10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

[View this email via your browser]( [Business Insider Australia]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [10 things you need to know this morning in Australia]( Hello. Today we've got it all: the collapse of media, the failure of a SpaceX launch, the death of hot desking, the president trying to destroy Twitter... folks, there's a bit of destruction around. [Enable Images to View]( [Aussies are heading back to shopping centres in high numbers as coronavirus restrictions start to ease, according to new data]( Research from Roy Morgan found Aussies are returning to shopping centres as coronavirus restrictions ease around the country. Foot traffic has steadily increased in Melbourne and Sydney shopping centres since the Easter long weekend. [Enable Images to View]( [Companies like NAB and Westpac confirm hot desking is out as they begin returning employees to the office]( Companies such as NAB and Westpac are gradually getting people back in the office. These companies have introduced measures to ensure worker safety like restrictions on hot desking and physical distancing. [Enable Images to View]( [The coronavirus has taken a sledgehammer to live entertainment. Ticketek explains how it has kept the ball rolling through the pandemic.]( While a number of live performances have either been cancelled or postponed during the coronavirus pandemic, Ticketek has been working on different offerings. [Enable Images to View]( [Dow soars 553 points on mounting optimism around a strong economic recovery]( US stocks rose on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by signs that global authorities were taking measures to boost economies. The European Commission proposed an $US826 billion stimulus package intended to aid recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession. [Enable Images to View]( [Enable Images to View]( [SpaceX's launch of NASA astronauts was scrubbed and rescheduled for Saturday because of poor weather, just 17 minutes before liftoff]( SpaceX and NASA were set on Wednesday to launch astronauts to the International Space Station. A successful launch would have resurrected human spaceflight in America after a nine-year gap. [Enable Images to View]( [The coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 Americans in just over 4 months]( More than 100,000 Americans have died from the new coronavirus. The first known US death from COVID-19 came on February 6 in California. According to experts, 83% of the US deaths could have been avoided if the country had locked down on March 1 because social distancing has an exponential effect on reducing the coronavirus death toll. [Enable Images to View]( [Boeing restarted 737 Max production just hours after saying it would lay off thousands of workers]( Boeing has resumed production of the 737 Max, the same day it announced it was laying off nearly 7,000 workers. The plane was grounded worldwide in March 2019, and production had been suspended since January 2020. [Enable Images to View]( [26 of the most influential books ever written about business]( Reading is an important common denominator amongst many of the biggest names in business. It's a fast way to acquire new information, think creatively, and diversify your perspective. [Enable Images to View]( [Oil prices have rallied after turning negative for the first time ever. Here's the timeline for the oil-price war and April plunge.]( Oil prices experienced a wild ride in recent months as a global price-war and a slide to negative levels shook the market. The world's most-traded commodity has mostly rebounded in May from its late-April lows, but traders still fear a prolonged demand pressure fuelled by the coronavirus. [Enable Images to View]( Business Insider Australia © 2020 [Pedestrian Group]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Email to a Friend]( • [Privacy Policy](