MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast on Tuesday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government readied naval vessels and military helicopters to aid firefighting and evacuations. A bushfire rages in Broulee, New South Wales, Australia, December 31, 2019, in this still image taken from
Month: December 2019
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. Getty Images Apple stock is on pace to close out a year of explosive growth, and another key metric has reached a historic high, too. Apple’s trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio steadily climbed this year alongside its stock price. Apple began the year with a trailing P/E ratio just over
When we purchase food products, most of the time we don’t stop and think from where that food item came and how it is made. When it comes to buying fish, we instantly assume it came from some ocean or lake or may have been raised on a fish farm. Fish is an excellent source
A thermal image of a panel with a ’super-cool’ coating outside Columbia University in New York City.Credit: Jyotirmoy Mandal When businessman Howard Bisla was tasked with saving a local shop from financial ruin, one of his first concerns was energy efficiency. In June 2019, he approached his local electricity provider in Sacramento, California, about upgrading
West Texas Intermediate crude futures have rallied 13% this quarter and nearly 35% this year, putting oil on track to post its best annual performance since 2019. And now big investors are starting to get on board with the trade. “Hedge funds have swung from extreme bearishness to extreme bullishness,” Ned Davis Research energy strategist
Matin Durrani looks back at the successes in physics over the last 10 years and gazes into his crystal ball at what the future holds (Courtesy: iStock/kckate16) As the 2020s gets underway, what can we expect to happen over the next 10 years? To get you in the mood, let’s first look back over the
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Supreme Court has struck down a regulation that allowed activities by plantation companies in protected forest areas, a green group said on Tuesday, flagging a decision that could affect the thriving palm oil industry. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Cikole protected forest near Bandung, Indonesia November 6, 2019. Antara
Oil pumpjacks in the Permian Basin oil field are getting to work as crude oil prices gain. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Oil prices held steady on the final day of the year on Tuesday, heading for their biggest annual rise since 2019, supported by a thaw in the prolonged U.S.-China trade dispute and supply
Game enthusiasts and industry personnel walk between the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation exhibits at the E3 trade show on June 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Christian Petersen | Getty Images Looking back on 2019, the gaming world had a lot to offer when it came to new content. This year had its fair
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