ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 1 — Austrian energy company OMV said Friday it was building stronger ties with its Russian partners, noting markets were conducive to tight cooperation. OMV and Russian gas company Gazprom signed agreements in St. Petersburg aimed at strengthening the strategic cooperation between both companies. Included in ... Read More »
The price and range of the five-seater should make the vehicle appeal to new types of customers and could boost interest in other electric vehicles. Chief executive Elon Musk said his goal was to produce about 500,000 vehicles a year once production is at full speed. Within a day of ... Read More »
The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet, compared body mass index (BMI) among almost 20 million adult men and women from 1975 to 2014. It found obesity in men has tripled and more than doubled in women. Lead author Prof Majid Ezzat said ... Read More »
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday issued a third summons to business tycoon Vijay Mallya asking him appear by April 9 before its investigating officer (IO) in Mumbai, even as a conglomerate of banks are examining his proposal to pay Rs. 4000 crore to lenders of Kingfisher Airlines by September. ... Read More »
HONG KONG, April 1 (UPI) — Chinese oil and gas companies are among the government-related entities facing credit pressures over the next two years, Standard & Poor’s said Friday. More than a dozen Chinese companies with close ties to the government, including oil and gas companies like China National Petroleum ... Read More »
Some kits contain 300 times the legal limit of hydrogen peroxide, the Local Government Association said. This would be like “brushing with bleach” and could cause blistering, burns and other damage, the LGA added. The government said it was helping make people aware of dangers, but would not say whether ... Read More »
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the spot of the flyover collapse in Kokata in which 26 people were killed and said he had come to extend support to the victims and did not want to politicise the issue. Later Mr. Gandhi met the injured people in the Calcutta ... Read More »
NEW YORK, April 1– Oil prices took one of their biggest hits of the year Friday as pressure from Riyadh’s response to a production freeze was doubled by weak U.S. labor figures. Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, poured water on a fire set by talks ... Read More »
State boards of education are seeking to reassert their influence in the advent of the Every Student Succeeds Act, as much of the decisionmaking around standards, assessments, and accountability devolves back from federal to state control. Yet those boards—many of them a blend of retired educators and business leaders who ... Read More »
The infection has prompted the World Health Organization to declared a global health emergency due to the link to thousands of suspected cases of babies born with small brains – or microcephaly – in Brazil. But there are still many, crucial, unanswered questions. How many people have been infected in ... Read More »
STAMFORD, Conn., April 1 — China’s Anbang Insurance Company, the highest bidder at $14 billion for Starwood Hotels, withdrew its offer, leaving a buyout offer from Marriott International. The Chinese firm led a consortium of companies in making the $14 billion all-cash offer after Marriott had offered $13.8 billion in ... Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh on Saturday on his maiden two-day visit to the oil-rich Saudi kingdom as both countries are set to firm up a raft of pacts to bolster their strategic partnership besides exploring ways to enhance security and counter-terror cooperation. Combating threat of terrorism and ... Read More »
