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In 2014, 47 billion parcels were shipped globally. As of 2019, it was 103 billion -and that has grown exponentially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Is it time to throw away the lock and key? 

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating generic muscular wasting disorder with a 100% fatality rate . At present, the only treatment for the muscle inflammation that leads to the loss of muscle function and strength is to put patients on corticosteroids often for the rest of their lives. While corticosteroids do reduce inflammation and thus slow the progression of the disease, long-term use of these drugs can have major side effects such as weight gain, reduced bone density and stunted growth.

Australia’s growing financial technology (or ‘fintech’) sector has continued to gather pace even amid a global pandemic, according to the latest EY FinTech Census. Some fintech leaders even suspect the pandemic – which forced businesses and individuals to digitalise their lives at an accelerated rate – will drive faster adoption of their services.

Australian listed gold mining company Nusantara Resources Limited (ASX: NUS) is readying itself for the next stage of development as the market for the yellow metal heats up. While gold prices have trended downward since 2021, investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast prices will rise through 2021 off the back of three broader market trends:

Irate consumers have taken aim at major retailers after a flurry of pre-orders for Sony’s latest home gaming system, the Playstation 5, flooded online shopping portals and crashed websites. The next generation console was sold exclusively online, due to fears traditional in-store product launches would jeopardise the health of customers and sales staff working through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laurie Adami has had a long and intricate journey with blood cancer, after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2006. Over the next 12 years, she would undergo six different cancer therapies, with none of them leading to a complete remission.

Less than a quarter of consumers trust big tech companies like Facebook and Google with their data, and 77 percent want stricter rules governing the way their information is collected and used. But even consumers’ uneasy relationship to businesses collecting their personal information hasn’t hampered the growth of the global data analytics industry, which is tipped to grow from its current value of roughly USD $190 billion up to USD $274 billion by 2022.

Executives from the world’s largest (and most valuable) tech companies were hauled before the US senate last week to defend their companies’ content moderation policies as regulators look to crack down on poor conduct.

Uranium has long been a controversial material, but recent changes on the supply and demand sides, and a growing demand for reliable, low-emitting power generation makes the other yellow metal very hot property, according to Arnott Capital portfolio manager Kenny Arnott. Speaking at Reach Markets’ Meet the Fund Manager webcast last week, Mr Arnott said “Uranium represents a promising, asymmetric investment opportunity”.

The markets’ behaviour heading into the election is historically very volatile, as the markets try to price in the different parties policies and how they will affect industry.

The fifth session took a fresh look at the biggest news of the week – Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden ousting incumbent US President Donald Trump from the White House, and what the changing American political landscape means for traders.

Agriculture is a popular way for investors to diversify their portfolios. Agricultural investments in Australia, however, come with the risks of our sunburnt country.