Crewe Advisors LLC reduced its position in Duke Energy Co. ( NYSE:DUK – Get Rating ) by 6.2% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 5,234 shares of the utilities provider's stock after selling 348 shares during the period. Crewe Advisors LLC's holdings in Duke Energy were worth $539,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of DUK. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Duke Energy by 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/04/crewe-advisors-llc-cuts-stake-in-duke-energy-co-nyseduk.html

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Orchid ( OXT ) traded 1.9% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 20:00 PM ET on May 21st. Orchid has a market cap of $64.47 million and approximately $574,243.39 worth of Orchid was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Orchid token can now be bought for approximately $0.0670 or 0.00000250 BTC on exchanges. Over the last week, Orchid has traded 2.5% lower against the U.S. dollar. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: Toncoin (TON) traded 2.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/21/orchid-price-reaches-0-0670-on-major-exchanges-oxt.html

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That income from property or 'general fund' rates (which excludes water, sewer and waste charges) is just over $23 million for the current financial year. This is only 21% of Council's general fund income with the remainder coming from grants, user fees and charges and other revenue. Residential rates make up the biggest proportion with 13,144 properties paying rates. The average residential general rate charged across the Kempsey Shire for 2023-24 is $1,274. That income from rates is used to meet community expectations for core services and to support delivery of services that are not commonly supplemented by grants.

https://www.miragenews.com/how-does-council-spend-my-rates-1089027/

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Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. ( NYSEAMERICAN:NHS – Get Free Report ) declared a monthly dividend on Friday, September 1st, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of 0.0905 per share by the investment management company on Friday, September 29th. This represents a $1.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 13.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th. Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund has raised its dividend payment by an average of 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/03/neuberger-berman-high-yield-strategies-fund-inc-declares-monthly-dividend-of-0-09-nyseamericannhs.html

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PARIS — Britain's King Charles on Friday cancelled a state visit to France next week after social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law erupted into some of the worst street violence seen in years across the country. The postponement – at Macron's request – will be a major embarrassment to the French leader, who had hoped the monarch's visit would mark a symbolic step in the two countries' efforts to turn a page after years of poor relations over Britain's exit from the European Union.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1747958/violent-protests-in-france-force-postponement-of-king-charles-visit

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This Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, video image released by the Irvine Police Department shows Irvine police officers holding a pit bull puppy tha may have gotten into its owner's fentanyl stash in Irvine, Calif. The puppy that California police believe got into its owners' fentanyl stash was administered an overdose-reversing drug and is recovering, officials said. The dog's owners, a man and a woman, were arrested and could face charges including drug possession and animal cruelty, according to the Irvine Police Department.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/077/0006028589?sid=104

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MANILA -The Philippine national government's budget surplus in the tax filing month of April ballooned to P66.8 billion from P4.9 billion in the same month of 2022 as the growth in revenues outran that of spending. The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said the latest monthly readout helped narrow the January-April deficit by 35 percent to P204.1 billon from P311.9 billion. April expenses grew by 9 percent to P373.9 billion while four-month disbursements grew slightly by 1.2 percent to P1.5 trillion.

https://business.inquirer.net/403090/ph-budget-surplus-ballooned-in-april

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Thank you Mr President, Thank you Special Rapporteur for your report which provides a timely update to the international community on Lukashenko's ongoing brutal and systematic campaign of repression. Let me begin by expressing the UK's solidarity with the Belarusian people who have shown immense courage in the face of relentless repression. The extent of this repression is staggering. Belarus is holding almost 1,500 of its own citizens as political prisoners. A large part of civil society has been destroyed, journalists and human rights defenders are targeted, and peaceful demonstrations are brutally repressed.

https://www.miragenews.com/www.miragenews.com/un-hrc53-interactive-dialogue-with-special-1040526/

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MANILA  -The substantial decline in fisheries production amid lower demand and higher input costs led to the contraction in the country's farm output in the second quarter, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA reported Wednesday that agricultural production shrank by 1.3 percent in the three months ending June from the slight dip of 0.5 percent recorded in the same period a year ago. This brought the value of agriculture and fishery production at constant 2018 prices to P427.

https://business.inquirer.net/415060/psa-q2-farm-output-contracted-by-1-3

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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - The U.S. government is restarting asylum appointments at a dangerous Mexican border town, according to Customs and Borders Protection (CBP), just days after U.S. officials suspended the scheduling of appointments there because drug cartels were extorting migrants. The reversal comes after more than 1,500 asylum seekers flocked to Mexico's Nuevo Laredo in recent days, sleeping in a plaza near the international bridge, after word spread that the United States had begun to accept more migrants here without asylum appointments.

http://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2023-06-29-story-h-247374358-U_S_restarts_asylum_appointments_at_Mexico_border_town_despite_extortio

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To ensure Council meetings remain open and accessible to the community, the City of Greater Bendigo will trial some changes to how it runs its monthly meetings. For all remaining Council meetings in 2023: Anyone wanting to attend a monthly Council meeting in the Bendigo Town Hall and sit in the public gallery must show photo identification on entry Anyone wanting to have a question answered as part of question time must lodge it by 4pm on the Friday before the scheduled monthly Council meeting, held on the fourth Monday of the month.

https://www.miragenews.com/council-to-trial-changes-to-council-meetings-1049448/

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California's Proposition 50 could reshape congressional districts while New York City voters will decide on election timing and affordable housing measures.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/your-guide-to-key-ballot-measures-being-voted-on-in-california-and-new-york-city-on-tuesday

The year 2018 felt like a particularly hopeful time for actresses and women everywhere. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the resulting #MeToo movement, over 300 women in Hollywood banded together to form Time's Up — an anti-sexual harassment organization promoting gender safety and equity in the workplace. They had high-profile supporters like Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, and Ashley Judd, and managed to raise over $22 million in their first year to provide legal aid to survivors. As of last January, however, Time's Up ceased to operate.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/163134/transparency-accountability-over-perfection

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LanzaTech Global, Inc. ( NASDAQ:LNZA – Get Rating )'s stock price dropped 5.9% on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $3.16 and last traded at $3.18. Approximately 115,499 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 65% from the average daily volume of 326,511 shares. The stock had previously closed at $3.38. LanzaTech Global Trading Down 5.9 % LanzaTech Global Company Profile ( Get Rating ) LanzaTech Global Inc converts waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging and other products which people use in their daily lives.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/11/lanzatech-global-nasdaqlnza-trading-down-5-9.html

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Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday damaging critical port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of deliberately striking its Black Sea grain facilities after Russia quit an export deal meant to stave off a global crisis.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/odesa-port-hit-as-russia-launches-nighttime-attacks-across-ukraine/video/4559249de2965556822d924f4fc6687b

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FILE PHOTO: Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), reports to police over his charge of obstructing police, in Hong Kong, China September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG — The head of Hong Kong's leading journalists group was sentenced on Monday to five days jail for obstructing police officers in September last year after a case seen by some critics as a further blow to media freedoms in the financial hub. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, was detained and handcuffed by two plainclothes officers while covering a story after he failed to hand over his personal identity card.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1836664/head-of-hong-kong-journalists-group-sentenced-to-jail-for-obstructing-police

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — A lawyer of Mandaue City government has called the filing of a complaint for the alleged cutting of mangroves against a contractor in Plaridel Interior in Barangay Paknaan this city as a form of harassment. 'It's basically a harassment case,' said Lawyer Julius Cesar Entise of the Mandaue City Assessor's Office told CDN Digital. Complaint against contractor Entise was referring to the complaint filed by Maria Priscilla Melendres, a resident of La Guardia in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City, against BNR Construction and Development Corp.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/513067/mandaue-lawyer-calls-case-against-contractor-clearing-mangrove-area-as-harassment

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BlackRock ( NYSE:BLK – Free Report ) had its target price lifted by Jefferies Financial Group from $741.00 to $781.00 in a research report sent to investors on Monday, FlyOnTheWall reports. A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on BlackRock from $840.00 to $780.00 and set an overweight rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 5th. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on BlackRock from $760.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/13/jefferies-financial-group-increases-blackrock-nyseblk-price-target-to-781-00.html

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One of the few teams to have defeated Australia's all-conquering women's team in recent times, Ireland will host Meg Lanning's side for three one-day internationals in July following the multi-format Ashes series. Ireland pulled off a major surprise when they toppled Australia by three wickets in South Africa in February, albeit in a warm-up match for the T20 World Cup that Australia eventually won. That match saw Beth Mooney, Grace Harris and Lanning score four runs between them, before Ireland, led by skipper Laura Delany's aggressive 32, chased down the total of 5-168 with three wickets and two balls to spare.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-ireland-three-match-odi-series-details-revealed-dublin-ashes/2023-03-31

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