Barings LLC cut its position in shares of Visa Inc. ( NYSE:V – Get Rating ) by 1.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,894 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after selling 154 shares during the quarter. Barings LLC's holdings in Visa were worth $1,848,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/30/barings-llc-has-1-85-million-position-in-visa-inc-nysev.html

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Machina Capital S.A.S. acquired a new stake in PepsiCo, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PEP – Get Rating ) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 1,169 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $211,000. Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of PepsiCo by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 448,860 shares of the company's stock worth $81,091,000 after acquiring an additional 7,122 shares in the last quarter.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/10/machina-capital-s-a-s-acquires-shares-of-1169-pepsico-inc-nasdaqpep.html

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The two countries are expected to conduct AUKUS pillar 2 tests while HMS Anson is within Australian waters.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/british-nuclear-powered-submarine-in-australia/106372406

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Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 1:50PM ACC Head G Lane joins Manaia Stewart on a Tuesday to discuss the latest on the Sam Cane v Pitch Invader, Tour De France, Wimbledon and more!  The Daily Agenda is powered by Musashi - Fuelling athletes like Aaron Smith, RTS, Manaia Stewart & G Lane for more than 30 years. Take your Radio, and with you

https://www.hauraki.co.nz/the-acc/the-agenda/daily-agenda-wimbledon-warning/

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The Albanese and Minns governments have launched a $9.1 million grant program for community organisations and non-government organisations as they help flood-affected regions on their road to recovery. The NGO Flood Recovery Program funding will go to service providers and non-government organisations in the Western, Murrumbidgee, Far West and New England districts as they continue to rebuild following the floods which began in August and September 2022. The grants are jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

https://www.miragenews.com/9-1-million-boost-to-help-flood-affected-1052922/

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The CommBank HSI Index is based on 12 spending categories, with a breakdown provided between goods and services, retail and non-retail, as well as essential and discretionary spending. Spending activity for each Australian State is tracked and a separate Home Buying Index also measures home lending data. CBA Chief Economist Stephen Halmarick said the new report built upon the capabilities of the previous Household Spending Intentions series, with CBA payments data now aligned to Australian Bureau of Statistics spending categories and census-weighting to be nationally representative, as well as being seasonally adjusted.

https://www.miragenews.com/commbank-index-consumers-kept-tight-budget-in-1065382/

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Please join and Virginia Grenier and their guest Dominic Domingo on March 24th at 8EST 7EST 6MT 5PST for a great discussion. Dominick Domingo is a veteran Disney Feature Animation artist and live-action filmmaker whose award-winning narrative nonfiction essays and short stories have been included in anthologies. His Young Adult Fantasy trilogy, The Nameless Prince, launched in 2012 through Twilight Times Books and has been capturing imaginations since. The Seeker represents Dominick's foray into Mythic Visionary Fiction.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/michiganavenuemedia/2023/04/25/author-interview-michigan-avenue-media-dominic-domingo

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BC Card filed for a patent that automatically saves the data of its customers' assets as a non-fungible token (NFT) on a blockchain net, the Korean card company said Sunday. The company hopes it will help them protect customer assets under any circumstances, even when computer problems cripple banking operation. Users of its MyData application service can update the data of their assets to BC Card. The data will be automatically saved as NFTs on a blockchain net and will be offered to customers free of charge through its Digital Wallet service.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/640/0000036002?sid=101

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Picton Mahoney Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of Revance Therapeutics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:RVNC – Get Rating ) by 62.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 99,980 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock after buying an additional 38,580 shares during the period. Picton Mahoney Asset Management owned approximately 0.12% of Revance Therapeutics worth $1,844,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/03/revance-therapeutics-inc-nasdaqrvnc-shares-acquired-by-picton-mahoney-asset-management.html

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iCAD, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ICAD – Get Free Report )'s stock price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $1.82 and traded as high as $3.00. iCAD shares last traded at $2.94, with a volume of 464,932 shares. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades ICAD has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. JMP Securities lowered their price objective on shares of iCAD from $7.00 to $4.00 and set an 'outperform' rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 13th.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/30/icad-nasdaqicad-shares-pass-above-two-hundred-day-moving-average-of-1-82.html

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More than 50,000 people lost their lives as a result of the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey on February 6. While the state failed in both disaster preparedness and its response to the devastation, Turkish civil society has stepped in, providing large-scale humanitarian aid and banding together to defend the human rights of survivors in the ongoing aftermath of the catastrophe. This robust civic response is all the more impressive given the authoritarian government's escalating restrictions on independent activism in recent years.

https://freedomhouse.org/article/turkeys-earthquake-aftermath-underscores-value-civil-society

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Patten Group Inc. increased its position in shares of The Williams Companies, Inc. ( NYSE:WMB – Get Rating ) by 7.7% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 22,840 shares of the pipeline company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,629 shares during the period. Patten Group Inc.'s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $682,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/18/patten-group-inc-purchases-1629-shares-of-the-williams-companies-inc-nysewmb.html

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MANILA  -Air cargo traffic in the Asia Pacific showed an uptick for the first time since March last year as trading activities picked up, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In a report, IATA noted the region registered a 0.9-percent annual growth in July, an improvement from the 7.2-percent drop in June. 'Asia Pacific airlines experienced their first year-on-year growth in cargo traffic since March 2022, driven by increased trade with other regions and significant market improvements within Asia,' it said.

https://business.inquirer.net/421596/air-cargo-demand-in-asia-pacific-posted-gain-in-july

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MANILA  -The Philippine peso closed trading on Friday at 56.315:$1, its weakest position in almost nine months, possibly putting the local currency on a depreciation path as the US dollar holds out while other countries show worse economic signals than the United States. At this level, the peso-dollar exchange rate is approaching the upper end of the Marcos administration economic team's forecast for 2023, which they placed within 54-57 pesos against the greenback. The peso lost 9.5 centavos to the US dollar from the 56.

https://business.inquirer.net/415475/weak-gdp-numbers-point-to-more-peso-downside

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2023 remained unchanged at 129.8 or 3.7 per cent, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the increase in Malaysia's inflation in February 2023 was still driven by restaurants and hotels (+7.4 per cent) and food and non-alcoholic beverages (+7.0 per cent). Nevertheless, the slower increase in the transport group (+3.

https://bernama.com/en/business/news.php?id=2175953

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'We are facing a new earthquake,' Emilia-Romagna President Stefano Bonaccini told reporters, recalling the seismic events that struck the region in 2012, destroying thousands of homes. Noting that since then 'almost everything' had been rebuilt, Bonaccini said, 'that experience showed us that it can be done, and we will rebuild everything (again), I am sure of that.' The death toll rose to 13 on Thursday when four more bodies were found. In the small town of Russi two people, aged 73 and 71, were found dead together in their home, local authorities said.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/505584/devastating-italian-floods-kill-at-least-13-wreck-homes-and-farms

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International Women's Day rally in Madridepaselect epa10509807 A protester takes part in a rally on the occasion of the International Women's Day in Madrid, central Spain, 08 March 2023. International Women's Day (IWD) is observed annually on 08 March worldwide to highlight women's rights, as well as issues such as violence and abuse against women. The theme of IWD 2023 is 'DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality'. According to the United Nations, 37 percent of women around the world do not use the internet, leading to a digital gender gap that widens economic and social inequalities.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/091/0009411827?sid=104

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Australian agencies would establish a 'red flag' system to identify suspicious 'visa hopping' by foreign students, under reforms being considered by a parliamentary group. The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, which is enquiring into the post-Covid state of Australia's international education and tourism industries, has heard that tough action is needed to tackle college-based work scams. Concern largely centres around students enrolling with universities to boost their chances of obtaining visas, coming to Australia and then switching to cheaper vocational education and training (VET) colleges with lax attendance standards.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nuclear-options-needed-stamp-out-student-work-scams

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The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCR) has affirmed the Philippines' investment-grade credit rating of 'A-' with a stable outlook, based partly on pronouncements of the Marcos administration to prioritize fiscal consolidation and infrastructure projects. In a report dated March 10, JCR cited the Philippines' 'high and sustained economic growth performance underpinned by solid domestic demand and its resilience to external shocks supported by an external debt kept low relative to GDP (gross domestic product) and the accumulation of foreign exchange reserves.

https://business.inquirer.net/390442/ph-keeps-a-rating-from-japan-agency

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Chain ( XCN ) traded 4.5% lower against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 14:00 PM ET on June 24th. One Chain token can currently be bought for approximately $0.0012 or 0.00000004 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Chain has a total market cap of $29.70 million and approximately $5.47 million worth of Chain was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, Chain has traded up 24.6% against the dollar. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 4.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/24/chain-price-up-24-6-over-last-week-xcn.html

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