| By Hina Chowdhary

The year 2020 will be known for the EV revolution apart from being known as an unmatched year due to COVID-19. Tesla stock has risen by about 600% since December last year, rising way ahead from estimates of various analysts and price targets. The.....

 Why are shark attacks rising in Australia?

Why are shark attacks rising in Australia?

December 03, 2020 12:19 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

This year has not only been strange due to the coronavirus pandemic but also because of most shark attack-related deaths in the modern age. So far this year, eight deaths have been caused by these sea creatures, the last one reported on 22 Novembe.....

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