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Norwegian Supreme Court gives the Go for arctic drillings
The Norwegian Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by environmental groups that had sued Norway five years ago for opening up areas in the Arctic for oil drilling by 11-4. In 2016, environmental organizations, including the Norwegian section of …
Verizon pushes forward 5G expansion plans
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has announced an expansion of 5G Nationwide services to additional customers in Upstate New York, OK, New England, Central Texas and Tusla. The company said around 24 million more people will access the advanced 5G network …
SolarWinds is desperately trying to fix its software
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), the IT management company at the center of Russia-related hacking by US authorities, has released additional fixes to supported and unsupported versions of its Orion Platform products. The company had previously announced that it would …
Australia is allowing CBD sales without prescription
Australia now officially allows medicinal cannabis to be bought at the pharmacy without a prescription. However, this will not happen immediately as there are currently no approved products and some would have wished for more from this law. According to the …
PepsiCo joins the fight against racism
PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) and RISE have teamed up to promote equality and inclusion, combat racism and use the unifying power of sport to create lasting change. RISE is a US non-profit organization that educates and empowers the sports community to eradicate …
Labour Union accuses Maduro of foul play
A senior representative of the Venezuelan oil workers' union has accused the government of political persecution, the AFP reports, citing an interview with the official who has since left Venezuela. "The idea is to neutralize the oil union movement by force," …
Cannabis helps female rats to better cope with stress
A study by Washington State University scientists published in the journal Neurobiology of Stress shows that inhaling vaporized cannabis can help with stress reactivity - at least according to results from female rats. However, the results only affected the …
Malicious Software detected on Microsoft´s servers
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced that malicious software linked to a hacking campaign announced by US authorities last week has been found on its systems. This joins a leading tech company on the long list of government agencies that have been …
PayPals Takeover Bid for BitGo fails
BitGo has been around since 2013 and is best known as a custody service for the secure storage of crypto assets for institutional investors. It currently holds around $ 16B in assets. A few months ago, it was rumored that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) was near a deal …
Mexico is shutting its oil industry for foreign investors
Mexico kept its borders closed to foreign oil interests for nearly 80 years, with the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) being the only company allowed to drill for gas on Mexican territory. In 2017, then-President Enrique Peña Nieto opened Mexico's …