Fighting climate change, protecting nature go hand in hand
The preservation of Earth’s pristine wildernesses and oceans, long treated as a separate issue to curbing climate change, is taking on more importance as scientists say they really need to go hand in hand. The year 2020 will be crucial as nations submit their commitments to the fight to curb global warming ahead of the…
Three senior figures arrested in Gabon graft probe
The powerful former chief of staff to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba and two ministers in the energy sector were arrested Tuesday in a widening probe into graft in the oil-rich country. A leading figure in Gabonese politics, Brice Laccruche Alihanga, who also had ministerial rank, was arrested at his home in the morning, public…
CommSec Daily Repot Thursday
Latest News Local shares continue to hover around historic highs with the ASX 200 briefly breaking through the previous intraday record of 6875 on the open this morning. The index is trading near 6874 with a gain of 24 points or 0.35% at lunch on Thursday. The Aussie market has enjoyed a solid run of…
US brokerage firm Charles Schwab acquires rival TD Ameritrade for $26 bn
Charles Schwab Corp., an early champion of retail brokerage services, announced Monday it will acquire rival TD Ameritrade for around $26 billion amid stiffening competition to attract small investors. The all-stock deal creates a giant that serves clients with $5 trillion in assets and will enable the companies to cut costs at a time when…
French NGOs slam Amazon environmental impact ahead of ‘Black Friday’
Two French environmental NGOs and a union group on Sunday slammed the environmental impact of Amazon, vowing to disrupt its “Black Friday” sale campaign later this week. The NGOs Attac and les Amis de la Terre, as well as the Solidaires association of unions, said in a report that the “world according to Amazon is…
French media launch copyright case against Google
French media organisations lodged a complaint against Google to the country’s competition authority Wednesday over the US internet giant’s refusal to pay for displaying their content. The move sets up a legal fight with Google over a new EU copyright law that could have huge repercussions for the future of the press. Earlier this year…
Benefits of Using Windows VPS in Forex Trading
The Foreign Exchange market or simply forex is one of the biggest and the most lucrative markets on the planet. Millions of people and institutions are trading forex to make a full time or part-time income. All you need is knowledge of how the market works and a stable internet connection. Until a few years…
ASX Medical Marijuana Stocks – Buy, Wait and See, or Stay Away
On 5 December of 1996 the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, coined a phrase that should be etched in the psyche of all retail investors – irrational exuberance. It was the time of the dot.com stocks qualifying as “next big thing” stock market entries, sometimes backed by little more than a paper…
The 10 Highest Paying Jobs In Oil & Gas
Make no mistake: Oil and gas companies may be doing some serious cost-cutting and slimming-and-trimming to stay competitive after the shale boom binge, but when it comes to employment, it’s still one of the best industries to hit up for a job. Jobs are booming, just as much as U.S. oil and gas production is….
Graphene Additives Making their Mark
Some investors lose patience waiting for “next big thing” breakthroughs. The time between concept and commercialisation to generate substantial returns on stock market investments in companies involved with the reportedly revolutionary capabilities of the breakthrough and seem an eternity. Others realize the path from concept to profit can be long and torturous. Such has been…
