Cottage Street Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF ( NYSEARCA:IJS – Free Report ) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 11,656 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,091,000. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of IJS. Atticus Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/04/cottage-street-advisors-llc-takes-position-in-ishares-sp-small-cap-600-value-etf-nysearcaijs.html

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Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe, center, and teammates attend a training session at St. James' Park, Newcastle, England, Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023, ahead of their Champions League soccer match against Newcastle United on Wednesday. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT; NO SALES; NO ARCHIVE; PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE STORED OR USED FOR MORE THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION; MANDATORY CREDIT

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Valley Forge Investment Consultants Inc. ADV purchased a new stake in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA:VBK – Free Report ) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 1,657 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $358,000. Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF by 140,737.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/08/06/valley-forge-investment-consultants-inc-adv-purchases-new-stake-in-vanguard-small-cap-growth-etf-nysearcavbk.html

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India News: NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday instructed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to brief the floor leaders of political parties ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-to-brief-leaders-of-political-parties-on-developments-in-afghanistan/articleshow/85557737.cms

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The UK has 42,000 miles of rivers, but the public has access to only 1400 miles of them. Paul and Rebecca Whitwick investiage the twin issues of our pitifully limited access to river banks, at least in England, and the polluted state of many rivers.

http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2023/06/paul-and-rebecca-whitewick-investigate.html

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Norfolk Southern Co. ( NYSE:NSC – Get Rating ) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 2,680,000 shares, an increase of 22.9% from the February 13th total of 2,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,490,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's shares are short sold. Institutional Trading of Norfolk Southern A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/12/norfolk-southern-co-nysensc-sees-large-increase-in-short-interest.html

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Pinnacle West Capital Co. ( NYSE:PNW – Get Rating ) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research issued their Q1 2023 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pinnacle West Capital in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 21st. Zacks Research analyst A. Ganguly forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.11 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Pinnacle West Capital's current full-year earnings is $4.08 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pinnacle West Capital's Q2 2023 earnings at $1.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/25/pinnacle-west-capital-co-nysepnw-forecasted-to-post-q1-2023-earnings-of-0-11-per-share.html

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FILE - Migrants walk inside the medieval core at the old city of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Cyprus has formally called on the European Union to re-evaluate which areas of Syria can be declared as safe zones that are free from armed conflict so that Syrian migrants can eventually be repatriated there. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, Files) FILE PHOTO

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FILE - U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner warms up before the United States faces Panama in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal soccer match Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in San Diego. United States goalkeeper Matt Turner has joined Nottingham Forest from Arsenal for a reported 10 million pounds ($12.75 million) it was announced on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) FILE PHOTO

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Tobias Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF ( BATS:IEFA – Get Rating ) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 10,558 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $556,000. Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Clearbridge Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,400,000.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/08/tobias-financial-advisors-inc-makes-new-investment-in-ishares-core-msci-eafe-etf-batsiefa.html

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Editor's note: The U.S. territory of Guam is comprised of 21 villages, many with their own distinct character, history and points of interest. and Guampedia have joined forces to present this weekly feature on each of them in the hopes that it will help our readers get out – and get to know – our gracious hosts. To learn more about Guam's people, history, culture and places, visit: guampedia.com The meaning of 'Yigo' is unclear. According to some it comes from the Spanish word yugo which means yoke (the type used to secure a carabao to a cart or plow).

https://guam.stripes.com/travel/get-know-guam-yigo-where-everyone-wants-live

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news As we wrote in our review of , it is a really challenging adventure, and especially the first boss has a reputation of being unreasonable hard. This is something that a whole lot of players got to experience last week when the game premiered, as it was also included with Xbox Game Pass. The latter led to a whole lot of people trying it out, but it seems like an overwhelming majority of Xbox gamers simply decided that this wasn't their cup of tea. As noticed by TrueAchievements , only 33% of all gamers on Xbox has managed to pass the first boss.

https://www.gamereactor.eu/wo-long-fallen-dynasty-players-struggles-with-the-first-boss-on-xbox-1248153/

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Imagine purchasing a robot to perform household tasks. This robot was built and trained in a factory on a certain set of tasks and has never seen the items in your home. When you ask it to pick up a mug from your kitchen table, it might not recognize your mug (perhaps because this mug is painted with an unusual image, say, of MIT's mascot, Tim the Beaver). So, the robot fails. "Right now, the way we train these robots, when they fail, we don't really know why. So you would just throw up your hands and say, 'OK, I guess we have to start over.

https://www.miragenews.com/new-method-speeds-up-robot-learning-1049070/

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NASAs SpaceX Crew-8 Crew Portrait Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASAs SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick , Pilot Michael Barratt , and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps , along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, will join Expedition 70 and 71 crew members aboard the station in early 2024 to conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities.

https://www.miragenews.com/nasa-assigns-spacex-crew-8-for-space-station-1060438/

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The judge's ruling only involves the two parties involved and doesn't block the new law from otherwise taking across the state.

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-abortion-law-suffers-first-defeat-court-1626101

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) -- Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will broadcast the 32 South East Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia live beginning today till May 17 on the Okey and RTM Sports channels. The Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia announced in a statement today that 43 live telecasts will be aired on Okey and RTM Sports channels, with an average of six hours in three sessions. 'The morning session will be a daily morning report from 10 am to noon, while for the afternoon session, a daily afternoon report from 2 pm till 5 pm, and at night, a daily roundup from 10 pm to 11 pm.

https://www.bernama.com/en/general/news.php?id=2186474

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The Victorian Greens have called out the State Labor Government's continued go slow on introducing meaningful integrity reform in the wake of a joint IBAC and Ombudsman update on the implementation of recommendations from Operation Watts. Operation Watts was an investigation into how branch stacking in the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) resulted in the misuse of public funds for party political purposes, and subversion of parliamentary standards and processes. The update released today found that only two of the 21 recommendations had been acquitted in full by the government, despite it having publicly committed to supporting all recommendations prior to last year's election.

https://www.miragenews.com/aussie-greens-criticize-govt-inaction-post-ibac-1084117/

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CAIRO, May 28 (Bernama-Sputnik) - The Egyptian Prosecutor General's office has received a complaint against Netflix's new documentary series "Queen Cleopatra" demanding its ban due to alleged cultural insensitivity and historical inaccuracies, reported Sputnik citing an El-Watan newspaper report on Sunday. The four-episode docudrama premiered on Netflix on May 10 and sparked a major controversy as it stars biracial British actress Adele James as Cleopatra, Egypt's last pharaoh who ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom until its annexation by Romans in 30 BC.

https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=2193230

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Shares of Capital Southwest Co. ( NASDAQ:CSWC – Get Rating ) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Wednesday following a stronger than expected earnings report. Approximately 546,536 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 87% from the previous session's volume of 291,889 shares.The stock last traded at $18.24 and had previously closed at $18.35. The asset manager reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.03. Capital Southwest had a return on equity of 13.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/24/capital-southwest-nasdaqcswc-sees-large-volume-increase-after-earnings-beat.html

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In other news, Tories demanding impartiality, a tugging of the forelock by a lad born of a greengrocer, while appointing a Tory spiv to head an organisation requiring Tory impartiality... But that's a story from a distant land, and this day the pond takes as its text Robert Frost's ... They cannot look out far. The cannot look in deep. But when was that ever a bar To any watch they keep? (in full here ). Whatever Frost's original intention, is there any better evocation of the reptiles slaving away in the house of Murdoch?  They can't look too far, or they might spot those Tories in the Graudian,  Pressure on BBC chair mounts over Gary Lineker suspension , a nd they can never look in deep, and today's offerings are particularly wretched and pathetic, so the pond thought it might start with a most excellent jolly jape amongst chums .

http://loonpond.blogspot.com/2023/03/in-which-pond-begins-with-hint-of.html

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