Squirrel power: Over 2,700 residents in Baton Rouge were without power Monday morning in the same area as the outages last week, WBRZ reports. As with last week, an Entergy spokesperson says the outages were caused by a squirrel that got into some equipment at a substation. Power was expected to be restored by 9 a.m. Read the full story.
Oil prices: Oil dropped to below $70 a barrel on potential supply hikes from Saudi Arabia. As Bloomberg reports, prices are retreating from the three-year high hit last month as Saudi Arabia and its allies move to counteract supply losses elsewhere in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. They have pledged to offset the supply impact of the spiraling crisis in Venezuela, erratic flows in Libya and renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran. Read the full story.
Masterful: Eduniversal’s newest best masters rankings place the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Master of Science in Finance and Master of Public Administration programs 11th and 12th, respectively, among public colleges and universities in the United States, according to an LSU announcement. Eduniversal rates 4,000 masters programs for 30 majors across the world. See the full announcement.
