Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, met with lawmakers behind closed doors Monday to testify about the younger Biden's business dealings and what, if any, involvement his father had with them. Archer and his attorney Matthew Schwartz were on Capitol Hill for several hours for a closed-door interview with the Republican-led House Oversight Committee. Archer was expected to provide details related to Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine, ABC News previously reported.

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The sinkings came as smugglers increasingly favour a perilous route from Turkey to Italy, which avoids Greece's heavily patrolled eastern Aegean islands.

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The Los Angeles Rams may have no choice but to release the 2022 Super Bowl MVP. The team is struggling to find a suitable destination for Cooper Kupp and will r...

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Richard OlsonFILE - U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 16, 2015. Olson was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $93,350 fine Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, for improperly helping a wealthy Persian Gulf country influence U.S. policy and not disclosing gifts he received from a disgraced political fundraiser. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE PHOTO

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UNEXPECTED FIND | Police officers rescued not only victims of human trafficking but also fugitives wanted in their countries during the raid of a Philippine offshore gaming operator hub in Las Piñas City. (File photo by MARIANNE BERMUDEZ / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police , has raised the alarm over the 'possibility' that more foreign fugitives may be employed in other online gambling firms after a recent human trafficking raid in Las Piñas involved four Chinese and three Taiwanese outlaws.

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Aptinyx Inc. ( NASDAQ:APTX – Get Rating ) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 418,200 shares, a growth of 48.6% from the February 28th total of 281,500 shares. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of equities analysts recently commented on APTX shares.

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The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust ( NYSEAMERICAN:GLU – Get Rating ) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, May 24th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.10 per share on Thursday, August 24th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 16th. The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust Trading Up 0.1 % Shares of NYSEAMERICAN GLU traded up $0.

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Hyundai-Kia-US market Hyundai, Kia's U.S. market share stays above 10 pct in H1: data SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- The combined U.S. market share of Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Corp. inched up in the first half of the year from a year earlier, managing to stay above the 10 percent range amid the recovery in demand and output, data showed Sunday. Their combined share came to 10.6 percent in the January-June period, up 0.3 percentage point from the previous year, according to the data by the U.

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Pocket Network ( POKT ) traded 1.9% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM Eastern on May 13th. One Pocket Network token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0400 or 0.00000149 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last week, Pocket Network has traded down 1.4% against the U.S. dollar. Pocket Network has a total market capitalization of $40.79 million and approximately $503,244.37 worth of Pocket Network was traded on exchanges in the last day.

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loanDepot, Inc. ( NYSE:LDI – Free Report ) insider Jeff Alexander Walsh sold 24,846 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.99, for a total value of $49,443.54. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 4,274,957 shares in the company, valued at $8,507,164.43. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website . Jeff Alexander Walsh also recently made the following trade(s): On Tuesday, June 6th, Jeff Alexander Walsh sold 42,934 shares of loanDepot stock.

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Victorian farmers are taking a more pessimistic outlook on the year ahead, despite the state currently enjoying "generally good" seasonal conditions in most areas, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found. Though down on last quarter, the decline was relatively small compared to falls in rural confidence seen in other states this quarter, with Victorian farmers also more positive than the rest of the nation. The survey, released today, found net rural confidence in the state has declined from -24 per cent last quarter to -31 per cent, with 44 per cent of Victorian farmers now expecting business conditions to worsen in the coming 12 months (up from 37 per cent with that view in the previous quarter).

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Pinnacle West Capital ( NYSE:PNW – Get Rating ) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The utilities provider reported ($0.03) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by ($0.06), Briefing.com reports. Pinnacle West Capital had a return on equity of 7.87% and a net margin of 11.18%. The business had revenue of $944.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $808.33 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.

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A model wears a creation for the Stella McCartney Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer) 092623129660, 21334631,

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A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States, August 9, 2023. (Erin Hawk/Handout via REUTERS) LAHAINA, Hawaii  – U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii next week to survey the devastation left in the wake of the deadly wildfires that ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina last week, the White House said on Wednesday. Biden on Monday will meet with first responders and survivors, as well as federal, state and local officials, the White House said in a statement.

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HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two people were charged with looting a home damaged by Hurricane Idalia in Florida's Big Bend region, as residents' concerns grew that burglars could be tempted to hit other hurricane-ravaged homes since law enforcement is stretched thin in the remote, wooded area along the Gulf Coast. Some residents of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, one of the communities hardest hit after Idalia made landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, urged law enforcement to set up checkpoints where people would have to show identification in order to get into the town.

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50 nA PO sila! Jim Paredes and Boboy Garrovillo of Apo Hiking Society are set to celebrate their 50 years in the entertainment industry with a two-day concert next month. The golden anniversary celebration set for July 15 and 16 will be held where it all began for Paredes, Garrovillo and the late APO member Danny Javier — at the Ateneo de Manila University, specifically at the Hyundai Hall, Areté. In his Instagram post, Paredes gave their fans an idea of what they can expect from the show, promising 'surprise and delight and originality with musical memories, spiels, show stopping numbers and new cool stuff.

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Red Cedar Capital LLC decreased its position in AbbVie Inc. ( NYSE:ABBV – Get Rating ) by 4.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,652 shares of the company's stock after selling 124 shares during the period. Red Cedar Capital LLC's holdings in AbbVie were worth $429,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of ABBV.

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LAGUNA-PAMPANGA LINE The first of the Japan-made trains of the North-South Commuter Railway arrives at the project's Malanday depot in Valenzuela City. The 147-kilometer mass transport system is expected to reduce travel time from Laguna to Pampanga by half, and will have 35 stations in 28 local governments along its route. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE The 147-kilometer railway system that will link Pampanga and Laguna provinces—the longest in the country—came closer to reality with the signing by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of three contract packages (CPs) worth a combined P52.

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The UK Markey Cancer Center has been named a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. State and university leaders gathered in Lexington on Friday, Sept. 15, to celebrate the Markey Center's designation. (Silas Walker/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP) TUESDAY, SEPT. 12, 2023 PHOTO. MANDATORY CREDIT

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Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its position in shares of Oracle Co. ( NYSE:ORCL – Get Rating ) by 73.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 220,561 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after purchasing an additional 93,170 shares during the quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia's holdings in Oracle were worth $18,029,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company.

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