Home Depot on Tuesday beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the fourth quarter, boosted by a strong holiday season and above average sales of appliances. The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer has been focused on integrating its brick-and-mortar stores and its online business. It’s in the middle of a three-year, $11 billion investment program. Home Depot CEO … Read more
Some Apple suppliers are expecting a strong Q4 as demand for AirPods and the Apple Watch surge into the holiday season. Digitimes reported that several companies that make components for the Apple Watch and AirPods — including Quanta Computer, Inventec, Universal Scientific Industrial, and two companies owned by Foxconn group — are expecting a strong year’s end. The Apple Watch Series … Read more
Their structures are still standing more than 1,500 years after the last centurion snuffed it: now the Romans’ secret of durable marine concrete has finally been cracked. The Roman recipe – a mix of volcanic ash, lime (calcium oxide), seawater and lumps of volcanic rock – held together piers, breakwaters and harbours. Moreover, in contrast … Read more