Friday, April 28, 2017

LG Electronics estimates first quarter profit surged, likely best in nearly eight years and other top stories.

  • LG Electronics estimates first quarter profit surged, likely best in nearly eight years

    LG Electronics estimates first quarter profit surged, likely best in nearly eight years
    SEOUL South Korea's LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS) estimated on Friday its first-quarter operating profit rose 82 percent to its highest in nearly eight years, handily beating market expectations on healthy sales of appliances and televisions. LG, the world's No. 2 television maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), said January-March operating profit was likely 922 billion won ($812.62 million), compared with an average forecast of 518 billion won from a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S su..
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  • Twitter sues US government over demands to release anti-Trump account details

    Twitter sues US government over demands to release anti-Trump account details
    Twitter and the US government are at legal loggerheads after the social media platform filed a lawsuit in response to a demand from the Department of Homeland Security seeking the identity of an anonymous anti-Trump account. After Donald Trump's inauguration in January a number of rogue Twitter accounts appeared purporting to be managed by federal employees who either had official Twitter posting privileges revoked, or were concerned about the new administration stifling their delivery of scien..
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  • Dog attacks on mail carriers are surging, and online shopping may be a factor

    Dog attacks on mail carriers are surging, and online shopping may be a factor
    A pit bull named participates a the U.S. Postal Service “National Dog Bite Prevention Week” event in Los Angeles. (AP/Amanda Lee Myers) Robert Rochester, a 55-year-old postal worker, was delivering mail in Stanton, Del., late one afternoon, when a German shepherd charged out from a nearby yard and pounced on him. The fully grown dog mauled Rochester’s legs, arm and stomach before a passing motorist pulled Rochester into her vehicle. Badly injured, Rochester died several days later of cardiac..
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  • Tesla Teases Model 3, But Will It Be as Good as Model S?

    Tesla Teases Model 3, But Will It Be as Good as Model S?
    Tesla's (TSLA) Model 3 development team was back blogging on Thursday and they sure seem to be trying to avoid cannibalizing the top of the line Model S. "With a new model coming this year, we know our customers will have questions about which car is ...
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  • Oil prices hit one-month highs as buyers stay upbeat

    Oil prices hit one-month highs as buyers stay upbeat
    By David Gaffen | NEW YORK NEW YORK Oil prices rose by 1 percent on Thursday, posting a fourth straight day of gains, but analysts remained cautious about record-high U.S. crude inventories. Brent crude futures settled up 53 cents, or 1 percent, at $54.89 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 1.1 percent, or 55 cents a barrel, to $51.70. The gains gave crude its highest close since a March 8 rout when investors bailed out of bullish positions due to concerns about supply...
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  • Web page for US public lands agency showcases coal mine

    Web page for US public lands agency showcases coal mine
    The home page of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In a not-so-subtle message about its policy priorities, the Trump administration has updated the home page for the federal agency that oversees public lands to showcase a large photo of an open-pit coal mine. (BLM via AP) (Associated Press) By Michael Biesecker | AP By Michael Biesecker | AP April 6 at 10:03 PM WASHINGTON — In what is being seen as a clear message about its policy priorities, the Trump administration has updated the..
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  • California Legislature votes to raise gas taxes, vehicle fees by $5.2 billion a year for road repairs and transit

    California Legislature votes to raise gas taxes, vehicle fees by $5.2 billion a year for road repairs and transit
    After a week of fierce debate between opposing interests, the state Legislature on Thursday approved a plan to raise gas taxes and vehicle fees by $5.2 billion a year to pay for the repair of California’s pothole-ridden, decaying system of roads, highways and bridges.The bill squeaked through the Senate on a 27-11 vote and cleared the Assembly with 54 votes, the bare minimum required in both houses. The measure sparked suspenseful wrangling in the waning hours of Thursday, with Assembly Democra..
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  • Billionaire Ev Williams Plans to Sell Up To 30% Of His Twitter Stake

    Billionaire Ev Williams Plans to Sell Up To 30% Of His Twitter Stake
    Medium CEO Evan Williams  (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) Billionaire Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is selling a significant chunk of his $630 million stake in Twitter, but he went out of his way to explain why. On Thursday, Williams wrote a Medium post explaining a recently disclosed Twitter stock sale and his plan sell more Twitter stock going forward. In a statement, Twitter said Williams is not expected to sell more than 30% of his holdings and described him as a ..
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  • Amazon to Create 30000 Part-time Jobs

    Amazon to Create 30000 Part-time Jobs
    Amazon announced plans to create more than 5,000 new part-time roles over the next year in Virtual Customer Service, a program in the company's award-winning customer service organization that offers employees the flexibility to work from home as a customer service agent. In addition to competitive wages, virtually-located employees who work 20 hours per week or more receive benefits, including the company's innovative Career Choice program that pre-pays 95 percent of tuition for courses related..
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  • Crude spikes in Asia after US fires missiles into Syria

    Crude spikes in Asia after US fires missiles into Syria
    Investing.com - Crude prices held well above 1% gains in Asia on Friday after earlier sinking more than 2% after U.S. fired dozens of missiles into Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians. On the New York Mercantile Exchange crude ...
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UPDATE 4-China bird flu deaths surge in what could be the worst season ever .Shots fired overnight in Lexington .
Lexington must counter divisiveness .Dr. David Stevens, longtime Lexington council member who led ... .

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