Samalin Investment Counsel LLC grew its stake in shares of Ares Capital Co. ( NASDAQ:ARCC – Get Rating ) by 280.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 39,907 shares of the investment management company's stock after acquiring an additional 29,414 shares during the quarter. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC's holdings in Ares Capital were worth $737,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ARCC.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/25/samalin-investment-counsel-llc-purchases-29414-shares-of-ares-capital-co-nasdaqarcc.html

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It's the AI Update for MAY, recorded live at The Multi-Unit Franchising Conference in Vegas. Joining us today: Patti Rother of The NOW Massage and Stay In Your Lane sharing the latest tools she's using now and a few she's beta testing. Robert Mitchell of Ultra Pool Care Squad discusses what's happening this month with some of the biggest AI players. And we'll catch up with Mark Spencer of Consumer Fusion on how AI is changing reviews. Thanks to Serviceminder, Hughes, AnswerConnect, and BIGGBY Coffee.

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Triangle Securities Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of KKR & Co. Inc. ( NYSE:KKR – Get Rating ) by 0.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 82,958 shares of the asset manager's stock after buying an additional 392 shares during the period. KKR & Co. Inc. accounts for about 1.4% of Triangle Securities Wealth Management's portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest holding.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/18/kkr-co-inc-nysekkr-shares-bought-by-triangle-securities-wealth-management.html

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SHAH ALAM: The Health Ministry is on high alert for any possible existence of 'Disease X' in the country, said Deputy Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni (pic). He said that preparations were based on the experience of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and other infections such as Nipah and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), despite the fact that the disease had not yet been discovered. Lukanisman said that the ministry would always monitor developments at home as well as abroad and ensure the country's health system was strengthened to face any eventuality.

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CAMARINES NORTE, Philippines — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Tinaga Island in the town of Vinzons in Camarines Norte on Thursday, March 24, at 11:13 p.m. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the earthquake's epicenter was located 16 kilometers southeast of Tinaga Island (Vinzons) in Camarines Norte. It had a depth of one kilometer and was of tectonic origin. The earthquake was felt at Intensity II in Daet, Camarines Norte. No damages or injuries have been reported so far.

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Fire beetles depend on wildfires, showing that some species may thrive as heat waves and droughts make fires more common.

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/371373/wildlife-season-fire-beetles-climate-change

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Martin Naro was born and raised on Long Island, NY. Since early high school Martin was passionate about entrepreneurship and sustainability. Martin graduated from the University of Rhode Island early in order to pursue his goal of building a successful recycling technology company. After six years of industry experience and bootstrapping Recycletek's technology, Martin's team was able to raise over $2M through grants and private capital. Today Recycletek provides the fastest and most accurate deposit container buyback technology, with aspirations for the technology to be globally available before the end of 2024.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wordofmomradio/2023/06/14/recycletek-founder-martin-naro-on-bour-planets-solution-with-tonia-torrellas

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MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine men's beach volleyball team was relegated to the battle for third place after getting swept by defending champion Indonesia in two games in the semifinal round at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Monday at Otres Beach in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Ranran Abdilla and Jaron Requinton yielded to Indonesia's Danangsyah Yudistira Pribadi and Gilang Ramadhan, 17-21, 24-26, in the first match. James Buytrago and Jude Garcia failed to force a golden match as they fell to Bintang Akbar and Muhammad Ashfiya, 21-19, 21-16.

https://sports.inquirer.net/510379/ph-mens-beach-volleyball-team-drops-to-bronze-medal-match-vs-vietnam

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BANGKOK — Thailand's opposition secured a stunning election win on Sunday after trouncing parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai Party were far out in front with 99% of votes counted, but it was far from certain either will form the next government, with parliamentary rules written by the military after its 2014 coup skewed in its favor.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1769215/thailand-opposition-crushes-military-parties-in-election-rout

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Boroondara Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after designer handbags, shoes and jewellery were stolen from a home in Balwyn North last month. Detectives believe a man and woman gained access to the Balwyn Road home via a window on Monday 18 September just before 3pm. Once inside the home the pair collected various designer brand items, believed to be worth around $60,000, and packed them in a suitcase. The items stolen from the property include: • handbags of various brands including Gucci, Celine, Bulgari and a Hermes Birkin bag, • Hermes and Chanel shoes • Dior sunglasses, and other select items from Fendi and Robert Vivier • assorted jewellery from Bulgari, Graff, Hermes, Van Cleef Arpels, Tiffany and Dior • a Dyson vacuum cleaner, and • various specialty Lego kits.

https://www.miragenews.com/theft-of-designer-items-in-balwyn-north-1100014/

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The cost to take an Uber to the Orlando International Airport is going up and the city now has the most expensive Uber fee in the country. The company is raising the costs to $7

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/orlando-has-most-expensive-airport-uber-fee/video/1497d4b63a5784aa96ec37bc84251efc

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PH rower Joanie Delgaco at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. –JUNE NAVARRO/INQUIRER HANGZHOU, China— Rower Joanie Delgaco did not make the cut for a medal finish in the finals of the women's single sculls in the the 19th Asian Games early Monday at the Fuyang Water Center. Delgaco, the 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, was fifth among six medal hopefuls of the 2,000 meter race. She finished with a time of eight minutes and 5.93 seconds. READ: Asian Games: Agatha Wong misses podium in wushu Uzbekistan's Anna Prakaten arrived home fastest in 7:39.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/529524/asian-games-phs-delgaco-fails-to-win-rowing-medal

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(LEAD) (Asiad) swimmer-bronze(LEAD) (Asiad) Hwang Sun-woo wins bronze in men's 100m freestyle swimming(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photos)By Yoo Jee-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean swimmer Hwang Sun-woo claimed bronze in the men's 100-meter freestyle event at the Asian Games in China on Sunday, grabbing his first career medal in his debut at the continental event. Hwang finished third in 48.04 seconds at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena in Hangzhou. Hwang's chief Chinese rival, Pan Zhanle, won the gold with an Asian record time of 46.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014215941?sid=104

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£26 million scheme will better protect nearly 200 homes and businesses in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire from the devastation of flooding. Lowdham has a long history of flooding from the nearby Cocker Beck. New flood storage reservoir will hold 100,000 cubic metres of water in times of flooding. Work has begun on a new £26 million flood storage reservoir to better protect homes and businesses in the Nottinghamshire village of Lowdham from the devastation of flooding. An official ground-breaking ceremony for the Lowdham Cocker Beck Flood Alleviation Scheme is taking place today (6 October) attended by Environment Agency officials, local MPs, councillors and members of the local flood action group.

https://www.miragenews.com/major-flood-scheme-construction-starts-in-1098553/

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BEIJING – China's gross domestic product likely perked up in the first quarter of the year, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the end of strict COVID-19 curbs helped lift the world's second-largest economy out of a crippling pandemic slump. GDP growth was seen speeding up to 4 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, from 2.9 percent in the previous three months, according to the median forecast of 70 economists polled by Reuters. That would be the fastest growth since the first quarter of last year.

https://business.inquirer.net/395953/chinas-first-quarter-gdp-growth-seen-rebounding-to-4-reuters-poll

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A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unknown compensatory mechanism found in liver disease. If Kupffer cells (KCs), a specific kind of immune cells found in the liver, become impaired by tissue scarring, immune cells originating in the bone marrow flow to the organ, where they form larger cell clusters to perform the same function. Researchers from the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have observed for the first time how the liver preserves its bacterial filtration function even in the presence of disease.

https://www.miragenews.com/giant-cells-compensate-for-liver-fibrosis-1094041/

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MANILA -Unfavorable weather conditions slashed the volume of local catch delivered to all regional fish ports in the past month, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said. In a report, the PFDA said that fish unloading volume hit 42,814.9 metric tons (MT) in May, a decrease of 11.84 percent from 48,563.31 MT in the same period a year ago. On a monthly basis, the figure was also 4.26 percent lower than 44,721.05 MT recorded in April. The May fish unloading volume reflected a downturn for three consecutive months this year.

https://business.inquirer.net/406498/bad-weather-cut-ph-fish-catch-in-may

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The collaboration aims to create structured pathways for placements in Japan under visa categories such as Specified Skilled Workers (SSW) and the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services (EHI), with a primary focus on the automobile sector

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/apssdc-partners-with-japans-fvcc-to-boost-job-opportunities-for-ap-youth/article70942773.ece

) – It's long been understood that human settlement contributes to conditions that make Pacific Islands more susceptible to wildfires, such as the devastating Aug. 8 event that destroyed the Maui community of Lahaina. But a new study from SMU fire scientist Christopher Roos published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution shows that climate is an undervalued part of the equation. Roos, SMU environmental archaeologist and professor of anthropology, traveled with his team to the Sigatoka River valley in southwestern Fiji in 2013, where they collected charcoal and stable carbon isotopes from deep soil cores to understand historic patterns of fire activity in the area.

https://www.miragenews.com/climate-human-land-use-impact-pacific-island-1095696/

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