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Artificial island for Arctic oil drilling?
Business, Associated Press, Published on 20/10/2017
» ANCHORAGE, Alaska: America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.
US pickup truck buyers demanding more luxury
Business, Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» DETROIT: Heated and cooled seats. Backup cameras. Panoramic glass roofs.
City replaces parking meters with electronic kiosks
Business, Associated Press, Published on 31/10/2017
» OKLAHOMA CITY: The city where parking meters were born more than eight decades ago is phasing out the last of the coin-gobbling contraptions that reshaped America's downtowns in favour of computerised models seen in many other places.
How do airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights?
Business, Associated Press, Published on 03/11/2017
» NEW YORK: Ever wonder how airlines decide who gets a seat upgrade on flights? Airlines say it's strictly by the book: Loyal customers are rewarded based on their status in frequent flyer programmes.
Toyota ends production Down Under
Business, Associated Press, Published on 04/10/2017
» SYDNEY: After looming for four years, "Carmageddon'' has hit the Australian auto industry.
70% 'not afraid of robots taking jobs'
Business, Associated Press, Published on 06/10/2017
» WASHINGTON: Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful says automation has cost them a job or loss of income.
Boats join self-driving tech race
Business, Associated Press, Published on 15/09/2017
» BOSTON: Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years -- but autonomous boats could be just around the pier.
Surge of parasitic sea lice disrupting salmon farms
Business, Associated Press, Published on 19/09/2017
» ST ANDREWS, New Brunswick: Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe.
US college towns feel pinch from rental sites
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2017
» CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Time was when renting an apartment in one of this college town's funky triple-deckers or two-family homes wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.
First American coin has been found, researchers conclude
Business, Associated Press, Published on 02/08/2017
» WASHINGTON: Old inns along the Revolutionary War trails boast of George Washington sleeping there. But coin experts say they have found the first silver piece minted by the United States -- one likely held by the most en vogue of Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton.