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New Zealand’s Wine Regions Lose Millions Of Dollars

The recent earthquake that hit New Zealand badly affected the country's prime regions, resulting to the loss of millions of liters of wine and damages to storage vats. The wine industry will be facing a challenging year but the government had stepped in to assist the affected wineries.


UTSA Granted With $5.29 Million For Brain Health Research

The University of Texas at San Antonio receives $5.29 funding from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to support its research on brain health. UTSA has been one of the leading institutions in brain health research, with its projects aiming to develop treatment to degenerative diseases.

European Union Strengthens Defense, Plans 5 Billion Euro Fund

The European Union revealed its plan to invest EUR 5 billion for a common defense fund. The funding will strengthen the continent’s military capabilities and let the governments invest on military research.

Parliament Overhauls Vocational Education Sector, Launches New Loans Program

The Parliament passed the new VET Student Loans program with the aim to overhaul the vocational education sector which faced scandals over the past years. The new scheme is a replacement to the troubled VET FEE-HELP scheme.


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Federal Communications Commision imposing new regulations. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed so many onerous regulations - including reclassifying Internet providers into a category befitting of public utilities with considerable regulatory oversight - there should be little surprise why broadband investments fell 12% during the first half of this year.
There is a new implement EPA rules and a percentage of this have been imposed by the President Obama.
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Nokia is coming to mobile phone market again. Mobile phone brand Nokia smartphones are poised for a comeback after former managers at the Finnish company licensed the handset brand from Microsoft and struck up partnerships with Google and phone manufacturer Foxconn.
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Niantic is still tapping the gaming world as it becomes available to some regions. Niantic has just announced the latest Pokemon GO update, expanding the reach of the revamped Nearby Pokemon feature to the rest of the continental United States and several areas in Europe.
SocGen is ready to advance in the market world with Asian Third Party Stock Research. Societe Generale (SG) will use Singapore-based fintech company Smartkarma to provide third-party Asian equity research to its institutional clients, in a deal that reflects major changes in the global investment research landscape.
China has once again believed in the power of bitcoing industry as China's Huiyin Group they launched and introduced $20 Million Bitcoin Fund.
The Caixin/Markit PMI revealed a slight drop on China's manufacturing sector for November, with a 50.9 index compared to October's 51.2.