Edward Johnson 
A Labour government will launch a crackdown on “dodgy” candy stores if it wins the next election, as part of plans to revitalise Britain’s high streets. There are more than 20 of the US-themed sweet stores on Oxford Street, London, alone. Many of them appeared during lockdown as high-street stalwarts closed down and landlords faced … Read more
Australians attempting to lodge their tax return are reporting being stuck in a queue landing page — some for more than an hour — as the tax office deals with a huge volume of people accessing the site. Logging in to myGov and visiting the Australian Tax Office website directs some people to a waiting … Read more
PORTHCURNO (ENGLAND): Newly discovered documents have revealed the first telegraph messages and joy when England was linked for the first time with India on 23 June, 1870, via thousands of km of cables laid painstakingly below the seas, reducing time from months to minutes. The sylvan Porthcurno valley in Cornwall, located on the Atlantic coast … Read more
Australia’s top-performing balanced superannuation funds for the last financial year have been revealed, according to new research. Members in six of the best-performing funds achieved double-digit returns in the year to June 30, research house SuperRatings says. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Nine commonly overlooked tax deductions. The consultancy firm named ESSSuper, Vision Super and Brighter … Read more
PUNE: The statistical models used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had failed to predict all the three droughts in India in the last decade. Though statistical models will still be used for monsoon forecast, the ministry of earth sciences is putting more emphasis on dynamic models. M Rajeevan of National Atmospheric Research Laboratory said, … Read more
Millions of Australians are making easy financial slip-ups costing them hundreds of dollars each year, according to new research revealing the most common money mistakes. About two in five people, equivalent to 8.3 million Australians, are guilty of making a financial error in the last 12 months, comparison site Finder has revealed. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more
WASHINGTON: An elephant figurine, made up of artificial pearls and semi-precious stones, which was gifted by the then Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani to US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2002, has made its way to the State Department exhibition hall. “Secretary Colin Powell received this gift from Indian Minister of Home Affairs … Read more
National Australia Bank says it will be blocking transactions to some cryptocurrency exchanges as part of its strategy to reduce financial crime. A NAB spokesperson said it would not comment on how it deemed what exchanges were “high-risk”. But they said the blocks were introduced “where we identify a high proportion of payments going towards … Read more
Thomas Abraham In Delhi it’s that time of year again when publishers, distributors and retailers are scrambling around frantically getting everything from point-of-sale to stocks right. It’s the World Book fair (WBF), which comes around once every two years sprawling across the giant halls of Pragati Maidan. This is the fair’s 20th edition, and although … Read more
Cash is no longer available over the counter at a number of Commonwealth Bank locations across the country, where new Specialist Centres are now focussed on “more complex banking needs”. Customers can withdraw or deposit cash at on-site ATMs instead. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Commonwealth Bank makes major change to over-the-counter cash withdrawals. The Specialist … Read more
