Notes on data released March 2, 2017: The 2015-16 El NiA o Pacific Ocean warming event has faded into history, but the globe still saw its fourth warmest February in the satellite global temperature record, including the warmest February in that time for the contiguous 48 U.S. states, according to Dr. John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. The average temperature over the U.S. was 2.1 Celsius warmer than seasonal norms in February 2017.
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Cee Markets-Bucharest stocks extend rally on Banca Transilvania gains
The sector is emerging from a bad period marked with a jump in bad loans after 2008, solvency woes in Slovenia and Bulgaria, and increased costs from new taxes in Hungary and Poland and schemes to convert Swiss franc loans into national currencies. Bank profits are rising across the region.
[From the scene] Lee Jae-yong’s grueling day
Samsung Group’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong is possibly at the lowest point of his life as he nervously waits for a court’s decision on his arrest warrant. The heir apparent of the nation’s largest conglomerate has been placed behind bars until the court decides on Lee and his company’s fate, most likely by early Thursday morning.
Putin will get more aggressive if oil prices stay low
Russia has had a hard time since the collapse of global oil prices which began in August 2014. This will continue in 2017.
Reactions to the death of superstar George Michael
In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, British singer George Michael performs at a concert to raise money for the AIDS charity Sidaction, during the Symphonica tour at Palais Garnier Opera house in Paris, France.