Month: February 2020

David Ayres isn’t finished with the last-minute saves. The Toronto Zamboni driver-turned-Carolina Hurricanes goalie showed up at the tail end of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show monologue on Monday, when he helped wrap up a story about his own heroics. READ MORE: Zamboni driver David Ayres fills in as emergency backup goalie in Hurricanes’ win over Leafs
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Charities should “lead the way in taking public expectations seriously” if they are to continue to attract public support, the Charity Commission has said. A report about the complaints received by the regulator about charities says they should be “distinct from other organisations in their attitude and behaviour, in their motivations and methods”. The report
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A Home Depot store in Miami, Florida. Getty Images Home Depot is set to report earnings for the fourth quarter before the bell Tuesday and update investors on whether its significant investments in the company are paying off. Here’s what analysts expect, based on Refinitiv data: Earnings per share: $2.10, adjusted Revenue: $25.76 billion Same-store
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Real estate or financial investment? This is an age-old dilemma pondered by many. US-based Imperial Fund has helped make the decision a little easier by looking into the profitability levels and risks associated with both. There is a belief that financial investments are more profitable than “bricks and mortar”. However, that trend was displaced by
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Visitors watch as Airbus A350 wide-body aircraft, produced by Airbus Group NV in Qatar Airways Ltd. livery, prepares to land. Paul Thomas | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines and Qatar Airways are renewing their code-share partnership, ending a more than two-year strained period in which Qatar’s outspoken CEO insulted the U.S. carrier’s employees while aggressively
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Yacht Sourcing has announced an exclusive dealership with Italy’s Nuova Jolly, representing its full range of high-end inflatable boats in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. Founded in 1961, Nuova Jolly offers models from 5-15m across several ranges including Prince Open (PO), Prince Cabin (PC), NJ and custom builds. The Prince 38 Sport Cabin from Nuova Jolly’s
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Historic England is the country’s official list keeper of the most historically and architecturally significant places in England — places such as monuments, shipwrecks and battlefields. And pubs. Earlier this month, the heritage organization updated 11 English pub listings to reflect their cultural heritage and national importance, with one receiving a coveted Grade I designation.
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By stripping the Parthenon of at least half of its surviving sculptures in 1801, English nobleman and ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Thomas Bruce had sparked a storm of controversy on the legal ownership rights of cultural artifacts – an issue which remains ongoing till this day. Taken illegally during the Turkish invasion, the Elgin
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Turntables have never looked so fashionable, thanks to a new collaboration between Supreme and Numark. The Supreme x Numark PT01 Portable Turntable is this season’s must-have accessory for DJ/producers and music lovers everywhere, as part of the Spring/Summer 2020 collection. You can’t exactly play a full set with this piece of equipment, but the classic logo look, compact plastic
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“With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space.” Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated the flight path for America’s first space mission and the first moon landing among other mathematical achievements, has died today, February 24, 2020, at 101. Her accomplishments, and those of the largely unrecognized
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Mr. Nicola Andreatta, CEO of Roger Dubuis You may not be familiar with Nicola Andreatta as CEO of Roger Dubuis but he knew the company from the era of Mr Roger Dubuis and Carlos Dias – basically right from the company’s origins. A man with watchmaking in his blood, Andreatta has spent his entire career
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Warren Buffett David A. Grogan | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett called out bank stocks as one of his favorite equity holdings in the U.S. market.  “I feel very good about the banks we own. They’re very attractive compared to most other securities I see,” Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick on “Squawk Box” on Monday. Banks
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