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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:45:00 +1000
Our dealings with the world have reversed, but don’t get the wrong idea
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It’s time to stop assuming all deficits are bad and all surpluses good.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:05:00 +1000
‘There is hope on the other side’: ResMed boss says Australia must keep fighting for vaccines
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The US-based chief executive of one of Australia’s largest medtechs says the country must focus on both procuring doses and pitching their use to the public.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:01:18 +1000
Kellogg says pandemic-era shortage of ingredients hits cereal production
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Enjoy the cereal in your pantry: While the pandemic has waxed and waned across the world, the impact on the global supply chain remains severe, says the head of cornflakes giant Kellogg.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:35:52 +1000
Miners weigh on ASX as iron ore dives; Lowe says recession ‘unlikely’
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The big miners weighed on the ASX 200 down after iron ore prices tumbled overnight. RBA Governor Philip Lowe says it is “quite unlikely” Australia will suffer a recession this year.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:11:27 +1000
News Corp declares best financial year since 2013, says Foxtel’s future is ‘bright’
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The result was boosted by growth in digital subscriptions, a strong profit at Dow Jones and record subscriber growth at Foxtel.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:02:12 +1000
Louis Vuitton owner Bernard Arnault supplants Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person
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Move over Jeff Bezos. Luxury goods owner Bernard Arnault is now the richest person in the world, based on the current stock price of Louis Vuitton.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:33:29 +1000
CNN fires three employees for coming to the office unvaccinated
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The move is one of the first examples of a major US company terminating workers for ignoring a workplace vaccination mandate.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:19:19 +1000
ASX to edge higher as jobs data, earnings boost Wall Street
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The Wall Street gains were broad in what has been a choppy week of trading, with technology companies leading the way.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 01:40:35 +1000
Amazon’s COVID dilemma: Mandate vaccinations and risk losing workers
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The company has many virus sceptics in its warehouse ranks and needs to retain employees in a tight labour market.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:15:00 +1000
Thousands freeze mortgage payments as Sydney lockdown bites
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Banks have frozen repayments on 14,500 home loans as a result of the latest round of lockdowns.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +1000
My boss is making me feel guilty for taking maternity leave
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How do you maintain a good relationship with a boss who keeps contacting you to ask when you’re coming back after you made it clear you are taking a year off.
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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Precious gift of life from one family to others ‘they will never know’
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Organ donation nurse Jodi Pasfield meets with families in intensive care units to provide information about organ and tissue donation and support when parents are making end-of-life decisions for their children.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:00:08 +1000
PNG warns $22b Santos-Oil Search merger ‘must be in national interest’
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Australian energy giants Santos and Oil Search will be expected to maintain a significant local presence in PNG if their $22 billion merger proceeds.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:52:36 +1000
How investors got Crown Resorts so badly wrong
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Without a licence to operate in NSW, Victoria and WA, Crown will move from a redemption/rehabilitation story to a liquidation story
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:41:36 +1000
Hungry Jack’s founder says Australia should learn from UK and live with virus
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Rich lister and Hungry Jack’s founder Jack Cowin has said Australia should take inspiration from overseas and start thinking of how best to live with the virus.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:45:03 +1000
Bill Gates says Epstein relationship was ‘a huge mistake’
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Regrets, he has a few: The billionaire acknowledged in a TV interview he shouldn’t have spent time with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on several occasions.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:29:15 +1000
Investors say ‘meh’ to blockbuster earnings of the decade
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Stocks aren’t popping on good news, but they’re being punished if it’s bad.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:20:17 +1000
‘Groundbreaking approach’: Imugene deal looks to smash solid tumours
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The $1.5 billion biotech will work with Nasdaq-listed firm Celularity in hopes of cracking the mystery of how to target tough cancers.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:51:40 +1000
America has hit its debt ceiling, and the ‘X-date’ looms large
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The Biden administration has been forced to take “extraordinary measures” to conserve cash as it seeks to head off a US default on its debt - a development that would have global ramifications.
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Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:20:53 +1000
Office vacancies hit quarter-century high but green shoots emerging
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Office towers are sitting empty across the country with the vacancy rate at its highest level in close to 25 years, yet there is evidence that companies expect a return to workplaces.
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Defects are not so much a technological problem as a sociological problem.
