News
S&P Global to Buy IHS Markit for $44 Billion in 2020’s Biggest Merger
By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) – Data giant S&P Global Inc has agreed to buy IHS Markit Ltd in a deal worth $44 billion that will be 2020’s biggest merger,...
Scary Video Shows Self-Propelled Barge Flip Over in Just Seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkiPQy8ZR9M
This video was just uploaded to LiveLeak and purportedly happened on a river in China. Unfortunately we have no confirmed details on this incident at this time, but Chinese media reported that a ‘sand boat’ capsized near Dongying City in China on October 21, the same day this video was uploaded. The reports said five missing and one rescued.
Again, these details aren’t confirmed, but the video just goes to show how quickly things can go bad when dealing with stability issues.
Sign up for our newsletter
Be the First
to Know
Join the 63,076 members that receive our newsletter.
Have a news tip? Let us know.
Related Articles
Accidents
Mariners Rescued from Disabled Barge Off Rhode Island
Three mariners were rescued from a disabled barge off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island on Wednesday after their tug sank. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that watchstanders at...
News
Tech Giants Ask Malaysia For Subsea Cable Waiver
by Mei Mei Chu (Reuters) – Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have asked Malaysia’s Prime Minister to reinstate an exemption allowing non-Malaysian ships to carry out repairs to submarine cables in the...