How Climate Change May Help Nova Scotia’s Wine Industry Flourish
Researchers are testing how ‘exotic’ varietals would fare in the province’s Annapolis Valley Scientists in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley say climate change is actually benefiting the burgeoning local wine industry. Researchers at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research centre in Kentville, N.S., are in the midst of lab tests to find out whether certain so-called […]
Pfizer Profit Tops Estimates, Books $11 Billion Tax Gain
(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE – News) beat analysts’ estimate for adjusted profit on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its pneumonia vaccine Prevnar and breast cancer drug Ibrance, while also reporting an $11 billion gain from the new tax law. Shares of Pfizer, which forecast full-year earnings and revenue well ahead of Street estimates, […]
What’s in store for bitcoin in 2018?
Bitcoin had a big year in 2017 and some experts anticipate that momentum will continue to grow as cryptocurrency companies land on the stock market and enthusiasts work to find ways to make bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies the payment method of choice for millions. And the dizzying growth in bitcoin’s value is going to continue […]
Google’s $1.1 billion ‘big bet on hardware’ deal with HTC is final
Google has acquired a select team of engineers from HTC’s smartphone division for $1.1 billion in an all-cash deal, which closed on January 30, 2018. Under the terms of the unusual arrangement, the search giant won’t get a direct stake in HTC — instead, it will gain non-exclusive licensing rights to HTC’s current and future […]
Local Divers Say They Set World Record For Deepest Ice Dive
Team of divers were looking for Indigenous artifacts deep beneath the surface of Mazinaw Lake A group of divers is claiming to have set a chilly new world record for the deepest dive under ice. The team from PTO Exploration — many of them from Ottawa — set out to look for Indigenous artifacts and […]