There is no doubt that virtual reality is the next big thing. But for families with young children, it may be wiser to wait a little before leaping headlong into this new reality.
Meter taxi companies want to level the playing fields between themselves and Uber.
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E-hailing services have vowed to revolutionise the transportation industry. But they’ve also left city officials scratching their heads about regulations and traditional metered taxi drivers fuming.
Blue skies ahead for Uber’s new enterprise?
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A Productivity Commission report on digital disruption argues that government’s should stop creating barriers to innovation but it fails to provide solutions on privacy and ownership of data.
The information in credit histories can affect a bank’s decision to loan money.
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Business Briefing: what happens to your credit history
As credit reporting agencies find new ways to make money out of people accessing their credit histories, agency wrongdoing is calling into question the whole business model.
As more details are revealed in the bank bill swap rate rigging case we explain what the rate does, how it can be manipulated and what the government should be doing about it.
Attend any ANZAC Day parade and you might see people carrying banners with holes cut in them. They’re supposed to cut any drag or wind resistance but do they do any good?
Customers have the most to gain out of a review of the powers of the Financial Services Ombudsman, which sits under ASIC.
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Do environmental regulations help or hurt the economy? Ask the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates and you’ll get starkly different views.
Cornered, aggressive cigarette companies are no good to anyone. (sadface)
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Noelle Eckley Selin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) et Amanda Giang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Politicians rail against the EPA, but economic analysis shows the health benefits of mercury controls – including both higher IQ and heart health – are worth billions of dollars a year.
The amount of environmental degradation in China is a large economic burden.
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Distinguished Professor of Practice, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration, and Director of the Regulatory Studies Center, George Washington University