MANILA, Philippines–Whether he re-signs with Rain or Shine, moves on to another club, or finally calls it a career is the farthest thing from James Yap's mind. At least for now. 'We're going to have two weeks break, so I'm just going to focus on [fulfilling my duties] as a councilor in San Juan,' he told reporters on Friday night, shortly after Rain or Shine lost to San Miguel Beer, 129-116, in its final game in the PBA Governors' Cup. 'For now, I won't be thinking of anything (basketball), or practices.

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Jake Davis, Diego LunaSporting Kansas City midfielder Jake Davis, left, and and Real Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna, right, vie for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Sandy, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PYPL – Free Report ) by 0.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 837,690 shares of the credit services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 7,705 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp owned approximately 0.07% of PayPal worth $63,614,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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Scan Pyramids project team announces new discovery in the Cheops Pyramid in Giza(CORRECTION) ? This is to amend images epa10498638, epa10498630, epa10498626, epa10498625, epa10498624 and epa10498623 issued on 02 March 2023, correcting month in date to March (not: February). The revised caption reads: Tourists visit the Giza Plateau, home of the Great Pyramids of Giza, in Giza, Egypt, 02 March 2023. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the Scan Pyramids project team announced they have discovered the presence of a corridor in the pyramid of Cheops, that could lead to the funerary chamber of the pharaoh, until now a mystery, since his mummy has not yet been found.

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ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. ( NASDAQ:SFBS – Get Rating ) CEO Thomas A. Broughton purchased 3,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $49.95 per share, for a total transaction of $149,850.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 259,691 shares in the company, valued at $12,971,565.45. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink .

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LOS ANGELES— Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the weekend, was also linked with a return to Barcelona, but the Spanish club has had their hands tied due to LaLiga's financial fair play rules. 'I made the decision that I'm going to go to Miami,' Messi said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo and Sport newspapers.

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Boxed ( NYSE:BOXDQ – Get Rating ) is one of 35 public companies in the 'Catalog & mail – order houses' industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Boxed to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and dividends. Analyst Recommendations This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Boxed and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat. Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Boxed 0 0 0 0 N/A Boxed Competitors 108 619 921 26 2.

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iPath Bloomberg Lead Subindex Total Return ETN ( NYSEARCA:LD – Get Rating ) dropped 0.4% on Monday . The company traded as low as $46.14 and last traded at $46.14. Approximately 1 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 100% from the average daily volume of 757 shares. The stock had previously closed at $46.32. iPath Bloomberg Lead Subindex Total Return ETN Price Performance The firm's fifty day moving average is $45.92 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.78. Receive News & Ratings for iPath Bloomberg Lead Subindex Total Return ETN Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for iPath Bloomberg Lead Subindex Total Return ETN and related companies with MarketBeat.

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Occidental Petroleum ( NYSE:OXY – Free Report ) had its price target decreased by Raymond James from $80.00 to $75.00 in a research report released on Monday, Benzinga reports. Raymond James currently has a strong-buy rating on the oil and gas producer's stock. Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the company. UBS Group began coverage on Occidental Petroleum in a research note on Wednesday, April 19th. They issued a neutral rating and a $68.00 target price for the company.

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BTS member-military BTS member Suga begins mandatory military service SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- Suga, a member of the K-pop sensation BTS, on Friday began his mandatory military service as a social service agent. Suga, 30, is the third member of the septet to enlist in the military, following Jin in December 2022, and J-Hope in April this year. "I was able to come this far thanks to you. And the time has come. I will faithfully complete my duty and come back," Suga wrote on fan community platform Weverse.

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Duke Engineering launched the Beyond the Horizon initiative to provide interdisciplinary teams with substantial investment to begin pursuing extremely high-risk, high-reward projects that have the potential for deep, transformative societal impact. Six proposals were selected for an initial round of funding that will play key roles in shaping Duke Engineering's future research and teaching profile. Each play to the school's unique strengths and holds the promise of helping to define the future of their respective fields.

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As thousands of bullfighting aficionados gather across southern France for traditional summer ferias, opponents of the practice are reviving their fight for an

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TiraVerse ( TVRS ) traded up 0% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 9:00 AM E.T. on May 7th. Over the last week, TiraVerse has traded down 0% against the US dollar. TiraVerse has a market cap of $899,407.83 and $0.46 worth of TiraVerse was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One TiraVerse token can currently be bought for approximately $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on exchanges. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 3.

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As fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui was arrested in New York Wednesday, his long-time financial adviser and alleged co-conspirator William Je also faces U.S. criminal charges. Je, 56, is currently at large. Also known as Kin Ming Je, he allegedly helped Guo in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy. Je was charged with the same 11 counts of federal criminal charges as Guo, plus obstruction of justice, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday in a statement.

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According to a recently published research paper by a team of scientists, a groundbreaking approach has been developed to create artificial allosteric sites (where by binding an effector molecule, activity at the distal active site is regulated) in protein complexes. This breakthrough research holds significant promise for a wide range of applications in industrial, biological, medical, and agricultural fields. The team's work is published in Nature Chemistry on 06 July 2023 at 16:00 (London time) Protein complexes, such as hemoglobin and molecular motors, exert concerted functions through cooperative work between the subunits (constituent proteins in the protein complex).

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Secure Energy Services ( TSE:SES – Get Rating ) had its price objective raised by equities research analysts at TD Securities from C$8.50 to C$9.00 in a research note issued on Friday, BayStreet.CA reports. The firm currently has a 'hold' rating on the stock. TD Securities' target price would suggest a potential upside of 6.13% from the stock's previous close. SES has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Secure Energy Services from C$11.

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PHNOM PENH—Irish Magno sought revenge, but the Tokyo Olympian ran through a smart and agile Jutamas Jitpong of Thailand to settle for a silver medal on Saturday for the second Southeast Asian Games in a row. Jitpong cleverly eluded Magno's attacks with a brisk footwork and delivered several crisp counter punches that merited the blessings of the judges on her way to grabbing the gold anew via unanimous decision in the women's 54kg category. It wasn't enough though as the Thai slugger pummeled her rival with accurate hits while moving out within range of Magno's fists.

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Canada Rare Earth Corp. ( CVE:LL – Get Rating ) fell 20% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as C$0.04 and last traded at C$0.04. 109,000 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 137% from the average session volume of 45,917 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$0.05. Canada Rare Earth Price Performance The company has a current ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 81.93. The business's fifty day moving average is C$0.

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From left: Robert Scott and Loren Kroenke aboard D/V Glomar Challenger (ship), 1978. Loren Kroenke, emeritus faculty researcher in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology ( SOEST ), died on May 17, at the age of 84. As a geophysicist at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology ( HIGP ) in SOEST since 1963, Kroenke focused his research activities on understanding Pacific Plate motion, hot spot volcanism, and the formation and history of the Ontong Java Plateau, a massive oceanic plateau that represents the largest volcanic event of the past 200 million years.

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Van Berkom & Associates Inc. lessened its stake in shares of The Ensign Group, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ENSG – Get Rating ) by 1.9% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 810,628 shares of the company's stock after selling 15,800 shares during the quarter. The Ensign Group makes up about 3.3% of Van Berkom & Associates Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Van Berkom & Associates Inc.'s holdings in The Ensign Group were worth $76,694,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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