UK Stocks: Standard Chartered (STAN) Beats Q1 Profit Forecasts; Shares Rally In key news on UK stocks, Standard Chartered PLC (GB ... Following the announcement, STAN shares rallied by 6% as of writing. The Hong Kong-listed shares gained almost 6% in today’s trading session. 05/2/2024 - 12:21 am | View Link
UK shares look way too cheap to ignore right now Nonetheless, plenty of UK shares still look like incredibly good value for money. I want to make the most of that. With the Footsie trading on an average of just 11 times earnings, that’s way below ... 05/1/2024 - 10:42 pm | View Link
Kering shares slump after luxury company warns of H1 operating profit drop Kering's shares slumped on Wednesday, after the French luxury goods company warned it expected a 40% to 45% plunge in first-half operating profit. 04/23/2024 - 7:50 pm | View Link
News updates from April 23: Tesla to speed up launch of ‘affordable’ models; US regulator bans non-compete agreements Russia’s deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov has been detained on suspicion of receiving a bribe, the country’s top investigative police agency has said. “Corresponding investigative actions are ... 04/23/2024 - 7:49 am | View Link
AB Foods shares soar as Primark owner eyes 'significant growth' Associated British Foods shares soared on Tuesday as the Primark owner forecast 'significant growth' in profits this year after a jump in first half earnings. 04/22/2024 - 10:23 pm | View Link
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
Kimberly Zapata, the former Milwaukee elections official who committed election fraud in the 2022 elections by falsely filing for three military absentee ballots found out her fate this week.
Zapata had been facing up to five years in prison, instead was sentenced to one year of probation, a $3,000 fine and 120 hours of community service.
Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their jammers don't work anymore.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.