I’m not sure about you, but these past few months my social calendar has been FULL. The lifting of lockdowns and the easing of restrictions meant that Friday night margaritas were back on, as were Saturday brunch sessions. My cup is full, and I’m loving the unrestricted access to my favourite humans and Melbourne’s many
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Ever wondered how renewable fuel is made? Or how biodegradable plastics are created? There’s a lot that happens after you throw something away, and the process of repurposing materials is more complex than you might think. Clinical stage oncology company PharmAust (ASX: PAA) has an interesting subsidiary involved in just that. Epichem is a leading
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Spending so much more time at home throughout the pandemic, all over the world people have been ditching the $5 coffees to make their own cafe-quality brews at home evidenced by raging sales of Breville’s (ASX: BRG) cafe-quality machines which have driven a 23.6% increase in revenue. Of all the things we’ve been doing while
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For more than a century, the name Paramount has been synonymous with some of the world’s most well known cult classics and even pioneered through the Golden Age of Hollywood. In a surprise move this morning, ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) in the US revealed that it was officially changing its corporate name to Paramount Global, or
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With another range of cloud-based office management products launched over the past six months, accounting tech company Reckon (ASX: RKN) continues to secure new business customers to their platform, driving its profitability with an integrated payments solution set to further enhance its all-inclusive business services. Since transitioning its accounting software to a cloud-based solution that
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I recently gave a new name to the weekly soiree my friends and I conduct. It’s called “The Wine and Whine” (I should copyright that). The W&W is a safe space, often on my couch, where we crack open a bottle of Pinot Noir and whine about anything, from the state of the world, global
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When inventing their technology, Aerometrex (ASX: AMX) intended to use 3D mapping to automate visualisations of architecture but fast forward to 2022 and their biggest growth opportunity may be in virtual reality with metaverse enthusiasts seeking the Company to create digital versions of major cities. This is a prime example of how quickly technology is
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US private equity firm Blackstone Inc. has won the bidding war to acquire Crown Resorts (ASX: CWN) in a massive $8.9 billion takeover offer. Through this agreement, Blackstone will purchase all shares in Crown for a price of $12.50 per share through a Scheme of Arrangement. This offer is higher than the previous bid submitted
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Sunbaking is a certified Australian pastime, so it comes as no surprise that we have the highest melanoma rate in the world. Any lamington-eating, Waltzing Matilda-singing Aussie knows that skin checks are an important part of preventative healthcare, and that our unfortunate position in relation to the inconvenient hole in our ozone layer means that
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While Australian education providers are reeling financially in the wake of the pandemic-forced mass exodus of international students, US-based education provider Keypath Education International (ASX: KED) has not had such problems, boosting revenue by 37%. Although based out of the United States, Keypath’s increased revenue has been attributed to its international expansion where it has
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