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Shares of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. rallied 1.5% in early morning trade Thursday, after the home builder reported fiscal fourth-quarter gross margin percentage that improved, and profit and sales that fell less than some analysts had expected. Net income for the quarter to Oct. 31 declined to $11.8 million, or 8 cents a share, from $22.3 million, or 14 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Revenue decreased 10% to $721.7 million. The average of two analysts surveyed by FactSet was for... Читать дальше...

Marcel Keizer was appointed on a two-year contract in June 2017. Ajax have appointed Michael Reiziger as interim coach after the sacking of Marcel Keizer. The Dutch giants have turned to the 44-year-old boss of their reserve side -- Jong Ajax -- after dispensing with the services of Keizer and his assistants, former Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp and Hennie Spijkerman. Former Holland defender Reiziger won the Champions League with Ajax early in his playing career before going on to represent AC Milan... Читать дальше...

Marcel Keizer was appointed on a two-year contract in June 2017. Ajax have sacked their senior coaching team led by Marcel Keizer. The club sit second in the Eredivisie table but announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon that Keizer plus his assistants -- former Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp and Hennie Spijkerman -- had been "removed from active duty." Keizer took over in the summer from Peter Bosz, who moved to Borussia Dortmund but was sacked himself earlier this month. Ajax chief executive... Читать дальше...

Ten months have passed since Mark Wahlberg’s beloved Patriots hoisted their fifth Lombardi Trophy, staging one of the greatest comebacks in sports history at Super Bowl LI. The celebrity die-hard missed the storybook ending and caught serious flak from those doubting his New England fandom. He later blamed the early exit on his son’s illness, but...

BARCELONA, Spain — Voters in Catalonia faced a momentous choice in elections Thursday for their regional parliament: either support political parties that are determined to keep up the pressure to turn their region into Europe’s newest country, or opt for those that want it to stay as part of Spain. The pivotal election is aimed...

Miriam Kalamian answers questions related to cancer, the ketogenic diet and blood sugar after her presentation at the Low Carb USA conference in 2017.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — As election officials set about to break a tie in one Virginia House race and recount the votes in another, it's far from clear yet whether Republicans or Democrats will have control of the chamber next year. Elections officials are expected to draw names at random on Dec. 27 to settle a declared tie in the 94th District in Newport News. Meanwhile, a recount and federal lawsuit may settle a crucial Fredericksburg-area district where about many voters were given the wrong ballots. Читать дальше...

Jhené Aiko is transforming her pain into poetry.

On Tuesday, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter released her first book, 2Fish, which is the final installment of her project MAP (an acronym for “movie, album, and poetry”) that Aiko started in September as a way to process her grief after her older brother’s death. Her sibling, Miyagi, was 26 when he died due to an inoperable brain tumor in 2012. 

“Expressing yourself is really important when you’re dealing with emotions that are not... Читать дальше...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former Division of Criminal Investigation agent hopes a jury's $1.2 million verdict in her favor sends a strong message about the need to believe sexual harassment victims. Laura Zylstra Kaiser says her case wasn't so much about sexual harassment but retaliation for reporting it. She says it's also about the actions of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, who oversees the DCI and is running for governor. Kaiser got a stellar review just before a new a colleague... Читать дальше...

The 36-year-old is still getting it done on the court, even as he passes on his unique wisdom to his young teammates.

Fentanyl and its analogs are appearing across America, making the US’s deadliest drug overdose crisis ever even worse.

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Chicago Bridge & Iron Co (NYSE:CBI) is a $1.8 billion in market value component of the Construction & Engineering GICS industry group where the current Portfolio Grader ranking for CBI puts it 29 among the 30 companies in this industry group, a spot that is well below-average. CBI is ranked squarely in the bottom quartile of the sector with a ranking of 544 among the 555 companies in the sector and number 4,597 in... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - From record-breaking protests in support of women’s rights to deadly clashes over white nationalism, the events of 2017 have cast a spotlight on the decades-old struggle for civil rights and equality in the United States.

Imagine the scene: Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny are performing a stage number, “Tea For Two.” As their performance goes along, Bugs gets all the applause, all the adoration. Daffy, meanwhile, becomes increasingly distraught and jealous. Finally, he shoves Bugs off-stage, promising the crowd a spectacle that will blow everything they’ve seen away. He begins by drinking gasoline. Then he produces a bottle of nitroglycerin and guzzles it. He washes that down with mouthfuls of gunpowder. He even swallows weaponized uranium. Читать дальше...

Brazil's state oil company Petrobras on Thursday announced it will slightly boost its four-year investment plan to $74.5 billion between 2018 and 2022.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote letters to his children from Father Christmas every year for 23 years. And they're filled with elves, goblins and playful polar bears.

Veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw sharply criticized Fox News Thursday, saying the channel was on a “jihad” to protect President Trump and undermine U.S. institutions. “Fox News, after Shepard Smith in the late afternoon is on a Jihad right now,” he said on the set of “Morning Joe.” “The whole assault is on the institutions. Newt Gingrich, looking into the camera and saying the FBI is a corrupt organization, right three months earlier he had said Bob Mueller is one of the great distinguished public servants that we have.” Also Read... Читать дальше...

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Security, Eurasia

The change is not as earth-shattering as some reports and announcements on Twitter might make it.

When the notifications started arriving, breathlessly announcing that the United States would be providing lethal assistance to Ukraine’s military, I assumed that a major shift in U.S. policy had taken place. As I began to parse the reporting more closely, it became clear that matters aren’t quite so clear.

It appears that, after... Читать дальше...

Several days ago a colleague of mine, having been sent a copy of the Niskanen Center’s recent conspectus, wondered whether Bill Niskanen, the former Chairman of the Cato Institute after whom the Niskanen Center is named, would have agreed with a claim it made. The claim was that promoting sound monetary policy was basically a matter of encouraging “policymakers to support the Federal Reserve’s dual-mandate” and of getting “pro-growth” candidates appointed to the Board of Governors.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom has lifted the ban on carrying large electronic devices in the cabin for flights from Egyptian airports Hurghada and Marsa Alam, according to the UK government press service.

Mit einem besonderen Beleuchtungskonzept wartet der Adventzauber Hellbrunn auch heuer auf. Und mit einem 780 Kilogramm schweren Engel, dem rund 120 Wasserdüsen bei Minusgraden ein eisiges Kleid zaubern.

 We are just a mere few days away from Christmas – the most valued holiday out of the entire year and the hysteria about shopping has begun. Overcrowded shopping malls, promising attractive rates, and huge shopping bags are an increasingly common sight in recent days. And the peak in shopping will be this weekend. Then we are expected to spend the most, Nova TV reported.

Berlin (dpa) - Alice Weidel, a leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), stirred outrage Thursday by saying the Catholic and the Protestant churches in Germany were deeply politicized and therefore playing the same role as during the Third Reich.In an interview with news magazine Focus, Weidel - the party‘s parliamentary group leader - said both arms of the Christian church "are politicized, through and through." "The separation of church and state is no longer being observed," Weidel told Focus. Читать дальше...