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Sinking Feeling: Loss of land-ice will have devastating consequences
2021-05-07 01:15
Sinking Feeling: Loss of land-ice will have devastating consequences
The warming trajectory under the current climate pledges will cause ice-melt to raise ocean levels by 25 cms by 2100...

https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/sinking-feeling-loss-of-land-ice-will-ha...
An attorney for an accused Capitol rioter claimed his client participated in the January 6 siege because he had 'Foxitus' and 'Foxmania' from watching Fox News for 6 months
2021-05-07 01:15
An attorney for an accused Capitol rioter claimed his client participated in the January 6 siege because he had 'Foxitus' and 'Foxmania' from watching Fox News for 6 months
An attorney for Capitol defendant Anthony Antonio said he started "believing what was being fed to him" from Fox News ahead of the January 6 riot.

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Japan's service sector shrinks at slowest pace since health crisis started - PMI
2021-05-07 01:00
Japan's service sector shrinks at slowest pace since health crisis started - PMI
Japan's services sector activity
contracted in April as coronavirus emergency measures hit
businesses, though the pace of decline eased to its slowest
since around the time the health crisis started in e...
Trump social media: Twitter suspends account sharing ex-president's posts
2021-05-07 01:00
Trump social media: Twitter suspends account sharing ex-president's posts
The social media platform said the account was trying to evade Mr Trump's Twitter ban...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57018148
News Corp revenue rises on real estate and publishing growth
2021-05-07 01:00
News Corp revenue rises on real estate and publishing growth
News Corp reported 3% revenue growth for the quarter that ended in March, driven by positive foreign-exchange fluctuations plus solid growth at the companys digital real estate, book publishing and Do...
'Equal Standard' Review: The Ice-T-Backed Film at the Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement Is Hindered by Uneven Acting and Untidy Priorities
2021-05-07 01:00
'Equal Standard' Review: The Ice-T-Backed Film at the Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement Is Hindered by Uneven Acting and Untidy Priorities
Overlong and erratically paced, Brendan Kyle Cochranes New York City-based Equal Standard opens with a self-conscious scene that heavy-handedly hints at an impending tragedy. There in the sun-dappled ...
36 best movies to watch on Disney Plus     - CNET
2021-05-07 01:00
36 best movies to watch on Disney Plus - CNET
What to watch on Disney Plus in between Marvel movies...

https://www.cnet.com/news/36-best-movies-to-watch-on-disney-plus/

#CNETNews
Korn Ferry Tour Players Set To Get A Big Raise
2021-05-07 01:00
Korn Ferry Tour Players Set To Get A Big Raise
The PGA Tours top feeder tour will increase payouts by at least 66.7% for regular season events over the next two years with purse minimums climbing to $1 million by 2023.The PGA Tours top feeder tour...
16 best TV shows to watch on Disney Plus     - CNET
2021-05-07 01:00
16 best TV shows to watch on Disney Plus - CNET
Atlas Is Shrugging: Forget 'The Great Reset', Here Comes 'The Great Reject'
2021-05-07 01:00
Atlas Is Shrugging: Forget 'The Great Reset', Here Comes 'The Great Reject'
Atlas Is Shrugging: Forget 'The Great Reset', Here Comes 'The Great Reject'

Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com,

The Jackpot Chronicles Scenario #4: Atlas Shrugged

Never mind The Great Reset. ...
Grid manager assures ample electric power for Texas summer
2021-05-07 01:00
Grid manager assures ample electric power for Texas summer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The group that manages the grid that provides electric power to most of Texas assured Thursday that its latest assessment showed the grid was expected to provide sufficient power ...
NBN Co sees large jump in 250Mbps, gigabit users
2021-05-07 01:00
Google will make you use two-step verification to login
2021-05-07 01:00
Google will make you use two-step verification to login
World Password Day returns to remind us how much passwords sucks Google has marked World Password Day by declaring "passwords are the single biggest threat to your online security," and announcing pla...
Twitter says working on improving its awareness of language nuances
2021-05-07 00:45
Twitter says working on improving its awareness of language nuances
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 Twitter is scrutinising your vocabulary. While the social network takes its fight against aggressive language seriously, the platform also wants to leave room for sarcasm. With th...
High mineral prices could slow down transition to clean energy, IEA warns
2021-05-07 00:45
High mineral prices could slow down transition to clean energy, IEA warns
Demand for metals used in solar panels, wind turbines and batteries is outstripping supplyHigh mineral prices could delay the global transition to clean energy as the demand for metals in solar panels...
China Pollutes More Than US And All Developed Countries Combined: Report
2021-05-07 00:45
China Pollutes More Than US And All Developed Countries Combined: Report
China Pollutes More Than US And All Developed Countries Combined: Report

China's 2019 greenhouse gas emissions exceeded those of the United States and the rest of the developed world combined, accordin...
Don't force fee-cuts: SC order to Rajasthan pvt schools will foster more such demands
2021-05-07 00:45
Don't force fee-cuts: SC order to Rajasthan pvt schools will foster more such demands
The SC did well to protect the autonomy of the private schools. But, by asking them to cut fees for services not utilised, it has thrown private schools into uncharted waters...

https://www.financialex...
Why Ambev Stock Jumped Today
2021-05-07 00:45
Why Ambev Stock Jumped Today
Shares of the Latin American beverage company gained on a better-than-expected earnings report.Shares ofAmbev(NYSE: ABEV) were moving higher today after the Latin American subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch...
Beyond Meat burned by COVID-19 restaurant trends
2021-05-07 00:45
Beyond Meat burned by COVID-19 restaurant trends
Beyond Meat shares sank on Thursday as the company explained pandemic pressures caused it to fall short of earnings expectations...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/beyond-meat-earnings-covid-19

#fox...
Everything We Know About 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'House of the Dragon'
2021-05-07 00:30
Everything We Know About 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'House of the Dragon'
What is dead may never die, and thus, the world of Game of Thrones will live on at HBO with prequel series House of the Dragon. While its only been two years since we waved goodbye to Game of Thrones,...
Elise Stefanik Was Once Allies With Liz Cheney - Who She Now Seeks To Replace
2021-05-07 00:30
Elise Stefanik Was Once Allies With Liz Cheney - Who She Now Seeks To Replace
Stefanik said in 2019 she was proud to nominate Cheney for the role shes set to lose, and her PAC donated $10,000 to Cheneys reelection.Stefanik said in 2019 she was proud to nominate Cheney for the r...
World Password Day: How to choose a good password manager and why?
2021-05-07 00:30
World Password Day: How to choose a good password manager and why?
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 World Password Day, yesterday, May 6, 2021, is the occasion for a reminder that the most secure solution to manage all your passwords is to use a dedicated manager. These programs...
Cognizant Q1 net profit up 37.6% to $505 mn
2021-05-07 00:30
Cognizant Q1 net profit up 37.6% to $505 mn
The firm, which has about 200,000 employees based in India, saw its March 2021 quarter revenue growing 4.2% to $4.4 billion over the year-ago period...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/cognizant...
Why Masks Are Still Mandatory
2021-05-07 00:30
Why Masks Are Still Mandatory
Why Masks Are Still Mandatory

Authored by Alex Hamilton via AmericanThinker.com,

Joe Biden is in a pickle.

He wants to continue to convince Americans they should get the experimental biological agent (A...
Enhypen, SHINee, Itzy, STAYC, AB6IX And ONF: This Week's 10 Bestselling Albums In Korea
2021-05-07 00:30
Enhypen, SHINee, Itzy, STAYC, AB6IX And ONF: This Week's 10 Bestselling Albums In Korea
Seven albums that werent present in the top 10 last week either debut inside the region, return to it or rise back into it once again from lower on the list.Seven albums that werent present in the top...
Kotak Special Fund readies for  r'"?r700-cr deal
2021-05-07 00:30
Kotak Special Fund readies for r'"?r700-cr deal
Kotak Special Situations Fund will pay lenders to take a majority stake in stressed HKR Roadways Ltd, a person with knowledge of the matter said...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/kotak-special...
'Stealing Chaplin' Review: A Legendary Comedian Is Exhumed - But Not His Spirit - in a Slight Knockabout Farce
2021-05-07 00:30
'Stealing Chaplin' Review: A Legendary Comedian Is Exhumed - But Not His Spirit - in a Slight Knockabout Farce
The 1978 theft of Charlie Chaplins coffin from its rural Swiss resting place was the kind of bizarre case equal parts absurd caper and poignant story of human desperation, escalating wildly and ending...
Nigeria: Nigeria - Anxiety Over Deteriorating Security Morphing Into Panic
2021-05-07 00:30
Nigeria: Nigeria - Anxiety Over Deteriorating Security Morphing Into Panic
[CFR] Some Nigerian movers and shakers appear to be panicking over the continued deterioration of security nationwide...

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105070001.html

#AllAfricaNews
Canadian Pacific gets procedural OK in bid for US railroad
2021-05-07 00:30
Canadian Pacific gets procedural OK in bid for US railroad
OMAHA, Neb. Regulators on Thursday approved Canadian Pacifics plan for acquiring Kansas City Southern if that railroad picks CPs $25 billion bid over rival Canadian Nationals $33.7 billion offer. The ...
Peloton expects to lose $165 million in revenue from recall
2021-05-07 00:30
Peloton expects to lose $165 million in revenue from recall
NEW YORK Peloton said Thursday that the recall of its treadmills will shrink its revenue by $165 million in the current quarter. The company agreed on Wednesday to recall about 125,000 of its Tread+ t...
Beyond Meat's Q1 hobbled by marketing costs, lower prices
2021-05-07 00:30
Beyond Meat's Q1 hobbled by marketing costs, lower prices
Plant-based meat company Beyond Meat posted a first-quarter loss Thursday after higher sales were offset by marketing costs and lower prices. The company based in El Segundo, California, reported that...
Peloton CEO apologizes for Tread+ issues as company will temporarily halt treadmill sales
2021-05-07 00:30
Peloton CEO apologizes for Tread+ issues as company will temporarily halt treadmill sales
The revenue impact from the Tread and Tread+ recall is expected to be approximately $165 million, and the pause in Tread and Tread+ deliveries will negatively impact Peloton's revenue by approximately...
Seaspan Shipyard wins back billion-dollar coast guard icebreaker project
2021-05-07 00:30
Seaspan Shipyard wins back billion-dollar coast guard icebreaker project
North Vancouver’s Seaspan Shipyards will build one of two new flagship icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard with the second to be built by rival Davie Shipbuilding in Levis, Que., Fisheries and Oc...
Oppenheimer Assigns a Hold Rating on Watts Water Technologies (WTS)
2021-05-07 00:30
Oppenheimer Assigns a Hold Rating on Watts Water Technologies (WTS)
Oppenheimer analyst Bryan Blair assigned a Hold rating to Watts Water Technologies (WTS) yesterday. The companys shares closed last Thursday at $134.
The post Oppenheimer Assigns a Hold Rating on Watts...
Viewray (VRAY) Receives a Buy from BTIG
2021-05-07 00:30
Viewray (VRAY) Receives a Buy from BTIG
In a report released yesterday, Marie Thibault from BTIG reiterated a Buy rating on Viewray (VRAY), with a price target of $7.00.
The post Viewray (VRAY) Receives a Buy from BTIG appeared first on Smar...
Why Exxon And Chevron Are Not Going All-Out In The Permian
2021-05-07 00:15
Why Exxon And Chevron Are Not Going All-Out In The Permian
The U.S. oil supermajors are leading by example what shale drilling discipline should look like. Neither ExxonMobil nor Chevron are rushing to boost production in the biggest American shale play, the ...
AMNS posts 187% jump in profits in Jan-Mar quarter
2021-05-07 00:15
AMNS posts 187% jump in profits in Jan-Mar quarter
ArcelorMittal said the Indian business continued to perform very well. During the first quarter, AMNS India achieved solid production, annualising at 7.3 million tonnes (MT...

https://www.financialexpr...
As China row deepens, 1 million tonnes of Australian copper concentrate need new buyers
2021-05-07 00:15
As China row deepens, 1 million tonnes of Australian copper concentrate need new buyers
Australian copper concentrate exports to China has been at zero since November amid record prices and historically low refining charges.
Bullish sentiment has overtaken the copper market with the bellw...
US govt: New jobless claims plunged 92,000 last week
2021-05-07 00:15
US govt: New jobless claims plunged 92,000 last week
, May 7 Americans filed 92,000 fewer applications for unemployment aid last week, the government reported Thursday, in the latest sign the widespread job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was ebb...
PSA: Don't drive while you are on a Zoom meeting talking about a distracted driving bill
2021-05-07 00:15
PSA: Don't drive while you are on a Zoom meeting talking about a distracted driving bill
Its better not to be distracted while driving | Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Who among us has not tried during the pandemic to conceal the background of our home offices d...
Disability and domestic abuse: 'No-one knows what is happening behind those walls'
2021-05-07 00:15
Disability and domestic abuse: 'No-one knows what is happening behind those walls'
As cases of domestic abuse rise during lockdown, disabled victims can face particular challenges to escape their abusers...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-56197682

#BBCNews
NBN residential ARPU remains stuck at AU$45
2021-05-07 00:15
NBN residential ARPU remains stuck at AU$45
Revenue is up 23% to AU$3.5 billion for the nine months to March 31, but the average spend per user is stuck well below NBN's stated aim of AU$51...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nbn-residential-arpu-r...
Rag 'n' Bone Man talks about his struggles with fame
2021-05-07 00:15
Rag 'n' Bone Man talks about his struggles with fame
Singer-songwriter Rag 'n' Bone Man says he wanted his friends to rescue him from red carpets...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57007115

#BBCNews
Analysts Conflicted on These Financial Names: Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Cominar Real Estate Investment (OtherCMLEF)
2021-05-07 00:15
Analysts Conflicted on These Financial Names: Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Cominar Real Estate Investment (OtherCMLEF)
Analysts have been eager to weigh in on the Financial sector with new ratings on Sun Life Financial (SLF) and Cominar Real Estate ...
The post Analysts Conflicted on These Financial Names: Sun Life Fin...
Analysts' Opinions Are Mixed on These Utilities Stocks: ARC Resources (OtherAETUF) and Fortis (FTS)
2021-05-07 00:15
Analysts' Opinions Are Mixed on These Utilities Stocks: ARC Resources (OtherAETUF) and Fortis (FTS)
Companies in the Utilities sector have received a lot of coverage today as analysts weigh in on ARC Resources (AETUF) and Fortis (FTS). ...
The post Analysts Opinions Are Mixed on These Utilities Stock...
Intuit (INTU) Received its Third Buy in a Row
2021-05-07 00:15
Intuit (INTU) Received its Third Buy in a Row
After Merrill Lynch and Wolfe Research gave Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from ...
The post Intuit (INTU) Received its Third Buy in a Row ap...