ZTO expands fresh produce delivery services
SHANGHAI, Aug. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO) (“ZTO” or the “Company”), a leading express delivery company in China”), today announced that it has expanded its fresh produce delivery services with the addition of two high-speed…
Drone fleets track inventory
MIT researchers use drone fleets to track warehouse inventory By David Lumb, From engadget The small, safe UAVs can be used with existing RFID-tracking setups. Imagine a warehouse buzzing with tiny drones that automatically track and monitor inventory from afar,…
Strong earthquake felt in several Caribbean countries
From Jamaica Observer PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred south east of St Vincent on Tuesday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unity (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the…
CARIBBEAN-WEATHER-CARICOM says Hurricane Harvey highlights “unusual weather patterns”
CMC From Antigua Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 30, CMC – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping says the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey as it swept through Texas in the United States last weekend, “highlights the unusual nature of weather…
PUERTO RICO – Hundreds protest to decry austerity measures
From Caribbean News Service Hundreds of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of the island’s capital on Wednesday to protest austerity measures as anger builds over an unrelenting economic crisis that has hit the working class especially hard. Protesters clutched…
Cricket; Hope, Headingley: a miracle
By Mark Nicholas From espn cricket info Impossible, simply impossible. In all of West Indies cricket history nothing can have been quite so gloriously scatty, unlikely, improbable and, yes, let’s go there, as impossible as the victory achieved by Jason…
Trump’s truth is hell for some
By Daniel Bonevac From Newsmax Last week I ventured where few conservatives dare to tread — MSNBC. Washington Post fact-checkers had that very day proclaimed that they had documented 1,000 false or misleading statements from the mouth (or the Twitter…
The engineer’s role in real estate ownership and management
From Lockatong.com Buying property or commercial real estate has many technicalities that can be overwhelming, especially to those with no background in regulatory compliance and efficiency in property and real estate purchase, transfer, ownership, and management. A buyer/investor should be…
A guide to Europe’s largest street party
From Travel Pulse Steamy locales like Brazil, Colombia and Trinidad are typically the first spots springing to mind when the topic of Carnival celebrations comes up. England? Not so much. Turns out, one of the craziest Carnival gatherings on the…
Renowned four-wheeled movie characters
Here is a brief review of legendary cars, which millions of us have seen in popular movies. For some of them the starring worked as an effective marketing step, as their production and sales grew significantly. The very first DeLorean…