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Australia aims to become world's number one medicinal cannabis supplier
Regulations that now prevent exports of medicinal cannabis products will be changed once Parliament resumes in February. It is being viewed as a wise business move, with ambitions for the country to become world's biggest producer of medicinal cannabis products. [Full Article...]
Bodycam captures squirrel jumping at officer
Officers were called to the home northwest of Rochester on December 29th for reports of a squirrel in the kitchen, eating cookies. Nearly immediately after arriving at the door, the squirrel leaped onto Officers Sime and Dawson. Three officers arrived, eventually caught the squirrel behind the kitchen stove and released it outside the house. "The squirrel was ultimately captured by officers an... [Full Article...]
Apple Acquires Vancouver Startup Buddybuild
You might not have heard of them, but they help developers build iOS and Android apps easier and faster, and are apparently "a leader in continuous integration and delivery for mobile applications". The Buddybuild team will stay based in Vancouver, an area the startup called a "hotbed of developer and engineering talent". With Buddybuild, every "git push" to the developer's preferred git service a... [Full Article...]
Diehard Bargain Hunter: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)
The stock increased 2.02% or $1.606 during the last trading session, reaching $81.136. About 4.36M shares traded. It has underperformed by 38.50% the S&P500. (NASDAQ: GILD ) has "Buy" rating given on Tuesday, July 25 by Cowen & Co. The company was maintained on Monday, June 12 by Jefferies. Jefferies maintained it with "Buy" rating and $58.0 target in Tuesday, September 5 report. [Full Article...]
(NYSE:XOM) Position Reduced by Level Four Advisory Services LLC
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM ) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 27th. It has underperformed by 25.78% the S&P500. Murray Stahl increased its stake in Franco Nevada Corp (FNV) by 2.05% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. [Full Article...]
Black Mirror director weighs in on potential 'USS Callister' spinoff
While many TV pilots out there have trouble making single scenarios engaging, " USS Callister " introduced two entirely different, though connected, universes that offer multitudinous avenues to take the story/stories. There's so much you could do. Discover & share this Star Trek GIF with everyone you know. Although there's already a Star Trek parody on TV-Seth MacFarlane's The Orville-"U.... [Full Article...]
Iceland Legalizes Equal Pay Marking Big Step Toward Ending Gender Pay Gap
Dust off your passports: Iceland has officially become the first country in the world to legalize equal pay. "We have managed to raise awareness, and we have managed to get to the point that people realize that the legislation we have had in place is not working, and we need to do something more". [Full Article...]
SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:XNTK) Declares $0.13 Special Dividend
The RSI is considered to be an internal strength indicator, not to be confused with relative strength which is compared to other stocks and indices. Traders tracking this signal may be watching to see if the stock may possibly be heading into oversold territory. [Full Article...]
Electoral Bonds Introduced For Political Funding: What is it?
Jaitley said there was no transparency when cash is given as the "source of money is not known, the donor is not known, where it is spent is not known" and that electoral bonds will bring "substantial amount of transparency as against the present system of unclean money and no transparency". [Full Article...]
Hot Tickers: The Finish Line, Inc. (FINL), Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (PTEN)
The stock increased 0.40% or $0.09 during the last trading session, reaching $22.47. About 354,281 shares traded. Patterson-UTI Energy has a 52 week low of $14.83 and a 52 week high of $29.76. Investors sentiment decreased to 1.41 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.10, from 1.28 in 2017Q2. Finally, Jefferies Group set a $26.00 price target on shares of Patterson-UTI Energy and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a... [Full Article...]
Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) (ETN) set for potential break out
Eaton Corporation plc low beta is a indicative of the fact that the stock swings less compared to its peers, since company now trades at a beta value of 1.37. Hennessy Advsr reported 72,000 shares. Among 18 analysts covering Paychex ( NASDAQ:PAYX ), 2 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 14 Hold. The rating was downgraded by JP Morgan on Friday, February 3 to "Neutral". [Full Article...]
Celgene (CELG) Given Media Sentiment Rating of 0.18
R-G Niederhoffer Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Celgene Corp for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $83.76 billion market cap company. It dropped, as 44 investors sold CELG shares while 457 reduced holdings. 20 funds opened positions while 14 raised stakes. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' cons... [Full Article...]
A Fresh Look At Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO)
The hedge fund run by Spencer M. Waxman held 195,100 shares of the prepackaged software company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $6.70M, up from 183,800 at the end of the previous reported quarter. The company was maintained on Friday, April 29 by RBC Capital Markets. The rating was maintained by Barclays Capital on Thursday, September 1 with "Overweight". [Full Article...]
Here's What To Do With CSX Corporation (CSX), LiLAC Group (LILA)
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.05 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock increased 2.56% or $1.41 during the last trading session, reaching $56.42. Its down 0.02, from 0.91 in 2017Q2. It turned negative, as 56 investors sold CSX shares while 351 reduced holdings. 48 funds opened positions while 88 raised stakes. [Full Article...]
Brokerages Set Schlumberger Limited. (SLB) Price Target at $78.04
The stock increased 2.12% or $1.43 during the last trading session, reaching $68.82. 3,182,071 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,223,356. Teachers Retirement Systems Of The State Of Kentucky accumulated 319,721 shares. Federated Pa reported 763,505 shares. Bancshares Of Stockton invested 0.38% of its portfolio in Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB ). [Full Article...]
ValuEngine Downgrades CVS Health (CVS) to Hold
The company has market cap of $111.45 million. Gemmer Asset Management LLC now owns 1,409 shares of the pharmacy operator's stock worth $125,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. After $3.46 actual earnings per share reported by Lam Research Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 6.07% EPS growth. Among 25 analysts covering CVS Health (NYSE: CV... [Full Article...]
€39m Euromillions victor comes forward to National Lottery
A spokesperson for the National Lottery confirmed the victor, who purchased the ticket on the day of the draw, has come forward. The winning numbers were 4, 8, 22, 23, and 48. "We are urging all our players to check their tickets to see if they are the lucky victor or winners". This is Ireland's 3rd jackpot win in 2017 and 12th overall, with the luckiest counties found to be Dublin, Limerick a... [Full Article...]
Gas prices projected to remain steady in short term
AAA Northeast said Tuesday its weekly survey found the price of self-serve regular remaining at an average $2.43 per gallon, the same as a week ago but 16 cents higher than a year ago at this time. Looking state-by-state, the largest weekly changes in average gas prices were seen in: DE (+14 cents), MI (+10 cents), OH (+10 cents), Kentucky (+8 cents), Maryland (+7 cents), Georgia (+7 cents), Flori... [Full Article...]
Hyundai, Kia See Pressure on Sales in 2018
On Tuesday, Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors indicated a 4% sales growth right when the new year started and believes that their slow recovery was linked to their lack of SUV sales in the U.S.as well as tensions with China . "I don't expect them now to go back to the time they sold about 8-million cars", said Kim Joon-sung, an analyst at Meritz Securities, adding that the auto makers were still r... [Full Article...]
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Shareholder State Of Tennessee Treasury Department Cut Its Stake
Shares of Johnson & Johnson closed the previous trading session at 139.72 down -0.81 0.58% with 139.5800018310547 shares trading hands. About 1.24 million shares traded or 8.60% up from the average. Marietta Prns Limited Company reported 4,302 shares stake. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Johnson & Johnson by 1.5% during the second quarter. [Full Article...]