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 Couche-Tard (TSE: ATD) initiates talks with Carrefour (EU: CA)

Couche-Tard (TSE: ATD) initiates talks with Carrefour (EU: CA)

January 13, 2021 07:33 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSE: ATD) announced that it is in talks with Carrefour SA (EU: CA) for a potential tie-up. The Canadian multinational operator of convenience stores, Couche-Tard informed that it has initiated a potential deal with Ca.....

 Is Twitter right in its attempt to censor Donald Trump?

Is Twitter right in its attempt to censor Donald Trump?

January 13, 2021 06:40 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

ban Mr Trump from accessing the network has a legal ground in the First Amendment. Understanding freedom of speech and political correctness has been on high demand since social media platforms became an equivalent to ancient forums of speeches...

 COVID-19 vaccines may not be an end all answer for the Aviation Sector

COVID-19 vaccines may not be an end all answer for the Aviation Sector

January 13, 2021 04:57 PM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

It was recently revealed by several airlines that despite the COVID-19 vaccines now in the process of being circulated across the world, the aviation industry’s troubles are far from over. Having witnessed one of the worst years ever in 2020.....

 New Zealand-wide 4G Vodafone outage under probe

New Zealand-wide 4G Vodafone outage under probe

January 13, 2021 04:52 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

A countrywide outage was reported due to some issues with Vodafone’s 4G mobile data service operations on Tuesday evening. The Vodafone customers all over the country had trouble in accessing the Internet for hours. Vodafone is still investiga...

 ‘No political games’: Pence won’t invoke 25th amendment to oust Trump

‘No political games’: Pence won’t invoke 25th amendment to oust Trump

January 13, 2021 04:27 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

ice. Ms Pelosi is expected to proceed with Mr Trump’s impeachment. Vice President Mike Pence has said that he will not use his right to invoke the 25th amendment and pronounce Donald Trump ‘unfit for office’. Mr Pence informe...

 New Zealand Wines soon to reach overseas clients, online portal unveiled

New Zealand Wines soon to reach overseas clients, online portal unveiled

January 13, 2021 02:33 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

It has been recently reported that New Zealand would sell wines abroad though a new online portal. A major part of the wine experience in New Zealand is people from across the world visiting local cellar doors to understand the wine culture of the .....

 Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) to Raise $1.5Bn in Secondary Share Sale

Zoom (NASDAQ: ZM) to Raise $1.5Bn in Secondary Share Sale

January 13, 2021 02:24 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

2020 was a game-changing year for many businesses. Amid the unprecedented COVID-induced challenges, when most of the traditional businesses tumbled down, there were some companies that experienced meteoric growth. Several businesses that witnessed.....

 Adding insult to injury: Deutsche Bank joins list of companies punishing Trump

Adding insult to injury: Deutsche Bank joins list of companies punishing Trump

January 13, 2021 02:18 PM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

German banking major Deutsche Bank has joined the list of companies blacklisting US President Donald Trump. It is being reported that the bank no longer intends to do business with the outgoing President. Source: MegapixlTM Mr Trump is facing a.....

 Woman siphons off A$65,000 from Bupa to fund ‘lavish lifestyle’

Woman siphons off A$65,000 from Bupa to fund ‘lavish lifestyle’

January 13, 2021 02:14 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

at she was fully aware of what she was doing and stole the money because of greed. A 31-year-old Tasmanian woman committed insurance fraud by stealing A$65,000 from Bupa Health Insurance during her two-year employment. Olivia Rose Rodgers, a ma...

 Businesses awaits domestic crowd to flock during America’s Cup

Businesses awaits domestic crowd to flock during America’s Cup

January 13, 2021 01:15 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

According to MBIE (Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment) in 2017, the America’s cup could have brought business worth $1billion, boosting the economy and create as many as 8,300 new jobs. As per the latest report, many overseas t.....

 Is Trump’s impeachment on the cards?

Is Trump’s impeachment on the cards?

January 13, 2021 09:00 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

After the security breach at the US Capitol by US President Donald Trump supporters, he has come under pressure to resign from immediate effect. Donald Trump said there was tremendous anger in the people of America about the move for his impeachmen.....

 Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Ventures into Fintech Space, Forge Partnership with Ribbit Capital

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) Ventures into Fintech Space, Forge Partnership with Ribbit Capital

January 13, 2021 01:45 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

US multinational retailer Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) is expected to venture into fintech, an emerging lending and payment solution space, as it announced a strategic partnership with investment firm Ribbit Capital on Monday. The world’s biggest.....

 Australia gives a miss to key global meet for environment protection

Australia gives a miss to key global meet for environment protection

January 12, 2021 08:01 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

Macron said the humankind could prevent catastrophic events only if it wanted to. Australia didn’t participate in the global meet, where 50 nations took a pledge to protect the environment and wildlife from going extinct. The committed c....

 Fresh virus alerts in Sydney: Multiple shops, sports club under lens  

Fresh virus alerts in Sydney: Multiple shops, sports club under lens  

January 12, 2021 05:47 PM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

Sydney authorities have issued new alerts for COVID-19 virus. Multiple shops and a sports club in the city have been added to the list where virus has possibly spread. Sydney Northern Beaches and West areas are currently on alert for coronavirus ex.....

 Parler drags Amazon to court over removal from cloud service AWS

Parler drags Amazon to court over removal from cloud service AWS

January 12, 2021 04:54 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

with Twitter to bring the start-up down, just when Parler had started growing among masses. Start-up social media platform Parler will be having a court dispute over antitrust accusations after Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) suspended it from its cloud ho...

 How Musk’s tweet sent a wrong ‘Signal’ soaring over 11,700%?

How Musk’s tweet sent a wrong ‘Signal’ soaring over 11,700%?

January 12, 2021 03:23 PM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

In the wake of the latest changes in WhatsApp’s privacy policy, Tesla CEO Elon Musk had urged his Twitter followers to “Use Signal”. Signal is an encrypted cross-platform instant messaging service, which is developed by Signal Fou.....

 RBNZ not the explicit target of the cyberattack : Adrian Orr

RBNZ not the explicit target of the cyberattack : Adrian Orr

January 12, 2021 02:59 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

RBNZ revealed on January 10 that the bank’s file sharing system had been compromised after Accellion, a third-party service provider it uses to share and store sensitive data, was illegally accessed. Accellion, a California based company, pr.....

 New Mutant Strain Reaches Japan; State of Emergency in Tokyo

New Mutant Strain Reaches Japan; State of Emergency in Tokyo

January 12, 2021 01:51 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has taken many lives and caused enormous economic and social disruption. Just as the world celebrated the rollout of new vaccines for COVID-19, new virus strains have been identified in a few countries. T.....

 Victoria introduces new traffic light system to check COVID-19 spread

Victoria introduces new traffic light system to check COVID-19 spread

January 12, 2021 01:45 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Victoria introduces new traffic light system to check COVID-19 spread A novel kind of a travel permit system, based on a traffic light configuration, has been launched in Victoria from Monday afternoon onwards for all inbound domestic travellers, la...

 Auckland woman sentenced for selling edible bird’s nests on WeChat

Auckland woman sentenced for selling edible bird’s nests on WeChat

January 12, 2021 01:39 PM AEDT| By Hina Chowdhary

As per a recent report, a 30-year-old woman, Linying Ouyang, selling “edible bird’s nests”, was fined a sum of NZ$31,500 at the Waitakere District Court in Auckland, New Zealand. She pleaded guilty to three charges, as per Biosec.....

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