E.On ordered to pay £7m for failing to supply smart meters
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) told E.On that it must pay £7m for failing to adequately supply its business customers with...
Weyerhaeuser merging with Plum Creek to create $23 billion timber company
Weyerhaeuser Co and Plum Creek Timber Co Inc have entered into a merger agreement, the two companies announced on Sunday.
The deal is set to...
Apple wins major class action lawsuit over bag searches
Apple won a major U.S. class action lawsuit brought on by its employees over bag search practices.
Five store workers filed a lawsuit (on behalf...
Tata Steel demands suppliers cut prices by 30%
Tata Steel told suppliers that they risk losing business if they don’t cut prices.
Tata’s Long Products division, which supplies plates, sections, wire rod and...
Kangaroo flatulence study shows lower methane emissions vs. cattle
A kangaroo flatulence study, i.e. a study of kangaroo farts, has turned previous research on its head. Scientists from Australia and Switzerland say that...
Giant rats were 10 times the size of modern rats
In the past, rats used to be up to ten times the size of rats today, say archeologists from The Australian National University (ANU)...
Tobacco plant gene may aid space farming, Australian discovery
Australian scientists have discovered a gene in Pitjuri (Nicotiana benthamiana), an ancient tobacco plant indigenous to Agoriginal tribes, that could aid space farming. The...
Pandas express love, happiness and flirt using panda-speak
Giant pandas have their own language, which they use to express physical attraction from male-to-female, flirtatious responses, unhappiness, contentment and hunger, says a group...
Qualities of leadership – learned from studying mammalian societies
A new study may help us better understand the qualities of leadership after studying several mammalian societies, including elephants, meerkats and humans. With contenders hitting US...
Genetically modifying bees to survive Canada’s cold winters
By genetically modifying bees to survive the cold weather in Canada, the country would not have to keep importing so many from the United...