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Student Transportation Inc. Announces Share Purchase

Apr 11, 2016 21:03 pm UTC| Business

BARRIE, Ontario, April 11, 2016 Student Transportation Inc. (STI) (TSX:STB) (NASDAQ:STB) announced that SNCF-Participations (SNCF-P) has sold its remaining shares of the Company as part of its previously announced...

BeiGene Appoints Eric Hedrick, M.D. as Interim Chief Medical Officer

Apr 11, 2016 21:00 pm UTC| Business

WALTHAM, Mass., April 11, 2016 -- BeiGene, Ltd. (NASDAQ:BGNE) (“BeiGene”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative molecularly-targeted and immuno-oncology drugs for the treatment of...

P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. Announces Final Results of its Self Tender Offer

Apr 11, 2016 21:00 pm UTC| Business

TONTITOWN, Ark., April 11, 2016 -- P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTSI) (the “Company” or “PTSI”) today announced the final results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender offer to repurchase up to 425,000...

Northern Tier Announces First Quarter 2016 Earnings Call and Webcast

Apr 11, 2016 21:00 pm UTC| Business

TEMPE, Ariz., April 11, 2016 -- Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE:NTI) (“Northern Tier”) will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, before the open of trading on...

Communications Sales & Leasing To Announce First Quarter 2016 Financial Results and Host Conference Call

Apr 11, 2016 21:00 pm UTC| Business

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 11, 2016 -- Communications Sales Leasing, Inc. (“CSL” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:CSAL) announced today that it will report its first quarter 2016 financial results prior to the opening of...

YRC Worldwide Announces Schedule for First Quarter 2016 Earnings Conference Call

Apr 11, 2016 20:45 pm UTC| Business

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 11, 2016 -- YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW) today announced that on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. ET, 3:30 p.m. CT, company executives will host a conference call with the investment...

Marathon Oil to Divest $950 Million of Non-Core Assets

Apr 11, 2016 20:43 pm UTC| Business

HOUSTON, April 11, 2016 -- Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today it has signed agreements for the sale of certain non-core assets for $950 million, bringing the total to approximately $1.3 billion since...

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Economy

Nigerians throw naira notes around to show love: but it could land you in jail

The legal implication of physically damaging the naira, Nigerias currency, came into focus recently with the prosecution of at least two celebrities by the countrys Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nigeria has a...

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Politics

Sudan’s civil war is rooted in its historical favouritism of Arab and Islamic identity

The current civil war in Sudan goes beyond a simple power struggle between two generals. It reflects a deep-rooted crisis within the countrys governing structure thats been present since it gained independence from the...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

The politics stopping the UK from opening a youth mobility scheme with Europe

Earlier this week, it seemed possible that young people in the UK might soon be able to travel freely to work and live in Europe again. The European Commission laid out proposals to open mobility to millions of 18- to...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Technology

AI Protocol Render (RNDR) Soars 15% As Bitcoin Fights For Balance

As Bitcoin grapples with market volatility, altcoin Render (RNDR) stands out with a remarkable 15% surge, showcasing its resilience amid the crypto markets tumult. This surge comes as Bitcoin struggles to find stability,...

Huawei's Covert U.S. Funding Scheme Raises Eyebrows Amid Export Ban

The revelation of Huaweis discreet sponsorship of U.S. research through a Washington-based foundation has reignited concerns about the efficacy of the export ban. Despite regulatory hurdles, the tech giant managed to fund...

Crypto.com's F1 Sponsorship Expansion Sparks Global Visibility Drive

Crypto.com, one of the top exchanges in the digital currency ecosystem, is set to expand its sporting ad budget. Notably, the trading platform is looking to expand its dominance in its push for global...

Stablecoins Set to Overtake Visa, Ripple CEO Affirms XRP and ETH Not Securities

Stablecoins are poised to challenge Visas dominance in payment volume, marking a significant shift in the crypto landscape. Meanwhile, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse asserts that XRP and Ethereum (ETH) are not securities,...

Justin Sun Dominates Swell L2 with 46% of Deposits in eETH

Justin Sun, founder of Tron, has again surged into the limelight, this time for his colossal cryptocurrency deposits. The crypto tycoon, utilizing the pseudonymous address 0x7a9…3095, recently funneled a staggering...