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Fri. 12:20 pm: Officer shot during incident at Ohio nursing home
The suspect was also found dead, according to WSYX in Columbus . The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirms a Kirkersville police officer was shot while responding to an active shooter situation at a nursing and rehabilitation center in Kirkersville. [Full Article...]
Trump invites new South Korean leader to US
Korea Economic Institute analyst Troy Stangarone told VOA that Moon has stated he would only negotiate with North Korea after consulting with the United States. A few days before Moon's election, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S. The person wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the diplomacy and demanded anonymity. [Full Article...]
USA stocks close mixed on weak retail earnings
Reaffirmed full-year fiscal 2017: JCPs Comparable store sales expected to be -1% to +1% and Adjusted earnings in the range of $0.40 to $0.65 per share. The department store chain is moving toward retiring $520 million in outstanding debt. In case of Revenue Estimates , 2770000 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for J. [Full Article...]
Compass Group plc (CPG) Given Hold Rating at Deutsche Bank AG
It has underperformed by 46.79% the S&P500. They now have a GBX 125 ($1.62) price target on the stock. It suggests a potential downside of -8.29% from firm's stock close price. The Firm is engaged in the sale and operation of passenger transport. It has a 61.68 P/E ratio. It operates in two divisions: UK & Ireland and Mainland Europe. [Full Article...]
Kinzinger backs health care act as beginning of Obamacare repeal
An estimate of the costs and impact of the Republican Obamacare replacement bill will be released almost two weeks after that bill was passed by the House of Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday . By requiring state government to take ownership of its Medicaid costs, we are reducing county property taxes in the 19th District by more than $224 million, a 44 percent avera... [Full Article...]
United flight delayed after scorpion reported aboard
Considering how much trouble United has gotten itself into lately, it's surprising that it offered only a meal voucher for each passenger. KHOU-TV reported that Flight 1035 took off almost four hours later en route to Ecuador. According to United, the scorpion "emerged from a customer's clothing". The statement added that, "as a precaution, a new aircraft was arranged". [Full Article...]
China reopens its border to USA beef
And U.S. credit card operators Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc have yet to be independently licensed to clear transactions in China, despite a 2012 WTO ruling mandating that Beijing open the sector and rules issued by the central bank to let foreign firms enter the market. [Full Article...]
North Korea Says it Will Seek Extradition of Plot Culprits
Song expressed his hopes that "ordinary citizens" would refuse to fight for Kim, because under all the oppression they "want democracy". On its website, PUST says its mission is "to pursue excellence in education, with an global outlook, so that its students are diligent in studies, innovative in research and upright in character, bringing illumination to the Korean people and the world". [Full Article...]