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A look at gun violence in America by the numbers
Chief Art Acevedo of the Houston Police Department said Monday he doesn't believe guns themselves are the problem, but rather "guns in the wrong hands". We know that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock assembled a small arsenal in room 32135 of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where investigators found 23 weapons, including multiple rifles and a handgun. [Full Article...]
Las Vegas shooter wired $100000 to Philippines last week
Tracing Paddock's footsteps in Mesquite, the Nevada desert retirement community about 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Las Vegas , provides scant clues about why, according to authorities, he carried out the worst mass shooting in recent USA history. [Full Article...]
Toys 'R' Us woos back shoppers with augmented reality in-store game
The AR experiences will be in all stores by October 21. Geoffrey, the Toys R Us mascot, will greet customers virtually, giving them instructions on what to do. "More importantly, the store offers customers a host of products tailored to the needs of city dwellers and visitors - all in interest of bringing play to kids and families around the world". [Full Article...]
Rite Aid, JC Penney Tumble into Monday's 52-Week Low Club
Given that its average daily volume over the 30 days has been 1.32 million shares a day, this signifies a pretty significant change over the norm. Shares are now up over the past year, outperforming the broad market by -100% and outperformed a peer group of similar companies by 112%. [Full Article...]
Office Depot buying Compucom for about $1B; shares slump 11%
Teachers Advisors LLC now owns 6,143,890 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $34,652,000 after buying an additional 2,085,209 shares during the last quarter. The rating scale runs from 1 to 5 with 5 indicating a Strong Sell, 1 indicating a Strong Buy and 3 indicating a Hold. Among 21 analysts covering Fiserv ( NASDAQ:FISV ), 9 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 11 Hold. [Full Article...]
Increases Hays plc (HAS) Price Target to GBX 140.80
The rating was maintained by Peel Hunt with "Hold" on Friday, July 21. Bryan Garnier & Cie maintained the stock with "Sell" rating in Monday, June 19 report. Its down 0.08, from 0.98 in 2017Q1. 44 funds opened positions while 140 raised stakes. They expect $0.36 earnings per share, 0.00% or $0.00 from last year's $0.36 per share. [Full Article...]
Has $11.50 Million Position in Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)
In other Bristol-Myers Squibb news, SVP Joseph C. Caldarella sold 9,340 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 6th. The stock of KAR Auction Services Inc (NYSE:KAR) earned "Buy" rating by Jefferies on Friday, January 15. Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY ) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. [Full Article...]
Quebec retail brands Metro, Jean Coutu to merge in $4.5-billion deal
Metro Inc , which had last week said it was in talks to buy Jean Coutu, offered C$24.50 per share for the Varennes, Québec-based company. Eight Capital decreased their price objective on Jean Coutu Group PJC from C$23.00 to C$21.00 in a report on Thursday, July 6th. [Full Article...]