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Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
Four major superannuation funds are backing a biotech company that is developing a nasal spray that claims to prevent COVID-19 and the common cold. AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Statewide Super have joined forces with CSL, a venture capital fund ...

From financial advisers to cybersecurity advocates

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... triple its annual revenue to $6 billion in 10 years as threats escalate. "Everybody is a target," said Bryan Lee, former NASA staff and now a threat intelligence analyst with Unit 42 at global security giant Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto's annual revenue ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... regulators." "We no longer talk about it with the starry-eyed ambition of, say, building a space program from scratch or challenging NASA to put a man on the moon in the face of unbelievable uncertainty. We're now at the stage of the collective effort ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... rushing a lift-off to normalise policy under these abnormal conditions could have severe consequences. It's just as well that NASA Mars has discovered evidence of liquid water on Mars and according to NASA's thinking, "where there is water there might ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... these employees will retire. Illustrating the potential is that major US federal agencies such as Treasury, Labor, Education, NASA and Social Security have more than one-third of their employees now eligible for retirement. This age differential has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after finishing in negative territory for six straight sessions and overnight falls on Wall Street. At 0815 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was unchanged at 4,038. The US ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up, dollar sinks to fresh lows

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
US stocks bounced back overnight, supported by selective buying in the technology sector. The partial rebound follows a week in which markets were hit hard by increasing concerns over the strength of the US economic recovery. The Nasadaq composite index ...
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