Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund (NYSE:BGX – Get Free Report) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, September 14th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of 0.112 per share on Thursday, November 30th. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.60%. […] The post Blackstone / GSO Long-Short Credit Income Fund (BGX) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.11 on November 30th first appeared on Daily Political .

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By AP News Published Aug 26, 2023 06:22 am HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway median in Vermont after becoming stalled in flight. Five people were aboard for a sunset ride Wednesday night when the pilot landed the craft safely on the Interstate 91 median in Hartford, the Valley News reported. Drivers reported seeing the balloon hovering 30 feet (about nine meters) in the air over the road before it landed, according to the Hartford Fire Department.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/national/3216202/hot-air-balloon-lands-on-vermont-highway-median-after-being-stalled-in-flight.html

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click to enlarge Courtesy Carley Stevens-McLaughlin Kevin (left) and Frank Peters Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, and generations of mathematicians have spent their careers trying to approximate its value. For bakers and brothers Frank and Kevin Peters, pie necessitates plenty of calculations, too. No matter how much they increase their output each year, their customers still can't seem to get enough. The week before Easter, at Sam Mazza's Farm Market in Colchester, bakery manager Frank was fine-tuning his usual preholiday pie calculations.

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/for-sam-mazzas-bakers-frank-and-kevin-peters-all-they-knead-is-love/Content?oid=37944113

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TCG Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Intel Co. ( NASDAQ:INTC – Get Rating ) by 46.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 8,366 shares of the chip maker's stock after buying an additional 2,672 shares during the period. TCG Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Intel were worth $216,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in INTC. Frontier Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Intel by 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/09/tcg-advisory-services-llc-boosts-holdings-in-intel-co-nasdaqintc.html

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BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's President Bashar Assad slammed Turkey in comments published Wednesday, blaming Ankara for the uptick in violence in his war-torn country and insisting on the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria. Assad spoke in an interview with Sky News Arabia, his first interview with a foreign media outlet in months. The interview is to be fully aired later on Wednesday but Sky News Arabia released some excerpts ahead of the broadcast. Turkey is a main backer of armed opposition fighters who have been trying to remove Assad from power and has carried out three major incursions into northern Syria since 2016.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/world/3206272/syrias-assad-blames-turkeys-erdogan-for-violence-in-syria-insists-on-pullout-of-turkish-troops.html

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(VOVWORLD) -Deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Duc Thang on Thursday answered a reporter's question about the activities of the Chinese vessel Xiang Yang Hong 10, which has infringed on Vietnam's exclusive economic zone. Deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Duc Thang. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 'Vietnam's maritime law enforcement forces are closely monitoring all relevant developments and are resolutely and persistently protecting the enforcement of Vietnam's lawful rights and interests in its waters in accordance with international law, the United Nations International Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982) and Vietnamese law,' Thang said.

https://vovworld.vn/en-US/news/vietnam-tracks-chinese-vessel-infringing-on-exclusive-economic-zone-1204132.vov

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Americans may not be in a party mood right now. But the rituals of Election Night can serve a higher civic purpose.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/11/the-case-for-gathering-on-election-night/680531/

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Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have found that Aspergillus fumigatus produces more meiotic crossovers than any other organism. This means that the fungus can establish its complex resistance mechanism after just one cycle of sexual reproduction. The discovery uncovers a possible cause of the rapid spread of hard-to-treat fungal infections. It also makes it difficult to identify the source of an infection with a resistant fungus. The groundbreaking findings of the WUR study have been published in an article in PLoS Biology, co-authored by scientists from Imperial College London and University of Nottingham.

https://www.miragenews.com/sexual-encounter-scrambles-notorious-fungus-1084773/

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Drivers traveling during the closure are encouraged to use the Wantagh State Parkway in Hempstead as an alternative route. Weather permitting, both directions of Meadowbrook will be closed between the Loop Parkway (Exit M10) and Bay Parkway from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting Monday, May 8, and ending Friday, May 12, according to the Department of Transportation. The closure is scheduled to facilitate an ongoing bridge rehabilitation project. Transport officials urged drivers to plan accordingly, and noted that speeding tickets in work zones have doubled fines.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/nassau/closure-scheduled-on-meadowbrook-state-parkway-in-hempstead/

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Marikina City became the cleanest and most orderly city in Metro Manila in the three terms of then Mayor Bayani Fernando from 1992 to 2001. His 'Ayusin natin ang Komunidad' (Fix our community) fostered discipline and morality on his constituents particularly in local security and sanitation. His biggest achievement was Save the Marikina River project, redeveloping its banks into flood containment spillways, and landfill turning into now redeveloped and successful Marikina River Park. In a sheer display of political will, he relocated 10,000 squatters in that area and instantly boosted Marikina at the forefront of urban development.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/166574/bayani-fernando-effective-bully-vs-chaos-in-metro-manila

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Downtown Seoul, where the headquarters of large companies are concentrated. [Photo by Kim Jae-hoon] A recent survey reveals that six out of 10 South Koreans have a favorable view of large conglomerates.According to the findings of the survey on public perceptions of the large corporates' contribution to the national economy, commissioned by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) and shared on Tuesday, the percentage of people who have a favorable view of large corporates was 58.3 percent. Respondents with a 'very favorable' view accounted for 14.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/009/0005185372?sid=104

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Cybersecurity experts aren't surprised by the revelation contained within a package of leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting Russian-backed hackers succ...

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/04/10/news/energy-industry-cyberattacks-experts

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday reiterated her country's commitment to prevent conflict in the Taiwan Strait as well as in East and South China Sea. 'We will not seek confrontation,' she vowed, giving assurance that her government will fully collaborate with neighbors and democratic partners for a stable region. Tsai, however, also promised to defend Taiwan, including working diligently against disinformation campaigns which she alleged are being used to 'corrode trust' in their government instutions.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1794350/taiwan-commited-to-prevent-conflict-uphold-stability-in-region

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HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani, president of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), received in his office yesterday, Prince Mansour bin Khalid

https://www.gulf-times.com/story/702846/QFA-president-meets-Saudi-ambassador-to-Qatar

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Cyber operations have become part of armed conflicts, and the international community recognizes that the use of ICTs in future conflicts between States is becoming more likely. The ICRC is concerned about the potential human cost of cyber operations and has documented areas of particular concern in the past. In March 2021, States recognized that cyber operations may seriously affect civilian infrastructure and thus result in 'devastating humanitarian consequences'. The ICRC urges States to work towards providing more clarity on the limits that existing rules of IHL impose on cyber operations.

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/short-papers-on-international-humanitarian-law-and-cyber-operations-during-armed-conflicts

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Cabo Verde's destiny at the World Cup is sealed after a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/soccer/historic-moment-for-tiny-island-nation-20260627-p60ali.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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FRANKFURT -The European Central Bank risks losing sight of corporate profits as a driver of inflation – or 'greedflation' in market parlance – by zeroing in on wage growth which still lags far behind prices, economists said on Friday. ECB President Christine Lagarde singled out rising salaries as a prime cause for high growth in prices at her news conference on Thursday as she signaled at least one more interest rate increase by the euro zone's central bank. The renewed focus on the labor market – on which policymakers 'spent a lot of time' at their two-day meeting, Lagarde said – marked a pivot back for the ECB, which had been giving more prominence to the issue of high corporate margins in recent communication.

https://business.inquirer.net/406256/ecb-risks-losing-sight-of-greedflation-with-laser-focus-on-wages

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DUBAI — Air strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan's capital early on Tuesday, residents said, as the army sought to dislodge paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for more than a month. The air strikes and sounds of clashes and blasts could be heard in the south of Khartoum, and there was heavy shelling overnight in parts of the adjoining cities of Bahri and Omdurman, witnesses said. The fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered unrest in other parts of the country, especially in the western region of Darfur, but is concentrated in Khartoum.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1769881/bombardments-escalate-as-military-factions-battle-in-sudans-capital

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Smooth Love Potion (SLP) traded up 3.8% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 7:00 AM Eastern on September 12th. Smooth Love Potion has a market capitalization of $58.12 million and approximately $6.96 million worth of Smooth Love Potion was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Smooth Love Potion […] The post Smooth Love Potion (SLP) Price Down 1.2% Over Last 7 Days first appeared on Daily Political .

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/12/smooth-love-potion-slp-price-down-1-2-over-last-7-days.html

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EFG Asset Management North America Corp. lessened its holdings in shares of Power Integrations, Inc. ( NASDAQ:POWI – Free Report ) by 5.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,491 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 1,147 shares during the quarter. EFG Asset Management North America Corp.'s holdings in Power Integrations were worth $1,734,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/15/efg-asset-management-north-america-corp-has-1-73-million-holdings-in-power-integrations-inc-nasdaqpowi.html

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