Happy Pi Day! Archimedes' constant and our modern world meet in this GIF by Tyler DiBiasio with photography by Chris Talbot.
The first settlers of the New World may have spent 10,000 years on Beringia, a vast land bridge that once connected Asia and Alaska, according to a new analysis of modern languages spoken by Native Americans and people in Siberia. The findings support similar conclusions of recent genetic and environmental studies.
The number pi is the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. It is a mathematical constant and an infinite number, but we generally round it to 3.14, hence Pi Day on March 14.
In 1989 the government of Singapore launched an innovative improvement to its trade infrastructure. The project, known as TradeNet, was a "single window" system that allowed exporters and importers to file trade documents and pay government fees through an electronic one-stop shop.
Four years later the United States began to create its own single window, the International Trade Data System (ITDS).
Some may think trains are just steel wheels on steel rails, but freight rail is a rapidly evolving sector that is increasingly fitted with and connected to innovative 21st-century technology that keeps our economy moving.
As the industry takes its message to lawmakers today during "Railroad Day" on Capitol Hill, the industry is on a roll. Revenue is up 19 percent since 2009 to $80.6 billion, creating 10,000 new directly related jobs and countless other ancillary jobs. Some $21 billion in wages were paid last year alone, a $1 billion increase from the year before.
If dry bacteria spores of the genus Bacillus were boxers, commentators would say they punch above their weight.
Presents career choices in GE's Oil & Gas business at GE Innovation Center in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; March 13, 2014: GE is showcasing career opportunities in its oil and gas business, available currently at the Saudi GE Innovation Center, at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) Career Fair being held at the Conference Center in Building 19, KAUST Campus, Thuwal.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- March 13, 2014 -- GE [NYSE: GE] announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering (IPO) of its North American Retail Finance business. As previously announced, the IPO is the first step in a planned staged exit from that business. GE currently expects to complete the IPO later in 2014. After completion of the IPO, GE Capital Retail Finance will operate under its new name, "Synchrony Financial," and the registration statement has been filed under that name.
