Businessman presenting financial analysis with charts generated by big data displaying international … [+] success and dollar signs getty Economic earnings increased year-over-year (YoY) for all but two sectors through the trailing-twelve-months (TTM) ended 1Q22 for the NC 2000, my firm’s All Cap Index. The NC 2000 consists of the largest 2000 U.S. companies by market cap under my firm’s coverage. Constituents are updated on a quarterly basis (March 31, June 30, September 30, an ...read more

No reasons were provided on why Hossein Taeb, now an adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ commander-in-chief, was replaced. Published On 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022 Tehran, Iran – Iran appointed a new commander to head the powerful intelligence service of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with no reason given as to why the previous chief left the job. Ramezan Sharif, spokesman of the elite force, announced in a statement on Thursday that Hossein Taeb wa ...read more

Stephen Colbert gave one U.S. lawmaker a scathing new distinction on Wednesday. “Most historians agree: Ron Johnson is the dumbest person ever to sit in the United States Senate,” Colbert declared on “The Late Show.” Newly revealed text messages showed the Wisconsin Republican’s chief of staff tried to arrange a meeting in which Johnson would hand-deliver a slate of fake electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence. Pence’s office declined. This week, Johnson claimed “some staff in ...read more

Prince Charles has urged Commonwealth leaders to work together and take action in leading the world towards a more sustainable future.  Speaking in a meeting of his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) in Rwanda, the Prince of Wales told leaders of the family of nations, which he described as a ‘common market’ they could work together to tackle sustainability issues.  The Prince launched SMI in 2020 to help accelerate the world’s transition into a sustainable future.  He told delegate ...read more

Recently a 63 year old truck driver was found dead in Srilanka due to prolonged waiting at fuel stations amid the economic crisis. The economic crisis in Srilanka has affected the people at large and that is the reason why the country’s economy matters a lot. Many don’t even care about the economy or they show least interest in it. But the economic crisis in Srilanka is one such example which needs to be taken into notice. This is not the first time that a person lost his life due t ...read more

Novartis on Thursday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for Tafinlar® (dabrafenib) + Mekinist® (trametinib) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 6 years of age and older with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with BRAF V600E mutation. According to the company, it will focus on the tumours that have progressed following prior treatment and have no satisfactory alternative treatment options. According to the company’s press ...read more

Pope Francis will meet Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors during his July 24-29 visit, the Vatican says. Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419. Montreal, Canada – Pope Francis will begin his visit to Canada next month by meeting Indigenous residential school survivors in the western province of Alberta, ...read more

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — As part of a deal they struck to avoid extradition to the United States, two men pleaded guilty Wednesday in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload. The pleas by Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk at the Auckland High Court ended their 10-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges that included racketeering. Those charges will be dropped under a deal with prosecutors from both countri ...read more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. , June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sara Lee Frozen Bakery announced their Chef Pierre pie brand will commemorate 100 years of quality pie baking at the 2022 National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, Michigan. Celebrating nearly 60 years and over 6 billion pies baked at their Traverse City bakery, Chef Pierre’s sponsorship at this year’s National Cherry Festival will be a fitting tribute to the bakery’s dedication to the Traverse City community. Dubbed one ...read more

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert round ...read more

Seventy-three legislators resigned collectively earlier in June after a prolonged political impasse over the formation of the next government. Published On 23 Jun 2022 23 Jun 2022 Iraq’s parliament swore in dozens of new legislators on Thursday, replacing 73 who were loyal to powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr and strengthening the power of rival Iran-backed Shia factions in the assembly. Iraq was plunged deeper into political crises on June 12 when 73 legislators from al-Sadr� ...read more

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw ripped into the Uvalde school police chief's handling of last month's shooting at Robb Elementary School and said that some officers wanted to approach the gunman earlier, including a school district police officer whose wife was killed in the massacre. That officer, Ruben Ruiz, received a call from his wife, Eva Mireles, who told him that she had been shot. "He tried to move forward into the hallway," McCraw said Tuesday at a Senat ...read more

London, United Kingdom, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trading has always not been easy even for seasoned traders. Becoming a professional trader takes lots of practice and trading consistently to gain experience. However, not so many people turn out so good with the skill, some others just give up before they even start. For new traders, the journey to professional trading could really be overwhelming, and just thinking about it could be demotivating. Optimalfinance has made the entire p ...read more

There is no perfect parallel in Earth’s past for present-day climate change—human-driven warming is simply happening too fast and furiously. The closest analog came 56 million years ago, when over the course of 3000 to 5000 years, greenhouse gases soared in the atmosphere, causing at least 5°C of warming and pushing tropical species to the poles. The cause of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) has long been debated, with researchers invoking exotic mechanisms such as catastrophic ...read more

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A court in Iran on Thursday ordered the United States government to pay over $4 billion to the families of Iranian nuclear scientists who have been killed in targeted attacks in recent years, state-run media reported. The largely symbolic ruling underscores the escalating tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, with negotiations to restore the tattered atomic accord at a standstill. Although Tehran has blamed Israel in the past f ...read more