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British PM May Faces ‘Huge Post-Mortem’: Ex-Finance Minister Osborne
U.S. News & World Report Ballots are counted at a counting centre for Britain’s general election in London. REUTERS/Darren Staples Reuters. LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a “huge post-mortem” about her general election campaign and questions … |
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Obituary: Edward McMahon, Minnesota State (MnSCU) vice chancellor of finance
Minneapolis Star Tribune Edward “Ed” McMahon was a straight shooter when it came to government finance, always prepared, unafraid to tell you what you might not want to hear. When his boss, Robert Carothers, chancellor of the Minnesota State University System, came up with the … |
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For dog-obsessed brides and grooms, having your pup present on the big day is pretty much non-negotiable.
Whether your fur baby is posing for pics, playing the role of ring bearer or flower girl or just attending as an honored guest, you might as well deck him or her out in one of the ridiculously cute wedding signs below:
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June 06, 2017 at 04:53AM
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WASHINGTON — With the Trump administration’s hard push for increased fossil fuel production, it may come as little surprise that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke would address the American Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas industry trade group.
But the location of a March 23 API board of directors meeting, where Zinke was a guest speaker, is raising eyebrows. As a recently published log of the interior secretary’s scheduled meetings shows, the speech was held at Trump International Hotel in Washington, which has been at the center of conflict-of-interest concerns.
The half-hour talk was listed on Zinke’s schedule as: “Address API Board of Directors Meeting.”
Of all Zinke’s meetings with energy industry representatives, the API event was the only one held at a location that financially benefits President Donald Trump, the nonprofit watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington noted in a post Monday.
Trump’s D.C. hotel, which occupies the historic Old Post Office under a 60-year lease with the federal government, has been attacked as an obvious conflict of interest for the president. The hotel has drawn scores of foreign dignitaries and lobbyists since Trump’s election.
Details about the March 23 meeting, including who was present and what Zinke discussed, are not provided in the Interior Department’s calendar entry. While it’s possible Zinke addressed the board via phone or video call, the listing appears to indicate he attended in person.
Neither the Interior Department nor API responded to HuffPost’s request for comment Monday.
Zinke, like Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, has emerged as an oil-loving administration ally of the fossil fuel industry. He said in April that Trump’s executive order aimed at opening now-protected areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas development would “cement our nation’s position as a global energy leader.”
Zinke, who’s tasked with managing some 500 million acres of federal land, has also compared oil drilling to hunting and fishing, and has suggested natural areas can actually benefit from the extraction of oil, gas and minerals. “We can responsibly develop our energy resources and return the land to equal or better quality than it was before extraction,” he wrote in a May op-ed for the conservative Washington Times.
Zinke, a former Montana congressman and Navy SEAL, was confirmed March 1 as interior secretary. API President and CEO Jack Gerard said after Zinke’s nomination in December that Zinke “knows the great potential that our federal lands hold when it comes to developing our nation’s energy resources.”
Gerard told The Washington Post last month that Zinke “has been open to constructive dialogue and has shown a willingness to work with all stakeholders.”
Four days after Zinke’s appearance at API’s board meeting, Trump signed an executive order to roll back Obama-era policies meant to curb global climate change, namely the Clean Power Plan, which limited greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Zinke praised the order in a statement, saying Trump “took bold and decisive action to end the War on Coal and put us on track for American energy independence.”
The order was among a number of Trump actions celebrated by API.
API spent $2.7 million lobbying in the first quarter of 2017. Those efforts targeted the Interior Department on a number of issues, including offshore drilling and national monument designations.
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June 06, 2017 at 04:50AM
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When it finally opens in September, the complex will have the latest energy efficiency technology – but will it be worth the $2.3bn spent?
When it comes to the power consumption of hospitals, the diagnosis isn’t pretty: they rate as the second most energy-intensive of all commercial buildings, behind only food service providers.
As the places where our babies are delivered, our sick are treated and our dying nursed, energy efficiency understandably slips down the priority list behind ensuring hospitals are properly funded, staffed and offer the best standards of care possible.
June 05, 2017 at 05:04AM
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On the buses and in the boardroom
The Times (subscription) Passengers unhappy with the service on Eastern Counties Buses will have a new way to engage with the board of the operator’s parent company, Firstgroup. Jimmy Groombridge, 40 years with the company and still driving buses at the age of 69, has just … |
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. manufactures and supplies products and systems to separate complex chemical and biological materials, as well as to identify, analyze, and purify components for life science research, healthcare, analytical chemistry, and other markets. The company operates through two segments, Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics.
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Rockwell Collins, Inc. designs, produces, and supports communications and aviation systems worldwide. Its Commercial Systems segment provides integrated avionics systems; cabin management systems; data link, high frequency, very high frequency, and satellite communications systems; landing sensors, radio navigation, and geophysical sensors, as well as flight management systems; situational awareness and surveillance systems and products; integrated flight controls; simulation and training systems; and maintenance, repair, parts, and after-sales support services, as well as aftermarket used equipment.
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June 02, 2017 at 05:13AM
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Welcome to Episode #84 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast.
Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds and ETFs and how it impacts your life.
In this episode, Tracey is joined by Neena Mishra, Director of ETF Research, and also editor of the Income Investor portfolio, which buys stocks that pay dividends, to discuss the technology stocks that are paying dividends.
Back in the 1990s, such a thing barely existed as technology growth companies didn’t want to be seen as an “old” company that paid dividends.
But that changed in the 2000s as cash hoards grew and pressure mounted from shareholders to share the wealth.
In 2003, Microsoft became the first of the newer tech titans to pay a dividend and it opened up the floodgates for others. Apple (AAPL) finally began paying one in 2012.
Which of the tech stocks give you the best bang for your buck with dividends?
5 Top Tech Stocks That Pay Dividends
1. In 2003, Microsoft MSFT paid just $870 million in dividends. For fiscal 2016, it was $16 billion yet the company still has $126 billion cash on hand as of last quarter. It pays a yield of 2.3%.
2. Western Digital WDC generated $1 billion in free cash flow last quarter and has $5.8 billion in cash on hand. The data storage company pays a yield of 2.2%.
3. Broadcom AVGO has paid a dividend since 2010. It hasn’t yet reported (it reports earnings this week) but is currently paying 1.7%.
4. J2 Global JCOM is a small cap digital media and cloud services company in Los Angeles. It has raised its dividend 23 consecutive quarters. Impressive. It has a yield of 1.8%.
5. TiVo TIVO recently combined with Rovi which gave them a strong patent business. About 50% of its revenue comes from licensing due to the patents. It has the juiciest dividend of all, yielding 4.4%.
All of these technology companies also have strong earnings and sales growth so the dividend is just icing on the cake.
Tracey and Neena also discuss an ETF that invests in technology stocks that pay dividends, the First Trust Tech Dividend Index Fund TDIV.
Should you invest in a bucket of tech stocks instead?
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May 31, 2017 at 05:18AM
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PSO hard pressed to collect over Rs300 bn from defaulters
The News International So far there is nor progress on the demnad as according to finance ministry sources say that the government will soon release Rs 50 billion to PEPCO (Pakistan Electric Power Company) and it will be PEPCO that will decide the amount to be given to PSO. |
May 31, 2017 at 05:20AM
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Activists condemn govt’s retrogressive tobacco policies
The News International Criticising the government for lowering the prices of cigarette to those of counterfeit brands in the proposed budget, tobacco control advocates Tuesday expressed fears that the measure will only increase the number of child smokers in Pakistan. On the … Protest held against govt for lowering cigarette pricesThe Nation |
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