The $39 billion takeover offer for Afterpay highlights the stupendous potential of our home-grown digital-oriented fintech minnows, bearing in mind the towering buy-now-pay later (BNPL) oak tree was a mere acorn five years ago. Naturally, investor attention has turned to the slew of listed BNPL wannabes who are emulating the Afterpay model with various degrees
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Your journalist would prefer to be on the sandy white beaches of Tahiti right now, sipping a cool mojito and sizzling in the sun. But, with a long expired passport that won’t be renewed anytime soon, I’m bound to my inner city apartment. Teasing me, and those locked down across the country is Austal Limited
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The ultra realism of first person shooter (FPS) gaming could take on a whole new level with virtual reality entertainment company ISA Group (ASX: IDZ) acquiring VR production studio Red Cartel with the intent of developing VR for use in military and defence operations. Unlike ISA whose primary VR tech is designed for consumer entertainment
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Overnight the S&P500 and Dow closed higher as Financials, Energy Industrial and Materials push higher on the back of Bidens 550 billion in infrastructure spending. This will help see the US economy rebound after Covid and opens the door for the Democrats to approve a 3.5 trillion budget to spend further on their social security
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Time is of the essence when a stroke occurs. Each minute that a stroke patient goes without treatment, 1.9 million brain cells die. Early intervention is key and medtech company EMVision Medical Devices (ASX: EMV) wants to help get stroke treatment underway faster. Their point-of-care brain imaging platform allows for rapid diagnosis of neurological conditions
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The coronavirus may have inflicted global misery but it’s proven a boon for Apiam Animal Health (ASX: AHX), the only remaining listed veterinary play on the ASX after its nearest peers were taken over by private interests. As well as spurring panic pet purchasing, the pandemic spurred thousands of Australians to relocate to rural and
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