Bouygues SA ( OTCMKTS:BOUYY – Get Rating ) was the target of a large drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,000 shares, a drop of 91.7% from the March 15th total of 12,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 34,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days. Bouygues Price Performance Shares of OTCMKTS:BOUYY traded up $0.09 on Friday, hitting $7.04. The company had a trading volume of 12,672 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,550.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/16/bouygues-sa-otcmktsbouyy-sees-large-decrease-in-short-interest.html

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The basic assumptions behind online commerce are starting to fracture, says Paul Conroy, CTO at Square1, as he looks back at last week’s Stripe Sessions in San Francisco. Read more: Opinion: Agentic commerce – Europe can’t afford to watch from the sidelines

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/opinion-agentic-commerce-europe-cant-afford-to-watch-from-the-sidelines-stripe-sessions

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In one of the weirder stories in rock history, guitar hero Eddie Van Halen once jammed with Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. The tale doesn't stop there however, and indeed takes a bizarre turn, for, following the session, Van Halen apparently returned to Durst's house in a tank, gun in hand, to pick up some equipment he left behind. According to details in the photobook Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days & Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen by Andrew Bennett, the strange altercation took place following guitarist Wes Borland's departure from Limp Bizkit in 2001.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday cautioned the public against 'inaccurate information' about the Omicron XBB variant of COVID-19 that has been circulating on social media and online messaging applications. It was particularly referring to an online post claiming the Omicron XBB coronavirus variant does not exhibit typical COVID-19 symptoms such as cough and fever. 'The DOH warns the public regarding a circulating message in the social media and messaging apps on the inaccurate information about the Omicron XBB variant,' it said in an advisory.

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GAZA/JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants in Gaza resumed rocket fire on Israel early on Saturday after Israeli aircraft bombed Islamic Jihad targets in the enclave overnight, as fighting entered a fifth day. Egypt has been trying to mediate a truce to the flare-up, which has so far left at least 33 Palestinians and one Israeli dead. The violence extends more than a year of resurgent Israeli-Palestinian violence that has killed more than 140 Palestinians and at least 19 Israelis and foreigners since January.

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Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Jake Diekman warms up with a football before for the team's baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Toronto. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Guangzhou, China — French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted by a huge crowd as he arrived at a university in southern China, as he neared the end of a three-day state visit in which he has repeatedly pushed his counterpart Xi Jinping to help end the Ukraine conflict. Macron, who landed in the capital Beijing on Wednesday, has said he is seeking to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of its neighbour. On Friday, he flew to the southern city of Guangzhou, where he was met by hundreds of people at Sun Yat-sen University, with many holding up their mobile phones in the hope of a selfie with him.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1753681/macron-in-guangzhou-on-final-day-of-china-trip

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Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture ( DNA ) traded 9.3% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 17:00 PM ET on April 10th. Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture has a total market cap of $308,430.64 and $50,848.20 worth of Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture coin can currently be bought for about $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last week, Metaverse Dualchain Network Architecture has traded down 82.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/10/metaverse-dualchain-network-architecture-dna-trading-down-82-4-over-last-week.html

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Courtesy of Rasheem Carter's family (NEW YORK) -- The Smith County district attorney, where three sets of remains that belong to Rasheem Carter were found, disputed that a fourth set were part of his remains but said they were animal bones. Carter's family's attorney Ben Crump held a press conference on May 11 demanding answers from Mississippi officials on whether the fourth set of remains belonged to Carter. "One day after the press conference, I was given oral confirmation by the Mississippi Crime Laboratory that the bones, as suspected, were animal bones.

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Virtue Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF ( NYSEARCA:DBMF – Get Rating ) by 21.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 15,382 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,716 shares during the period. Virtue Capital Management LLC's holdings in iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF were worth $522,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/03/11/imgp-dbi-managed-futures-strategy-etf-nysearcadbmf-shares-purchased-by-virtue-capital-management-llc.html

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Burgers, schnitzels + curry specials at Woodstock Brewery How to get a free diagnosis + R100 off your first visit Cape Town's very own cannabis club, ... It's like your friend's living room, just with 85 strains of weed Do a marathon, fun run with the fam and explore small towns Drink a cocktail or share a beer bucket while watching the buzz of Long Street 3 cuts of meat, sizzling side dishes + epic mad-scientist experience Bring out your inner mad scientist: experiment with unique spirits + meat cuts Sit under the trees and enjoy kombucha cocktails, vegan dishes + a sea view From tofu tostadas and kombucha cocktails to MasterChef-level desserts Never-ending summer of waffles, hotdogs, cocktails.

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TFC Financial Management Inc. reduced its stake in Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF ( NYSEARCA:DFAT – Get Rating ) by 1.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 601,360 shares of the company's stock after selling 11,346 shares during the quarter. Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF comprises approximately 7.6% of TFC Financial Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/30/tfc-financial-management-inc-reduces-holdings-in-dimensional-u-s-targeted-value-etf-nysearcadfat.html

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CEBU CITY — Disaster response teams rescued 18 local tourists whose motorbanca was stranded while they went on an island hopping off Mactan Island, Cebu on Easter Sunday. Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Management chief Nagiel Bañacia said the group of tourists was composed of college students from a university in Cebu. Bañacia said the students went on a 'day tour' island hopping excursion near the islets off Mactan to celebrate Easter Sunday. At around 4 p.m., the motorbanca damaged its rudder on shallow waters near Tres Marias on the island of Pangan-an which is more than 30 kilometers from mainland Lapu-Lapu City.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1754619/18-tourists-stranded-while-on-island-hopping-off-mactan-island-rescued

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Detectives from the Drug and Serious Crime Group have charged 11 people and seized a total of approximately $60 million of cannabis following two search warrants at rural properties at Coonambula and Mount Maria. Operation Victor Alon is a protracted investigative operation, targeting an alleged sophisticated criminal syndicate utilising isolated Queensland properties to produce commercial quantities of cannabis to allegedly distribute across Australia. Significant investigations identified two properties - one at Coonambula in the North Burnett, and a second at Mount Maria in the Gladstone region.

https://www.miragenews.com/60-million-cannabis-seizure-coonambula-and-1059837/

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Essent Group ( NYSE:ESNT – Get Free Report ) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The financial services provider reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.10, MarketWatch Earnings reports. The business had revenue of $260.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $262.07 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 73.35% and a return on equity of 16.47%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/08/05/essent-group-nyseesnt-posts-earnings-results-beats-expectations-by-0-10-eps.html

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An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in nature. This new work on "Assembly Theory," published today in Nature, represents a major advance in our fundamental comprehension of biological evolution and how it is governed by the physical laws of the universe. This research builds on the team's previous work developing Assembly Theory as an empirically validated approach to life detection, with implications for the search for alien life and efforts to evolve new life forms in the laboratory.

https://www.miragenews.com/assembly-theory-merges-physics-biology-to-1097275/

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The injured duck was rescued from the Mildura Marina but later died. THE Conservation Regulator is seeking information from the public after a native wood duck was found at the Mildura Marina with an arrow through its body last Saturday. Wildlife rescuers reported the incident to the Conservation Regulator after a member of the public alerted them to the injured bird. The duck was taken to a veterinarian for assessment and while X-rays showed no vital organs had been hit, during the operation to remove the arrow the duck haemorrhaged and died.

https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/news/6168159/protected-duck-dies-after-cruel-act

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BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A report from People's Daily: The 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg is destined to be a grand and dynamic event. Naledi Pandor, South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation, recently said that 67 leaders from African countries and the Global South have been invited to attend the BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue, and about 20 dignitaries from the African Union Commission, the United Nations and regional economic blocs have been invited for a meeting to be held before the summit.

https://www.padovanews.it/2023/08/20/brics-cooperation-shines-with-strong-appeal/

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BANGKOK – Thailand's manufacturing production index (MPI) in April contracted by a more-than-expected 8.14 percent from a year earlier, as exports slowed and production costs rose, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. The figure compared with a forecast in a Reuters poll for a fall of 2.15 percent in April, and came after March's revised 3.86 percent year-on-year drop. In the January-April period, the MPI declined 4.69 percent from a year earlier, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry forecast factory output would show zero to 1 percent growth this year, the ministry said.

https://business.inquirer.net/403554/thai-april-factory-output-drops-8-y-y-worse-than-forecast

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