Texas officials launch inquiry into “skyrocketing” energy bills after winter storm
Officials in Texas announced Saturday investigations into the causes of the state’s widespread power outages and an energy bills spike…
Citadel and Robinhood CEOs will call for new stock trading rule at GameStop hearing
Players central to the GameStop market bonanza will call on Congress to shorten the time required for stock trades to…
Amazon’s next act: The Bezos culture will live on
As big as Amazon looks at any given time, it is always bigger than anyone outside the company can see,…
Robinhood has a stacked policy team — and it’s going to need it
The stock-trading app Robinhood has an arsenal of political power brokers it can deploy on its behalf as it faces…
The rise and rise of Aldi: two decades that changed supermarket shopping in Australia
Twenty years ago, on January 25 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia.…
Panic-Buying Erupts at Coles And Woolworths In Brisbane: Here’s The Psychology Behind It And How To Avoid It
Hundreds of shoppers flocked to local supermarkets on Friday morning after Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced Brisbane would be plunged…
21 million Brits enter Christmas lockdown to fight “new variant” of virus
About 21 million people entered full lockdown restrictions in London, southeast and eastern England and Wales Sunday to curb the…
No spare change: how charities, buskers and beggars aren’t feeling so festive in our cashless society
Collectors for the Paralympic Games carried donation buckets ahead of the recent Santa parade in Auckland, asking for gold coin…
Brand activism is moving up the supply chain — corporate accountability or commercial censorship?
When New Zealand digital media giant Stuff stopped using Facebook as an advertising partner in July this year, it joined…
After two decades, the national electricity market is on its way out, and that’s alright
It has been more than 20 years in the making, but there is now a new order in Australia’s grandest…
Biden’s West Wing to start with small staff to curb COVID-19
President-elect Joe Biden will likely start with a “skeleton staff” in the West Wing to keep him healthy after the…
Bitcoin’s rebound: 3 reasons this time is (sort of) different
Bitcoin is back. Three years after the bubble that inflated its value from US$5,000 to US$20,000 in less than three…
6 things to watch for as Australia crawls out of recession
Our economy has grown in the September quarter (the three months to September) after two quarters of going backwards. Using…
When to buy Christmas gifts online to get them in time? The answer is now
Santa Claus is the ultimate global logistics worker, magically delivering gifts all over the world in a single night. The…