Foldable phones are not yet a thing. But Samsung really, really wants to change that. On Wednesday, at its Samsung Unpacked event, the South Korean tech company unveiled its two latest foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold3 5G and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, amid other wearable gadgets. Once again, the electronics giant partnered with Thom Browne […]
A foreign exchange broker who defrauded his clients by forging dozens of documents will remain behind bars, while his recollection of the offending concerns the Parole Board. Russell Maher was sentenced to three years and four months in prison in July last year after pleading guilty to 47 representative charges of using forged documents. The […]
(Reuters) – Nasdaq futures fell on Wednesday, while Dow indicators rose slightly as investors swapped heavyweight technology stocks with economically sensitive sectors following the approval of a U.S. infrastructure bill.FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew […]
For the fifth month in a row, the Seek NZ Employment Report shows a record-breaking number of jobs advertised on seek.co.nz. Seek’s figures for July show job ads are now up 30 per cent when compared to July 2019 – prior to the arrival of the pandemic. Job ads in July were up by 2 […]
OPINION: A Berkeley professor once said that if you are Minister of the Environment, you are eventually Minister of Everything. The professor’s prediction is set to become real if the Government’s Natural and Built Environments Act, or “NBA”, passes in anything like its current form. The bill is the first of three acts to replace […]
The Tokyo Olympics pulled in the smallest audience since NBCUniversal began covering the Summer Games in 1988, pulling in an average of 15.5 million viewers for its prime-time broadcast and digital presentations each night, the company said on Monday. From the sparsely attended opening ceremony on July 23 through Sunday’s quiet closing event, NBCUniversal’s coverage […]
This former banker is on a mission to make investing more accessible for S'poreans in volatile times
When global stocks started to fall in February last year due to news about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, social media and online discussion boards were flooded with questions and comments from anxious retail investors, including retirees. To address common concerns, the founding team of Endowus quickly put together a series of educational webinars […]
LAS VEGAS — The pandemic has been life-changing in a number of ways and has created significant shifts that will forever impact our society and our businesses. That was the message from Kenneth Cole, who was the keynote speaker at the opening day of the MAGIC and Project shows at the Las Vegas Convention Center […]
Global technology group Gallagher as sold its fuel systems business to long time managing director Richard Coxon, who has an eye on hydrogen-fuelled growth. Gallagher Fuel Systems commands 90 per cent of the New Zealand forecourt fuel pump dispensing market and 40 per cent of Australia’s. The Marton-based business invented the first petrol pump with […]
In its latest move to undo Trump-era policies, the Education Department on Monday said states are free to police federal student loan servicers that run afoul of local consumer protection laws, reversing its previous legal stance. “Effective collaboration among the states and federal government is the best way to ensure that student loan borrowers get […]