New Horizons approaches Pluto after a nearly 9-year journey
New Horizons, the NASA spacecraft that left earth in 2006 and has traveled three billion miles, is drawing close to the the dwarf planet...
Cheap oil offers Canada more benefits than harms
While a prolonged period of cheap oil may harm many sectors of the Canadian economy, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) believes a weaker...
Ryanair passenger numbers break all records
Irish low cost airline Ryanair Ltd. announced on Monday that it flew more than 86 million passengers in 2014, while in December it transported...
Bowhead whale genes may hold key to longer lifespan
The bowhead whale has a lifespan of more than 200 years, it is the longest-living mammal on earth. Scientists who studied the whale’s genetic...
UK construction growth in December lowest in 17 months
Construction output growth in the UK in December was the lowest since July 2013, with the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) coming...
John Lewis posted 4.8% sales increase in run up to Christmas
Over the 5-week period to December 27, John Lewis enjoyed a 4.8% increase in sales to £777 million on a like-for-like basis compared to...
First mobile phone call made thirty years ago in London
The UK’s first mobile phone call was made just over 30 years ago on January 1st, 1985, from Parliament Square in London. Fledgling telecom...
Yahoo and Microsoft searches suffered temporary outages on Friday
Microsoft’s Bing.com and Live.com, as well as Yahoo, which uses Bing technology in its searches, had outages on Friday, due to a defective code...
A record-setting year for Calgary condos and townhouses
Despite posting a year-over-year decline of 7.5% in December, 2014 was a record-setting year for condominium apartments and townhouses in Calgary, according to the...
Canadian exporters hit by ruble slide and Russian retaliatory sanctions
Several Canadian exporters who saw business decline as a result of the ruble’s crash and retaliatory sanctions by Russia against the West hope 2015...