Australia News Today: RBA’s Bullock, Voice Referendum

Australia News Today: RBA’s Bullock, Voice Referendum

Happy hump day all, it’s Harry here in Sydney. Our next RBA governor last night warned that rate hikes may not be done, but first… Today’s must-reads:• PM set to name Voice date• Barley heads back to China• Reprieve for Kiwi homebuyers PM Anthony Albanese is expected to announce the date for the Voice to … Read more

Barclays’ Rossman Says Activists Are Hungry for M&A With Tech on the Menu

Barclays’ Rossman Says Activists Are Hungry for M&A With Tech on the Menu

Hi, it’s Crystal Tse in New York. Happy Friday. Today I’m bringing you highlights from an on-air chat my colleagues did with a top activism banker at Barclays. Plus we have an updates on sale efforts by Abcam and BlackBerry and two big IPO filings. Today’s top stories Jim Rossman, global head of shareholder activism … Read more

Global Warming: Air-Con’s Carbon Footprint Is Smaller Than Heating

Global Warming: Air-Con’s Carbon Footprint Is Smaller Than Heating

How did the fossil-fuel era begin? With Europeans heating their houses in winter. The Industrial Revolution would likely never have started if medieval Britain hadn’t turned to coal swept from the beaches of Northumbria to replace firewood from its dwindling forests. One of the world’s first air pollution laws was a 1306 proclamation prohibiting the … Read more