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AMD to Present at Upcoming Financial Conferences

Aug 03, 2017 20:52 pm UTC| Business

SUNNYVALE, Calif, Aug. 03, 2017 -- AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced its upcoming financial conference schedule: Aug. 9, 2017, 5 p.m. EDT – Mark Papermaster, senior vice president and chief technology officer, will...

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. Announces Pricing of a $53 million Incremental Term Loan under its Existing Term Loan B Facility

Aug 03, 2017 20:44 pm UTC| Business

MONACO, Aug. 03, 2017 -- Navios Maritime Partners L.P. ("Navios Partners") (NYSE:NMM), an international owner and operator of container and dry bulk vessels, announced today the pricing of a $53 million incremental term...

Avid Technology Announces Q2 2017 Results and Issues Q3 2017 Guidance

Aug 03, 2017 20:41 pm UTC| Business

Exceeded Guidance for Adjusted Free Cash Flow; In Line on All Other Metrics Strong Revenue Backlog and Continued Expense Management Creates Better Visibility Continued Execution Drives Positive Free Cash Flow and...

WSFS Announces Mark A. Turner Elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and Rodger Levenson Promoted to Chief Operating Officer

Aug 03, 2017 20:30 pm UTC| Business

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 03, 2017 -- WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WSFS), the parent company of WSFS Bank, today announced that the Board of Directors has elected Mark A. Turner as Chairman of the Board. This...

Enstar Group Limited Reports Second Quarter Results

Aug 03, 2017 20:30 pm UTC| Business

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 03, 2017 -- Enstar Group Limited (Nasdaq:ESGR) filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC today, reporting its earnings and financial position for the three and six months ended...

Broadridge Appoints Tim Gokey President

Aug 03, 2017 20:30 pm UTC| Business

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Aug. 03, 2017 -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that Tim Gokey has been appointed President, effective September 1, 2017. Mr. Gokey is assuming the title of President...

Vectren Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results; Affirms 2017 Guidance

Aug 03, 2017 20:30 pm UTC| Business

EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 03, 2017 -- Vectren Corporation (NYSE:VVC) today reported second quarter 2017 net income of $37.6 million, or $0.45 per share, compared to net income of $32.3 million, or $0.39 per share, in the...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Massive SHIB Transfers Occur Despite Sharp Decline in Shibarium Transactions

Shiba Inu (SHIB), a dog-themed cryptocurrency, has seen a startling 3,015% increase in large holder NetFlow, which provides insight into whales changing positions. However, this impressive surge comes with a...

SHIB Whale Activity Surges Amid Plummeting Shibarium Transaction Volumes

While the Shiba Inu developer team continues to work on and implement key updates to the Layer-2 blockchain, Shibarium is seeing a significant drop in transaction volume, which has been ongoing for about a month. This...

AirTag With New Chip and Improved Tracking Due Next Year; No New Mac Studio, Pro Until Mid-2025: Mark Gurman

Apples upcoming AirTag, equipped with an upgraded chip and enhanced tracking, is expected to launch by mid-2025, as detailed by Bloombergs Mark Gurman. He also claimed that Apple will not update the Mac Studio and Mac Pro...

Shibarium Faces 97% Drop in Transactions, Yet Transfers Rise Steadily

High FDVs on Binance Listings Lead to Investor Losses, Analysis Reveals

An analysis of Binance listings over the past six months reveals that high fully diluted valuations often lead to token value loss, adversely affecting regular investors while benefiting insiders. VC-Backed Tokens on...