In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, why some economists are worried about a growing army of “zombie companies” with lots of debts – and what this could mean for the shape of our economies.…
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Archaeologists in the guano layer at Con Moong Cave in North Vietnam. Conor McAdams, Author provided Many caves are filled with sediments containing the excrement of birds and bats. This forms phosphate-enriched deposits known as…
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By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold prices slid on Friday but still ended the week up 1% as the yellow metal emerged partially victorious from its fencing duels with U.S. bond yields and the dollar,…
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This is a transcript of episode 10 of The Conversation Weekly podcast “The zombie company problem and what it means for our economies”. In this episode, why some economists are worried about a growing army…
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Over the long weekend reports emerged of an alleged data breach, impacting half a billion Facebook users from 106 countries. And while this figure is staggering, there’s more to the story than 533 million sets…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices fell as much as 3.5% on the week as concerns over summer fuel demand offset news that Europe appeared to be finally turning the corner on…
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Contact tracing is vital to supporting public safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. But rather than providing truthful information, it seems many people lie when asked to provide their contact details. Police officers in Australia, for…
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Microsoft has reportedly been awarded a ten year contract worth close to US$22 billion, to provide 120,000 military-grade augmented reality (AR) headsets to the US Army. Popularised through mobile apps such as Pokémon Go and…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Michael Regan testifies before a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in Washington By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s curbs on methane from the U.S. oil and…
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Once a country’s economy reaches a certain level of wealth, gross domestic product – which puts a single dollar value on a country’s total economic output – is no longer a good measure of its…
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