CJ Logistics-Q2 earningsCJ Logistics Q2 net income down 10.4 pct to 60.1 bln won SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- CJ Logistics Corp. on Monday reported its second-quarter net profit of 60.1 billion won (US$46 million), down 10.4 percent from a year earlier. The company said in a regulatory filing that it posted 112.4 billion won in operating profit for the quarter, compared with 116.1 billion won a year ago. Sales fell 5.6 percent to 2.96 trillion won.(END)

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Topaz Energy ( TSE:TPZ – Get Rating ) had its price objective reduced by Royal Bank of Canada from C$30.00 to C$28.00 in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday, BayStreet.CA reports. Royal Bank of Canada currently has an outperform rating on the stock. TPZ has been the subject of several other reports. Ci Capital reduced their price target on Topaz Energy from C$29.00 to C$27.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 17th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on Topaz Energy from C$30.

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When George Michael died suddenly in 2016 aged 53, many obituaries characterised him as a depressive recluse troubled by addiction. His former osteopath suggested that the Wham! singer was resigned to death and putting his affairs in order. Don't mention this to Shirlie Kemp though, one of Michael's closest friends (and half of Pepsi and Shirlie, the backing singers to the Eighties pop duo). It makes her furious. 'It's so insulting to say George was ready to die and it makes me so angry when these people crawl out from the woodwork and say these things.

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Pres. Herzog leaving White House after 2022 visit (Tom Brenner/Washington Post) Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a Joint Session of Congress on July 19th.  In his speech, he will undoubtedly trot out the usual pro-Israel bromides about Israel's robust democracy, symbolized by the pro-democracy protests in Israeli streets. He may even offer a sidelong glance at the two-state solution despite Netanyahu's recent comment that his government will 'crush' Palestinian hopes for a state .  Not to mention that this proposal has been dead on arrival for a decade or more.

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Australian MasterChef judge and award-winning chef Jock Zonfrillo has died suddenly, at the age of 46. In a statement, Zonfrillo's family said their hearts are 'shattered' and they don't know how they'll move on with their lives without him. 'With completely shattered hearts and without knowing how we can possibly move through life without him, we are devastated to share that Jock passed away yesterday. 'So many words can describe him, so many stories can be told, but at this time we're too overwhelmed to put them into words.

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Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund ( NYSE:NMT – Get Free Report ) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,400 shares, a decline of 85.9% from the June 15th total of 9,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business.

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The issue relating to the use of the word "Allah" by non-Muslims should not be discussed openly to the extent of causing confusion among Muslims, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. He also reiterated that the government's decision to withdraw its appeal in the court case relating to the use of the word "Allah" was made after seeking the views of the muftis and referring to the decrees of the Malay rulers. He said the matter has been repeatedly explained, including in the Parliament, before. 'Meaning that only the Muslims in Peninsular Malaysia can use the word 'Allah' to avoid confusion and problems with other religions.

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Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT boosted its position in United Parcel Service, Inc. ( NYSE:UPS – Free Report ) by 6.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,005 shares of the transportation company's stock after acquiring an additional 180 shares during the period. Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT's holdings in United Parcel Service were worth $583,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of UPS.

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This handout photo provided by SDIS66/Yacine Bouchaid shows firefighters working to extinguish a wildfire in Saint-André, southeastern France, Monday Aug. 14, 2023. Vacationers were mostly able to return to their campsites Tuesday after a wildfire ripped through 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of land near the seaside resort of Argeles-sur-Mer in southern France, close to the border with Spain, authorities said. (SDIS66/Yacine Bouchaid via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS THIRD PARTY PHOTO SOLELY TO IL

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DAVAO CITY–Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of four persons here on Sunday, authorities said. Allan Mirafuentes Coronial, 43, a company driver, was collared hours after opening fire at his neighbors using a cal. 45 pistol during a tumultuous Sunday afternoon at Purok (Community) 4, Bayview, Km. 11, Barangay (Village) Sasa, according to Maj. Catherine Dela Rey, Davao City Police Office spokesperson. Dela Rey identified the victims as Anthony Narvasa, 21, single; Crisanto Varela, 45, a married factory worker; Andres Delgado, 58, a barangay tanod (village watchman); and Rommel Tanting, 19, single.

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Lee Financial Co boosted its holdings in shares of Netflix, Inc. ( NASDAQ:NFLX – Get Rating ) by 57.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 542 shares of the Internet television network's stock after buying an additional 198 shares during the period. Lee Financial Co's holdings in Netflix were worth $160,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company.

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DURHAM, N.C. -- Many of the bacteria that ravage crops and threaten our food supply use a common strategy to cause disease: they inject a cocktail of harmful proteins directly into the plant's cells. For 25 years, biologist Sheng-Yang He and his senior research associate Kinya Nomura have been puzzling over this set of molecules that plant pathogens use to cause diseases in hundreds of crops worldwide ranging from rice to apple trees. Now, thanks to a team effort between three collaborating research groups, they may finally have an answer to how these molecules make plants sick -- and a way to disarm them.

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Prothena Co. plc ( NASDAQ:PRTA – Get Rating ) insider Hideki Garren sold 7,331 shares of Prothena stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.00, for a total transaction of $542,494.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink . Hideki Garren also recently made the following trade(s): On Wednesday, June 14th, Hideki Garren sold 4,669 shares of Prothena stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.

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This photo released Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, of Follansbee, W.Va. Lloyd, a self-proclaimed white supremacist, was arrested Thursday on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the U.S. Justice Department said. (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION; MANDATORY CREDIT.

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At their third meeting since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Directors-General of WHO, WIPO and WTO agreed to shift the focus of trilateral cooperation from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to increasing and broadening support for more effective and sustainable use of TRIPS flexibilities to increase access to health technologies and to be better prepared for future pandemics. While acknowledging the critical role of intellectual property (IP) to incentivize innovation, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WIPO Director-General Daren Tang and WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recognized the challenges faced by Members to fully implement at domestic level the wide range of available options to secure timely and equitable access to health technologies.

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MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives members led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez paid tribute to late former senator Rodolfo ‘Pong' Biazon, saying that the former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff was a model citizen. Romualdez, in a statement on Monday, said it is a fitting tribute to Biazon — a respected military leader — that God recalled him while the Philippines was commemorating its 125th Independence Day. Biazon's family, including Muntinlupa city mayor Ruffy Biazon, confirmed earlier that the former senator died after battling pneumonia.

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The country's delegation to the 12th Asean Para Games (APG) has penciled the same goal as Team Philippines in the recent 32nd Southeast Asian Games. 'We would like to do better than the previous campaign in the Asean Para Games,' said Philippine Paralympic Committee president Michael Barredo during the send-off ceremony of the 259-member delegation to the event that will run from June 3 to June 9 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. And that seems to be the consensus of the Philippine team. 'Our goal is to surpass the medal haul from the last APG,' said commissioner Walter Torres of the Philippine Sports Commission and the chef de mission for the delegation.

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The 42-kilometre sponsored walk will start at 6.30am, commencing at the Lae Showgrounds, to the Markham River, and return to Lae. The PNGCRS is a not-for-profit which operates only on donations and exists solely to support, assist and fight for cancer patients in Morobe and across PNG. The walk-a-thon was first conducted in 2021 and received an overwhelming support from the business community of Morobe and its citizens, who raised more than K200,000, mostly in cash and some kind. 'We are hopeful to have a similar turnout or better this time around,' said the society.

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Japan's House of Representatives on Friday voted down a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida submitted by the main opposition party, a day after he quelled speculation of an early dissolution of the chamber. The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan criticized Kishida in the motion for failing to fully explain how to fund key policies, including measures to bolster the nation's defense capabilities and spark Japan's rapidly declining birthrate. After Kishida indicated Thursday he would not react to a no-confidence motion being tabled by calling a snap election during the ongoing Diet session through next Wednesday, the recognition that the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan hoped to garner was diminished, especially given the motion had little chance of being carried.

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A diverse community of land plants, ranging from mosses to flowering species, grow together in boggy stream in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. Sandy Hetherington, The University of Edinburgh, UK A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the evolution of plant biology, effectively rewriting the history of how they evolved over the past billion years. The research, published today in Nature Plants, shows plants have gradually developed their range of anatomical designs throughout the passage of time, punctuated by episodic bursts of innovation to overcome and adapt to environmental challenges.

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