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US STOCKS-Wall St set to open higher as North Korea tension eases | By Sruthi Shankar
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street was set to open higher on Monday as tensions on the Korean peninsula eased slightly after key U.S. officials played down the risk of an imminent war with North Korea.
Global stocks lost nearly $1 trillion last week after President Donald Trump warned North Korea that it would face "fire and fury" if it threatened the United States, leading to a war of words between Pyongyang and Washington.
However, U.S. officials including National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and CIA Director Mike Pompeo played down the risk on Sunday, while South Korea's president said resolving Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions must be done peacefully.
"Feels as though the North Korean tension seems to be abating a bit, with commentary coming out of China and the United States. But the situation seems to have de-escalated in the near term", said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities.
"After the one and a half percent self-off last week, we got a bit of a investor attitude to buy the dip," Hogan said.
The S&P and the Dow posted their worst weekly decline last week in nearly five months due to the tensions.
However, the three major U.S. stocks indexes managed to break a three-day losing streak on Friday as the chances of another interest rate hike this year were reduced following a weaker-than-expected July consumer price data.
The Federal Reserve has a 2 percent inflation target and tracks a measure that has been stuck at 1.5 percent since May despite the labor market being near full employment.
At 8:31 a.m. ET (1231 GMT), Dow e-minis were up 104 points, or 0.48 percent, with 23,051 contracts changing hands and S&P 500 e-minis were up 14 points, or 0.57 percent, with 194,670 contracts traded.
Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 35.75 points, or 0.61 percent, on volume of 33,817 contracts.
Oil prices fell as a slowdown in Chinese refining raised concerns about demand in the world's second-biggest consumer, while an increase in U.S. drilling capacity could deepen a global supply glut.
Among stocks, Tesla rose 1.84 percent after two brokerages raised their price targets on the stock, citing the potential success of the company's Model 3 sedan.
JD.com, China's second-largest e-commerce firm, was off about 5 percent after reporting a wider net loss due to higher marketing costs.
Alibaba was up about 1.02 percent after Dan Loeb's Third Point bought 4.5 million shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant.
Netflix shares were down 0.81 percent after Barron's reported on Saturday that the stock could drop by more than half by the end of the decade as Walt Disney plans its own streaming service and Amazon looms. (Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva) |
Global stocks plunge as U.S. jobs data spikes bond yields | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets plunged and bond yields soared on Friday after U.S. data showing the strongest annual wage growth since 2009 rattled investors who fear accelerating inflation will usher in more interest rate hikes than expected this year.
Yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note shot up to a four-year high just minutes after the release of a Labor Department unemployment report for January that underscored strong momentum in the U.S. economy.
A gain of 200,000 jobs last month and annualised increase in average hourly earnings to 2.9 percent led the dollar to surge against the yen, the euro and a basket of six currencies.
The price of the U.S. 10-year note US10YT=RR later fell further, pushing the yield up as high as 2.854 percent from 2.773 percent late on Thursday.
The rapid rise in the 10-year note - the world benchmark for corporate lending - sent shockwaves through a market grown accustomed to low inflation and a steady tick higher in stocks.
“It feels as though the grand era of interest rates below 3 percent will soon be in the rear-view mirror,” said Mike Terwilliger, portfolio manager of Resource Liquid Alternatives for the Resource Credit Income Fund in New York.
While wage growth may be good for the economy it could spell trouble for the bond market as inflation portends rate hikes, which augur a repricing of fixed income, he said.
The spike in bond rates made everybody nervous, said Gary Bradshaw, portfolio manager at Hodges Capital Management in Dallas. But the stock sell-off was long overdue, he said.
“The correction looks a whole lot worse than maybe it is because of the fact that we hadn’t had a correction for so long that we all got used to watching this market go up,” he said.
Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities in New York, said next week investors will kick themselves for selling assets for all the wrong reasons in a sell-off akin to throwing the baby out with the bath water.
“Next week we will start sorting and saying, ‘Wait a minute. We sold financials because interest rates are going higher?'”
It was the biggest single-day percentage decline for the benchmark S&P 500 index since September 2016 and for the Dow since June 2016. The S&P 500 is still up 3.2 percent for the year.
A stock slide of at least 1 percent in Europe later accelerated on Wall Street as the strong labour market data boosted chances the Federal Reserve will raise rates four times this year instead of the three hikes analysts had expected.
“What is good for the average American worker ends up being negative for stocks because it increases the odds of further rate hikes,” said Michael Antonelli, managing director of institutional sales trading at Robert W. Baird in Milwaukee.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 665.75 points, or 2.54 percent, to 25,520.96. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 59.85 points, or 2.12 percent, to 2,762.13 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 144.92 points, or 1.96 percent, to 7,240.95.
Disappointing results from some of the largest U.S. companies also weighed on stocks. Oil majors Exxon (XOM.N) and Chevron (CVX.N) fell 5.1 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively, after reporting lower-than-expected quarterly profits.
Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) fell 5.3 percent after an earnings miss and Apple (AAPL.O) fell 4.3 percent as investors focused on its muted forecast rather than strong iPhone prices.
MSCI’s all-country world index .MIWD00000PUS of equity performance in 47 countries fell 1.8 percent while its gauge of emerging market stocks .MSCIEF lost 1.43 percent.
Deutsche Bank’s disappointing results pulled the heavyweight banking sector down to help European shares post their biggest weekly loss in more than a year, while Britain’s top share index sealed its weakest week in nine months on BT’s results.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 of leading regional shares closed down 1.37 percent and the blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index in London closed down 0.63 percent.
The dollar index .DXY, tracking the unit against a basket of major currencies, rose 0.59 percent, with the euro EUR= down 0.38 percent to $1.2460. The Japanese yen JPY= weakened 0.64 percent versus the greenback at 110.12 per dollar.
The U.S. bond market’s gauges of inflation expectations added to their rise. The gap between 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) and 10-year Treasury notes reached its widest since September 2014.
Crude prices fell on the surging dollar though adherence to output cuts by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and rising global demand kept much of this year’s rally in oil in place.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 settled down 35 cents to $65.45 a barrel. Brent LCOc1 lost $1.07 to $68.58. The deep decline in Brent cut the gap between it and WTI to its narrowest since August.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery settled down $10.60, or 0.8 percent, at $1,337.30. |
BRIEF-HNA Holding exercises right to buy all CWT shares at $2.33/shr | Dec 11 (Reuters) - Hna Holding Group Co Ltd:
* SAYS IT HAS EXERCISED RIGHT TO ACQUIRE ALL CWT LTD SHARES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS WHO HAVE NOT ACCEPTED THE OFFER AT S$2.33 ($1.72) PER SHARE Source text in English:bit.ly/2yeFqkJ Further company coverage: ($1 = 1.3510 Singapore dollars) (Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom) |
Surveillance leads to man's arrest, recovery of cocaine, authorities say | JERSEY CITY -- A 20-year-old man was arrested with more than 20 vials of cocaine after police spotted him carry out a suspected drug deal on Friday, police said. Officers were watching as Gregory T. Matthews, 20, of Wilkinson Avenue, retrieved something from under a parked car at Bostwick Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, the criminal complaint says.
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Chaebol reform at forefront of South Korea presidential campaign - again | Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee's daughters, president and chief executive of Hotel Shilla Lee Boo-jin (C), vice president at Cheil Industries and Cheil Worldwide Lee Seo-Hyun (L) and his only son Samsung Electronics' chief operating officer Jay Lee are seen after the Ho-am prize award ceremony in Seoul June 1, 2012. REUTERS/Seo Jae-hoon/Pool
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors are seen in Seoul, November 16, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A worker fixes the Hyundai logo on a vehicle at a plant of Hyundai Motor in Asan, south of Seoul, February 9, 2012. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the Samsung 837 store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
The Democratic Party's candidates for the presidential primary Moon Jae-in (L) and Ahn Hee-jung pose with their elective symbol numbers at an event to declare their fair contest in the party's presidential primary in Seoul, South Korea, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
SEOUL South Korea’s family-run conglomerates are facing calls for a shakeup in their governance from a leading candidate in May's presidential election, following the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal. The conglomerates known as chaebol have come under the reform buzz saw before, only to emerge bigger and stronger than ever. The country’s four biggest chaebol groups account for around half the stock market's value, according to the Korea Stock Exchange.
The question after the May 9 election is how deep will the reform drive go this time? And would a new president tackle what critics say is at the heart of chaebol corporate governance conundrum - the spiderweb of cross-shareholdings among group companies held by their founding families?
"...I do think there has been a sea change in attitudes among the Korean population at large so there is an increased chance of chaebol reform succeeding," said Mark Mobius, the executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group.
"But we can’t expect fast results simply because the importance of the chaebols in the economy is still so great," he added in an email interview.
PARDONING CORPORATE CHIEFS
The ouster of Park Geun-hye as president on March 10, following months of mass demonstrations, once again exposed the cosy ties between politicians and big business. Park herself had come into office promising to reform the conglomerates.
Prosecutors said on Monday they are seeking an arrest warrant for Park, who faces charges of taking bribes from chaebol bosses, including Samsung's Jay Y. Lee, in detention himself while on trial.
The front-runner for the May 9 presidential election, Moon Jae-in has promised to end the practise of pardoning convicted corporate criminals, and to break up the nexus between big business and the government in the world's 11th-largest economy.
Moon is targeting the top four groups -- Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and LG -- according to his economic advisor, Kim Sang-jo, nicknamed "chaebol sniper" for his shareholder activist campaign in the past two decades.
"It will be difficult or almost impossible for chaebol to do things in the ways they used to do," Kim told Reuters.
The key to Moon's chaebol reform policy is to get minority shareholders and board members to drive the pressure for better corporate governance in the family conglomerates, Kim said.
FAMILIAR REFRAIN
The scandals and calls for reform have a familiar refrain.
Twenty years ago, South Korea began sliding into its rendition of the Asian financial crisis, starkly illustrating the pitfalls in the government-business symbiosis that was the basis of South Korea's remarkable economic takeoff. The government was forced to take a nearly $60 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund to stave off national bankruptcy.
The terms of the bailout required the chaebol to adopt international standards of accounting and corporate governance and to restructure by shedding non-core units. They could no longer go to extreme levels of leverage for loans, the problem that precipitated the crisis.
In the ensuing years, chaebol chiefs in prison garb were paraded before TV cameras and presidents left office in disgrace over corruption scandals. Yet the family conglomerates thrived with their pardoned leaders back at the helm.
Prosecutors routinely say they have to weigh the economic consequences of indicting chaebol chieftains - they thought about charging the top echelon of Samsung Group's leaders in the latest scandal, before deciding just to arrest Lee.
While the series of reforms following the 1997-98 financial crisis wrought major change to the chaebol's accounting and corporate governance, it did little to sever the nexus with government, critics say. Nor did it do anything to disentangle the interlocking shares that define a structure of top chaebols like Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group.
The Samsung family, for instance, runs the giant conglomerate with just over 1 percent of its total shares while Hyundai Motor Group family owns 3.35 percent of its total stocks, according to data from the Fair Trade Commission.
“It’s impossible to break up the chaebol like what MarArthur did in Japan,” said Chang Sea-jin, business professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, referring to Gen. Douglas Macarthur's dismantling of Japan's zaibatsu conglomerates following World War Two.
“What the next president will do is strengthen the role of the board of directors and the shareholders’ ability to exercise their rights…"
MODEST REFORM?
One potential model for restructuring would be to create a vertical ownership structure with a holding company at the top, replacing the current spiderweb of interlocking shareholdings.
Four out of the top 10 conglomerates including LG and SK have streamlined their corporate structures using holding companies, according to the FTC.
Samsung Electronics said on Friday, however, it would be difficult to adopt a holding company structure for now.
Moon is proposing a more modest goal: legislation that would give minority shareholders more power to nominate board members.
Chaebol leaders are girding for the coming battle.
"We are deeply concerned about politicians riding on populism to push for changes without having a close look at the consequences, which would be unbearable," a source at one of the top conglomerates told Reuters. "They are denying the basic principle of a market economy."
An official at South Korea's business lobby group, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the move "infringes on the rights of large shareholders for the sake of other shareholders."
CHAEBOL'S SELF-REFORMS
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Hyundai Motor say they are trying to enhance shareholder value, through dividend payments, share buybacks and governance committees under their boards.
Investors say the moves both by the chaebol themselves and from the government could reduce the "Korea discounts" stemming from an opaque governance structure and underwhelming shareholder returns.
Last week, shares of Samsung Electronics hit record highs and Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) also gained the most in over five years on expectations for restructuring.
"If Korea can get the same kind of political support behind these initiatives, we could see a wave of corporate activity that can unlock tremendous amounts of value buried in inefficient structures or lazy balance sheets...," said Steve Deitch, a portfolio manager at the Duet Group, which has $5 billion assets under management.
Knut-Harald Nilsson, portfolio manager at SKAGEN Funds, which hold $1.16 billion worth of Korean stocks, said the changes under way show the chaebols will remain strong "but will to a much larger degree work for the benefit of all shareholders, not just themselves."
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin, Se Young Lee and Nichola Saminather; Additional reporting by Simon Jessop and Maiya Keidan in LONDON; Editing by Bill Tarrant) |
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Americans sentenced in Panama for 5 murders | PANAMA CITY (AP) - American William Dathan Holbert was sentenced to 47 years in prison by a court in Panama for robbing and killing five other Americans in a Caribbean tourist destination, authorities said Monday.
Holbert's ex-wife Laura Reese was sentenced to 26 years for her role.
Authorities said Holbert admitted killing five people between 2007 and 2010 in Bocas del Toro province in order to steal their property.
Holbert's lawyer, Claudia Alvarado, suggested an appeal was likely.
Holbert and Reese were arrested while trying to enter Nicaragua from Costa Rica in 2010.
That year, the bodies of four adults and one child were found buried on the property of a hostel Holbert owned.
Holbert killed a U.S. citizen named Mike Brown, his wife and young son in 2007. In 2010, he killed Cheryl Lynn Hughes, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, who ran a small hotel in Panama and Bo Icelar, former owner of a Santa Fe, New Mexico, gallery .
Holbert had fled North Carolina where he had gone through a divorce to a previous wife, sold his landscaping business and filed for bankruptcy. He met Reese there.
In Montana he stole a car and sold it. Back in North Carolina he sold a $200,000 home that he didn't own. Authorities pursued him across a half-dozen states that included a high-speed chase in Wyoming.
He and Reese had been living in Panama under aliases. They were fleeing a Panamanian investigation when they were arrested in Nicaragua. |
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This is a legitimately funny space prank | Let's be real: If you were stuck in a house-sized tin can for months at a time with only your other crewmembers as company, you might get a little slap-happy and start pranking. A tweet sent by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson shows her floating around in a cargo bag that NASA's Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet zipped her into.
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BRIEF-T-Mobile US reports Q4 earnings per share $0.45 | Feb 14 T-Mobile Us Inc
* T-Mobile separates itself from the competition for a third straight year, best customer growth and revenue growth in the industry
* Q4 earnings per share $0.45
* Q4 revenue $10.2 billion versus I/B/E/S view $9.84 billion
* Q4 earnings per share view $0.30 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* 2.1 million total net additions in q4 2016
* Guidance range for branded postpaid net additions of 2.4 to 3.4 million for 2017
* 1.28% branded postpaid phone churn in Q4 2016, down 18 bps from Q4 2015
* Sees 2017 cash capital expenditures of $4.8 to $5.1 billion, excluding capitalized interest
* Adjusted EBITDA target of $10.4 to $10.8 billion for 2017
* Qtrly $7.2 billion service revenues, up 11% in Q4 2016
* Branded postpaid phone average revenue per user (ARPU) was $48.37 in Q4 2016, up 0.7% from Q4 2015
* Sees 2017 free cash flow three-year cagr to be between 45% and 48%
* Sees 2017 net cash provided by operating activities three-year compound annual growth rate (cagr) to be between 15% and 18%
* Targeting to provide 320 million people with 4G LTE coverage by year-end 2017
* Expects to continue to re-farm spectrum currently committed to 2G and 3G technologies
* Going forward, T-Mobile expects wholesale net additions to be significantly lower in 2017
* Impact from data stash is expected to be immaterial in 2017 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
High School Students Visit Chattanooga State's Tiny House Project | Construction of a miniature house continues at ChattState in the Civil & Construction Engineering Technology program.
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BRIEF-Canfor Pulp Products Inc reports adjusted net income per share $0.99 | April 24 (Reuters) - Canfor Pulp Products Inc:
* CANFOR PULP PRODUCTS INC. ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2018 RESULTS AND QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
* CANFOR PULP PRODUCTS INC- QTRLY SALES $359.7 MILLION VERSUS $309.2 MILLION
* CANFOR PULP PRODUCTS INC- QTRLY ADJUSTED NET INCOME PER SHARE, BASIC AND DILUTED $ 0.99 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
ADM restructures business groups as grain margins falter | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co said on Monday that it would restructure its business units, as the U.S. agricultural merchant seeks ways to remain competitive in the face of persistent tight margins in the global grains sector.
The world's largest corn mill of global grain company Archer Daniels Midland is pictured in Decatur, Illinois March 16, 2015. REUTERS/Karl Plume
ADM and rival grain merchants such as Bunge Ltd and Cargill Inc have struggled as a global oversupply of food commodities has made it tough to turn a profit on their core business: buying, processing, and selling corn, soy and wheat.
The companies have been trying to diversify into higher-margin sectors, such as food ingredients and aquaculture feed, to compensate for the poor returns on their traditional grain handling businesses.
Chicago-based ADM said it was shifting its business segments into four new units - carbohydrate solutions, nutrition, oilseeds and origination - to differentiate its offerings to customers.
Among other things, the shift more clearly separates the company’s wheat milling and ingredients businesses from its grain-trading business.
ADM, which dates back to 1902, has in recent years also lost key traders and exited energy trading. It named a new chief growth officer last year.
Chief Executive Juan Luciano said in a statement that ADM has been trying to become a “more agile and efficient company,” and the reorganization will help continue that effort.
Its rivals, too, have been shaking up operations in a bid to bolster financial results.
In November, Bunge said it was reducing the number of its operating units to three from five.
Cargill overhauled its management team in 2015.
For ADM, some of these changes also date back to 2015, when it created a new business unit, Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients, after it bought natural flavorings company Wild for about $3 billion.
More recently, ADM has broadened its international operations in the face of the global grain glut, buying a stake in corn mills in Russia and entering a soybean joint venture with Cargill in Egypt.
ADM’s pre-restructure units are agricultural services, corn processing, oilseeds processing, and Wild Flavors and specialty ingredients.
After the restructure, most of its agricultural services operations, which include grain trading, will be housed in an origination unit that will be led by Stefano Rettore. Rettore left rival CHS Inc last year to become ADM’s chief risk officer.
ADM’s wheat milling business, which has been in the agricultural services unit, and its corn processing division will become part of a new carbohydrates solutions segment. Chris Cuddy, who was president of corn processing, will lead the unit.
Wild Flavors will be housed in a new nutrition unit, which will be led by Vince Macciocchi, who was formerly president of the Wild division. The oilseeds segment will remain unchanged.
ADM said its new business segments will be reflected in its financial results beginning with the first quarter of 2018, which are due on May 1. |
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Father has disappeared with his two young children | Police searching for a man who disappeared with his two young children have said they are 'very concerned' for their welfare.
Robert Roche, 36, along with 18-month-old daughter Betsy and son Joey, three, were last seen as they set off for nursery from their Hove home on Monday morning.
They never arrived and Sussex Police have urged Mr Roche to contact them after worried relatives raised the alarm on Monday evening.
Robert Roche, 36, along with son Joey, three, and 18-month-old daughter Betsy, right were last seen as they set off for nursery from their Hove home on Monday morning.
Sussex Police have urged Mr Roche to contact them after worried relatives raised the alarm on Monday evening
Detective Inspector Mick Jones said: 'We are searching the local area and are keen to hear from anyone who has spotted Robert and his children.
'If you see them or know where they might be, please let us know right away on 101 or 999, quoting serial 1053 of 14/08.
'We also ask Robert to get in touch with us so that we can arrange to meet and confirm that he and the children are okay.
'We are not treating the disappearance as suspicious at this stage but it has not happened before and we are naturally very concerned for Robert and especially for his children.'
Officers urged the public to look out for Betsy's distinctive black 'buggaboo monkey stroller' buggy with a pink hood (pictured)
Mr Roche, who is described as white, 5ft10in and stocky with dark hair, set off with his children from their home in Palmeira Square at 9am, police said.
The youngsters were due to be dropped off in nearby Holland Road, but family members realised they had not returned home at 5.30pm.
Officers urged the public to look out for Betsy's distinctive black 'buggaboo monkey stroller' buggy with a pink hood.
The pushchair also has a step and a 'saddle' by the handle bar. |
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Top US Senate Democrat wants probe into details surrounding Flynn resignation | Senator Chuck Schumer speaks to the crowd at the 2013 Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Des Moines, IA U.S. Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer called on Tuesday for an independent probe of what he called potential criminal violations surrounding the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn. Speaking to reporters in the U.S. Capitol, Schumer said law enforcement officers should question officials from President Donald Trump's campaign, transition team and administration staff, including Trump himself, about events leading up to Flynn's departure on Monday.
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Orthopedic Surgeon Practices New Techniques | Kae Sukut, PA-C and Dr. Scott Croft , along with their surgical scrub technicians, utilize the new operating table FMDH purchased to accommodate Dr. Croft's procedures. When we sat down with Dr. Scott Croft at his new office in Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital , he was excited to skip talking about himself and move on to talking about the advances the orthopedic surgery department at FMDH was making.
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Girl shares photographs after 50 surgeries and skin grafts | A 17-year-old girl who suffered burns to 60 per cent of her body when her rural home suddenly went up in flames said she has learned to love her scars one year on.
Brianna Creenaune has undergone more than 50 surgeries to repair burns on her face, arms, legs, back and feet after her Ipswich home, west of Brisbane, burned down and killed five of her family's dogs in January last year.
Although she initially found it heart-breaking to look at the scars covering her body, Ms Creenaune told Daily Mail Australia she had learned to be happy with herself.
Brianna Creenaune (pictured), a 17-year-old girl who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body when her rural Queensland home suddenly went up in flames last year, said she's learned to love her scars
Ms Creenaune (pictured) has undergone more than 50 surgeries to repair burns on her face, arms, legs, back and feet
'There was a while where it was really hard to look in the mirror. The first time I looked in the mirror while I was still in hospital, I was just really horrified because I hadn't seen my face - it was really confronting.'
She said she began to accept her new appearance a few months after the fire after deciding she didn't want to dwell and be miserable about it.
The Year 12 graduate recently posed for a photoshoot to celebrate the body she has fought so hard to repair.
'It is a sense of relief. It's good to know how I feel about myself and not be miserable about it – I've never been the kind of person who wants to live like that.
'Once I really accepted it, it was a lot easier to go out and not feel uncomfortable with the staring.'
Ms Creenaune said the support of her community, family and friends helped her move forward.
'They told me "you're beautiful and your scars are just something that make you even more beautiful" - they're unique,' she said.
Ms Creenaune said he plan for the next year it to 'catch up on life and hang out with friends and regain what [she's] lost.'
Although she initially found it heart-breaking to look at the scars covering her body, Ms Creenaune (pictured) said she has learned to be happy with herself
Ms Creenaune is pictured before the tragic accident
The teens Ipswich home (pictured) burned down and killed five of her family's dogs in January 2016
Ms Creenaune (pictured) caught on fire after a burning piece of wood collapsed on her
The 17-year-old and her mother Robyn Thomas, a dog trainer for the Australian Outback Spectacular, are still unsure what caused the fire that ripped through their home within minutes.
Ms Creenaune awoke at 3.30am to her mum and her stepfather, Brett Ward, screaming for her to get out of the home, which was already engulfed in flames.
In a panic, the teenager fled for the front door but was unable to open the gate because it had melted shut.
As she turned to flee in the other direction, a piece of wood from the crumbling roof collapsed on her, setting her alight.
Ms Thomas and Mr Ward dragged Ms Creenaune to the shower and doused her in water, but were forced to run for their lives as the roof caved in.
'At first it was hard to look in the mirror but half way through last year I just reached a point of accepting what I looked like,' she said (pictured)
The Year 12 graduate (pictured) recently posed for a photoshoot to celebrate the body she has fought so hard to repair
'I have had so much support and love from family and friends. They say my scars give me more character and make me more beautiful,' she said (pictured)
Doctors were forced to amputate one of her (pictured) pinky toes and half of another toe because of the severe damage to her skin and tendons
The 17-year-old (pictured before the fire) and her mother Robyn Thomas are still unsure what caused the fire that ripped through their home within minutes
Five of the family's seven trained dogs perished in the flames.
Because of her extensive injuries, Ms Creenaune was placed into an induced coma when she arrived at the hospital and has undergone countless operations and skin grafts.
Doctors were forced to amputate one of her pinky toes and half of another toe because of the severe damage to her skin and tendons.
The teenager has previously said she didn't grasp the full extent of her injuries until six weeks after the fire.
She was discharged after four months. |
BRIEF-Polska Meat Q4 net result swings to profit of 0.8 mln zlotys YoY | Feb 14 Polska Meat SA:
* Q4 unconsolidated revenue 40.9 million zlotys ($10.05 million) versus 43.8 million zlotys a year ago
* Q4 unconsolidated net profit 332,042 zlotys versus loss of 406,283 zlotys a year ago
* Q4 consolidated revenue 42.3 million zlotys versus 43.8 million zlotys a year ago
* Q4 consolidated net profit 766,596 zlotys versus loss of 406,283 zlotys a year ago Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ($1 = 4.0701 zlotys) (Gdynia Newsroom) |
U.S. consumer confidence rebounds; new home sales rise | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in April and new home sales increased more than expected in March, pointing to underlying strength in the economy despite signs that growth slowed in the first quarter.
FILE PHOTO: An advertisement for two-family homes is seen outside an oceanside community in the Rockaway area of the Queens borough of New York, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Other data on Tuesday also showed house prices increasing solidly in February. Strong consumer confidence and rising house prices bode well for an acceleration in consumer spending in the second quarter after it braked sharply at the start of the year.
The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index increased to a reading of 128.7 this month from 127.0 in March. Consumers’ short-term expectations also improved, with the share of consumers expecting their incomes to decline over the coming months reaching its lowest level since December 2000.
U.S. financial markets were little moved by the data.
In a separate report, the Commerce Department said new home sales increased 4.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 694,000 units last month. February’s sales pace was revised up to 667,000 units from the previously reported 618,000 units.
Data for January was also revised to show sales unchanged instead of declining 4.7 percent. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast new home sales, which account for 11 percent of housing market sales, rising 1.9 percent to a pace of 630,000 units last month.
New home sales are drawn from permits and tend to be volatile on a month-to-month basis. They jumped 8.8 percent from a year ago.
March’s surge in new home sales and upward revisions to January and February sales data will probably not change economists’ expectations that residential investment declined in the first quarter.
Gross domestic product estimates for the first quarter are below a 2 percent annualized rate. The economy grew at a 2.9 percent rate in the fourth quarter.
CHRONIC SHORTAGE
The housing market is struggling with a chronic shortage of properties that is boosting home prices and weighing on sales at the lower end of the market.
Rising mortgage rates and moderate wage growth are also making home purchasing less affordable, especially for first-time buyers who account for less than a third of transactions.
Sales in the West soared 28.3 percent to their highest level since December 2006. They rose 0.8 percent in the South, which accounts for the bulk of new home sales. Sales plunged 54.8 percent in the Northeast and dropped 2.4 percent in the Midwest.
The median new house price increased 4.8 percent to $337,200 in March from a year ago. Last month, there were 301,000 new homes on the market, unchanged from February.
At March’s sales pace it would take 5.2 months to clear the supply of houses on the market, down from 5.4 months in February. About two-thirds of the houses sold last month were either under construction or yet to be built.
Another report on Tuesday showed the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller composite index of home prices in 20 metropolitan areas increased 6.8 percent in the 12 months to February after rising 6.4 percent in January. |
Moustakas, Royals outslug Twins | Mike Moustakas homered and drove in four runs to help the Kansas City Royals notch a 11-8 victory over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Jorge Soler went 4-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs, and Hunter Dozier smacked his first major league homer for Kansas City. Ryan Goins added a two-run triple for the Royals, who were on top 9-0 after two innings before seeing most of the lead evaporate.
Dozier, Goins, Moustakas and Salvador Perez each had two hits and Kansas City had 16 overall while winning for the sixth time in nine games.
Miguel Sano had three RBIs for the Twins, who have dropped six of their past seven games. Ehire Adrianza and Brian Dozier homered, while Eduardo Escobar and Adrianza each had two RBIs.
Minnesota scored eight consecutive runs to pull within 9-8 before the Royals' bullpen retired the final 10 batters.
Brian Flynn retired the final hitter in the sixth, Kevin McCarthy (4-2) got four outs, Tim Hill recorded the final two outs in the eighth and Kelvin Herrera worked a perfect ninth for his 12th save of the campaign.
Moustakas ripped a two-run double in the first inning off Twins right-hander Fernando Romero (2-2) to get the Royals on the board. Kansas City then sent 11 batters to the plate in a seven-run second inning.
Jay hit a sacrifice fly for the inning's first run. Moustakas belted a two-run homer that barely cleared the fence down the right field line to make it 5-0. Jorge Soler's RBI double, Alex Gordon's run-scoring single and Goins' two-run triple capped the uprising for a 9-0 lead.
Minnesota began chipping away on Sano's run-scoring single in the third. Adrianza recorded an RBI double in the fourth before the Twins added two in the fifth on Brian Dozier's solo homer and Escobar's run-scoring single to move within 9-4.
Adrianza smacked a solo blast in a four-run sixth. Minnesota also received a two-run double from Sano and an RBI single by Escobar to cut the Kansas City lead to 9-8.
Hunter Dozier gave the Royals a two-run cushion in the bottom of seventh with a line-drive homer to left. Soler lined his own homer of the left in the eighth to make it 11-8 and cap his second career four-hit game.
Romero was torched for eight runs and nine hits in 1 2/3 innings. The rookie allowed just six runs over his first five big league starts.
Royals fill-in right-hander Brad Keller made his first career start and exited after 51 pitches. He allowed one run and three hits over three innings.
--Field Level Media |
Daimler chief Zetsche's pay drops 21 pct in 2016 | FRANKFURT Feb 14 Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche's total pay including bonuses dropped 21 percent to 7.6 million euros ($8 million) last year, when the group reported a slight decline in annual operating profit, the company's annual report showed on Tuesday.
Zetsche, who has for years been one of Germany's best-paid CEOs, pocketed a total of 13.8 million euros in 2016 once share awards are included, but this was also down on the year before's total of 14.4 million euros, the report showed.
($1 = 0.9416 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan and Patricia Uhlig; Editing by Adrian Croft and David Holmes) |
UPDATE 1-U.S. top court to weigh Jordan-based bank's liability for militant attacks | (Adds background on case, paragraphs 4-12)
By Andrew Chung
WASHINGTON, April 3 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider reviving litigation seeking to hold Arab Bank Plc financially liable for militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories that accused the Jordan-based bank of being the "paymaster" to militant groups.
The justices agreed to hear an appeal by roughly 6,000 plaintiffs, who included relatives of non-U.S. citizens killed in such attacks and survivors of the incidents, of a lower court ruling throwing out the litigation.
The plaintiffs accused Arab Bank under a U.S. law called the Alien Tort Statute of deliberately financing terrorism, including suicide bombings and other attacks. They are hoping to overturn a 2015 New York federal appeals court ruling that the bank could not be sued under the statute because it is a corporation.
The Alien Tort Statute, a law dating back to 1789, lets non-U.S. citizens seek damages in U.S. courts for human rights violations abroad. The lead plaintiff in the case is Joseph Jesner, whose British citizen son was killed at age 19 in a 2002 suicide bombing of a bus in Tel Aviv.
The plaintiffs filed several lawsuits under the law in Brooklyn federal court, claiming Arab Bank used its New York branch to transfer money and "serve as a 'paymaster' for international terrorists."
The transfers helped Hamas and other groups fund attacks and reward families of the perpetrators between 1995 and 2005, the suits alleged.
The bank said in court papers that the U.S. government has called it a constructive partner in the fight against terrorism financing. The bank said only four transactions out of 500,000 involved "designated terrorists" by the U.S. government, and they were the result of machine or human error.
The bank also cited a separate 2010 case, Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum, in which the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute.
After reviewing that case, the Supreme Court in 2013 narrowed the law's reach, saying claims must sufficiently "touch and concern" the United States to overcome the presumption that the Alien Tort Statute does not cover foreign conduct.
But the high court declined to explicitly decide whether the 2nd Circuit ruling on corporate liability was correct.
Based on the Kiobel ruling, the 2nd Circuit threw out the litigation against Arab Bank.
The plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court, urging it to decide once and for all whether or not corporations are shielded over foreign conduct. (Reporting by Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham) |
Golf-U.S. PGA Tour Heritage Classic scores | April 15 (Gracenote) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Heritage Classic at the par-71 course on Saturday in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina -13 Jason Dufner (U.S.) 68 67 65 -12 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 65 67 69 -11 Kevin Kisner (U.S.) 72 64 66 Webb Simpson (U.S.) 66 68 68 -10 Ian Poulter (Britain) 66 68 69 -9 William McGirt (U.S.) 68 68 68 Luke Donald (Britain) 65 67 72 Wesley Bryan (U.S.) 69 67 68 -8 J.J. Spaun (U.S.) 67 72 66 Tyrrell Hatton (Britain) 69 68 68 Nick Taylor (Canada) 69 66 70 Ollie Schniederjans (U.S.) 68 68 69 -7 Billy Hurley III (U.S.) 69 71 66 Bud Cauley (U.S.) 63 72 71 Patrick Cantlay (U.S.) 70 66 70 -6 Peter Malnati (U.S.) 71 69 67 Brian Harman (U.S.) 71 70 66 Brian Gay (U.S.) 68 70 69 Chad Campbell (U.S.) 69 69 69 -5 Kang Sung-Hoon (Korea) 69 69 70 Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico) 68 70 70 Ryan Palmer (U.S.) 68 73 67 Patton Kizzire (U.S.) 72 66 70 Adam Hadwin (Canada) 71 66 71 Branden Grace (South Africa) 68 71 69 Russell Knox (Britain) 70 66 72 Brandt Snedeker (U.S.) 69 68 71 Francesco Molinari (Italy) 67 71 70 Blayne Barber (U.S.) 71 68 69 Cameron Smith (Australia) 67 70 71 -4 Harold Varner III (U.S.) 67 72 70 David Hearn (Canada) 70 70 69 Hideto Tanihara (Japan) 67 70 72 Keegan Bradley (U.S.) 75 66 68 Sam Saunders (U.S.) 65 70 74 Jason Bohn (U.S.) 67 72 70 Daniel Summerhays (U.S.) 73 66 70 Derek Fathauer (U.S.) 72 67 70 Andrew Johnston (Britain) 68 71 70 Johnson Wagner (U.S.) 70 69 70 Tyrone Van Aswegen (South Africa) 70 70 69 Graeme McDowell (Britain) 72 68 69 -3 Rod Pampling (Australia) 69 72 69 K.J. Choi (Korea) 69 71 70 Russell Henley (U.S.) 66 73 71 Boo Weekley (U.S.) 72 69 69 Martin Laird (Britain) 69 70 71 Zachary Blair (U.S.) 70 70 70 Alex Cejka (Germany) 71 66 73 Ryan Blaum (U.S.) 71 69 70 Bryce Molder (U.S.) 73 67 70 Shane Lowry (Ireland) 66 75 69 -2 Charles Howell III (U.S.) 70 70 71 Marc Leishman (Australia) 68 69 74 Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 69 70 72 Grayson Murray (U.S.) 67 73 71 Mark Anderson (U.S.) 69 70 72 Danny Lee (New Zealand) 66 72 73 Lucas Glover (U.S.) 72 68 71 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 68 69 74 Fabian Gomez (Argentina) 74 67 70 Brian Stuard (U.S.) 69 71 71 -1 Matt Kuchar (U.S.) 68 71 73 Kyle Stanley (U.S.) 71 70 71 Ben Crane (U.S.) 66 74 72 Kevin Na (U.S.) 70 69 73 Anirban Lahiri (India) 67 70 75 Steve Marino (U.S.) 69 71 72 0 Yuta Ikeda (Japan) 70 71 72 Pan Cheng Tsung (Chinese Taipei) 71 69 73 1 Trey Mullinax (U.S.) 73 68 73 Vaughn Taylor (U.S.) 71 70 73 2 Mark Hubbard (U.S.) 70 71 74 3 Pat Perez (U.S.) 68 67 81 |
Factbox: Trump on Twitter (Aug 14) - Ken Frazier, Luther Strange | U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks before signing the Veterans Affairs Choice and Quality Employment Act at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S. August 12, 2017.
The following statements were posted to the verified Twitter accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS.
The opinions expressed are his own. Reuters has not edited the statements or confirmed their accuracy.
@realDonaldTrump :
- Heading to Washington this morning. Much work to do. Focus on trade and military. #MAGA [0626 EDT]
- Luther Strange of the Great State of Alabama has my endorsement. He is strong on Border & Wall, the military, tax cuts & law enforcement. [0638 EDT]
- The Obstructionist Democrats have given us (or not fixed) some of the worst trade deals in World History. I am changing that fast! [0654 EDT]
- Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES! [0854 EDT]
-- Source link: (bit.ly/2jBh4LU) (bit.ly/2jpEXYR) |
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Express Scripts targets Amgen, Lilly migraine drugs in pricing shift | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The largest U.S. manager of prescription benefits is telling drugmakers that the current pricing model is broken, and taking aim at Amgen Inc, Eli Lilly and Co and other makers of new migraine medicines to try and fix it.
FILE PHOTO: An Amgen sign is seen at the company's office in South San Francisco, California, U.S., October 21, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo
Express Scripts told Reuters it is pressing them to forego the usual strategy of setting a high U.S. list price, then lowering the cost for health plans through hefty rebates. It is also seeking a refund if the drugs don’t work within a defined timeframe.The shift could help Express Scripts and other pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) bring prices down, and deflect growing criticism of their role as “middlemen” in the drug supply chain.
The Trump administration and members of Congress have demanded that PBMs pass on more of the rebates they receive to consumers outraged over rising costs at the pharmacy counter. Many Americans now have health plans with higher deductibles or co-payments, making them responsible for more of their medical costs.
Express Scripts is advising drugmakers to take that shift into account as they launch a new class of migraine drugs.
“If your expectation is that you are not going to actually get that high list price, then don’t do that to patients who have high co-pays,” Chief Medical Officer Steve Miller said in an interview, describing his message to Amgen and its rivals. “Let’s be more balanced. Let’s get back to where gross-to-net is not so different.”Amgen’s Aimovig is expected to be approved next month, followed by similar drugs from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and Lilly that the companies say could benefit up to 4 million people in the United States.
Lilly has been pushing PBMs “for years” to create contracts that take drug performance into account, Chief Executive David Ricks said when analysts asked about the Reuters story on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings.
Ricks said he was happy that Express Scripts “is now changing their view and support this kind of construct. We’ll be happy to work with them on it.”
The new injected therapies interfere with the function of a molecule involved in the processes that kick off a migraine, such as dilation of blood vessels in the brain.
Wall Street analysts expect Amgen to announce a list price of up to $10,000 per year for Aimovig once it is approved, setting the tone for competitors.
But Express Scripts and other PBMs restrict access to new drugs they deem too expensive, asking doctors to provide detailed evidence of why a specific patient may benefit, requiring the use of other drugs for a period of time or favoring cheaper rivals when available.
Drugmakers could face similar issues with the new migraine treatments, Miller said: “Should they price these things too high they will probably not be able to achieve much market share.”
Express Scripts is also pushing Amgen and its peers to refund two-thirds of the cost of a migraine drug if a patient stops treatment within 90 days because it didn’t work or caused major side effects.
Such guarantees are becoming more prevalent for older drugs with competing products on the market, including diabetes and hepatitis C therapies. It would be unusual to introduce them for the first drug in an entirely new class of therapy.Amgen, which will market Aimovig in partnership with Novartis, declined to comment on talks with Express Scripts. Research chief Sean Harper said in a recent interview that payers share blame for the current pricing model.
Their demands for ever-larger rebates has forced manufacturers to use higher list prices as a benchmark, he said.
“It is a ridiculous situation that we are in,” Harper said. “No one is paying the list price, but patients are exposed for a period of time” until they pay off their insurance deductible.
Shares of Amgen, which will report quarterly results on Tuesday afternoon, fell 1 percent in midday trading. Lilly declined 0.5 percent.
TAKING OUT COSTS
Rising U.S. healthcare costs, the most expensive worldwide, are straining budgets for families, employers and government agencies. That has created new pressures within the industry to control costs.
To that end, Express Scripts has agreed to a buyout from health insurer Cigna Corp, while PBM rival CVS Health Corp plans to buy insurer Aetna Inc .
In interviews with Reuters, smaller PBM Abarca Health and insurer Highmark Health said they were adopting similar tactics to Express Scripts in negotiating coverage for the migraine drugs. CVS declined comment.
Teva said it was evaluating the pricing environment for its migraine drug. The stakes are high for Amgen, which has struggled to grow revenue in recent years.
The biotech company’s last potential blockbuster, high-priced cholesterol treatment Repatha, has been stymied by PBMs who questioned its value compared to generic statins that cost $100 per year.
Repatha and rival Praluent, sold by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, launched in 2015 at list prices near $14,000 a year and were expected to be billion-dollar products. But Express Scripts and other payers have rejected most prescriptions written for the new medicines while awaiting proof that they lower the risk of death.
As a result, Repatha sales totaled $319 million last year, while Praluent had sales of $195 million.
“If Amgen and Sanofi had it to do over again, I think they would have priced at half the list price and made a whole lot more money,” said Jason Borschow, chief executive officer at Miami-based Abarca.
Aimovig is far more effective at preventing migraines than current treatments, mainly low cost generic drugs. Recent studies have shown that Aimovig reduces episodic migraines by at least half in around 50 percent of patients.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide on Aimovig by May 17. The agency’s decision on Teva’s treatment fremanezumab had been expected in June, but that may be delayed due to manufacturing issues. A ruling on Lilly’s galcanezumab is expected later in the year. |
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Eric Dier: 'I didn't know I was taking penalty until after extra time' | As an English kid in Sporting Lisbon's academy, Eric Dier was painfully aware of the national team's record in penalty shootouts. Portugal in 2004, Portugal again in 2006.
'I grew up there so I was very aware of it,' he said. 'I'm really happy we've changed that.'
More than an hour after scoring the spot-kick that sent England through to the last eight, Dier still seemed slightly dazed.
Gareth Southgate embraces Eric Dier after the midfielder struck England's winning penalty
He described the walk from the halfway line as 'strange', 'weird'. And when he was asked when he last took a penalty in a competitive environment, he paused for a moment before conceding defeat like a quiz-show contestant. 'A penalty? In a match? I don't know.'
Dier came on for Dele Alli on 81 minutes and claimed not to have known he would be one of the five penalty-takers until Gareth Southgate addressed his players at the end of extra time.
'Obviously with substitutions the order can change,' he said. 'But after extra time he just told me that I was No 5. Until then I had no idea. While I was waiting it was nerve-racking, but once I walked up I was quite calm.'
Dier said his calmness under pressure owed much to the fact he wasn't looking too far ahead
Clearly he has nerves of steel, but Dier said such calmness under pressure also owed much to the fact that their focus, as a group, was only on Colombia.
'If you think too far ahead you lose your focus on the present and the present is the most important thing,' he said. 'This match was the perfect example of that. You have to be prepared for everything and you've just got to enjoy every moment and be in that moment.'
That approach comes from the manager, and it enabled them to seal a result that Southgate sees as a turning point.
'It's an important moment for everybody in our country,' he said. 'You know you are standing there and if we don't get through from a game we played so well in, you know you will continue the history and mindset for teams to come.
Dier was only introduced as an 81st-minute substitute for Dele Alli during the last-16 clash
'So it's a huge moment for these players, but also the next generations to come as well.'
Southgate spoke about 'discipline', 'pressure', 'resilience' — the manner in which they coped with suffering what he described as 'a huge blow' in second-half stoppage time when Colombia equalised.
He also revealed the details of his speech before the game, one that reminded players of the journeys that brought them here to the knockout stages. Loan spells at lower-division clubs. In Jamie Vardy's case the rise from non-League.
It gives Southgate confidence. Sure, he said his players were ready. But here was proof.
Southgate speaks with the Tottenham midfielder ahead of the shootout at Spartak Stadium
'In terms of what they are capable of over the next few years, they are going to get better,' he said. 'In terms of how they managed the game they did exceptionally well.
'They are still a young group of players, especially the back players. So it was really significant because we can't just be a team that goes out and plays. You have got to be savvy enough and tactically aware and ready to manage games.
'That's what makes the difference in big matches, European matches, international matches.
'But also they have a humility about them. I talked to them about where they all started.
Southgate said their quarter-final opponents Sweden were 'more than the sum of their parts'
'We are based on working hard for each other, we don't carry anybody, they all pressed, they all have good organisation and they are prepared to graft and dig in for each other.
'I know those are slightly old-fashioned qualities but we don't have the right to just stroll around a football pitch. We play with character and I love that about them.'
So next stop the last eight.
'It will be a tough game for sure,' said Southgate. 'I have real respect for Sweden. They are always more than the sum of their parts, and our historic record against them is another one we have to put right.
'Sweden know in every age group exactly how they are going to play. That makes playing against them really difficult. It's a completely different test from the one we faced. But we enjoy this and go again.' |
BRIEF-Caladrius Biosciences Inc says addition of four clinical sites for ongoing phase 2 study of CLBS03 in T1D | April 3 Caladrius Biosciences Inc
* Caladrius Biosciences Inc says addition of four clinical sites, including Joslin Diabetes Center, for ongoing phase 2 study of CLBS03 in T1D
* Caladrius Biosciences Inc says expects to reach important milestone of treating 50% of subjects by mid-2017
* Caladrius Biosciences Inc says enrollment of 70(th) subject in study, expected to occur in mid-2017, will trigger an additional infusion of capital Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
J.Martins sales rise, profit little changed | LISBON, April 20 Portuguese retailer Jeronimo Martins posted a first-quarter net profit practically unchanged from a year ago, in line with the market consensus, as expansion costs in its new market Colombia all but offset the impact of a strong rise in sales.
The company said in a statement on Wednesday it netted 78 million euros ($84 million) after 77 million a year earlier. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose 4.6 percent to 192 million euros, also coming in line with market expectations.
Jeronimo Martins, which is the largest food retailer in Poland and the second-largest domestically, said overall sales rose 9 percent to 3.68 billion euros. Same-store sales increased 5.8 percent.
The closely-watched EBITDA margin - a key measure of profitability - of Jeronimo Martins' Polish unit Biedronka rose to 6.8 percent from 6.6 percent a year earlier as same-store sales there rose 8.4 percent. The group's total EBITDA margin dropped to 5.2 percent from 5.4 percent. ($1 = 0.9303 euros) (Reporting By Andrei Khalip) |
Calhoun County police skeptical of - most dangerous city' claim | Anniston and surrounding cities constitute the "most dangerous" metropolitan area in the state, a widely read website claimed last month - but local law enforcement officials have their doubts about the rankings. The website 24/7 Wall St., source of rankings and lists that are frequently reprinted by major news outlets such as Time Magazine and USA Today, on May 19 published a list of "The Most Dangerous City in Every State."
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Week of worship at First United Methodist Church | A wonderful week of worship was experienced by all who attended the First United Methodist Church in Kane. The journey through Jesus's last days on Earth began with the combined service with Tabor Lutheran church on Palm Sunday.
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Berlin aims to keep Opel R&D in Germany: ministry spokesman | BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government’s aim is to ensure that Opel retains research and development activities in Germany after the brand’s sale to Peugeot, an economy ministry spokesman said on Wednesday when asked about reports that a research site could be closed.
FILE PHOTO: The Opel headquarters are pictured during the TechDay Opel in Ruesselsheim, Germany June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
“I don’t want to comment or speculate on press reports, but what is clear is that we have a position on Opel and the minister has always said that the aim must be to keep jobs, sites and also research and development in Germany,” the spokesman told a regular government news conference.
Le Monde newspaper reported on Tuesday that France’s PSA was looking to sell part of Opel’s R&D operations to help to restore profitability to the loss-making unit. |
Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Dec 12 | ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The following are some of the main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Tuesday.
ZURICH INSURANCE
The insurer has agreed to buy ANZ’s OnePath Life insurance businesses for 2.85 billion Australian dollars ($2.14 billion), the latest and largest foray by the Swiss company into the Australian market.
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COMPANY STATEMENTS
* UBS has been enlisted by Spain’s bank bailout fund to help sell a 7 percent stake in Bankia.
* Kuehne + Nagel said it had opened a regional logistics control centre in Shanghai.
* Dufry said it extended its contract for its downtown retail operation in Macao for seven years.
* Vaudoise said Renato Morelli, the assistant director and chief operating officer, is leaving the insurance company due to differences over strategy and vision. His responsibilities will be taken over by a committee of directors, the company said.
* Elma said it is expecting a significant increase in net profit to around 4 million Swiss francs ($4.03 million), from 2.3 million francs for 2017.
* Feintool said Knut Zimmer will be the company’s new chief executive officer, replacing Bruno Malinek who is taking an advisory role with companies owned by former Feintool shareholder Thomas Muhr.
* Cosmo Pharmaceuticals said the first patient has been randomised in a proof of concept trial of Rifamycin SV in diarrhoea predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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Toyota cars review | Although based in Japan, Toyota is a truly global company. Many of its models are designed and manufactured in Europe, such as the Auris, Auris Touring Sports and Avensis models, all of which are built at Toyota's UK factory in Derbyshire. The brand's French plant makes the Yaris, while the Aygo is made in the Czech Republic. Toyota's trademark hybrid models - spearheaded by the pioneering Prius - are mostly built in Japan, as are its popular 4x4 models like the RAV4 and Landcruiser.
Toyota is ranked as the global 'number one', comfortably outselling all other automotive brands. So why is this Japanese giant such a success? It has relentlessly pursued engineering and manufacturing quality above all else, in an effort to provide customers with the reliability they crave. The Which? Car Survey reveals whether this reputation is supported by the facts.
Perhaps Toyota's products sometimes fail to excite, but that's really not Toyota's aim: it wants to satisfy you over the long term - as its five-year new car warranties attest.
To see how all the Toyota cars we've tested scored head straight to our Toyota car reviews.
How much do Toyota cars cost?
Traditionally, Toyotas have been priced at slightly elevated levels compared to mainstream brands, matching the perceived quality of the Japanese company's branding. So the Yaris, for instance, is definitely not the cheapest small car on the market, priced from around £11,500 right up to beyond £20,000. Likewise, the Auris is very much pitched at VW Golf levels, starting at almost £19,000. Yet Toyota isn't always premium priced; the Aygo city car, for instance, starts at under £9,000.
Toyota's reputation for dependability and its long warranty help keep second-hand values high, which benefits overall running costs as you lose less money when you come to sell the car on - although it does mean your ticket to used Toyota ownership comes at a price.
Choosing the best Toyota car
Easily the most numerous Toyota in our survey is the Yaris small hatchback, and you can see why. It's relatively affordable, well made and offers plenty of usable space. If you need a bit more of this, you can choose the Auris or Auris Touring Sports (estate), or go even bigger and opt for the huge Avensis or the RAV4 crossover 4x4.
Toyota majors on hybrid models, having invented the genre with the Prius, which remains the most popular hybrid car in the world. The Prius is now also offered in Plug-In Hybrid form so that you can recharge it at home and use it as a pure electric vehicle for commuting. The Auris and Yaris are offered as hybrids as well. |
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European steel M&A heats up even for loss-making plants | * Rivals offer to spend 4 bln euros on EU's most troubled mill
* Experts say offers make financial sense as steel market revives
* Global steel prices up 45 pct since 12-yr lows in Dec 2015
* Trade barriers on Chinese steel on the rise, especially in U.S.
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By Maytaal Angel
LONDON, May 3 In late 2015, the steel industry - a gauge of the world's economic health - was on the ropes. Record Chinese exports, excess global capacity and shrinking demand had pushed prices to decade lows, forcing closures, lay-offs and bankruptcies.
The picture couldn't look more different today. Thanks to China's decision to dramatically cut capacity while boosting infrastructure spending, added to the improved outlook for global growth and increased protectionism, prices have surged some 45 percent since December 2015.
A boom in mergers and acquisitions has followed, with investors competing to fork out billions for steel companies once considered nigh on worthless.
Germany's Thyssenkrupp struck a deal in February to sell money-losing Brazilian steel mill CSA to Ternium SA (TX.N) for $1.3 bln. India's Tata Steel, which threatened to shut its loss-making UK assets last April, is now in talks to merge its UK and European plants with those of Thyssenkrupp.
But perhaps the starkest example of the turnaround is in the bidding war for Ilva, in Taranto, southeast Italy.
Europe's largest and most troubled steel plant, Ilva has racked up hundreds of millions of euros worth of losses since coming under government stewardship in 2013.
The plant has been dogged by charges of corruption and environmental crime for years. In 2012, Italian authorities ruled emissions of dust and cancer-causing chemicals from the plant caused hundreds of deaths and abnormal levels of tumours and respiratory disease in the Taranto region.
About half the plant's 11-million-tonne annual steelmaking capacity was eventually mothballed, senior managers and executives were arrested and 8 billion euros of assets were seized from the Riva Group, Ilva's former owners.
Yet two consortiums - one including ArcelorMittal , the world's top steelmaker, and the other involving Indian steelmaker JSW - are now vying to spend around 4 billion euros buying, upgrading and cleaning the plant, betting that imports into Europe will decline just as the economy picks up.
It's a bet worth making, steel executives say.
"With reduced import volumes, Ilva's additional output will be absorbed. The domestic market is not booming but it is growing, and we should continue to see a steady increase in industrial activity in Europe," Tommaso Sandrini, president of Italian steel processors association Assofermet, told Reuters.
Renewed M&A activity is expected to lead in turn to capacity cuts which will further boost prices, they say.
Of the Tata merger, Thyssenkrupp's chief financial officer Guido Kerkhoff said: "The most important thing for us is that by a consolidation ... we can address the issues of overcapacity."
CHINA CAPACITY CUTS
As with so many sectors of the global economy today, China is the key to the reversal of steel's fortunes.
The world's top steel maker in early 2016 said it would to cut 100-150 million tonnes of steel capacity by 2020 as part of efforts to tackle pollution and curb excess supply.
It cut 60 million tonnes of steel capacity last year alone, according to official figures, and has announced plans to cut another 50 million tonnes this year.
The cuts coincide with a 700-billion-dollar stimulus splurge targeted at infrastructure and construction that prompted a 73 percent jump in Chinese steel prices last year and a 3.5 percent fall in Chinese exports.
Exports have dropped a further 25 percent this year.
Soaring prices have translated into big gains for steel company shares. Global steel equities are up 80 percent since plumbing 12-year lows last January.
The World Steel Association expects steel demand in developed economies to grow 0.7 percent this year and 1.2 percent next, with eurozone interest rates and tax policy set to remain on a steady course and the United States seen benefiting from tax cuts and rising infrastructure spending.
Factories across the euro zone increased activity in March at the fastest rate in nearly six years, official figures show.
"We have in front us years of sustainable profits for European producers," said Sandrini, who is also chief executive of Italian steel processor S.Polo Lamieri.
THROWING UP BARRIERS
European steel lobby Eurofer says local steelmakers are finally set to benefit from the demand growth this year thanks to the cumulative impact of anti-dumping measures.
The EU currently has 39 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in place on steel, 17 directed at China and most of which have been put in place over the past couple of years.
Across the pond, U.S. steelmakers are getting an even more pronounced boost from a string of steel trade barriers put in place under the Barack Obama administration which are poised to multiply under President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration said last month it will invoke a seldom-used provision of law to launch a probe into whether imports of Chinese and other foreign-made steel are a U.S. national security risk.
That will come on top of some 150 anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties already in place on steel imports, according to the Cato Institute, a think tank.
China's exports to the United States fell 56 percent last year, mostly due to these measures, some of which are as high as 500 percent, according to the International Steel Statistics Bureau.
"The Chinese are now out of the (steel export) game and many other countries will be out too, considering the number of anti-dumping investigations in place," Sandrini said.
Berenberg analyst Alessandro Abate told Reuters Ilva's privatisation alone will see EU steel prices rise by 10-20 euro per tonne as regional buyers pay a premium for supply which, relative to imports, is of higher quality and can be delivered quickly and reliably.
The new owners of Ilva and of the Tata-Thyssenkrupp assets are also expected to employ a more disciplined pricing strategy going forward - holding out for higher prices and taking pains not to over-supply the market, unlike in the past when Ilva, and to a lesser extent Tata, favoured volumes over price.
Alistair Ramsay, research manager at Metal Bulletin Research (MBR), said he disagreed with talk of "peak steel demand", and pointed to consistent annual imports into Europe over the past few years of 5 million tonnes of hot rolled coil, the main steel product used by white goods manufacturers.
"If you've got a duty to place against those imports, then suddenly that steel must be found somewhere else," Ramsay told Reuters. "If one has control of Ilva and there's a bit more control over EU borders, its potentially a pretty lucrative situation."
(Additional reporting by Massimiliano di Giorgio; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall) |
RPT-EXCLUSIVE-BT files criminal complaint over Italy accounting scandal | (Repeats with no changes)
* BT accuses former managers of breaking rules, unlawful conduct
* Italian prosecutors investigate BT Italy over accounting scam
* BT booked writedowns for 530 mln pounds due to scandal
By Emilio Parodi
MILAN, April 21 British Telecom has filed a criminal complaint with Italian prosecutors over an accounting scandal at its Italian unit and has handed them computer records and also dispatched its head of compliance to Milan to give evidence.
In the complaint, filed on March 21 and reviewed by Reuters, BT accuses several former Italy executives and other employees of breaking company rules and unlawful conduct. It comes five months after the phone company first revealed financial irregularities at BT Italy and took the first of two write-downs totalling 530 million pounds ($680 million).
The complaint is consistent with allegations of irregularities and bullying first made public by Reuters on March 30. A BT official at the time declined to comment when asked if the company had filed a complaint.
Reuters first saw the complaint, which typically is not a document that is made publicly available, earlier this week.
The Reuters investigation found that a network of people in BT Italy had exaggerated revenues, faked contract renewals and invoices and invented bogus supplier transactions in order to meet bonus targets and disguise the unit's true financial performance. All of these practices had been going on since at least 2013, current and former staff have said.
The BT complaint asserts to prosecutors, who began investigating the unit's accounting problems in January, that BT is itself a victim of any fraud found to have taken place.
The company's director of ethics and compliance, Gareth Tipton, met Italian magistrates in Milan in the second half of February, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters. BT also gave prosecutors computer records collected during an internal investigation at the Italian unit in late summer 2016, the sources said.
BT spokeswoman Gemma Thomas said in a statement: "We cannot comment on the ongoing investigation." Reuters contacted Tipton by email who referred to the statement from Thomas.
The complaint alleges misconduct against three former senior executives of BT Italy and two former employees, though it does not make a specific criminal accusation against any of them.
It alleges former BT Italy chief executive Gianluca Cimini was responsible for grave violations of corporate governance rules in relation to contracts and suppliers, and for using intimidatory behaviour when dealing with staff.
It alleges former chief operating officer Stefania Truzzoli manipulated results that were used to award staff bonuses and that she also manipulated data that was communicated to BT Europe during the internal presentation of results.
Cimini and Truzzoli declined to comment for this article. Truzzoli said she would respond to the allegations to the relevant authorities.
The BT complaint alleges former chief financial officer Luca Sebastiani failed to report financial irregularities to his managers and also induced an employee responsible for invoicing at BT Italy, Giacomo Ingannamorte, to issue fake invoices.
It also alleges Luca Torrigiani, formerly responsible for government clients and other large accounts in Italy, violated BT's rules in the manner in which he chose suppliers and for receiving a payment from an agent of BT Italy.
The complaint said Cimini, Truzzoli, Sebastiani, Ingannamorte and Torrigiani were all sacked. It did not elaborate on any of its allegations.
Torrigiani's lawyer, Riccardo Chilosi, told Reuters that his client "strongly disputed" BT's allegations and was suing the company for unfair dismissal.
Ingannamorte told Reuters he too was appealing in court against his dismissal, adding that he issued the invoices in question at the behest of his supervisors.
In an email to Reuters, Sebastiani said he had only taken up the job of CFO at BT Italy in May 2016 and denied any wrongdoing, adding he considered his dismissal "totally unjustified". He said he could not be held responsible for any accounting practices that had been used by the company for years and that, also thanks to his input, had subsequently been the subject of a "critical review."
BT said in its complaint that it suffered financially from unlawful conduct, because the inflated results at BT Italy meant that it had paid bonuses to staff who did not merit them and that it had also paid taxes on income that did not exist.
BT's shares fell 20 percent when it announced its expanded writedown of 530 million pounds in January. That prompted several BT shareholders to file class-action lawsuits alleging the group misled investors and failed to promptly disclose the financial irregularities.
($1 = 0.7812 pounds) (additional reporting by Agnieszka Flak, editing by Mark Bendeich and Anna Willard) |
Local Japan banks Daishi, Hokuetsu reach basic merger pact | TOKYO, April 5 Daishi Bank and Hokuetsu Bank, two small locally operating Japanese lenders, said on Wednesday they had reached a basic agreement to merge their operations.
The banks, based in Niigata prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, will set up a holding company in April 2018, they said in a statement.
Japan has roughly 100 so-called regional banks. A shrinking population and the central bank's negative interest-rate policy have created a tough business environment, prompting some to merge or take other steps to shore up their operations. (Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Himani Sarkar) |
What are the rules for gifting assets? | If you don't know where to start, just answer a few questions to find information best suited to your needs.
The cost of care – residential care homes and nursing homes in particular – can be very high, so it’s understandable that some people might be tempted to ‘offload’ assets so that they are excluded from the financial assessment.
You might think that ways to reduce assets could include:
gifting money or expensive items, such as a piece of jewellery that has recently been purchased, to family or close friends
putting money into a trust or tying it up in some other way
spending out on extravagant holidays
gifting property by transferring it into someone else’s name
selling an asset, such as a property, to someone for less than its true worth.
But be warned – there are serious implications to ‘gifting assets’ in these ways, for both the person giving away the assets and the person receiving them. Here we explain the rules for gifting assets, the consequences of doing this incorrectly, and the legal implications of transferring property.
Gifting assets and a financial assessment
If your relative has capital (savings and assets) worth more than:
£23,250 in England and Northern Ireland
£26,250 in Scotland
£30,000 in Wales
or a weekly income high enough to pay for their care fees, they will not be eligible for local authority funding. If this is the case, they will have to pay for their own care.
For many people, their home is likely to be their most valuable asset. So it’s not unheard of for people to consider ‘gifting’ their property or other assets when facing the residential care financial assessment.
There are, however, strict rules that local authorities will pay close attention to when carrying out a financial assessment.
Deliberate deprivation of assets
When the local authority carries out a financial assessment for residential care they will ask about previously-owned assets, not just those that are owned currently. Remember that with a property, it is quite easy for the authorities to check the ownership ‘trail’.n
If they consider that a person has deliberately disposed of assets to increase eligibility for local authority funding, this is called ‘deliberate deprivation’. This might include giving away (gifting) assets, as well as other courses of action, such as selling an asset for less than its true value. For example, there have been cases of people ‘selling’ houses to a relative for a nominal fee such as £10, just so that they can transfer the legal ownership.
Of course, not all disposals of assets are necessarily deliberate deprivation - it might have nothing to do with care, especially if there was no consideration of paying for the cost of care at that time. Your relative might want to give tax-free sums of money to children or grandchildren so that they can enjoy seeing them spend it, and to avoid inheritance tax. They might want to help family members who are struggling financially, or splash out on a well-deserved ‘holiday of a lifetime’ once they retire.
It is worth bearing in mind that a local authority might deem such a gift as a deliberate deprivation if they consider the gift has been made to avoid it being used to pay for the cost of care. If avoiding care costs is considered to be a significant factor in the reasoning behind the disposal, then it may still be considered a deprivation of assets. Local councils will also take into account the point at which the disposal occurred. If you are fit and healthy and cannot foresee the need for a care home, any gifts or luxury spending should not be considered a deprivation of assets.
When might disposal of assets be defined as 'deliberate'?
When deciding if deprivation was ‘deliberate’ the local authority might look at the following:
Motive/intention: when disposing of assets, was the main reason to avoid care charges?
when disposing of assets, was the main reason to avoid care charges? Timing: there is no set time limit, although local authorities are unlikely to investigate too far back. Most importantly, they will look at the time between the person realising that they needed care and the disposing of assets.
there is no set time limit, although local authorities are unlikely to investigate too far back. Most importantly, they will look at the time between the person realising that they needed care and the disposing of assets. Amount: was the gift a significant amount that would make a difference to your relative’s capital limit? The asset would have to be worth a significant amount for the local authority to pursue this action. Giving away a £300,000 property, for example, would significantly affect your relative’s total capital whereas smaller ‘gifts’ – such as giving a £300 ring to a granddaughter – are unlikely to prompt further investigation.
It all boils down to intention. When your relative made the gift, could they have reasonably known that they might need care? For example, if your relative fell ill, was assessed as needing residential care, then signed their property over to a relative the following week, that would look suspiciously like ‘deliberate deprivation’.
However, if they went on an extravagant cruise while they were still in good health and had no idea that they would need care, this might simply be regarded a post-retirement ‘treat’.
Notional capital
Giving away capital can therefore have serious consequences. If a person is found to have ‘deliberately deprived’ themselves of assets, the value of these assets can still be taken into account in the financial assessment, even though they no longer own them.
The value of the assets that they used to have is called ‘notional capital’. The value of a person’s ‘notional capital’ can be added to their remaining assets to form their total financial assets for the financial assessment. So, in the example of your relative transferring ownership of their home, not only could your relative end up having to pay for their care, they might no longer have their house to fund those costs.
Powers of recovery
If the local authority funds someone’s residential care costs and later rules that a person has ‘deliberately deprived’ themselves of assets, they have the power to claim care costs from the person that the assets were transferred to.
Legally, local authorities have the power to recover costs by instituting County Court proceedings. However, a local authority should only do this after it has tried other reasonable alternatives to recover the debt.
Your right to appeal
The council’s decision must be reasonable and there is a right of appeal if you, or your relative, feel that an unfair decision has been made. If your relative wants to make a complaint or appeal a decision, they should contact their local authority. See Challenging a local authority decision for the process to follow.
Seek legal advice
If your relative is considering gifting any assets, particularly transfer of a property, they will need to seek legal advice to make sure it’s done properly. The Law Society has produced detailed guidelines for solicitors on gifts of property and their implications for long-term care. Make sure that any solicitor your relative speaks to is aware of these guidelines (see Useful organisations and websites).
More information
Legal transfer of property: make sure you are doing things right by referring to this guide.
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Love Island's Chloe Crowhurst flaunts her assets | She soared to fame on ITV2's Love Island this year.
And Chloe Crowhurst flaunted her star power as she attended the Miss Swimsuit UK competition in Chelmsford on Saturday.
The reality star put on an eye-popping display in a peachy bustier dress which flaunted her toned legs as she strutted along.
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Striking: Chloe Crowhurst flaunted her star power as she attended the Miss Swimsuit UK competition in Chelmsford on Saturday
Chloe looked every inch the blonde bombshell in the figure-hugging number which fell at a saucy thigh-skimming finish.
She boosted her toned legs in a pair of metallic heels which flaunted her pedicure as she headed to the venue
Chloe looked sensational as she teamed the look with a diamond choker.
Her tumbling platinum locks were worn curled over her shoulder and she rocked her usual false lashes and gloss laden pout.
All eyes on her: The Love Island star put on an eye-popping display in a peachy bustier dress which flaunted her toned legs as she strutted along
Standing tall: She boosted her toned pins in a pair of metallic heels which flaunted her pedicure as she headed to the venue - with Verena Twigg (CEO of Miss Swimsuit UK)
Glam: Chloe looked sensational as she teamed the look with a diamond choker
Chloe looked in high spirits as she reunited with her Love Island pals and they all posed for a number of striking snaps.
Ever the career woman Chloe enjoyed a number of guest commentary stints on This Morning following her Love Island experience.
Amid claims that she entered the Love Island villa whilst dating TOWIE star Jon Clark, 27, the pair enjoyed a brief reconciliation when she left, but later confirmed that they have finally called it quits.
The Essex-born beauty admitted that she still had 'feelings' for Jon, and that the couple had 'tried to make a go of things' but ultimately decided to part ways.
'When I got out of the villa we tried to make a go of things – but I'm not sure,' she told The Sun.
Stunning: Her tumbling platinum locks were worn curled over her shoulder and she rocked her usual false lashes and gloss laden pout
Squad: Chloe looked in high spirits as she reunited with her pals and they all posed for a number of striking snaps
Famous: Ever the career woman Chloe enjoyed a number of guest commentary stints on This Morning following her Love Island experience
'There are feelings there – definitely from my side – but I'm not a mind reader, I don't know what he's thinking.'
'I'm really busy at the moment. Trying to work and then try and build a relationship is really difficult. But if you definitely want to, you can make it work.'
It comes after Chloe hit back at claims she has a secret Tinder profile, after a photo of her was spotted on the popular dating app.
The profile, which featured a glamorous and very pouty selfie of her, read 'If you want someone crazy come and get me boys. Looking for a boy with good banter' followed by heart emoticons |
Norway PM casts doubt on temporary British EFTA membership | By Joachim Dagenborg
ARENDAL, Norway, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Norway cast doubt on Monday that Britain could easily join it in a half way house trading group after Brexit.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg told Reuters it would be challenging and costly for Britain to rejoin, even temporarily, the European Free Trade Association, or EFTA, because it would bring with it some of the obligations that Britain objects to in its dealings with the European Union.
Membership of EFTA, which London helped found in 1960 but later left, is one option being discussed to allow Britain to remain in the EU's common market -- the European Economic Area.
"There would be a cost they would have to share, and an authority outside their border that could impose binding decisions on them, which is not entirely in line with what they've said they want," Solberg said on the sidelines of a news conference.
She added that Norway was nonetheless "prepared for various scenarios".
It is far from clear whether London would want to rejoin EFTA, although there are various ideas being floated to stop a "cliff edge" Brexit in 2019 in which British business is left hanging.
Oslo, which has chosen to remain out of the EU but follows many of its rules, is closely following divorce talks between Brussels and London.
EU negotiator Michel Barnier visited Norway earlier this year to reassure Norwegians they would be kept in the loop about the talks.
Norway is concerned, among other things, about the fate of Norwegians living in Britain after Brexit; fisheries policy; what kind of terms would be given to Britain after Brexit and whether Britain would get preferential treatment over Norway.
Within EFTA, all member countries have to approve new members, giving each a theoretical veto. Current members are Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Alongside being members of EFTA, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein also have free movement of goods, services and people with the 28-nation EU. Switzerland is outside that deal. (Writing by Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche, editing by Jeremy Gaunt) |
BRIEF-Bristow Group Says Overall Liquidity Increases To About $496 Mln | Dec 11 (Reuters) - Bristow Group Inc:
* BRISTOW GROUP INC SAYS AS OF DECEMBER 8, 2017, OVERALL LIQUIDITY OF COMPANY INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY $496 MILLION - SEC FILING
* BRISTOW GROUP INC - ALSO REAFFIRMS ITS GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO ENDING FISCAL YEAR 2018 LIQUIDITY IN RANGE OF $410 MILLION TO $450 MILLION Source text: (bit.ly/2BB3Jzq) Further company coverage: |
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Europe, China, Russia to meet Iran on Friday in Vienna | BEIJING/BRUSSELS, July 4 (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from China, France, Germany, Britain and Russia will meet with Iranian officials on Friday in Vienna to discuss how to keep a 2015 nuclear accord alive after U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the pact in May.
The EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini confirmed the meeting in a statement on Wednesday after Iranian state news agency IRNA announced the meeting a day earlier.
China's foreign minister and state councillor, Wang Yi, said he would go to Vienna, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he would take part.
Iran requested the meeting, IRNA and European diplomats said, to discuss European efforts to salvage the international nuclear pact in the face of Trump's May 8 decision to revive Iran-related sanctions, after the expiry of 90- and 180-day wind-down periods.
The sanctions start to come into effect in August but some European companies investing in Iran and with big operations in the United States have announced they will pull out of business deals with Tehran.
The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran's central bank to avoid U.S. penalties, but detailed plans have yet to emerge.
The European Union, once Iran's biggest oil importer, is determined to save the nuclear accord by keeping money flowing to Tehran as long as Iran complies with the 2015 deal to prevent it from developing an atomic weapon. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard, Maria Kiselyova and Robin Emmott; Editing by Janet Lawrence) |
10 Things to Know for Thursday - 31 May 2018 | Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
1. HIGH-STAKES DIPLOMACY PLAYING OUT
A senior North Korean official arrives in New York in the highest-level official visit to the United States in 18 years, as President Trump and Kim Jong Un try to salvage their on-again, off-again nuclear summit.
Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, foreground right, demonstrates on the screen video of the arrest of a man who had ordered the killing of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, during a news conference at the Ukrainian Security Service on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Babchenko , who was reported shot dead in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday showed up at a news conference on Wednesday, saying that the security services faked his death in order to thwart a plot on his life. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
2. 'I'M STILL ALIVE'
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko walks into a news conference a day after police said he had been assassinated. Authorities say his death was staged to foil a plot on his life by Moscow's security services.
3. GRAND JURY INDICTS HARVEY WEINSTEIN
The indictment on rape and criminal sex act charges furthers the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul.
4. WHICH CONSPIRACY THEORY IS BEING DEBUNKED
There's no evidence that the FBI planted a "spy" on Trump's 2016 campaign, a senior House Republican says, despite the president's repeated assertions.
5. IN MIDEAST, AN UNEASY TRUCE
With a cease-fire declared, Israel and Hamas appear to have avoided - for now - a fourth war after a day of intense rocket fire and airstrikes.
6. WHY DRUG COMPANY ISN'T TAKING BLAME
The maker of Ambien says that "racism is not a known side effect" after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.
7. WALMART WORKERS GET COLLEGE ON THE CHEAP
America's largest private employer is offering its employees a new perk: affordable access to a college degree.
8. WHAT'S FUELING TRADE TENSIONS
Europe braces for the U.S. to announce restrictions on imported steel and aluminum, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs.
9. BELTWAY ABUZZ OVER MELANIA'S WHEREABOUTS
The first lady tries to tamp down speculation about why she's not been seen in public in nearly three weeks, tweeting that she's "feeling great."
10. WHOSE CAUSE REALITY TV STAR IS CHAMPIONING
Kim Kardashian West visits the White House to advocate on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses.
FILE- In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, a Walmart employee scans items while conducting an exercise during a Walmart Academy class session at the store in North Bergen, N.J. Walmart is offering its employees a new perk: affordable access to a college degree. America's largest private employer, which in the past has helped its workers get their high school or equivalency degree, hopes the new benefit will help it recruit and retain higher quality entry-level employees in a tight U.S. labor market. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) |
Where to Get Great Brunch in L.A. | Spring has sprung here in our city, so it's officially brunch season in L.A. We're here to help you maximize your mimosa and breakfast consumption skills. Where to Go for Easter Brunch This Weekend There are some pretty good Easter brunch options this year.
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BRIEF-IAMGOLD Corp acquires common shares of TomaGold Corp | Aug 14 (Reuters) - IAMGOLD Corp
* IAMGOLD Corporation announces acquisition of common shares of TomaGold Corporation
* IAMGOLD Corp - acquired 27.8 million common shares of TomaGold Corporation
* IAMGOLD Corp - common shares were purchased at a price of $0.09 per common share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2.5 million
* IAMGOLD Corp - 27.8 million common shares of TomaGold from treasury represents about 19.98% of outstanding common shares of TomaGold Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
Israel Warns Western Tourists Of Imminent Terrorist Attacks In India | "We are warning Israeli tourists in India of the possibility of imminent terrorist attacks against Western targets and tourists, particularly in the southwest of that country," the warning read. Israel has warned tourists to stay away from India amid an alleged immediate threat on foreigners ahead of the New Year's Eve holiday.
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Loyola returns home for Sweet 16 prep as talk of Chicago | CHICAGO (AP) - These sure are sweet times for Loyola-Chicago.
Two last-second shots - two prayers answered - vaulted the Ramblers to the Sweet 16 and placed them right in the national spotlight.
"Coach (Porter Moser) has been talking about how 'You think this is good? Look around. You think this is good? Well, it's gonna get even better,'" guard Ben Richardson said. "It's just kind of been bought into that, like put it in the bag and move on."
Loyola guard Clayton Custer signs autographs as fans welcome the Ramblers back to campus on Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Chicago, after the team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in their first appearance since 1985. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
The Ramblers are moving on to face Nevada after two breathtaking victories, a run that has captivated college basketball and turned 98-year-old team chaplain Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt into a celebrity.
They knocked off Miami on Dante Ingram's buzzer-beating 3-pointer from the March Madness logo, then got the sweetest of all bounces on Clayton Custer's jumper in the closing seconds to beat Tennessee in Dallas. On Monday, they were back home preparing for Nevada.
The Ramblers (30-5) will bring more wins than any other team in the program's 100-year history into Thursday's game in Atlanta, having surpassed their 1963 champions during this NCAA run.
No small accomplishment for a team that struggled for decades following a Sweet 16 loss to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in 1985. Loyola went 14 seasons without a winning record at one point. The first few years after Moser took over in 2011 weren't so smooth, either.
They've gone from 7-23 with just one win in the Horizon League in his first season to capturing the Missouri Valley Championship, from small home crowds to their first sellout in 15 years, from obscurity to center stage. It's quite a turnaround for the Jesuit school of about 16,000 along the lakefront on Chicago's northern edge.
For guard Lucas Williamson, it's been a nonstop flow of well-wishes and congratulations. Whether it's from posts on social media, students coming up to him in the dorm or professors wishing the team well in classes, they keep pouring in.
"I love all the appreciation," said Williamson, a Chicago product.
Even former President Barack Obama gave the Ramblers - and Sister Jean - a shoutout. He tweeted after the first-round win: "Congrats to @LoyolaChicago and Sister Jean for a last-second upset - I had faith in my pick!"
"I can't even start to put into words the outreach that we've had across the country from so many people," Moser said. "When you have a media market like Chicago ... you can't put into words (what it means to the school). I'm sure in the months ahead they'll be put into a more detailed impact. But right now, it's just fun for the university to have this kind of national recognition."
And he's not shying away from the attention.
"The media scrutiny, the spotlight, it's great for them," Moser said. "They're mature enough to handle it. They've been handling it now for a month straight. I'm not that guy that's gonna hold back and not enjoy this journey. They're enjoying it. But they're gonna absolutely ... be locked in, ready to go."
That means figuring out a way to beat a team that just pulled off quite a shocker.
Nevada wiped out a 22-point deficit in the final 11 minutes to match the second-biggest comeback in NCAA Tournament history and knock out Cincinnati. The Wolf Pack (28-7) are in the Sweet 16 for the second time. Otherwise, it would have been Ramblers against Bearcats in a matchup that sure would have sparked flashbacks to the '63 title game. That year, Loyola beat two-time defending champion Cincinnati in a landmark moment for racial equality.
"Super, super, super talented offensive team," Richardson said about Nevada. "You've gotta give credit to a team like that that fought back from a huge deficit. That's just the kind of stuff that happens in March. You've always gotta be ready for a team to make a historic comeback. That's a tribute to the way they play, they play super hard, they're a really talented offensive team, and there'll definitely be a lot of things we have to game plan for because they're definitely a tough matchup."
Something else that might concern Loyola: Sister Jean had them losing in the Sweet 16 in her bracket.
"Sister Jean, she's been our biggest supporter," Williamson said. "And she's definitely gonna be our biggest supporter. But we're gonna have to bust her bracket on this one."
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Loyola guard Clayton Custer and teammates greet fans as they welcome the Ramblers back to campus on Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Chicago, after the team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in their first appearance since 1985. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Loyola player Donte Ingram, center, and teammates meet fans who welcomed the Ramblers back to campus on Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Chicago, after the team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in their first appearance since 1985. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Loyola guard Clayton Custer and teammates greet fans as they welcome the Ramblers back to campus on Sunday, March 18, 2018, in Chicago, after the team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament in their first appearance since 1985. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Loyola-Chicago guard Marques Townes (5) leaps while celebrating the team's 63-62 win over Tennessee in a second-round game at the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Dallas, Saturday, March 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) |
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Other Minds pays homage to the late Lou Harrison | It's hard to believe that Lou Harrison would have turned 100 this year. With his adventurous, ebulliently melodic music, he always seemed forever young.
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South Korea sack coach Stielike after Qatar defeat-Yonhap | SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korea coach Uli Stielike was fired on Thursday, Yonhap News Agency reported, two days after a 3-2 loss to Qatar put the country's hopes of automatic qualification for next year's World Cup finals in jeopardy.
The 62-year-old former Germany midfielder, who took over on a four-year contract in 2014, had been under pressure after two defeats in four qualifiers going into Tuesday's match.
The loss in Doha leaves the Red Devils just one point ahead of Uzbekistan in second place in Group A of Asian qualifying with two matches remaining. The Uzbeks host South Korea in the final round of matches in early September.
South Korea have played at the last eight World Cup finals, reaching the semi-finals on home soil in 2002, and, under Stielike, were losing finalists at the 2015 Asian Cup. (Reporting by Christine Kim, editing by Nick Mulvenney) |
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Cold calling claims firm raided after 12,000 complaints | A cold-calling claims firm which allegedly bombarded Britons with 200 million phone calls has been raided by Government officials and police.
Officers swooped on the offices of Himaa Group in Nottingham and removed computers after more than 12,000 complaints from the public.
The company’s Porsche-driving director, Mian Arshad Mubashar, 32, is suspected of being part of a network of cold-calling kingpins with links to a centre in Pakistan.
Porsche-driving director Arshad Mubashar, director of the Himaa Group, outside his home in Nottingham
Investigators from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) believe Mubashar and his cronies have made two million cold calls per week since 2015.
Inquiries are ongoing into what would be one of the worst-ever cases of persistent cold-calling in Britain. The firm could be in line for a record fine.
It comes after a company behind 99.5 million nuisance calls was fined a record £400,000 last year.
The latest investigation was launched after large numbers of people complained about receiving calls in which an automated voice said they could claim thousands of pounds in compensation following a car crash. The calls randomly targeted people whether or not they had ever been in an accident.
Officers from the ICO, police and the Claims Management Regulator raided the second-floor office of Himaa Group at Blenheim Court on December 13. The company was established in August 2015 but has yet to file any accounts.
Mubashar was previously a director of a firm called Direct Claims Ltd, which closed in 2012.
Himaa Group are based in this building in Nottingham. Mubashar claims it is delivery company
His wife Valina Arshad, 28, was the director of Claim 4 Compensation Ltd, which was dissolved in 2014. Both list their nationality at Companies House as Pakistani.
Mr Mubashar confirmed his business had been raided when approached at Himaa Group’s offices last week by a Mail on Sunday reporter.
But he claimed he was an innocent party, adding: ‘They thought we might be part of a cold-calling operation but we are actually a delivery company. One of my former partners, they were looking for him.’
However, he refused to give the man’s name. Our reporter also spoke with one of his employees, who said: ‘These people arrived with a warrant and took the computers. I am really not allowed to say who the overall boss is.’
ICO group manager Andy Curry said: ‘This is a lengthy and complex inquiry involving several individuals and a network of companies, both in the UK and overseas.
‘We are hopeful the evidence we are gathering will help put a stop to a group of individuals and companies we believe is responsible for making hundreds of millions of nuisance calls.’ |
Carter's OT tally leads Kings past Wild | Jeff Carter's second goal of the game at 4:26 of overtime Monday night gave the Los Angeles Kings a critical 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn.
Carter's eighth tally of the season came on a wrister from the slot over the blocker of Devan Dubnyk, enabling Los Angeles to start a four-game road trip with two points. It has 86 points, tying it with Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division.
Los Angeles forced overtime with Dustin Brown's 22nd goal at 19:13, about a minute after it pulled goalie Jonathan Quick for a sixth attacker. Brown deflected Drew Doughty's wrister from the right point into the top right corner.
Minnesota grabbed a brief 3-2 lead when Joel Eriksson Ek scored his fourth goal of the season at 17:29 of the third, taking Jason Zucker's pass from behind the net and slipping a wrister into an open net after getting Quick to commit to a shot fake at the right post.
Los Angeles carried the play to Minnesota for most of the first two periods, creating quality chances while keeping the Wild from doing the same, and scoring the first two goals.
Tanner Pearson made it 1-0 at 18:47 of the first with his 15th goal of the season. Brown slipped a backhand pass to him in the slot and Pearson roofed a wrister over the blocker of Dubnyk.
Jeff Carter upped the lead to 2-0 with a power-play marker at 6:21 of the second period. Dubnyk made the initial save on Jake Muzzin's point blast, but the rebound bounced to Carter at the left post and he made no mistake, flicking it into the upper left corner of the net.
Minnesota finally formulated a meaningful response at 12:08 with Zach Parise's ninth goal. Taking a drop pass from Nino Niederreiter, Parise skated from right to left, undressing a defender with a nifty deke, and beat Quick with a wrister to the top left corner.
Eric Staal tied the game with his 39th goal at 19:04, thanks largely to a textbook stretch pass from Ryan Suter that sent him in on Quick at the blue line. Staal had plenty of time and space to tee up a wrister that beat Quick to the stick side.
Quick finished with 24 saves, and Dubnyk notched 26.
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BRIEF-Gevo reports Q4 adj. loss per share $1.14 | March 29 Gevo Inc
* Gevo reports fourth quarter 2016 financial results
* Q4 adjusted non-GAAP loss per share $1.14
* Q4 loss per share $0.33
* Q4 revenue $5.8 million versus $7.3 million
* Gevo - produced approximately 190,000 gallons of isobutanol during quarter at Gevo's isobutanol production facility located in Luverne, Minnesota
* Gevo Inc - Gevo expects to achieve a cash EBITDA loss of between $18.0-$20.0 million for fiscal year ending December 31, 2017
* Gevo Inc - expects to produce approximately 500,000 gallons of isobutanol during 2017
* Gevo Inc says estimates that its maximum annual isobutanol production capacity at agri-energy facility to be currently over 1 million gallons per year Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
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Accused Lake Boyz gang member waives speedy trial | Griffin is one of 23 others accused Lake Boyz gang members arrested and charged with racketeering. The massive case involves tens of thousands of pages of evidence.
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UK researchers helping to create new whooping cough vaccine | A new vaccine is being developed against whooping cough, which causes 200,000 preventable deaths in children around the world each year.
Researchers in Southampton are leading the UK arm of a Europe-wide study to create a replacement for the current vaccine, which does not offer lifelong protection and has become less effective over time.
The condition, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis). It is spread through coughs and sneezes of someone with the infection.
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It causes repeated coughing that can last for two to three months or more, and affects mainly babies under the age of six months – the group most vulnerable to severe and sometimes life-threatening respiratory and neurological complications which require hospital admission.
In the UK, 18 babies have died as a result of the infection since 2012 and it affects 16 million people worldwide every year.
Adults suffer a milder form of the disease but can still have an unpleasant cough for up to three months. The first symptoms are similar to those of a cold and intense coughing bouts start around a week later.
Professor Robert Read, director of the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, is leading the £2.3 million study to improve the vaccine testing and development.
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It forms part of a wider £24 million European project, Periscope, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), involving experts from 22 institutions across 11 countries.
At the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, clinicians will inoculate healthy volunteers with nose drops containing B. pertussis and monitor their immune responses before giving them an antibiotic to clear the infection.
Prof Read said: “This study is part of a landmark European project that aims to develop a better vaccine against whooping cough as we know protection by the current vaccine seems to be much less effective than it was 15 years ago.
“To do this we need to know more about the immune response generated against B. pertussis and what kind of immune response protects against whooping cough.” |
Buffalo Preps for New Year's Eve Celebration | The City of Buffalo is making the final preparations for tonight's big New Year's Eve celebration at the Electric Tower downtown. New Year's Eve 2016 will mark the 29th year of the ball drop party in Roosevelt Plaza.
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House sets Tuesday vote on bill to avoid government shutdown | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday on legislation to keep federal agencies operating beyond Feb. 8, when existing funds expire, a senior House Republican aide said on Friday.
The aide did not provide details, however, on the duration of this latest-in-a-series of temporary funding measures. Congressional negotiators are fighting over defense and non-defense spending levels for the fiscal year that ends on Sept. 30, as well as other unrelated matters. |
Dodgers infielder Chase Utley shows love for Cleveland Indians legend Jim Thome | Dodgers infielder Chase Utley was not about to pass up the chance to honor one of his heroes Tuesday when Los Angeles arrived for a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Utley posed for a photo outside the ballpark with the statue of his friend and former teammate, Tribe legend Jim Thome, on the plaza near East 9th street.
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Gohara cruises through five for Fire Frogs | After going 1-for-3 with an RBI and run scored in the matinee for Triple-A Rochester, Palka, the prospect, exploded in the Red Wings' second game against Syracuse -- a makeup of Saturday's rained-out contest. The right fielder was involved in the entirety of Rochester's offense in the nightcap, driving in four runs and scoring three more of his own in the Red Wings' 8-7 loss to the Chiefs.
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BRIEF-Uni-President Enterprises to pay cash dividends of T$ 2.1 per share for 2016 | UPDATE 3-Nestle takes food price rises in its stride
ZURICH, Aug 9 Nestle expects pressure from the rising price of ingredients for its products such as chocolate bars, coffee and soup to ease, helping it meet its target for increasing sales despite tough markets. |
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BRIEF-Goertek to invest 75 mln yuan to set up Qingdao-based manufacturing firm | Dec 12(Reuters) - Goertek Inc :
* Says it plans to invest 75 million yuan to set up a Qingdao-based manufacturing firm
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Grand Rapids police ask for help locating missing man | Jamel Marcus Parker, 31, was last seen around 3 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 running away from the 1500-block of Broadway Avenue NW. On Monday, Feb. 13, GRPD was contacted about a found shoe near the Grand River on Ann Street NW.
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Nevada secretary of state alleges voter fraud, blames DMV | Nevada's secretary of state has launched a voter fraud investigation, claiming the Department of Motor Vehicles may have inadvertently added a number of people to the voter rolls who were not citizens in the last presidential election. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske made the announcement in a letter Friday evening to the state DMV director, Terri Albertson.
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Tottenham 'keeper Hugo Lloris praises France's young stars | Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has no doubt Kylian Mbappe, Thomas Lemar and the rest of France's 'fantastic' new generation would flourish in the Premier League.
England were torn apart by the dynamic French attack on Tuesday evening, when Raphael Varane's video-assisted sending-off at the start of the second half surely prevented the victory margin being greater than 3-2.
Ousmane Dembele, the 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund forward, capped a fine performance with the winning goal, which was set up by outrageously talented 18-year-old Mbappe.
Kylian Mbappe celebrates with Djibril Sidibe during France's win over England on Tuesday
The striker continues to be linked with a big-money exit from Monaco - as does team-mate Lemar, with Tottenham said to be among those interested in the attacking midfielder.
Lloris grinned when asked if he had spoken to Lemar about Spurs, saying: 'You are right to ask the question, but I cannot reply.'
And the France captain is enthralled by the potential of his young compatriots.
Ousmane Dembele also made a major impact - scoring France's winner against England
'The Premier League is very exciting,' Lloris said. 'All the Premier League clubs have the capacity and the ability to bring the best players in the world.
'In France we used to have a lot of talented players, and it's true that the new generation are fantastic, but we need to give them time to get the right maturity.
'But as they showed (on Tuesday), they are ready to compete at the best level. Let's see what will happen in the Premier League.'
France boast such attacking strength in depth that the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Dimitri Payet and Alexandre Lacazette were unused substitutes against England.
They were able to call on the world's most expensive player, though, and Paul Pogba shone after a season of scrutiny at Manchester United.
Hugo Lloris has praised France's young stars after their recent performances
'Maybe he had some things to prove because he belongs to one of the best clubs in the world and he plays in the Premier League, and he has to show his level,' Lloris said.
'(On Tuesday) he was fantastic as a midfielder, he helped the team a lot to manage the ball.
'I have no doubt that he will get better and better.'
The same surely goes for the Les Bleus as a collective, putting them among the favourites for next summer's World Cup.
An uncharacteristic Lloris mistake allowed Sweden to win and usurp them at the top of their qualification group on Friday, but with such exciting, young attackers few expect them to falter in their quest to reach Russia.
'We have a lot of players who are very unpredictable, because in one versus one they can make the difference,' Lloris added. |
Wyoming Wildlife Struggling Amid Harsh Winter Conditions | Wyoming's wild animals are facing more struggles than normal this winter due to heavy snowfall, strong winds and harsh temperatures, particularly in the west region of the state. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Brian Nesvik with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says fawn survival in the Jackson area will be lower than in recent years.
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BRIEF-WideOpenWest reports Q2 earnings per share $0.07 | Aug 14 (Reuters) - WideOpenWest Inc
* Q2 earnings per share $0.07
* Q2 revenue fell 1.6 percent to $297.5 million
* Q2 adjusted earnings per share $0.15
* As of Q2 of 2017, co reported total subscribers of 776,500 versus 770,200 in Q2 of 2016 on a transaction adjusted basis
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Congress readies votes Friday on bill to avert government shutdown | FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's overview of the budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2018 are displayed at the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) on its release by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in Washington, U.S. on March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is set to debate legislation that would extend until May 5 the deadline for a deal on federal spending through September and head off a feared government shutdown at midnight on Friday.
The House Rules Committee, in a late-night meeting, voted 8-2 to send the legislation to the full House of Representatives for debate and votes on passage on Friday, just hours before expiry of a deadline for funding many federal agencies.
If the measure passes the House, as expected, the Senate would be prepared to promptly take up the bill, in the hope of also passing it and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
The measure would give Republican and Democratic lawmakers an additional week to work out differences on about $1 trillion in funding for the government through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
Without the extension or a longer-term funding bill, federal agencies will run out of money by midnight Friday, likely triggering abrupt layoffs of hundreds of thousands of federal government workers until funding resumes.
The last government shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 days, and many lawmakers were nervous about the prospect of another.
"I'm confident we will be able to pass a short-term extension" of funding for programs for the fiscal year that began nearly seven months ago, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters early on Thursday.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi warned that the purpose of the stopgap measure was to tie up loose ends of a deal to provide around $1 trillion in money for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and not for "kicking the can down the road to have this same back-and-forth" over funding disputes.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen expressed optimism in a statement that a final funding package will be completed soon.
In the midst of the delicate negotiations, Trump took to social network Twitter to blast Democrats.
"As families prepare for summer vacations in our National Parks - Democrats threaten to close them and shut down the government. Terrible!" Trump tweeted in a series of tweets.
Negotiators were racing against the clock to resolve remaining disputes in the massive spending bill amid talks that have already handed Democrats at least two major victories, despite Republican control of Congress.
Trump, a Republican, gave in to Democratic demands that the spending bill not include money to start building the wall he wants to erect on the U.S.-Mexico border. His administration also agreed to continue funding for a major component of Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, despite vows to end the program.
It remained unclear whether Republicans would prevail in their effort to sharply hike defense spending without similar increases for other domestic programs. Trump has proposed a $30-billion spending boost for the Pentagon for the rest of this fiscal year.
Such funding disputes could resurface later in spending bills for the next fiscal year.
Disagreements remaining to be ironed out include funding to make a healthcare program for coal miners permanent and to plug a gap in Puerto Rico's Medicaid program, the government health insurance program for the poor.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Jonathan Oatis) |
Gambia to remain in ICC, notifies UN of change | The Gambia's new government has asked the United Nations to halt the process of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court begun by the regime of former leader Yahya Jammeh. The Hague-based court, set up in 2002, is often accused of bias against African nations, leading The Gambia, Burundi and South Africa to send notice last year they would no longer recognise the ICC's jurisdiction.
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Weekends With Yankee | New England is known for its postcard-perfect villages. This week on Weekends with Yankee, we pay a visit to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, home of the Norman Rockwell Museum, which houses the famed painter's best-known works.
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As Qatari businesses find new suppliers after Gulf boycott, old Middle East t... | DOHA: The sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states on Qatar have been a blessing for Mohammed Kuwari and his al-Rawa brand of yoghurt. With competing Saudi products off the shelves, his business is booming.
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US defense chief says NKorea 'recklessly tried to provoke' | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea's latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation.
Mattis commented on the weekend missile launch in an interview with reporters traveling with him Tuesday to Saudi Arabia, where he begins a weeklong Mideast tour. His language was stronger than in an initial written statement he issued shortly after the launch, in which he simply said he was aware of the failure.
"The leader of North Korea again recklessly tried to provoke something by launching a missile," he said.
FILE - In this April 11, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon. Mattis is looking to the Middle East and North Africa for broader contributions and new ideas to fight Islamic extremism as the Trump administration fleshes out its counterterrorism strategy. His trip to the region this week includes stops with longstanding allies Israel and Saudi Arabia, and new partners like Djibouti. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Mattis did not identify the type of missile but said it was not of intercontinental range, meaning it could not reach U.S. territory. He did not comment on what might have caused the missile to fail.
Mattis credited China with trying to help get the North Korea situation "under control" with the goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
Asked about his visit to Saudi Arabia, Mattis said the desert kingdom is a "pillar of our security framework for the region."
The U.S. military is providing support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting anti-government Houthi rebels, but Mattis said the U.S. focus is on arranging a United Nations-brokered negotiating team to resolve Yemen's civil war diplomatically.
"This is something, with the number of innocent people dying inside Yemen, that simply has to be brought to an end," he said.
The U.S. security alliance with Saudi Arabia, dating to 1944 and based largely on the Saudis' oil riches, has made Washington the kingdom's most important arms supplier. |
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BRIEF-CBOE Holdings CEO's 2016 compensation was $6 mln vs $4.8 mln in 2015 | BRIEF-BB&T increases prime lending rate to 4.25 pct from 4.00 pct
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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions | (Adds TUI, Glencore, Grupo Seb do Brasil, Allergan, Delta Air, Stada, Onexim, Heineken; Updates PPC, Dalian Wanda, Lundin)
Feb 13 The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Monday:
** Travel group TUI said it had agreed to sell its specialist holiday arm Travelopia to KKR at an enterprise value of 325 million pounds ($407 million).
** Glencore has increased its hold on Democratic Republic of Congo's copper and cobalt resources by buying the remaining stake in the Mutanda mine from resource group Fleurette and increasing its share in Katanga for a total of $960 million.
** Grupo Seb do Brasil said it had agreed to buy 95 percent of Maple Bear Global Schools Ltd's operations in Brazil for $50 million, marking the privately owned education group's first step towards an international expansion.
** Botox maker Allergan Plc agreed to pay $2.48 billion in cash for Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc, adding a system that it says helps people slim down by freezing fat away to the company's line-up of aesthetic products.
** Delta Air Lines Inc raised its offer to buy up to 32 percent of Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV by more than a fifth, valuing the deal at about $590 million.
** Stada has invited rival suitors Cinven Partners and Advent International to the negotiating table, the German generic drugs and consumer care group said, after months of courtship.
** Onexim Group, which manages the assets of Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov, is selling a 2.5 percent stake in Russian aluminium giant Rusal via an accelerated book building process that began on Monday, two banking sources said.
** Heineken, the world's second-largest brewer, agreed to buy the loss-making Brazilian breweries of Japan's Kirin Holdings to boost its presence in the world's third-biggest beer market.
** Drugmaker Ipsen has agreed to buy five consumer healthcare products from bigger French rival Sanofi for 83 million euros ($88 million), in a deal which Ipsen said should boost its profits.
** Grab is likely to announce a deal to buy Indonesian online payment startup Kudo for over $100 million, a source close to the matter said, in a move that will help the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm roll out its services to more customers.
** The prospect of a bidding war drove shares in Stada 13 percent higher after the German drugmaker said it was weighing two takeover approaches, including one from private equity firm Cinven Partners, which valued it at almost 3.5 billion euros ($3.7 billion).
** South Africa's PPC Ltd proposed merging with its nearest rival Afrisam Group, in a renewed attempt to combine the two and an effort to lead consolidation.
** China's state-owned Sinochem is in early talks with Noble Group to buy an equity stake in the embattled trader, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a move that would help it gain access to the commodity trader's global supply chain.
** Japan's Kirin Holdings Co said it would sell its Brazilian unit to Heineken NV subsidiary Bavaria S.A. for 2.2 billion Brazilian reais ($706 million).
** The United Arab Emirates is studying plans to expand the Fujairah oil refinery project up to 400,000 barrels per day, the UAE Energy Minister said.
** China's Dalian Wanda Group has informally approached Deutsche Bank about buying its Postbank business, but a deal is unlikely to materialise, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
** Britain's Co-operative Bank, rescued from the brink of collapse by a group of hedge funds in 2013, has put itself up for sale as it seeks to build up its capital to meet regulatory requirements.
** Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum plans to spin off its assets outside of Norway into a separately listed company and will hand out shares in the new firm to its owners, it said.
** Australian state-owned power grid Endeavour Energy has attracted indicative offers from at least three bidding groups composed of local and foreign investors, according to sources involved in the process.
** Sibanye Gold Ltd has secured a loan of $2.65 billion to support the acquisition of Stillwater Mining Company, the only U.S. miner of platinum and palladium, the South African company said.
** British private equity fund Apax Partners is in talks to buy Israel-based Syneron Medical, an aesthetic device company, for $350 million-$400 million, Israeli financial daily Calcalist reported.
** Investors expecting a deal this year in Tata Steel's talks to merge its European assets with Germany's Thyssenkrupp risk disappointment, given complications associated with the Indian-owned firm's British pension scheme. (Compiled by Nikhil Subba and Akankshita Mukhopadhyay in Bengaluru) |
Angel Di Maria double helps Paris St Germain shock Barcelona in Champions League | Angel Di Maria produced two sublime finishes as Paris St Germain thrashed Barcelona 4-0 at the Parc des Princes, leaving the LaLiga giants facing elimination in the last 16 of the Champions League.
What a free-kick! Up and over to perfection from Di Maria.👏 #UCL #PSGFCB https://t.co/f9JDC29282 — BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) February 14, 2017
The result equalled Barca’s worst in Europe, last achieved by Bayern Munich at the semi-final stage fours years ago, but could easily have been worse as they were outfought, outrun and outclassed.
Former Real Madrid playmaker Di Maria opened the scoring with a fine free-kick on his 29th birthday and curled home a second in between efforts from Julian Draxler and another birthday boy, 30-year-old Edinson Cavani.
Angel Di Maria celebrates after scoring
Barca’s garlanded side were flat from the off, with the likes of Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique reduced to bystanders by a lean, focused PSG display.
When the sides reconvene for the second leg at the Nou Camp, even their very best may not now be good enough to save the tie.
Unai Emery was without the suspended Thiago Motta and the injured Thiago Silva but saw huge performances in their absence, with Champions League debutant Presnel Kimpembe, Marco Veratti and Adrien Rabiot all rivalling the goalscorers.
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Gerrard said it was men against boys in Paris tonight. #PSGFCB #UCL https://t.co/MVkzltFBuI — BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) February 14, 2017
The home side took control of proceedings quickly, dictating the tempo and probing at the edges of the Barcelona defence.
Sergi Roberto needed to be alert to block Cavani’s shot after Di Maria’s incisive ball over the top and Marc-Andre ter Stegen was twice required in the first 10 minutes.
He responded well on both occasions, racing from his box to dink the ball over the pursuing Blaise Matuidi then saving well from the France midfielder after good work from Rabiot.
The pressure told in the 17th minute after Draxler coaxed a foul from Samuel Umtiti just a couple of yards outside the box. Di Maria struck the ball beautifully, getting his effort up and down in time to leave Ter Stegen no chance.
How much did you enjoy Angel Di Maria's free kick?! 🔴🔵 #PARISESTMAGIQUE pic.twitter.com/skFOTRQ8pE — PSG English (@PSG_English) February 14, 2017
It took Barca time to respond but when they did, thanks to Neymar’s powerful run and pass, it was nearly 1-1.
With Neymar drawing defenders towards him Andre Gomes found room on the overlap, collecting a measured pass only to see goalkeeper Kevin Trapp divert his shot wide.
A Barca break, predictably orchestrated by Neymar, left them exposed on the counter and PSG came close to a second in the 33rd minute when Draxler breezed past Roberto and struck at the near post. Ter Stegen, flinging a glove to his right, made the save.
They deservedly doubled their advantage before half-time after an off-colour Messi coughed up possession to Rabiot in midfield. Veratti advanced at speed and when he switched the play to Draxler 12 yards out, the German buried his shot.
The second half was even more one-sided, the Spanish giants lethargic and susceptible to PSG’s pace and purpose in attack.
It took them just under 10 minutes to score again, this time building from the back and sweeping aside a tired press from the Barca frontline.
Di Maria was the ultimate target and he was inexplicably allowed to cut in from the right, unchallenged as he moved into shooting range and bent a left-footed effort into the corner.
Genius at work... The moment Angel Di Maria made it a 3-0 PSG lead!!! #PSGFCB pic.twitter.com/HFhlyqnBIN — PSG English (@PSG_English) February 14, 2017
The tracking may have been lacking, notably from Iniesta, but Di Maria’s execution was superb. Moments later he was gone, replaced by Lucas Moura after a memorable hour’s work.
The fourth felt inevitable and was threatened on several occasions before Thomas Meunier sauntered upfield and slotted in Cavani. With Pique failing to get tight enough, the striker calmly dispatched his shot past Ter Stegen to send the hosts into dreamland.
Umtiti somehow headed against the post from a yard as the lifeline of an away goal evaporated but Luis Enrique’s humbled outfit might easily have walked away with an even more damaging defeat. |
Australia shares expected to start week higher, NZ slips | Dec 11 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to open higher on Monday, following Friday's gains on Wall Street on better than expected jobs data, and supported by firm commodity prices. U.S. non-farm payrolls rose by 228,000 jobs last month amid broad gains in hiring as the distortions from the recent hurricanes faded, Labor Department data showed, topping expectations of a rise in jobs of 200,000. Australian share price index futures rose 0.4 percent, or 23 points, to 6024 - a 29.6-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark ended up 0.3 percent on Friday and gained about 0.1 percent on the week. New Zealand's S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.2 percent to 8218.50 by 2107 GMT. (Reporting by Rushil Dutta in Bengaluru; Editing by Greg Mahlich) |
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Australian Women's Open: Top players not worried about No 1 | ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Ariya Jutanugarn is resigned to the fact that 2017 couldn't possibly be better than her breakout year in 2016. A day ahead of the start of the Women's Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, the 21-year-old Thai golfer also says she's not putting pressure on herself to overtake Lydia Ko for the No. 1 ranking.
After winning five tournaments last year, Jutanugarn captured the LPGA Tour's player of the year award, the money title and the season-long points competition that came with a $1 million bonus.
"I'm not going to try to compare myself this year with last year, because this year, it's not going to be like 2016," Jutanugarn said Wednesday. "I'm just going to try my best with everything and try to be more happy on the course and try to have fun."
Jutanugarn made her comments not long after Ko said she wasn't concerned about being on the radar of other golfers wishing to overtake her for the top ranking. And Jutanugarn also played down the importance of her ranking.
"This year, my target, I won't worry about the ranking at all," she said. "I mean, there's going to be a lot of expectation from other people, so I want to play with my own expectations."
Jutanugarn will tee off in the first round on Thursday afternoon with defending champion Haru Nomura of Japan and England's Charley Hull.
Here are some other things to know about the LPGA tournament which will help Royal Adelaide celebrate its 125th anniversary.
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THE FIELD: Ko is among four of the top 10-ranked players entered. As well, 10 major champions, including three from 2016, are in a field that includes Brooke Henderson and Michelle Wie and Australian veteran Karrie Webb.
Ko, a South Korean-born New Zealander, has been a pro golfer since October 2013, and she's been No. 1 for roughly half of that time. She's held the top ranking for the past 68 weeks, after a previous stint in 2015. "I have been fortunate enough to be in this position for so long and obviously it takes a lot of hard work and, I think, luck at the same time," Ko said Wednesday. "But when we're out there, we're not thinking about what ranked player she is to me, or what I am. That is the mindset I have been trying to take. I feel more self-pressure rather than pressure from others."
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CONSISTENT HENDERSON: No. 8-ranked Henderson had the second-most top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour in 2016 behind Jutanugarn (16) with 15 in her 31 starts. Between February and April, the 19-year-old Canadian had eight straight top-10 finishes, and later captured two wins in June including her first major at the Women's PGA Championship. "2016 was really incredible, having my first major win ... a top 10 at the Olympics, incredible experience and I feel like I learned a lot about myself on and off the course."
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GETTING A (NEW) GRIP: Wie is back for the first time since 2012 at the Women's Australian Open, where she missed her cut in her only previous appearance in this event. She has five top-10 finishes since her last LPGA victory at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open and had just one top-10 all of last season, after having none in 2015. After missing the cut at the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic, Wie said she plans a new style on the greens in Adelaide- the "claw" putting grip made popular by Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia. Wie will also shelve her "table-top" stance, where her body is at a 90-degree angle over the ball, to a regular position over the putter.
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GALLERIES NOTE: Ko has been paired with Jang Ha-na of South Korea and Henderson for a morning start Thursday. Five-time champion Webb will play alongside American major champion Mo Martin and Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg. Wie has an afternoon start with fellow Americans Angel Yin and Mariah Stackhouse. |
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