Here's why Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX:AQN)(NYSE:AQN) is a top income pick for investors to consider today.
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There are plenty of stocks on TSX that offer a nice blend of income and growth for...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/15/3-top-income-stocks-to-buy-for-dividend-growth/

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In customer interactions, do we use the word sorry too much? CallMiner's data provides some clues.In customer interactions, do we use the word sorry too much? CallMiner's data provides some clues...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianswinscoe/2021/05/15/elton-john-was-wrong-sorry-isnt-the-hardest-word/

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Stores, States Drop Mask Mandates In Wake Of CDC's Updated Guidance

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,

States and stores on Friday said they were largely dropping their mask requirements after a top U.S. health agency advised that people fully vaccinated against the virus that ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stores-states-drop-mask-mandates-wake-cdcs-updated-guidance

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The Israeli military Saturday executed an airstrike that destroyed the building that houses journalists working for the AP and Al Jazeera.

A thick column of smoke rises from the Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-admin-has-israel-destroyed-media-building-2021-5

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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - After a winter freeze that crippled drinking water systems across the region, the city of Shreveport is launching a $36.5 million project designed to improve its drinking water infrastructure...

https://apnews.com/article/shreveport-business-c52c126b748a37ae6ed874c4b2c5b110

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PARIS (AP) - French riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Saturday in Paris as protesters supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip defied a ban on marching in the French capital.Hundreds of people marched peacefully in other cities in France and elsewhere in Europe...

https://apnews.com/article/europe-paris-middle-east-israel-palestinian-conflict-government-and-politics-e415198646e3752ed63f1c9627b8cafe

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WICHITA (AP) - Genesis Health Clubs in Wichita has agreed to pay $15,000 in civil penalties and fees for making unsolicited telemarking calls to consumers on the Kansas do-not-call registry.The consent agreement with Genesis Health Clubs Management, Inc...

https://apnews.com/article/kansas-business-ee5503378d7db95be40925f6f2098615

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Israeli Airstrike Destroys Gaza Media HQ Building That Housed AP & Al Jazeera

Israel has targeted yet another large office and residential tower in the Gaza Strip, but this time its warplanes have destroyed the 12-story buildinghousing the media offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and Qatar...

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israeli-airstrike-obliterates-high-rise-office-building-associated-press-headquarters

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The state has its lowest weekly case average since late April 2020. It's the 27th lowest new case average during the pandemic.Two-thirds of Californians 18 and older have received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19, a significant milestone as the state nears an easing of pandemic ...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/15/covid-two-thirds-of-california-adults-have-at-least-one-vaccine-shot/

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Substitutes are readily available, based on desired material properties and the function of the finished part...

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Growing up, Charna Parkey was always the tech person in her house. In high school she started getting IT certifications, and by the time she got to college, she took as many engineering classes as she could. On a referral from a professor, Parkey, who grew up in Florida, landed her ...

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/charna-parkey/

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Biden also rescinded an order that directed the Department of Justice to prioritize prosecutions for individuals who vandalized federal monuments.

President Joe Biden.
AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Biden revoked Trumps executive order for a sculpture garden of American Heroes.
Trump...

https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-revokes-trump-executive-order-garden-of-american-heroes-2021-5

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Home sales in Alameda County, May 15

4210 Remillard Court, Pleasanton; $3.075 million; 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms in 4,281 square feet; built in 1991 on 0.62 acres; custom home in Kottinger Ranch features views indoors and outdoors, with no rear neighbors; modern floor plan includes main level bedroom...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/15/home-sales-in-alameda-county-may-15/

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was set to depart for an international trade and marketing mission to Europe on Saturday. Northam and a delegation that includes Secretary of Commerce and Trade Brian Ball will visit Germany, Greece and Switzerland on the nearly week-long trip, the ...

https://apnews.com/article/va-state-wire-europe-health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-06e1cb9451ab6387be263fc918bc70c9

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. AP's president said the agency was "shocked and horrified" at the strike...

https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-gaza-middle-east-israel-palestinian-conflict-7974cc0c03897b8b21e5fc2f8c7d8a79

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The Verges Infrastructure Week focused partly on how dire the broadband problem currently is for Americans. On Monday, we showed you a map of the worst counties for broadband in the US and on Friday, we closed the week by showing how satellite services ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/15/22434809/internet-broadband-high-speed-access-verge-stories-infrastructure

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And they could be big winners, too.Success in investing often has more to do with the time you have in the market than the returns you generate each year. So the earlier you get started investing the better.As someone who bought his first stock when he was 13 years old, I know that a key to building...

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Cineplex (TSX:CGX) stock may be on the cusp of a summertime boom. But with resurgence risks still in full swing, should you be a buyer?
The post Cineplex Stock May Be a Brilliant Bet Going Into Summer appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Cineplex (TSX:CGX) stock has been under pressure again, ...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/15/cineplex-stock-may-be-a-brilliant-bet-going-into-summer/

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with two Chicago financial groups to channel $5.5 million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. Lack of access to medical oxygen is one of the defining health challenges of our age, said Chris ...

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/gates-foundation-seattle-nonprofit-path-helping-get-oxygen-india/

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Demand and prices are soaring for minerals essential to the construction of low-carbon infrastructureThe commodities boom ignited by Chinas post-Covid recovery, and stoked by the global move to green energy, broke price records last week even as fears about inflation stalked the markets. But it also...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/15/record-metals-boom-may-threaten-transition-to-green-energy

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Courtesy ofNRDC. ByMax Baumhefner Dylan Sullivan Nevada is considering legislation that would help the state drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity. Senate Bill (SB)448 (Brooks) would speed the approval of transmission lines needed to move low-cost, renewable electricity across the region and ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/15/nevada-aims-to-plug-vehicles-into-renewable-energy/

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Microbes that may accidentally have been brought to the Red Planet could potentially wreak havoc, according to scientist Christopher Mason

NASAs Ingenuity Mars Helicopter can be viewed in the distance during its fourth flight on the Red Planet.
NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA may have contaminated Mars...

https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-may-have-accidentally-spread-life-to-mars-scientist-says-2021-5

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How did a department store manage to become twice as profitable as it was before the pandemic?The U.S. hasn't quite emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic yet -- but don't tell Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) that. On Thursday, the regional department store operator posted solid sales and record earnings results ...

https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/05/15/you-wont-believe-which-company-record-profit/?source=iedfolrf0000001

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Taiwan on Saturday warned that risks for businesses have increased in Hong Kong after authorities in the international finance hub used asset freezing powers under Beijing's new national security law for the first time...

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-warns-jimmy-lai-asset-freeze-signals-new-hong-kong-risk-14815382

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DarkSide made headlines for hacking Colonial Pipeline, forcing the major East Coast fuel supplier to suspend operations for several days. ,

Out of service fuel nozzles are covered in plastic on a gas pump at a gas station in Waynesville, North Carolina, after a gasoline supply crunch caused by the ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ransomware-firm-darkside-shutting-down-colonial-hack-2021-5

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Kevin Garnett has often been the right player in the right place at the right time.

Kevin Garnett has a lot to smile about.
AP

Kevin Garnett retired after 21 seasons, 1 MVP, 1 championship, and is now a Hall of Famer.
He also retired as the highest-paid player in NBA history and is still second ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/kevin-garnett-career-earnings-minnesota-timberwolves-2016-9

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Still Time To Get On The Trade Of The Decade

Alongside some observations we made earlier on tech stocks vs commodities, Deutsche Bank credit strategist Jim Reid writes that while inflation and commodities have dominated the financial airways this week, "although commodities prices have been a big ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/still-time-get-trade-decade

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Cisco's top-line used to soar over 40% a year. Hoping to grow 5% for its third quarter, Morgan Stanley sees its stock rising 7%.Cisco's top-line used to soar over 40% a year. Hoping to grow 5% for its third quarter, Morgan Stanley sees its stock rising 7...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2021/05/15/with-flurry-of-acquisitions-cisco-systems-strives-to-grow-at-5/

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Former Florida House speaker and education commissioner Ralph Turlington, who pushed through the state lottery, corporate income tax and open records law, has died at 100, his family said...

https://apnews.com/article/fl-state-wire-florida-business-37b030e211cd0a129f33a8511e10cd23

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PERRY, Ga. (AP) - A Canadian company will invest $30 million to increase production at a middle Georgia sawmill, part of a series of overhauls of its Georgia sawmills.Interfor announced the overhaul Tuesday of its 140-employee Perry sawmill with completion scheduled sometime in the second half of ...

https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-georgia-business-2f76dedcdaf98f5f39f5dfb17514dfaf

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MOSCOW (AP) - German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle says one of its freelance correspondents has been sentenced to 20 days in jail in Belarus. DW said in a statement that Alexander Burakov was sentenced Saturday for taking part in an "unauthorized event." It said Burakov was arrested on ...

https://apnews.com/article/europe-belarus-journalists-business-government-and-politics-0751121d3e7e518de7651f5f9693a396

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Two satellites for BlackSkys Earth observation constellation were lost today when the second stage of Rocket Labs Electron launch vehicle suffered an anomaly, just minutes after liftoff from New Zealand. Rocket Lab said the mission failure was under investigation. The issue ...

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/blacksky-earth-observing-satellites-lost-due-anomaly-rocket-lab-launch/

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Gary Pruitt, AP president and CEO, said about a dozen journalists quickly evacuated the building after receiving word of the strike.

Fire erupts from the Al-Jalaa Tower as its destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May 15, 2021.
Majdi ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-president-horrified-gaza-al-jalaa-airstrike-2021-5

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Don Lemon is getting his name above the title on his late-night program on CNN. The WarnerMedia cable-news outlet will rename the two late-evening hours he has hosted for the past several years Don Lemon Tonight, replacing CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. CNN spokespersons did...

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/don-lemon-tonight-cnn-tv-news-1234973904/

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To celebrate the release of their 10th studio album,Delta Kream, The Black Keysperformed the album's first two singles forThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday night. The Late Show posted the band's performance of "Going Down South" (a cover of a classic R.L. Burnside tune) on its YouTube ...

https://www.spin.com/2021/05/black-keys-colbert-delta-kream/

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Shawcor Ltd. (TSX:SCL) trades at an inexpensive valuation and could be a great long-term buy for retail investors.
The post Booming Commodity Prices: 1 Value Stock to Benefit appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

Shawcor (TSX:SCL) is a growth-oriented company that operates as three segments, ...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/15/booming-commodity-prices-1-value-stock-to-benefit/

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If you're searching for the best stocks to buy right now, these three will have you covered over the next decade for growth and stability.
The post The 3 Best Stocks to Buy Right Now appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

If youre looking for significant growth in the next decade, and even ...

https://www.fool.ca/2021/05/15/the-3-best-stocks-to-buy-right-now/

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From satellite internet, to boosting cell phone signal, to jimmying together some wild antenna rigs, Alex Lockie has seen or tried just about everything.

Working off my phones hotspot. The black box with the green light on the wall near the guitar is a component of the WeBoost system.
Alex ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-work-remotely-find-internet-connection-from-anywhere-2021-5

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Marjorie Taylor Greene listed several grievances over alleged bullying from Democrats, including the time Guam delegates offered her cookies.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives at the Hyatt Regency for new member orientation in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020
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https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shes-a-victim-of-democrat-bullying-2021-5

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The dynamics that kept price rises low are still around, or soon will be back.The dynamics that kept price rises low are still around, or soon will be back...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencelight/2021/05/15/is-inflation-a-long-term-threat-or-just-a-temporary-pop/

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Get ready for the 2021 Preakness Stakes by clicking here. You can find how to watch, the latest odds and more for horse racing's second Triple Crown event. Get ready for the 2021 Preakness Stakes by clicking here. You can find how to watch, the latest odds and more for horse racing's second Triple ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkay/2021/05/15/preakness-stakes-2021-post-time-tv-schedule-odds-and-picks-for-medina-spirit-concert-tour-and-more/

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Gold price recouped its losses from earlier in the week as the US dollar weakened. In the week ahead, the focus will be on the FOMC meeting minutes. Inflation talks On Wednesday, the strong inflation data pushed the metals prices lower. Investors were pondering on the possibility of Fed hiking ...

https://invezz.com/news/2021/05/15/gold-price-what-to-expect-week-ahead/

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

President Biden on Friday revoked several of former President Trumps executive orders, including one that would have changed legal protections for social media sites and other online platforms.
Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act limits how ...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/15/22437627/biden-revokes-trump-executive-order-section-230-twitter-facebook-google

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The "The View" co-host wrote that Marjorie Taylor Greene is "behaving like an animal" in her campaign against New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Meghan McCain, left, accused Marjorie Taylor Greene, right, ofbehaving like an animal.
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Meghan McCain has accused Marjorie ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-makes-gop-look-like-barbarians-meghan-mccain-2021-5

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Taibbi: On The Hypocrites At Apple Who Fired 'Chaos Monkeys' Author

Authored by Matt Taibbi via TK News,

Im biased, because I know Antonio Garcia-Martinez and something like the same thing once happened to me, but the decision by Apple to bend to a posse of internal complainers and fire him over ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/taibbi-hypocrites-apple-who-fired-antonio-garcia-martinez

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NEW YORK (AP) - An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Saturday. All AP employees and freelancers evacuated the building safely...

https://apnews.com/article/israel-middle-east-business-israel-palestinian-conflict-f595d0ea0a7e21a4e4974ae55e00024d

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Prices at the pump increased in New Jersey and around the nation for another week, but analysts say drivers in the Garden State escaped the severe disruptions seen in southern states following the Colonial Pipeline shutdown...

https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bcc42e8a4ec3c1ea45787fb2d26615e3

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Ashley Scott describes the emotional side of her job as a death doula like a fountain in the middle of a lake.Her job is to help shepherd a dying person through an experience that is so intimate, common and yet mostly taboo in American culture...

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-health-business-3b4e6af60889b69fde4f8fc14d01f7af

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GARY, Ind. (AP) - A new $300 million casino has opened in northwestern Indiana, completing a move from along Lake Michigan to a location along heavily traveled Interstate 80/94 in Gary.The Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana opened to the public Friday evening after an earlier guitar smashing ceremony...

https://apnews.com/article/il-state-wire-indiana-business-entertainment-music-353705ba604099ec7e2cd834f9e5bd05

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