Annex Advisory Services LLC reduced its stake in Bank of America Co. ( NYSE:BAC ) by 92.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 21,353 shares of the financial services provider's stock after selling 280,295 shares during the period. Annex Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Bank of America were worth $611,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company.

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The number of double-income households in South Korea moved up in 2022 from a year earlier, data showed, amid the eased COVID-19 restrictions.　Double-income households came to 5.84 million in October 2022, up 20,000 from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. They made up 46.1 percent of the 12.69 million married households, up 0.2 percentage point over the period.　Among them, 87.7 percent lived together, which indicates a 0.5 percentage point rise from the previous year. In these households, the average weekly working hours were 40.

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Marine and coastal ecosystems play a critical role in the health of the ocean and the planet, but their delicate balance must be maintained. One of the major threats to this balance comes from oil spills, which can have devastating impacts on these ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. When faced with oil spills, countries need as many tools and as much information as possible to help mitigate the environmental impacts, identify the source of spills and evaluate seafood for contamination from toxic substances.

https://www.miragenews.com/iaea-utilizes-nuclear-techniques-for-ocean-oil-1098282/

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Tampa Bay Rays (73-50, second in the AL East) vs. Los Angeles Angels (60-62, fourth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Erasmo Ramirez (2-3, 5.72 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 21 strikeouts); Angels: Tyler Anderson (5-4, 5.28 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 92 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Angels -111, Rays -108; over/under is 9 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels host the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday to open a three-game series. Los Angeles has gone 31-28 in home games and 60-62 overall.

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Dai ( DAI ) traded 0% higher against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 15:00 PM E.T. on June 24th. One Dai token can now be purchased for about $1.00 or 0.00003261 BTC on exchanges. Over the last week, Dai has traded up 0.1% against the dollar. Dai has a total market cap of $4.74 billion and approximately $100.83 million worth of Dai was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 3.

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CS Tan 4.9 / 5.0 This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....

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The labor union of Hyundai Motor said Tuesday it will stage partial strikes throughout this week after failing to reach an agreement with managemen...

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TOKYO , Jun 27 ( Kyodo ) - A man accused of attempted murder and arson in a 2021 attack on a Tokyo train while dressed in a Joker's costume admitted Monday to trying to kill a man he stabbed and starting a fire onboard, but his defense team denied the fire was intended to kill other passengers. Kyota Hattori, 26, made the statement at the opening hearing of his trial at the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court. In all, he was accused of the attempted murder of 13 passengers including the man he stabbed.

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Coach Alen Stajcic and the Philippine women's football team are bracing for a tough challenge from Hong Kong even after coming off two easy wins that put them on the cusp of progressing to the second round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. 'It will be a tough game, a very close game,' Stajcic said after the Filipinas rolled to an 8-0 rout of host Tajikistan on Saturday at Hisor Central Stadium. 'But if we play well, I'm confident we can get the job done.' The Philippines leads Group B despite being level with Hong Kong at six points apiece because of superior goal difference.

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S. Korea to start issuing mobile national ID cards next year SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin issuing mobile national identification cards in the second half of next year that have the same legal status as the current plastic identification cards, the interior minister said Tuesday. The ministry has recently put up a pre-legislation notice about the planned revision of the Resident Registration Act to introduce the mobile resident registration cards amid the increasing social trend to go walletless, ministry officials said.

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LONDON — Up to one million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for 'vapes', with pregnant women offered financial incentives to make the change in what will be a world first, the British government said on Tuesday. Under the scheme, almost one in five smokers will be given a vape – an e-cigarette – starter kit along with support to help quit smoking, the Department of Health (DoH) said. Pregnant women will also be offered vouchers to help them kick the habit as part of the government's target of reducing the number of smokers to 5% or less of the population from 13% now.

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(LEAD) Yoon-jamboree (LEAD) Yoon thanks all those who helped smoothly wrap up jamboree(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's remarks during meeting with prime minister)By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday thanked religious circles, businesses and others who he said helped smoothly wrap up the 2023 World Scout Jamboree following turmoil, his office said. Yoon expressed his gratitude during a weekly meeting with his senior secretaries, saying "national brand image" is more important than anything for a country whose economy is heavily reliant on external factors.

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As the Federal Government's pledge to introduce vehicle pollution caps receives "overwhelming" support, the Government must now deliver on an ambitious, strong, loophole-free standards that delivers real emissions reductions for the sake of communities, and our planet. "Australians want access to more affordable electric vehicles, but right now, we're being held back by a lack of strong fuel efficiency standards. Strong vehicle pollution caps will be crucial if Australia is to meet our climate targets," Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Joe Rafalowicz said today.

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Flashpoints—tense moments generated within cross-philosophical clashes, connections, contacts and negotiation—are explored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education associate professor through two groundbreaking publications within the book series, Flashpoint Epistemology, from Routledge Education Books. Hannah Tavares' two volumes consider flashpoints as urgent sites of study and for rethinking educational futures. The series is dedicated to analyzing flashpoints within educational settings that are mediated by or involve technological inventions.

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DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental — Charges of multiple murder, multiple frustrated murder, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives have been filed against four arrested suspects linked to the Pamplona massacre on Monday, March 6. Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG), said that they had filed murder charges against the four suspects before the Negros Oriental Provincial Prosecutor's Office on Monday morning, March 6. Separate charges for illegal possession of firearms and explosives were also filed at the Bayawan City Prosecutor's Office on the same day.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/492196/charges-filed-against-4-suspects-in-pamplona-massacre

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will chair the plenary session on Wednesday with the theme 'Accelerating fast and sustainable digital and green transition in driving breakthroughs to shorten the process of industrialization and modernization to 2030, with a vision to 2045'. Four symposiums will discuss improving smart production capacity and developing the digital technology industry toward make-in-Vietnam direction; Promoting the application and development of AI technology in industrialization and modernization; Technological trends and solutions to develop Vietnam's energy industry in the industrialization and modernization strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2045; and Digital and green transformation of the service sector.

https://vovworld.vn/en-US/news/vietnam-industry-40-summit-discusses-fast-and-sustainable-digital-and-green-transition-1206976.vov

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