US global investment business Blackstone has gone to Crown Resorts with a $400 million increase to take their original offer to buy the company from $8.5 billion to $8.9 billion. In April 2020, Blackstone purchased a 10 per cent stake in Crown Resorts later putting down multiple offers to buy the company. At this present…
Over the past week several supermarket chains have declared that they are experiencing both food and staff shortages due to COVID-19. Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci gave reasons for the shortage in a press release stating that the Omicron variant has affected all areas of business. “You might unfortunately have noticed gaps on shelves, or substitutions…
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced that they will release a new vaccine targeted towards the Omicron variant sometime in March. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla spoke to Yahoo Finance saying that the new vaccine will require three doses as it will be more effective in protecting against the COVID-19 Omicron variant. “We are working on new…
On January 8 gaming company Razer announced via twitter that their Zephyr and Zephyr Pro mask is not in fact considered to be of N95 Grade. The company had previously marketed the masks to have N95 Grade filters which according to a tweet on January 6 would be “Safe. Social. Sustatinable”. However, three days later…
Starting yesterday children aged five to eleven became eligible for smaller doses of the Pfizer vaccine which has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The TGA Pfizer dose for this age bracket is 10 micrograms with children being able two receive two doses that are eight weeks apart. Parents are being encouraged to…
Yesterday afternoon Novak Djokovic had his visa cancellation overturned by the Federal Circuit Court however there is still question as to whether Djokovic will be deported. During a minute in the court proceedings Judge Kelly stated that Djokovic’s visa removal be “quashed” and reinstated while he was to be removed from immigration detention no more…
The Australian government has announced that the Australian Army is set to receive a $3.5 billion upgrade of new battle tanks and combat engineering vehicles from the US. According to the press release the updated tanks and vehicles will consist of 75 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, 29 M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles, 17 M1074 Joint Assault…
Queensland school children are set to start the school year two weeks late in order to avoid a predicted Omicron wave peak coming later this month. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced yesterday that the start of the school year will be delayed due to the Omicron variant. “Queensland’s 2022 school year will start on 7…
The Australian Open has recently revealed that they will be incorporating the world of NFTs into their major sporting event with the release of Art Ball NFTs. On January 5 the Australian Open launched the AOmetaverse in which 6,776 NFT Art Balls have been uniquely created through “generative art, artist collaboration and the Australian Open…
England has managed to save face by stopping the Aussies from claiming a fourth test match with a draw that will see them go into the fifth test hoping to gain back some credibility. On Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), England managed to hold on against the Australians to claim a draw with…