Protect dairy farmers by fining bullying retailers that squeeze prices
Large supermarkets and other retailers should be fined if they are seen to be bullying dairy farmers into knocking down their milk prices to...
Melting glaciers release massive amounts of carbon, affecting marine ecosystems
Melting glaciers do not only contribute to rising sea levels, they also release massive amounts of organic carbon which could significantly affect high-latitude marine...
British Gas cutting household gas prices by 5 percent
British Gas is cutting household gas prices by 5 percent (worth an average of £37 a year).
British Gas is the trading name of British...
IMF lowers forecast for global economic growth in 2015 and 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its forecast for global economic growth in 2015 and 2016. It also called for central banks and...
Oracle appoints Leon Panetta to its board of directors
Leon Panetta has been unanimously elected to Oracle’s board, according to an announcement made on Monday.
Oracle, based in Redwood City, said that appointing Panetta...
Facebook is on a hiring spree, posts 1,159 job openings
Facebook has posted 1,159 job openings on its corporate site, part of the the social networking giant’s aggressive growth strategy.
According to a company filing,...
Chinese growth in 2014 was the slowest in over two decades
In 2014 the Chinese economy grew at its slowest rate in over twenty years.
China posted GDP of 7.4% in 2014 versus the same period...
DreamWorks has begun a round of layoffs, up to 400 jobs could be affected
A labor union announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc has already started laying people off. The exact number of layoffs has not been announced,...
UK closes two-year-probe into HP purchase of Autonomy
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has closed a two-year-old probe into alleged accounting issues related to Hewlett-Packard Co.’s $11-billion purchase of the British software...
Gas prices are below $2 a gallon in 28 states across the US
Gasoline prices are now less than $2 a gallon across 28 states in the US.
The national average price for regular-grade gasoline is now $2.05...