Shares of Twitter Inc. were climbing 5% Wednesday morning. There were about 8.2 million shares trading, compared to the 30-day average volume of 23.6 million shares. Shares have gained 3% week-to-date even after Twitter missed second-quarter revenue expectations on July 26. The S&P 500 has lost 1% in the same time period. In the past three months, Twitter shares have gained 22%, outperforming the S&P 500's 5% gain.
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Mzansi's celebrities were out in full force on Wednesday to make their mark at the local government elections.
Washington and five Central-Asian republics are starting a dialogue on battling terrorism in the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
A stunt went horribly wrong on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday (August 2) when a man, Ryan Stock, was hit by a flaming arrow. Ryan‘s partner, AmberLynn, was supposed to hit a target in Ryan‘s mouth with the flaming arrow, but instead, hit his body. “It just caught my shirt,” Ryan said after the stunt. [...]
Voting stations remain deserted in Vuwani in Limpopo‚ with people flocking to a local football ground in Vyeboom where games have been organised to snub elections.
Een Nederlandse vrouw (58) is overleden toen ze aan het duiken was bij Ibiza. Dat meldde de lokale krant Diario de Ibiza vandaag.
Ozzy Osbourne krijgt 'intensieve therapie' om af te rekenen met zijn seksverslaving. De 67-jarige rocker zette zijn huwelijk op het spel door zijn echtgenote Sharon te bedriegen met zijn haarstyliste Michelle Pugh.
Bij het AMC is ter nauwernood een amputatie van de voet van een man voorkomen. De patiënt had een kort geding aangespannen om zijn voet te redden.
Racistische uitlatingen op de facebookpagina van de extreemrechtse Vlaamse Verdedigings Liga (VVL) worden onderwerp van een rechtszaak. Justitie in Antwerpen is bezig met de dagvaarding naar aanleiding van een klacht die gelijkekansencentrum Unia vorig jaar indiende. De rechtszaak dient mogelijk in het najaar.
Unlike the last four Olympics, Michael Phelps will be taking part in the opening ceremony for the Rio Games.
The Bengals have had conversations with cornerback Leon Hall about a return to the team, but they may not be his only option for a 2016 landing spot. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the veteran will visit with the Giants on Wednesday. Hall met with the Giants in May as well, but obviously didn’t…
One of the Beyhive's biggest enemies continues to create buzz.
On July 31 Polish F-16 planes intercepted a Russian plane over Czestochowa
Kate Taylor
It's easy to live like a hermit in 2016. More than that — it's fantastic.
With the plethora of delivery apps available, there's really no reason to leave the house anymore. So I decided that for a week, I simply wouldn't leave.
For five days straight, I ordered all of my food via delivery apps. I downloaded all my workout plans. I purchased everything from lightbulbs to manicures online, to be delivered and completed in my little apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Читать дальше...
Ed Adamczyk
LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Australia has instituted a system of abuse of refugees in the island nation of Nauru, the activist group Amnesty International reported.
Auto makers and environmental regulators are sparring over stringent fuel-economy standards, signaling a pitched battle over whether to relax the Obama administration’s future mileage targets.
The Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland visits Turkey Wednesday holding meetings with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim as a new report from Amnesty International now says 45,000 have been either arrested, detained or suspended.
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As the traditional career advice goes, you usually shouldn't include your hobbies on your résumé because they take up valuable space and waste the precious few seconds a recruiter spends skimming your résumé.
But in some situations, they can actually add value to your résumé and help you stand out in a good way.
If you're looking for an internship at a company like Google, for example, one previous intern says hiring managers want to see interesting personal details on your résumé. Читать дальше...
Humana beat second-quarter earnings expectations and reaffirmed its forecast for 2016, even as the health insurer set aside an additional $208 million to cover expenses in its individual, commercial coverage.
Humana beat second-quarter earnings expectations and reaffirmed its forecast for 2016, even as the health insurer set aside an additional $208 million to cover expenses in its individual, commercial coverage.
It creates a 'ready made excuse', apparently.