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Asian Market Update: Asian stocks follow US stocks in surge, recovering to pre-Black Monday levels (August 5). Overall trends – US stocks surged overnight on improved employment data and rising retail sales, while stocks in Japan and South Korea (after the holiday) opened significantly higher, with Australia and Hong Kong quickly following suit. – Semiconductor makers SK Hynix up 7%, Tokyo Electron up 5%, Renesas up 6% and Advantest up 4%. Technology in general was strong, with SoftBank up 5% and Nikkei main component Fast Retailing up 5%. – The Nikkei Stock Average is down 149 yen again, +3.3%, having…

Looking at LONGi Green Energy Technology's (SHSE:601012) recent performance, it's hard to get excited, with the share price down 24% in the past three months. However, the company's fundamentals are pretty strong and long term financial performance is usually in line with future market price movements. In particular, we'll be looking at LONGi Green Energy Technology's ROE today. Return on equity (ROE) is a key indicator used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing their capital. Simply put, it is used to evaluate a company's profitability relative to their equity capital. View our latest analysis for LONGi Green…

As the Pope's apostolic visit to Asia approaches, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, president of the Union of Asian Bishops' Conferences, gave an inside look at the significance of the upcoming visit in a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media. Deborah Castellano Lubov “One only needs to see many churches filled to capacity at Sunday Mass to realise that many Asians who have emigrated to other countries have retained their faith…” In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar and president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), spoke about Pope Francis' visit to…

WNBA Betting Picks: Friday, August 16 Published on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 12:39 am Betting on today's WNBA matchups becomes much easier when you take a quick look at computer projections of the spreads and totals for each game. Want to know more about the games? You can find that here too. Subscribe to WNBA League Pass on Amazon Prime Video to get access to full season and offseason games, live, on-demand, and more. WNBA Picks of the Day – August 16th Seattle Storm vs. Atlanta Dream Odds and Predictions Spread Pick: Storm (-6.5) Total Pick: Over (158.5) Prediction:…

HONG KONG — Hong Kong authorities have made a surprise announcement that a giant panda has given birth to the city's first twin cubs, making her the world's oldest first-time panda mother.Panda Ying Ying gave birth to two cubs, a male and a female, on Thursday, according to Ocean Park, the theme park where Ying Ying and her partner Lele have lived since 2007. The twins were born one day before Ying Ying turned 19, the equivalent of 57 human years. “This birth is truly unusual given that Ying Ying is the oldest giant panda on record to have given…

Taylor Swift's Erast tour resumes in London with help from Ed Sheeran after thwarted terror plotLONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift made a spectacular return to her Eras Tour at London's Wembley Stadium with the help of Ed Sheeran, who headlined the acoustic section of the crowd-pleasing show and performed a collaboration between the pair. The past few weeks have been difficult for the singer, with tragedies and thwarted terror plots. Mourning continues after an assailant killed three young fans at a Swift-themed dance class in Southport, northern England, and a show was canceled after a foiled plot to attack a…

Stock investing is serious business and often requires expert advice and thorough research, but a new trend of people seeking investment tips from “finfluencers” on social media, particularly TikTok, has raised concerns about the reliability of their advice. What happened: A BestBrokers report found that more than 64% of stock predictions made in TikTok's 20 most-watched stock-picking videos in 2023 were accurate, including big gains for AI stocks like NVIDIA Corp NVDA and Qualcomm Inc QCOM. “Findings show that of the 87 stock predictions featured in these videos, over 64% were accurate, including impressive gains for AI-related stocks such as…

UMSON Receives $5 Million Grant to Expand Health Equity Initiative in West BaltimoreAugust 15, 2024 Mary Therese Phelan The five-year grant builds on the success of the collaborative's work to reduce isolation and inequities in cardiovascular health in West Baltimore, and aims to improve health outcomes and address the social determinants of health. The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has been awarded a five-year, $5 million Health Equity Resource Community (HERC) grant from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (MCHRC). The grant builds on the success of the West Baltimore RICH Collaborative, an initiative supported by…

Courtesy photo: A UPMC flag flutters in the breeze outside the entrance to the former UPMC Lock Haven Hospital after UPMC recently announced it would transfer the property, including Haven Place, to Allaire Health Services. LOCK HAVEN — More than a year after it moved its facilities along Cree Drive from a hospital to an outpatient emergency department, UPMC has announced it will transfer the facilities, including Haven Place, a senior living facility, to Allaire Health Services. Allaire Health currently owns and operates the former Susque View Nursing Home, now Lock Haven Rehabilitation and Senior Living.…

Steve Burton and Aaron Yeiser, co-chief information officers for Davis County Public Schools, spent two days at the Google campus in California last week participating in North America’s first Google for Education Leaders Series, an event designed to explore ways to improve the future of education technology. Yeiser, whose work focuses on implementing educational technology within the district, spoke about planned use of screen time. “Measuring total minutes of screen time is a valid consideration,” he says. “There's a lot of neuroscience research that shows there are drawbacks to too much screen time. Similarly, the younger a child is, the…