Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Gazprom intends to invest $7 million in the Shtokman project this year. The Russian gas giant will not yet open its wallet in the Barents Sea. While the oil industry eagerly awaits a final investment decision in the huge offshore project, the main field partner will itself spend only peanuts on the project this year. Read
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
German air pollution levels were higher in 2011 than in previous years, despite environmental zones banning certain cars from urban areas. Authorities attribute the rise to weather and industry. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
It’s business hours as usual for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The message amidst the mess, is to stay focused on immediate missions and not the madness orbiting them, thanks to the Devas-Antrix row. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad plans to invest $3.9 billion in upgrades to its network this year. The railroad said Wednesday that its capital spending plan is $400 million bigger than its 2011 budget of $3.5 billion. Overall, the nation’s major freight railroads, which include BNSF, plan to spend about $13 billion this year, up
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
It did not take long: the day after the European Commission’s decision to award the contract for a second batch of Galileo satellites to a consortium headed by prime contractor OHB System AG in Bremen, Germany, the first angry reaction has come. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
A new study by Carnegie Mellon, MIT and Georgia Tech researchers found that people on Twitter said only 36 percent of the tweets that fill their feeds each day are worthwhile. Mashable reports that respondents disliked another 25 percent of the tweets they rated and reported neutral feelings about the remaining 39 percent. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
North Dakota farm land values increased an average of 14 percent in 2011, according to an annual survey of appraisers and other real estate professionals. That figure is especially impressive because it is the second year of double-digit increases. Read More
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) and L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail (L&THMR) have sealed a six stage schedule of construction for the elevated rail system to be built for a distance of 71.16 km. First two stages as announced earlier will be between Nagole to Mettuguda for which the first pier (pillar) work will begin this month while
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
This period of extreme cold, which is always less intense than that of 1985, according to forecasters, is expected to last until 7:00 Saturday. Read More
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
These days, the San get most of their supplies from the shop in Tsumkwe, in the center of the in the Nyae Nyae Conservancy in the northeast Namibia, near the border with Botswana. The preserve is home to around 2,500 San. With its roughly 500 inhabitants, Tsumkwe is the largest village in the area. At
