Data presented by Bankr indicates that the United States oil and gas rigs in operation have dropped by 59.49%. The drop was recorded between February 2020 and November 2020.
Impact of 2020 oil industry crush to impact long term consumption
by Mauricio Zuluaga
2020 was an atypical year, no doubts. But it was a time full of lessons learned. The pandemic forced businesses around the globe to switch, not just the way they used to interact with their customers, but their nature. Wineries and distilleries making hand sanitizers rather than wine or whisky, convention centres serving as hospitals, and car manufactures producing medical ventilators, are just some examples of the adaptation made by some industries due to COVID19.
Data presented by Bankr indicates the United States imports from China have grown by 126.29% to $292.64 billion between March October 2020. In March, the coronavirus was declared a pandemic.
US dependant on China's low-cost goods
As of October, the value of imports stood at $44.83 billion, the highest figure during the review period. In September, the value stood at $41.21 billion, a growth of 0.9% from Augusts' $40.82 billion.
by Justinas Baltrusaitis
Data presented by Bankr indicates that the top ten companies hold 830,433 Bitcoin. The amount represents a value of about $15.36 billion based on the trading price at the time of writing on November 30, 2020.
Institutional Bitcoin acquisition to spur mainstream adoption
by Dennis O’Neill
Several years ago, an article of mine in this publication described our world as “a google world”. That was then; this is now.
I now refuse to use google.
The pandemic's job losses have hit women particularly hard, and a new report from RBC says the effects could be potentially long-lasting.
Industry leaders discuss the juggling act of appeasing investors, environmentalists, and customers, while trying to come up with the critical technologies they believe the world will need to have abundant energy without the heavy emissions.
Five proposed class-action lawsuits have been launched against banks and insurance companies since early 2019 seeking a total of $1.2 billion for vacation pay that's allegedly owed current and former employees.
Air Canada has agreed to offer refunds to passengers who had their travel plans cancelled because of the pandemic as part of a potential bailout package from the federal government.
Despite the biggest economic slump since 1961, there are new signals that the Canadian economy will bounce back due to an "extraordinary" surge in wealth and savings and a rebound in confidence.
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has spent the last several years examining just how tough the climate change battle will be and admits, "This is going to be harder than any other domain that I've ever worked in.”
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose slightly in December compared with the same month of 2019, indicating the sharp drop seen due to the pandemic was short-lived.
Canada's economy shrank by 5.4 per cent last year, official data from Statistics Canada showed Monday, making 2020 officially the worst year for the country's economic output since record keeping began.
A wide range of environmentally friendly products already exist, but a new online store offers items made, in part, using greenhouse gas emissions.
