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Facebook to only run verified political ads ahead of elections in Pakistan

Апреля 07, 2018

The company will reportedly begin labeling all political and issue ads, show who paid for the ads and require anyone who wants to run an ad to verify their identity and location. "These steps by themselves won't stop all people trying to game the system", the Facebook chief said. "We did not follow up and confirm, and that's on us - and particularly once they were active in the election, we should have done that".

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu scraps United Nations deal to resettle African asylum seekers

Апреля 07, 2018

Netanyahu's announcement came at the beginning of a meeting in his office with residents of south Tel Aviv neighborhoods opposed to the policy which would allow some 16,000 of the African migrants to remain in the country, while another 16,000 would - under an agreement reached with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) - be absorbed by other western countries.

Trump Says World Trade Organization 'Unfair' to United States

Апреля 07, 2018

On Thursday, Trump ordered the US Trade Representative to look into imposing an additional $100 billion in tariffs against China in response to China's "unfair retaliation". The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, has said it's now in high-level talks seeking to alleviate the situation. "The WTO is unfair to US", Mr Trump tweeted.

Earnings Clues on L Brands, Inc. (LB), Carnival Corporation (CCL) Analyst's Predictions

Апреля 07, 2018

The stock decreased 3.05% or $3.57 during the last trading session, reaching $113.42. About 532,160 shares traded. ( NYSE :PM) has declined 13.93% since April 5, 2017 and is downtrending. Its up 0.14, from 0.97 in 2017Q3. The move suggested raised stability in the equity market, particularly after Wall Street staged a big turnaround Wednesday, erasing a sharply lower open.

Body of missing IN kayaker found

Апреля 07, 2018

According to a news release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Matlock's kayak was discovered Friday morning, between the Tannehill Bridge and Lowell Bridge on the Driftwood River. Both rivers are running high after recent heavy rains. "He's 5'8" with brown hair and blue eyes and was wearing a yellow jacket and a black-and-yellow stocking cap.

China Trade War Latest: Trump Raises the Stakes By Another $100 Billion

Апреля 07, 2018

Trump hit back again late Thursday, instructing trade officials to consider tariffs on an additional $100 billion in imports. China's government has vowed to "counterattack with great strength" if Donald Trump goes ahead with plans to raise U.S.

Trump Will Not Attend 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner

Апреля 07, 2018

The president spent Thursday tweeting his displeasure with the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper's headlines about the White House's China tariff policies . In previous years, the dinner has been marked by a large celebrity presence, but the star power it attracts has noticeably declined since Trump took office.

Another deadly day on Gaza-Israel border

Апреля 07, 2018

The Ministry stated that the child, identified as Hussein Mohammad Madhi, 16, was killed by Israeli army fire, on Friday evening, east of Gaza city. He was surrounded by hundreds of supporters who chanted: "We are going to Jerusalem, millions of martyrs". The Israeli-Egyptian blockade greatly restricts the movement of people and goods in and out of the small territory of barely 360 square kilometers (139 square miles) making it hard to do business or travel overseas for work, school or ...

Shares of Aon PLC (AON) are Reduced by Daiwa Securities Group Inc

Апреля 07, 2018

Shares of NYSE:AON traded down $1.97 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $138.20. About 7.20M shares traded or 0.48% up from the average. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC bought a new position in Aon plc Class A (NYSE:AON) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ:WB): Spotlight on Earnings Growth

Апреля 07, 2018

Much of this practice involves discovering the overall trend line of a stock's movement. USA stocks staged a major turnaround Wednesday, shaking off fears that the United States and China were inching toward an all-out trade war. As close of recent trade, stock represents -18.01% move from 52-week high. Volume is incredibly important to traders. Without volume, it becomes more hard to buy or sell securities when you want to, and at the price you want.

Fewer dogs are attacking postal workers, USPS says

Апреля 07, 2018

Still, in the recent rankings, Baltimore fell substantially behind Houston, which held the top spot with 71 dog attacks. There were 68 dog attacks to local postal employees, with some occurring in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Macungie and Whitehall.

ICE raids Tennessee meatpacking plant

Апреля 07, 2018

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 97 people after raiding a Tennessee meat processing plant, in what civil rights activists say was the largest crackdown at a single place in nearly a decade. Federal immigration officials did not confirm if it was the largest. This was the most recent crackdown on illegal immigrants by the Trump government later he declared this past year that ICE representatives would be targeting companies that opt to employ immigrants understanding ...

Sergei Skripal's cat and guinea pigs are dead, United Kingdom says

Апреля 07, 2018

Britain said they were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent, the first known use of such a toxin on European soil since World War Two. Theresa May has said it was "highly likely" that Russian Federation was behind the attack, with the United Kingdom and a number of Western allies expelling more than 150 diplomats in response.

Facebook Will Now Require Political Advertisers To Prove Their Identity And Location

Апреля 07, 2018

In February, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians and three Russian companies with interfering in the election by sowing discord on social media . Facebook plans to hire "thousands" of additional workers to handle all these new verifications. Last October, the platform announced that only authorised advertisers will be able to run electoral ads on Facebook or Instagram.

UK Assumed Salisbury Toxin's Origin to Convince West Moscow Guilty

Апреля 07, 2018

The UK has slammed Russia's demand for a joint investigation into the Salisbury attack as a "perverse. diversionary tactic", following an admission that Porton Down scientists could not guarantee the source of the Novichok agent. "London somehow will have to offer its apologies to the Russian side, but obviously it is going to be a long story and the idiocy of it has gone too far", he told reporters.

$NY Senate's fractured Democrats to unify$

NY Senate's fractured Democrats to unify

Апреля 07, 2018

The agreement could also help Cuomo ward off attacks from Cynthia Nixon, the Sex and the City actress who is challenging Cuomo in a Democratic primary and has faulted him for not doing more to unify his party in the Senate. Cuomo said the peace agreement calls for sitting Democratic senators to avoid supporting primary challengers against other sitting Democratic senators.

YouTube shooting: Timetable of events

Апреля 07, 2018

Commander Geoff Caldwell said he didn't know the total number of shots fired but said that Nasim Aghdam had swapped out a magazine and shot from the second magazine when she killed herself. The two women who were wounded were released Wednesday from a San Francisco hospital. Nasim Aghdam (na-SEEM AG-dahm) ran a Farsi-language channel on the messaging app Telegram, with content unlikely to be popular with the state or public.

Data firm receives access to millions of Facebook users

Апреля 07, 2018

These are "big issues" and a big shift for Facebook as it broadens its responsibility, Zuckerberg said . It has also disabled the ability to search the site for friends through email addresses and phone numbers, saying it believed users had data scraped in this way.

NewsAlert:RCMP say truck crashed into bus carrying hockey team, fatalities

Апреля 07, 2018

The RCMP reports fatalities have been confirmed, along with a number of injuries. The two teams were involved in a semi-final that had Nipawin up three games to one. We ask during this time that you don't send messages. Stars Air Ambulance tweeted that it had dispatched two of its units to "a scene emergency in the Ridgedale, SK area".

Suspect killed after opening fire on K-9 officer identified

Апреля 07, 2018

Around 2:30 a.m.an officer with the Wheatland Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for driving 90 miles per hour into the city. The suspect turned off his vehicle lights and continued northbound, eventually stopping. YCSO set up spike strips at Hwy 65 and Forty Mile Rd which we believe were struck by the suspect vehicle, however were unsuccessful in disabling the vehicle as it continued north bound.

Campbell Soup Company (CPB) Trading at $43.70 after Increase on April, 6

Апреля 07, 2018

It has outperformed by 33.10% the S&P500. NYSE CPB opened at $43.48 on Friday. Mignini, who joined Campbell Soup in 2013, said he will focus initially on maintaining momentum in its snacks portfolio, integrating the Snyder's-Lance and Pacific Foods deals, and working to stabilize its US soup division, which remains a valuable part of the company, despite its recent struggles.

Facebook backs political ad bill, sets limits on 'issue ads'

Апреля 07, 2018

The requirement for issue ads is new. Facebook subsequently revealed that the reach of those ads and other posts exceeded what it had originally stated, impacting 146 million Americans . "When we received word that this researcher gave the data to Cambridge Analytica , they assured us it was deleted", she said. The move also comes amid concerns that Russian-sponsored entities delivered Facebook ads designed to create discord and confusion ahead of the election and that firms like ...

Facebook's Sandberg says other cases of data misuse possible

Апреля 07, 2018

A day later, in an interview with CNBC , she admitted Facebook had violated its users' trust. And Sandberg replied: "Yes, that's certainly possible". "That's why this week we shut down a number of use cases in other areas - in groups, in pages, in events - because those are other places where we haven't necessarily found problems, but we think that we should be more protective of people's data", she told NPR.

UN Urges Netanyahu to Reconsider Nixed Deal to Resettle Illegal African Migrants

Апреля 07, 2018

The turnaround came as the premier faced mounting pressure from his right-wing base over the agreement with the United Nations refugee agency, which would have allowed thousands of migrants to remain in Israel at least temporarily. Under the agreement with the UN, a minimum of 16,250 migrants would have instead been resettled in Western nations. Around 38,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants live in Israel.

From April 5-6 Sojourn Coin (SOJ) has fell more than -24.31%

Апреля 07, 2018

VeChain (VEN) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $2.37 or 0.00036065 BTC. Ontology (ONT) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $2.67 or 0.00040543 BTC. The official website for Elixir is elixirtoken.io . Although it is based on an Ethereum-like model, Asch is created to make developers' life much easier: adopting JavaScript as development language, or supporting DBMS to store the transaction data.

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW) Clibs to All Time High

Апреля 07, 2018

Wall Street Analysts suggested rating of 2. For this year, Washington Prime Group Inc. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc . Currently, the 14-day ADX for Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc . ROI measures the amount of return on an investment relative to the investment's cost. Shares of LW - Lamb Weston closed the previous trading session at 61.74 up +0.27 0.44% with 61.869998931884766 shares trading hands.

EnLink Midstream (NYSE:ENLC) Boosted at Zacks Investment Research

Апреля 07, 2018

Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in EnLink Midstream Partners during the 4th quarter valued at about $143,000. Gen IV Investment Opportunities LLC now owns 1,661,314 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $28,658,000 after acquiring an additional 14,000 shares during the period.

Weekend weather: Rain, rain, rain and did we mention … rain

Апреля 07, 2018

Saturday will start off with a cold front pushing over us. Most of the rain and storms are well to our east, but there are a few light showers lingering over south Alabama as of 11 AM. Water lawns on days when the temperature and wind speeds are at their lowest , incorporate technology that shuts off watering after rainfall and many other creative solutions we will discuss.

BJP MPs to observe fast to protest impasse in Parliament: PM

Апреля 07, 2018

Earlier in the day, it was announced that ruling BJP MPs will sit on day-long fasts in their respective constituencies on April 12 to protest the washout of the second half of the budget session . The BJP has accused opposition parties especially Congress and Sonia Gandhi of disruption of the parliament. Meanwhile, Congress President Rahul Gandhi called for a nationwide fast by his party members on April 9 to "protect and promote communal harmony" across the nation, The Economic Times ...

Cavium (CAVM) Downgraded by BidaskClub to "Sell"

Апреля 07, 2018

TRADEMARK VIOLATION NOTICE: " Cavium Inc (NASDAQ: CAVM ) Stake Lessened by Wells Fargo & Company MN" was published by Macon Daily and is the property of of Macon Daily. The firm has "Buy" rating by Benchmark given on Wednesday, November 2. During Q4 2017 the big money sentiment increased to 1.03. If we take a long term observation, shares have been trading at a distance of 4.12% from the 200-day moving average.

Analysts Estimates And Ratings Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (PLAY)

Апреля 07, 2018

Funds hold 44.03 million shares thus 1.02% less from 2017Q3's 44.48 million shares. It was reported on April, 6 by Barchart.com. (NASDAQ: PLAY ) increased to $42.34. California Public Employees Retirement Systems invested 0% of its capital in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. Ahl Partners Limited Liability Partnership stated it has 0.09% of its portfolio in Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

MLK assassination anniversary: John Lewis speaks at event honoring MLK

Апреля 07, 2018

Obama brought Lewis before a group of young men of color, as part of his My Brother's Keeper initiative, which he started while in office. Because if it wasn't controversial, then somebody would have already fixed it. "There were some people who suggested that my speech was too extreme, it was too radical, but I thought what I had to say, was important to be said".

Chinese Regime Bans Online Sales of Bible

Апреля 07, 2018

William Nee, a China researcher for the group, said: "For a government that only yesterday claimed to be supporting religious freedom, it is ridiculous that the core book of a major world religion can not be found on the major Chinese e-commerce platforms".

Possible snap elections after Czech coalition talks collapse

Апреля 07, 2018

Most parties are shunning the billionaire businesman-turned-politician while he fights police allegations he illegally obtained a 2 million-euro European Union subsidy a decade ago. He has denied any wrongdoing. Zeman is responsible for naming the prime minister. Czech President Milos Zeman requested Babis to try again to shape a new government.

Trade Rep. Lighthizer: Trump's New Tariffs 'Appropriate Response'

Апреля 07, 2018

On March 22, 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative released its Section 301 report , finding that China's policies harm to the USA economy by at least US$50 billion per year. "If the United States and China are unable to reach a solution through consultations, the United States may request the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement panel to review the matter", said the statement.

(CALD) Shares Bought by California State Teachers Retirement System

Апреля 07, 2018

Contravisory Inv Mngmt Incorporated invested in 6,770 shares or 0.13% of the stock. Callidus Software Inc . ( NASDAQ : CALD ) is a company with market capitalization of $2.39B. There are set number ranges within RSI that Wilder consider useful and noteworthy in this regard. When the security reading is between 70 and 100, the security is supposed to be heavily bought and is ready for a downward correction.

Sioux Falls police looking for burglary suspects who had machete

Апреля 07, 2018

The report states they burglarized the business and fled the scene before officers arrived. As the officers watched, the man returned to the vehicle, which then drove back to the area of North Point and Taylor streets. Additional officers responded to search for any additional suspects. After completing an investigation, officers determined that Vandercourt is allegedly connected to several other vehicle break-ins across the city.

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (TMHC)

Апреля 07, 2018

Cracker Barrel Old Ctry Store now has $3.96 billion valuation. The stock has been moved at 7.48% over the last six months and 14.15% throughout last twelve months. Moreover, Efg Asset Management (Americas) has 0.1% invested in PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL). Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.07% of the company's stock.

Goats Rescued From 200ft Bridge Beam

Апреля 07, 2018

They were spotted at the edge of a turnpike bridge in the USA state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The beam is only eight inches wide, according to CBS Pittsburgh, and about 200 feet above the ground. Work crews used a crane to save the goats that were stranded. A goat rescue in western Pennsylvania was no kidding matter. "Borrowing a crane out of PennDOT, both goats have been rescued and safely came back into their own home", the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission claimed in its FB webpage ...

PM Abbasi announces tax amnesty scheme

Апреля 07, 2018

Abdul Basit, also the former president of LCCI and ex-chairman of the PBIT, said that the success of the scheme depends on attitude of the authorities who are at the helm of the affairs and who are implementing this important scheme. The premier added that cash assets overseas could be brought back by paying a two-percent penalty. Three percent penalty would be imposed on whitening of foreign assets.

Somalia: Double auto bomb attacks kill 3 in Mogadishu

Апреля 07, 2018

The US military announced Friday it has killed "three militants" in a fresh airstrike against the Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgent group Al-Shabab in southern Somalia, Garowe Online reports. Abdi Aziz Xildhiban, the spokesman of Somali security ministry, told VOA that the explosion killed a soldier and two other civilians. They tried to force their way through the checkpoint, but the security forces exchanged heavy fir