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Jason Chaffetz exploring private sector jobs
Jason Chaffetz's decision Wednesday not to run for re-election in 2018 is the clearest signal yet that ambitious, young politicians view time served in Washington as an impediment to seeking - and winning - higher office. No firm progress on either of those ideas has been made so far in the present Congress. Chaffetz told the station that he made his decision after his 50th birthday in March, ... [Full Article...]
Yahoo bows out as public company with revenue shrinking
A number of research firms have recently weighed in on YHOO. Yahoo delivered positive earnings surprise in three out of the last four quarters. Any indication the deal might be further delayed would be badly received. During the same period a year ago, the firm earned $0.13 EPS. Inc. will post $0.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. If you are viewing this article on another site... [Full Article...]
Texas Instruments (TXN) Beats Q1 Earnings & Revenue Estimates
The company traded a volume of 6.31 million shares over average volume of 5.24 million shares. Finally, BlackRock Group LTD increased its position in shares of Texas Instruments by 2.7% in the third quarter. Texas Instruments's payout ratio is 59.35%. ILLEGAL ACTIVITY NOTICE: "Wealthfront Inc". (TXN) in which Credit Suisse Upgrades Texas Instruments Inc. [Full Article...]
PPG ups bid for AkzoNobel to $28.8 billion
The US firm's chief executive Michael McGarry said it was "extending this one last invitation " for AkzoNobel to back its takeover approach, and said it would not shift any production from Europe to the US as part of the improved offer. [Full Article...]
United to refund ticket cost to Flight 3411 passengers
In an Oval Office interview with the Wall Street Journal , Trump suggested that this kind of incident could be avoided in the future if carriers remove the upper limits on vouchers they offer passengers in return for giving up their seats. [Full Article...]
The US corporate tax rate needs to be lowered
Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Trump's plan probably won't include a border-adjusted tax, or BAT, suggesting the president's proposed measures won't be revenue neutral. "They can change their minds", Moore said. White House economic adviser Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are expected to meet Republican leaders on Tuesday on Capitol Hill to go over the president's tax pl... [Full Article...]
Marriott and Hilton owner RLJ to buy FelCor, owner of Embassy Suites
Bank of Montreal Can now owns 150,945 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $3,174,000 after buying an additional 150,795 shares during the period. Presently, it has a Return on Equity (ROE) of 3.80% and Return on Investment (ROI) of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 26th. [Full Article...]
Barrick Gold Stock Sliding on Earnings Miss, Production Guidance Cut
TD Securities' price target would suggest a potential upside of 5.04% from the company's current price. It represents a security's price that, if achieved, results in a trader recognizing the best possible outcome for his investment. It takes the sum of all of the past closing prices over a specific time period and divides the result by the number of prices used in the calculation. [Full Article...]
CN Rail's revenue rises 8 pct on higher freight volumes
The firm has a market cap of $76.47 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.54. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited has a one year low of $117.21 and a one year high of $157.34. Finally, Egerton Capital UK LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited during the third quarter valued at approximately $379,300,000. [Full Article...]
FCC plans to review regulations on media ownership
Pai's speech to conservative group FreedomWorks will be at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Pai hasn't offered up much detail on his plan so far, only saying he'd like to roll back the FCC's Title II reclassification of ISPs as common carriers, by proxy killing not only the FCC's authority over broadband providers, but the net neutrality rules passed - after a decade of debate - in 2015. [Full Article...]
Discount Retailer Stein Mart Selling Ivanka Trump Clothing Relabeled Under New Name
They went on to say, "G-III has already begun to take corrective actions, including facilitating the immediate removal of any mistakenly labelled merchandise from its customer". Apparently this kind of name-swap situation is legal and happens fairly often, particularly when brands are reluctant to be seen heavily discounting their stock. [Full Article...]
United passenger launches legal action over forceful removal
Traditional Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday
The big event was the egg hunt, but there were other fun things to do like dying eggs the old fashion way, sack races and even getting the chance to meet the Easter Bunny and have a picture made with him. Not only were kids treated to candies and colorful eggs on the ground at the first assembly of god church, they were thrilled by a hovering distributor in the air. [Full Article...]
Tigers likely to send Jose Iglesias to seven-day disabled list
He collided with a sliding Brad Miller on the game-ending play. Brad Ausmus did not appear keen to turn to Jimenez in key situations when he was up last week, but perhaps he'll be more inclined to use him in light of the bullpen's more recent struggles. [Full Article...]
Halliburton gains from surge in North America drilling
Revenue rose 1.9% to $4.28 billion. During the same quarter past year, the business posted $0.07 earnings per share. For the last period, the company reported quarter over quarter EPS growth of -427.20% and quarter over quarter sales growth of -20.90%. [Full Article...]
Moneysupermarket.Com Group PLC (MONY) Earns "Buy" Rating from Shore Capital
They now have a GBX 395 ($4.97) target price on the stock. N+1 Singer reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 256 ($3.22) target price on shares of Fenner plc in a research note on Friday, January 6th. The correct version of this report can be read at https://baseballnewssource.com/markets/workspace-group-plc-wkp-receives-gbx-796-57-average-price-target-from-brokerages-updated-updated/531427.h... [Full Article...]
PM Narendra Modi to chair NITI Aayog's Governing Council meeting tomorrow
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those who skipped Niti Aayog's Governing Council meet. The Niti Aayog's document titled "India 2031-32: Vision, Strategy and Action Plan" says "new India awaits two wheeler or auto, air conditioner and white goods for almost all". [Full Article...]
Municipal department criticizes Starbucks' Unicorn Frappuccino
The on-trend Frappuccino was offered at participating stores from Wednesday, April 19 through Sunday, April 23, while supplies lasted. Besides, the Unicorn Frappuccino wasn't about the eating experience, said Engineer. The pup was even somehow transformed into a princess, mid-drink. The drink actually starts out purple with a sweet and fruity taste and changes to pink and tart after it's... [Full Article...]
Here are all the changes being made to Australia's citizenship test
The test will have questions assessing an applicant's understanding and commitment to shared Australian values and responsibilities, Turnbull said. The move came against a background of growing populist pressure and a resurgence of the anti-immigration One Nation party led by Pauline Hanson. [Full Article...]
Sessions on Hawaii remark: 'Nobody has a sense of humor'
Sessions' undermining of Judge Derrick Kahala Watson is a risky attempt to skew that much-needed balance of power. Watson found grounds for a violation of the constitutional prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion. A federal judge in Maryland also issued a stay against the second travel ban, although with a more limited scope. "I think we'll eventually win". The controversy over ... [Full Article...]