Oil output from Texas, the No. 1 producer in the country, for August, the last full month for which data are available, was higher than last year, data show. The Railroad Commission of Texas, the state energy regulator, reported preliminary production of crude oil averaged 2.4 million barrels per day, ... Read More »
New Delhi: Real estate developers across the country are unlikely to witness higher sales this festive season even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed the interest rate by 0.25 per cent, according to the findings of a survey. “Buried under high debt and inability of developers to complete and hand over ... Read More »
– U.S. services companies grew last month at the fastest pace in nearly a year, potential good news for the U.S. economy. The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its services index jumped to 57.1 in September, the highest point since October, from August’s 51.4, the lowest since 2010. ... Read More »
Learning another country’s business customs can take years of trial and error. Starting in September, 24-year-old Sierra Prochna will study the mores of corporate culture in Asia and Europe for the next year as a part of a new master’s program. Ms. Prochna will embark on a journey with 60 ... Read More »
Not many people break $1 million in a one-person business. Laszlo Nadler, whose startup appeared in this blog last year, blasted through that milestone in 2015. This year, the father-of-two, based in East Brunswick BC -1.33%, N.J., is on track to break $2 million at his Amazon store Tools4Wisdom—and still ... Read More »
Google’s Chromebook has been particularly successful in the education market — and that’s helped drive its broader software platform, Google for Education. It’s similar to the business offerings Google offers, with access to Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides and so on, but it also adds the specialized Google Classroom tool that ... Read More »
The volume of real estate investments in Romania reached EUR 359 million in the first six months of this year, three times higher compared to the same period last year. It was one of the highest levels of investment in real estate in the last six years, according to a ... Read More »
Public executions staged in North Korea have increased in 2016 and a state surveillance organization founded under Kim Jong Un is enforcing tough measures to keep the population under control. A source on North Korea who spoke to Yonhap on the condition of anonymity said the number of people publicly ... Read More »
The first study to quantify the global cost of individuals’ physical inactivity puts the tab at $67.5 billion per year. Researchers at Australia’s University of Sydney, using 2013 data from 142 countries, studied five major non-communicable diseases, incidences of which could be reduced by exercise — coronary heart disease, stroke, ... Read More »
Total crude oil production in Texas recorded nearly a 3 percent decline year-on-year for May, a state energy regulator reported. The Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s energy regulator, said that overall crude oil production was lower than last year. “Texas preliminary May 2016 crude oil production averaged 2,359,072 barrels ... Read More »
The announcement took place in Copenhagen in October 2009: International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge opened the envelope and told the world that Rio de Janeiro had won its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Crowds watching a live broadcast on Rio’s famous Copacabana Beach exploded into a delirious uproar. Ticker tape ... Read More »
More than half of teaching assistants say they have experienced physical violence in the classroom in the past year, according to a report published by trade union Unison. One respondent claimed to have been “kicked, punched, slapped, headbutted and insulted verbally by children”. Another, a teaching assistant at a school ... Read More »
