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 What is QAnon?

What is QAnon?

October 20, 2020 03:00 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic

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 whole world, a new extreme far-right wing theory emerged a couple of months ago. Hardcore organiz.....

 Online streaming booming amid pandemic, apple tv giving free services, Netflix increases fees

Online streaming booming amid pandemic, apple tv giving free services, Netflix increases fees

October 19, 2020 10:21 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

One upside of the coronavirus pandemic is that online streaming has become a mainstay in Australian homes. The steep rise in the subscription services shows that Australians are spending more time at home than they did before COVID-19 struck us. Au.....

 Carbon Dioxide Emissions off the cliff in 2020, Coronavirus the Climate Change hero!

Carbon Dioxide Emissions off the cliff in 2020, Coronavirus the Climate Change hero!

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 climate that was always desired but was never anticipated.  An international team of climate spec.....

 NZX Stocks Rejoice with the benchmark Index up ~5% in Oct as Jacinda wins the second term

NZX Stocks Rejoice with the benchmark Index up ~5% in Oct as Jacinda wins the second term

October 19, 2020 08:04 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

NZX stocks have been rolling to record highs with the housing market flying into a boom mode as NZ had been preparing to go to polls. In New Zealand election 2020 on 17 October, the centre-left Labour party of Jacinda Ardern roared to a landmark e.....

 Elections amid the virus crisis - a glance at US and NZ elections

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, the situations are not something that we ever heard from our grandparents' generation.   .....

 Coronavirus Vaccine Race; Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) kickstarts rolling submission 

Coronavirus Vaccine Race; Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) kickstarts rolling submission 

October 18, 2020 12:10 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

People are on tenterhooks in their wait for a coronavirus vaccine as the world continues to struggle, with COVID-19 spread, and experts claiming that life can return to normal only when a vaccine is in the market. Drug companies, healthcare organi.....

 Typhoon Nangka pulls the plug of Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Typhoon Nangka pulls the plug of Hong Kong Stock Exchange

October 17, 2020 05:21 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Nangka, in Malay language, means jackfruit. Four tropical cyclones have been named after the jackfruit in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The latest Nangka storm is one of the cyclones featuring in the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. The typhoon seaso.....

 Twitter and Facebook Censor Article Critical of Joe Biden, Trump Furious

Twitter and Facebook Censor Article Critical of Joe Biden, Trump Furious

October 17, 2020 05:12 AM AEDT| By Hina Chowdhary

  With only a few weeks left in the presidential election, all eyes are on the United States as it gears up for 3 November 2020. A high-voltage drama is unfolding in the US with the election campaign process all heated up. Rivals Donald Trump.....

 Saudi Plans on Taking Renewable to 50% of the Energy Mix, Market Doubts: Impact on the Oil Space?

Saudi Plans on Taking Renewable to 50% of the Energy Mix, Market Doubts: Impact on the Oil Space?

October 17, 2020 04:55 AM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman plans to take the renewable energy to 50 per cent of the total power generation capacity by 2030; however, the market pounders on how true Saudi’s interest in the renewable project is,.....

 How is the Travel Sector shaping up in New Zealand, any New Year cheers?

How is the Travel Sector shaping up in New Zealand, any New Year cheers?

October 16, 2020 02:18 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Travel and tourism sector turned into the most observable victim of COVID-19 pandemic after New Zealand, along with the whole world, had imposed harsh lockdown restrictions and closed the borders to fight the coronavirus spread.  The tourism .....

 End of an Era for Yahoo Groups; Curtain Down After 20 Years

End of an Era for Yahoo Groups; Curtain Down After 20 Years

October 15, 2020 08:35 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

For most of the people who had access to computers in the 90s and early 2000s, Yahoo used to rule the world of internet. Even before Google and Gmail existed, people spent a lot of time using various Yahoo services. After shutting down its iconic .....

 Zoom Your Lens Over Bright Spots Dazzling in the NZ Economy

Zoom Your Lens Over Bright Spots Dazzling in the NZ Economy

October 15, 2020 04:19 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

While Kiwi Land observed its worst economic contraction in June 2020 quarter amidst COVID-19-driven repercussions, the nation’s economy appears to be gradually resurrecting from the technical recession. NZ’s dedicated response in contai.....

 Wall Street on a roller coaster ride, Is the Market Thinking Beyond Elections

Wall Street on a roller coaster ride, Is the Market Thinking Beyond Elections

October 15, 2020 01:53 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

The US tech stocks have marked a strong beginning to the current week and look to add more to the gains from the previous week. 12 October 2020 witnessed the common stocks of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) jump by 6.35%. Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) ex.....

 Heartland Bank Creates History by launching NZ's lowest Home Loan rate

Heartland Bank Creates History by launching NZ's lowest Home Loan rate

October 15, 2020 04:55 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Coronavirus outbreak has caused mortgage rates in NZ to drop to all-time lows. Major banks are announcing low interest rates to boost up the economy and prompt Kiwis to spend more. Mortgage rates have been dropping since April and have now fallen .....

 Coronavirus Update: Good News for International Students as New Zealand allows them on its soil

Coronavirus Update: Good News for International Students as New Zealand allows them on its soil

October 15, 2020 04:50 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

On 16 March 2020, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern imposed a mandatory self-isolation, on arrival to NZ, unless people were coming from mostly unaffected Pacific island countries. Some days subsequent to it, the country closed the borders of NZ entir.....

 The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) sheds its old Avatar to aggressively take on Streaming Giant Netflix

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) sheds its old Avatar to aggressively take on Streaming Giant Netflix

October 15, 2020 12:12 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Nations across the world are struggling to fight the coronavirus crisis in many ways. The virus has successfully wreaked havoc across industries, shutting down many companies. Travel and entertainment sector is perhaps the most affected one. Leadin.....

 Trump was gung-ho on Eli Lilly Drug; Company hits pause button for COVID-19 antibody treatment

Trump was gung-ho on Eli Lilly Drug; Company hits pause button for COVID-19 antibody treatment

October 14, 2020 10:33 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

The clinical trial of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company’s antibody COVID-19 treatment was paused because of some potential safety concerns. Eli Lilly announced trial halt just a day after Johnson & Johnson disclosed the pause o.....

 Apple unveils HomePod Mini and a range of iPhones; accessibility remains the key theme

Apple unveils HomePod Mini and a range of iPhones; accessibility remains the key theme

October 14, 2020 10:00 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Apple finally unveiled its new range of 5G network-enabled iPhone 12 smartphones along with HomePod Mini speaker in its virtual presentation. When everyone thought Apple would launch a new iPhone, it came up with four and launched a wide range of o.....

 As New Zealand Election nears, should investors revisit their portfolio?

As New Zealand Election nears, should investors revisit their portfolio?

October 14, 2020 02:28 AM AEDT| By Kunal Sawhney

Most of the time, it has been witnessed that stock market behaves bullish post the elections on the back of new commitments and policies of the winning party. In 2016, post the surprise win of Trump, the stock market has been upbeat for a considera.....

 Funding for Lending (FLP) a big boon for NZX Banks

Funding for Lending (FLP) a big boon for NZX Banks

October 14, 2020 02:22 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media

Several businesses have witnessed a disastrous fall in revenues as countries implement social distancing restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus. Governments and central banks are responding with massive stimulus programmes to prevent ban.....

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