Telecom giants AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) are staples for many passive income investors, and for good reason. To wit: AT&T stock presently sports a rather generous 6.8% annualized dividend yield, while Verizon's dividend yield clocks in even higher at 7.2%. Jeremy Bowman (Verizon): AT&T and Verizon have both been stock market losers in recent years.
The World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that caused the suffering of tens of thousands of villagers, according to a U.S.-based rights group that has long urged the global lender to take such action. The World Bank's decision to suspend the $150 million project, which aims to improve the management of natural resources and tourism assets in a remote part of southern Tanzanian, was “long overdue,” the Oakland Institute said in a statement Tuesday, charging that the bank's "failure to take immediate action resulted in serious harms for the local communities.” The suspension of World Bank financing took effect April 18.
Company announcement no. 27 In company announcement no. 10 2024, Spar Nord announced a share buyback programme of up to DKK 500 million. The share buyback was initiated on 12 February 2024. The purpose of the share buyback is to reduce the bank’s share capital by the shares acquired under the programme, and the programme is executed pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of 16 April 2014 (“Market Abuse Regulation”). In last week the following transactions were made under the share buyback progr
One of the choppers clipped the rotor of the other before the two crashed into the ground, footage shows.
The sponsor has justified the promotion of its controversial product. Find out more.
Aerospace & Defense Telemetry Industry size is expected to register 7% CAGR between 2024 and 2032 propelled by the increasing demand for real-time data.Selbyville, Delaware, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerospace & Defense Telemetry Market is likely to record USD 3 billion by 2032, as per a recent study by Global Market Insights Inc. The rising sustainable development goals for urging immediate action to combat climate change and its effects will favor the industry development. With growin
U.K. property lender to leverage nCino’s cloud-based platform across core servicesLONDON, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), a pioneer in cloud banking for the global financial services industry, today announced that Together, one of the UK’s leading property lenders, has selected nCino’s Cloud Banking Platform to revolutionise and future-proof its business. Together provides finance to people and businesses through a “common-sense approach” to lending and judging eac
Notice of Syensqo’s Annual General Meeting on May 23, 2024 Brussels, Belgium – April 23, 2024 - 08.30 CEST Syensqo, today announced that it has published materials for its first Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, which will be held on Thursday May 23, 2024 at the Dome EventHall, Boulevard Lambermont 1, 1000 Brussels, at 10.30 a.m. CEST. All documents relating to the meeting are available on Syensqo’s website. Shareholders will be asked to vote on a number of resolutions, including the appro
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2024--Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) ("Faraday Future", "FF" or "Company"), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, announced that consultant Werner Wilhelm is assisting the Company as Executive Launch Director, effective immediately.
SFL Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: SFL) (“SFL” or the “Company”) today announced that it has agreed to acquire two LNG dual-fuel 33,000 dwt chemical carriers. The vessels are built in 2022/2023 and fitted with stainless steel cargo tanks, and the aggregate purchase price is approximately $114 million. SFL has arranged long term employment for the vessels with affiliates of Stolt Tankers, a subsidiary of the world-leading chemical logistics company Stolt-Nielsen Limited (“Stolt-Nielsen”). The Company ex
The Parramatta Eels are struggling in 2024 and Brad Arthur is under pressure. Find out more here.
A clean out of the Crown board and "intensive remediation" has satisfied a regulator that it can lawfully run its waterfront casino in Sydney.
The FTSE 100 index is set to build on last night’s record finish, with IG Index forecasting a rise of 0.5% or 43 points to an intraday all-time high near 8066. The rise follows a better session on Wall Street as the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite recovered from recent tech selling by climbing 0.9% and 1.1% respectively. This week’s stronger showing by global markets follows an easing in Middle East tensions and some encouragement on the inflation front after Brent Crude fell to near $87 a barrel.
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, buoyed by Wall Street's rally overnight, although concerns about big tech earnings and tensions in the Middle East capped gains. The Nikkei ended the day up 0.3% at 37,552.16. Trading was choppy in Tuesday's morning session, with the index gaining 1% before retreating briefly into negative territory.
After weeks of Russian advances, there are three areas where Ukraine could now strengthen its defences.
JD Sports Fashion has proposed to buy American athletic-fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as the British sportswear retailer expands across the southeastern U.S. JD Sports, Britain's largest sportswear retailer, will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. The Bury, Greater Manchester-based company said it expects to fund the deal and refinance Hibbett's existing debt through its existing U.S. cash resources of $300 million and a $1 billion extension to its existing bank facilities.
Primark owner ABF hailed strong results today as it put Covid firmly in the past and said there is now “normality” in its supply chains. The interim divi is up 46% to 20.7p, worth many millions to the Weston family that controls the business. Improvements to the Group's operational performance, driven by the investments and strong execution over the last few years, are now becoming visible.
British actor says he was able to relate to King Charles, whom he portrays in Netflix drama ‘The Crown’, due to their shared experiences of media scrutiny over their personal lives
Patient Capital Management, a value investing firm, released its “Patient Capital Opportunity Equity Strategy” first quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. During the quarter the strategy returned 11.8% net of fees compared to the S&P 500’s 10.6% return. The outperformance of the portfolio can be attributed to selection and […]
Lords cave to pressure and withdraw final amendment to the Rwanda bill
Major North Korean hacking groups have mounted "all-out" cyber attacks against South Korean defence companies for more than a year, breaching the firms' internal networks and stealing technical data, South Korea's police said on Tuesday. Hacking teams linked to North Korea's intelligence apparatus and known as Lazarus, Kimsuky and Andariel planted malicious codes in data systems of the defence companies either directly or through contractors working with them, the police said. The police, working with a team of national spy agency and private sector experts, traced the hacks to the groups, identifying them by the source IP addresses, the re-routing architecture of the signals and the signatures of the malwares used, it said.
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