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View photosWe can readily understand why investors are attracted to unprofitable companies. For example, although software-as-a-service business Salesforce.com lost money for years while it grew recurring revenue, if you held shares since 2005, you'd have done very well indeed. But the harsh reality is that very many loss making companies…

View photosIs Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HKG:337) a good dividend stock? How can we tell? Dividend paying companies with growing earnings can be highly rewarding in the long term. On the other hand, investors have been known to buy a stock because of its yield, and then lose money…

Massive supplies of critical medical gear have been hoarded by major Chinese companies in other countries and flown to China during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, according to reports. Chinese property developers with offices in Australia organized multiple planeloads of critical medical equipment to be sent from Sydney to Wuhan and…

NEWS AND VIEWS 23 March 2020 In 1980, a method was found to determine the amount of carbon dioxide in ancient air trapped in polar ice — providing direct evidence that CO2 is coupled to climate, and affects global temperatures in the past, present and future. Jean-Robert Petit & Jean-Robert…

NEWS AND VIEWS 23 March 2020 In 1980, a method was found to determine the amount of carbon dioxide in ancient air trapped in polar ice — providing direct evidence that CO2 is coupled to climate, and affects global temperatures in the past, present and future. Jean-Robert Petit & Jean-Robert…

The first gig adventure photographer Curtis Jones ever had was an unsupported kite traverse of the Greenland Polar Ice Cap. Before that, he was a pharmacist on remote Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The surprising jump from pharmacist to adventure photographer actually makes sense when you hear Jones’…

March 20th, 2020 by Steve Hanley  In 2002, a satellite called GRACE — Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — was launched. The result of a collaboration between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, its mission was to “measure changes to Earth’s gravitational pull that result from changes in mass, including…

NATURE BRIEFING 20 March 2020 Scientists exposed to COVID-19 are a striking example of US authorities failing to test people and notify their contacts, a cornerstone of outbreak response. Plus: understanding how many covert coronavirus cases might be unwittingly infecting others and the Turing Awards goes to Toy Story graphics…

Rest of the World News A new study has found that the summer of 2019 has triggered the loss of 600 billion tons of ice from Greenland, raising the global sea levels by 2.2mm Written By Sounak Mitra | Mumbai | Updated On: March 20, 2020 03:58 IST A new study has found that…

Wild bears in Yosemite National Park are coming out of the woodwork in what park officials are calling a "party" following the park's March 20 closure in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.The wildly popular park is visited by millions of people every year, and at the same time hundreds…