by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
“No one should be lending for 30 years in most of Florida,” he said at an investment conference in New York last week. Florida’s economic crash could begin with banks or home-buyers worrying that annual insurance policies in some places will become...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
A crocodile-like beast the length of a Volkswagen Beetle terrorized prey in the late Triassic oceans about 210 million years ago, a new study finds.Researchers excavated the remains of four of these now-extinct sea monsters from the rocky slopes of t...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Bitcoin’s latest surge started Saturday, when the two U.S. exchanges carrying futures are closed, making it potentially difficult for short sellers to cover their wagers. “Bitcoin is acting differently since moving above its 200-day moving average”...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
He forever changed the way women are diagnosed with cervical cancer.
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Bayer said on Monday its Monsanto unit, which is being investigated by French prosecutors for compiling files of influential people such as journalists in France, likely did the same across Europe, suggesting a potentially wider problem. French pros...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
The share slump reflects investor skepticism about the size of the ride-hailing market, Uber’s ability to execute on food and package delivery and its push into autonomous vehicles, said Ygal Arounian of Wedbush Securities. The IPO also comes as inv...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
The UAE said on Sunday that four commercial vessels were sabotaged near Fujairah emirate, one of the world's largest bunkering hubs lying just outside the Strait of Hormuz, but did not say who was behind the attack or describe the nature of it. Iran...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
GettyCaleb Harper and Risto Miikkulainen were on a mission to grow basil: lots of it, fast, in an industrial environment—and without compromising the herb’s sweet-but-savory flavor.So they did. The two scientists—Harper is a research scientist at MIT...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
China will never surrender to external pressure, the government said on Monday, though stopped short of announcing how Beijing will hit back after Washington renewed its threat to impose tariffs on all Chinese imports in an escalating trade dispute....
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
It was not clear what the Saudi ship was doing in Santander or how long it would stay docked there. Spain's interior ministry said they had no information regarding the ship. French rights group ACAT argued in a legal challenge on Thursday that the...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Around 136,000 years ago, a flightless bird became extinct.The bird resided on the Indian Ocean atoll of Aldabra, which had its flora and fauna wiped out when the island was completely flooded by the sea. Now, scientists from the University of Portsm...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Chevron Chief Executive Michael Wirth's decision to opt out of a bidding war for Anadarko Petroleum Corp has raised the bar for deals, and dampened expectations that oil majors will drive a new wave of consolidation in U.S. shale. Wirth last week ru...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
While wind turbine manufacturers led by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S and General Electric Co. are expanding the size of their machines quickly, the small cadre of mainly closely-held specialist shipowners that does the installations is hesitant to bu...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
In 2016, the firm offered its elite clientele a chance to get in early on Uber’s eventual market listing as the investment bank privately raised money for the ride-hailing platform. Morgan Stanley pitched wealth management clients a chance to invest...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
What does a wondrous cloud of monarch butterflies taking flight at once sound like? A waterfall, of course. YouTuber and tropical entomologist Phil Torres, who posts short documentary videos as The Jungle Diaries, patiently waited at Mexico's Si...