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TJX and Hain Celestial stumble, G&K Services surges

TheRepublic.com 

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Kinder Morgan Inc., up 48 cents to $21.78. Energy company stocks got a boost from stronger oil prices. Hain Celestial Group Inc., down $14.05 to $39.35 The tea maker delayed its quarterly report because of accounting issues and said it doesn’t expect to reach

Rio organizers acknowledge ‘dropping the ball’ on planning

TheRepublic.com 

RIO DE JANEIRO — Once the self-styled “Olympic family” started grumbling, Rio de Janeiro organizers knew they had to make rapid improvements. “You need to provide good service,” Rio Games spokesman Mario Andrada said Tuesday. “And we were kind of dropping the ball a little bit in the beginning.” International Olympic Committee executives and guests

John McLaughlin, host of confrontational TV show, dead at 89

TheRepublic.com 

NEW YORK — John McLaughlin, the conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that pioneered hollering-heads discussions of Washington politics, has died. He was 89. McLaughlin died Tuesday morning, according to an announcement on the Facebook page of “The McLaughlin Group” series. No cause of death was mentioned, but an ailing

Poland plans prison terms for using term ‘Polish death camp’

TheRepublic.com 

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish government approved a new bill on Tuesday that foresees prison terms of up to three years for anyone who uses phrases like “Polish death camps” to refer to Auschwitz and other camps that Nazi Germany operated in occupied Poland during World War II. The bill aims to deal with a

Russian Scientists Adjust Innovative Satellite Control System

Sputnik International 

Russian scientists have started the adjustment of the innovative guidance, navigation and control (GNC) system on the Aist-2D satellite that was launched from the Vostochny space center in April, the press service of the Samara University said on Tuesday.



Hacker group claims to have stolen NSA ‘cyber weapons’

McClatchy DC Bureau 

A mysterious group that calls itself the Shadow Brokers claims to have hacked into the National Security Agency, stolen powerful cyber weapons and surveillance tools, and put them up for … Click to Continue »

TJX and Hain Celestial stumble, G&K Services surges

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

The tea maker delayed its quarterly report because of accounting issues and said it doesn't expect to reach its financial projections. The sporting goods retailer announced better-than-expected quarterly results and raised its projections for the year. Phone companies dipped as investors sold the safe investments they favored earlier in 2016.

Aguero scores hat trick, Man City close to Champions League

TheRepublic.com 

Sergio Aguero hit a hat trick after failing to score from two early penalties as Manchester City thrashed Steaua Bucharest 5-0 in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Tuesday, virtually assuring a sixth straight season in the group stage. On a night when City’s movement and passing bewildered its Romanian opponent and

Oklahoma man jailed in killing accused of anti-Muslim rants

TheRepublic.com 

TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma man suspected of fatally shooting a male neighbor was accused of harassing and shouting anti-Muslim slurs at the man’s family, who are actually Christians from Lebanon, and of trying to run over the man’s mother with his vehicle. Police say Khalid Jabara was killed at his Tulsa home Friday and

The Beauty of Shaunae Miller’s Ugly Dive in Rio

The New Yorker 

If the final moments of Monday night’s women’s four hundred metres in Rio had been in a sports movie, they would have been shot in momentous slow motion. In one lane was Shaunae Miller, of the Bahamas, two steps from the finish, clinging to a lead. A few lanes over and a step behind was the favorite, Allyson Felix, of the United States, charging hard. At the crucial moment, Miller lunged awkwardly, and fell headfirst toward the line, while Felix leaned classically forward, her head slightly up, an image of athletic grace. Читать дальше...

Kerber going for women’s No. 1 ranking in Cincinnati

TheRepublic.com 

MASON, Ohio — Angelique Kerber has a chance to become No. 1 at the Western & Southern Open. The men’s bracket is wide open, too, providing an opportunity for someone outside the Big Four to claim a Masters title. It’s a week for the up-and-comers. Two-time defending champion Serena Williams pulled out of the tournament

Cree shares drop on earnings miss, outlook

MarketWatch.com 

Cree Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Tuesday after fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and outlook fell short of Wall Street targets. Cree shares fell 6% to $25.85 after hours. The LED light maker reported adjusted earnings of 19 cents a share on revenue of $388.4 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of 20 cents a share on revenue of $385.8 million. Cree forecast adjusted first-quarter earnings of 10 cents to 16 cents a share on revenue of $310 million to $330 million. Читать дальше...


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