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Mesa Labs Reports Third Quarter Results

Feb 05, 2018 22:00 pm UTC| Business

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 05, 2018 -- Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB) (we, us, our, “Mesa” or the “Company”) today reported its results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2017. Revenues for the third quarter...

Ottawa Bancorp, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and 2017 Results

Feb 05, 2018 22:00 pm UTC| Business

OTTAWA, Ill., Feb. 05, 2018 -- Ottawa Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:OTTW), the holding company for Ottawa Savings Bank, FSB (the “Bank”), announced a net loss of $0.5 million, or $0.14 per basic and diluted...

The Klein Law Firm Announces Commencement of a Class Action Filed on Behalf of Vodafone Group Public Limited Company Shareholders and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of March 20, 2018 (VOD)

Feb 05, 2018 21:52 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Feb. 05, 2018 -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Vodafone Group Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:VOD) who purchased shares between February...

Jones Energy Announces Proposed Offering of Senior Secured First Lien Notes

Feb 05, 2018 21:50 pm UTC| Business

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 05, 2018 -- Jones Energy Holdings, LLC (“JEH”) and Jones Energy Finance Corp. (“JEFC” and, together with JEH, the “Issuers”), both subsidiaries of Jones Energy, Inc. (NYSE:JONE) (“Jones Energy” or...

Argos Obtains Option to License PD1 Checkpoint Inhibitors

Feb 05, 2018 21:47 pm UTC| Business

- Data showing synergy between PD1 checkpoint inhibition and analogue of Rocapuldencel-T in a preclinical model of renal carcinoma presented at ASCO-SITC - - Company to host a conference call on Tuesday, February 6, 2018...

Asta Funding, Inc. Announces $5.30 Per Share Special Cash Dividend

Feb 05, 2018 21:45 pm UTC| Business

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Feb. 05, 2018 -- Asta Funding, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASFI) (“Asta” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors passed a resolution declaring a special cash dividend of $5.30 per common...

State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Supervisors Honored with ESGR Patriot Awards

Feb 05, 2018 21:43 pm UTC| Business

RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 05, 2018 -- SECU employee and North Carolina National Guardsman Richard Warner recently returned from a two-month stint in Puerto Rico – the second service deployment for the Army National Guard...

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Economy

Lee Seung-heon Signals Caution on Rate Hikes, Supports Higher Property Taxes to Cool Korea’s Housing Market

Lee Seung-heon, a leading candidate to become the next governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK), has voiced support for raising property ownership taxes as a way to curb surging home prices, while warning that a shift toward...

Asian Currencies Stay Rangebound as Yen Firms on Intervention Talk

Most Asian currencies traded within a narrow range on Monday, reflecting cautious sentiment as investors awaited key economic data from the United States and China. The Japanese yen edged slightly higher after Japans...

Gold and Silver Prices Climb in Asian Trade as Markets Eye Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Monday, with silver also posting strong gains, as precious metal markets attempted to stabilize after a week marked by sharp volatility. The rebound comes amid lingering...

UK Starting Salaries See Strongest Growth in 18 Months as Hiring Sentiment Improves

Starting salaries for permanent employees in the UK recorded their strongest increase in nearly a year and a half in January, signaling early signs of stabilization in the British labor market. According to the latest...

Australian Household Spending Dips in December as RBA Tightens Policy

Australian household spending declined in December as consumers eased back after heavy year-end sales activity, but solid sales volumes continued to highlight why the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently raised...

Politics

Trump Slams Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring Bad Bunny

U.S. President Donald Trump sparked fresh controversy after criticizing the Super Bowl halftime show fronted by global music star Bad Bunny, calling the performance absolutely terrible in a social media post shared on...

Bangladesh Election 2026: A Turning Point After Years of Political Suppression

Bangladesh is heading into what many describe as its most competitive national election in more than a decade, marking a dramatic reversal of political fortunes after years of one-party dominance. For 15 years under former...

Ghislaine Maxwell to Invoke Fifth Amendment at House Oversight Committee Deposition

Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, plans to refuse to answer questions during a scheduled deposition before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday,...

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order to Release Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an appeal challenging a federal court decision that ordered the Transportation Department to unfreeze funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a major...

Trump Congratulates Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi After Historic Election Victory

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday following her coalitions decisive landslide victory in Japans lower house elections held over the weekend. The message,...

Science

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Technology

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed his bullish stance on artificial intelligence, calling the massive capital expenditure flowing into AI infrastructure both appropriate and necessary as the industry...

Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a mixed but closely watched earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue while unveiling a massive long-term investment plan that unsettled investors. The e-commerce and...

Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch

Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are reportedly exploring the option of sourcing memory chips from Chinese semiconductor companies for the first time, as a prolonged global supply crunch continues...

OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering

OpenAI is significantly accelerating its enterprise AI strategy by hiring hundreds of new employees for its technical consulting division, according to a report by The Information, citing a person familiar with the...