LG Electronics to file patent lawsuits after mobile business exit to have extra source of income
Jun 21, 2021 05:46 am UTC| Business Economy
LG Electronics is reportedly planning to file lawsuits against companies that try to use its mobile technologies without legal permission to do so. It was said that another reason for this move is to find new sources of...
Australia's 2.5% minimum wage rise: there's something in it for you, and the economy
Jun 20, 2021 12:24 pm UTC| Economy
Australia has a serious wage problem. Over the past decade wages for all but the top 20% of income earners have flat-lined. This is part of the longer-term problem concerning productivity and wages identified by groups...
What's the charitable deduction? An economist explains
Jun 20, 2021 12:22 pm UTC| Economy
The charitable deduction is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in taxable income that lowers what someone owes the Internal Revenue Service. Only donations to tax-exempt charities count. This giving incentive is available...
Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it's starting to affect farming
Jun 20, 2021 12:13 pm UTC| Economy
Farming and agribusiness play a crucial role in sustaining the economies of small towns and rural areas. There is a lot of evidence of this in the economic literature and in the popular media. This dependency has its...
Exclusive. Top economists call for budget measures to speed the switch to electric cars
Jun 20, 2021 12:05 pm UTC| Economy
Australias top economists overwhelmingly back government measures to speed the transition to electric cars in order to meet emission reduction targets. An exclusive poll of 62 of Australias preeminent economists ...
Why has growth slowed globally? It has something to do with technology
Jun 20, 2021 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Even before COVID-19 hit, Australia was experiencing slow growth in GDP per capita and real wages. There has been a distinctly lower rate of both economic and real wages growth since the financial crisis of...
S. Korea’s coal power firms shunned from financing due to application of ESG standards
Jun 19, 2021 21:00 pm UTC| Economy Business
Financial investors are increasingly shunning South Koreas coal power companies due to the growing adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in investment. Brokerage companies are now reluctant...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects