Watch this: At just 20 years old, former LSU track and field athlete Armand Duplantis set a world record for the pole vault Saturday. Duplantis cleared 20 feet and 3 inches at the Orlen Copernicus Cup, which is part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour. He is the favorite to win gold at the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo. Watch the world record video here.
Unchanged: The number of people working at small companies essentially didn’t budge last year, even as larger businesses continued to expand their payrolls for a record 10th straight year, The Wall Street Journal reports. Head count at businesses with fewer than 20 employees was essentially unchanged in 2019, according to an analysis of ADP payroll data by Moody’s Analytics. Companies with 500 or more employees, by contrast, increased their workforces by 2.3%. January showed the same patterns. Read the full story.
At the pump: The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 7 cents per gallon to $2.53 over the past two weeks. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that gas prices responded to falling crude oil costs. The price at the pump is 19 cents higher than it was a year ago. The lowest average is $2.04 in Baton Rouge and the highest is $3.54 per gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read the full story.
