Yahoo Movies Why Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Stock Rallied 14% at the Open Today
Shares of the educational publisher are seeing a carryover effect from an inside leak that was revealed last week.
Shares of the educational publisher are seeing a carryover effect from an inside leak that was revealed last week.
Italian police arrested a "most wanted" U.S. fugitive last week who was carrying three concealed knives in a crowded St Peter's Square outside the Vatican, a judicial source said on Thursday. The fugitive, now in police custody, was named as Moises Tejada, who is classified as violent by the New York state prison service's investigations unit. He is listed among the department's most wanted individuals.
Boston Dynamics has announced the retirement of its hydraulic Atlas robot and unveiled its successor: a fully electric Atlas designed for real-world applications. This next generation of the Atlas program signifies a significant advancement in mobile robotics, aiming to address the toughest challenges in various industries. The electric Atlas boasts enhanced strength and a broader range of motion compared to its predecessors. Building on existing capabilities, Boston Dynamics is exploring new gripper variations to facilitate manipulation tasks effectively. The latest iteration of Atlas represents a culmination of years of innovation in humanoid robotics. While traditionally focused on legged robots, Boston Dynamics aims to push the boundaries of whole-body mobility and manipulation. The electric Atlas is designed to surpass human capabilities, offering agility and strength to tackle a wide range of tasks. Thanks to Boston Dynamics’ partnership with Hyundai, the robot will have an ideal testing ground and Boston Dynamics plans to showcase the capabilities of the humanoid robot in various settings, including laboratories, factories, and everyday life.
In the United States, she said, “the flipside'' of unexpectedly strong economic growth is that it ”taking longer than expected'' to bring inflation down. Georgieva also warned that government debts are growing around the world. On Tuesday, the IMF said it expects to the global economy to grow 3.2% this year, a modest upgrade from the forecast it made in January and unchanged from 2023.
A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police said Thursday. Metropolitan Police said they seized the LabHost site, which enabled more than 2,000 criminals to create phishing sites that got victims to reveal 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers. The site set up in 2021 allowed criminals to pay a monthly fee to create fraudulent websites that appeared to be those of legitimate banks, healthcare agencies or postal services but were designed to steal users' personal information.
Kenora's Member of Parliament has echoed the Mayor's claims that the federal government may be purposefully overlooking Kenora with its new Housing Accelerator Fund. Last week, Mayor Andrew Poirier expressed frustration at the fact that Kenora has yet to receive anything from the Government of Canada's Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), despite the city submitting an “aggressive” application. Kenora isn’t an outlier though, the only municipalities in northwestern Ontario to get funding were Thunder
EFL sources say the league was sidelined from the final agreement to change the FA Cup’s format from the first round proper.
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The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unarmed aerial vehicle production after its missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. The U.S. Treasury Department statement said the measures targeted 16 individuals and two entities enabling Iran’s UAV production, including engine types that power Iran’s Shahed variant UAVs, which were used in the April 13 attack. Treasury said it was also designating five companies in multiple jurisdictions providing component materials for steel production to Iran’s Khuzestan Steel Company (KSC), one of Iran’s largest steel producers, or purchasing KSC’s finished steel products.
First Minister Michelle O’Neill said the Executive’s priority was to secure a ‘proper funding model’ from the Treasury.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner rejected on Thursday Brazil's proposal to tax the super-rich. "We do not think it is suitable," he said in a panel discussion alongside Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in Washington DC. Brazil, heading the presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), is aiming to build international consensus on the taxation of wealth this year, and is pushing for a joint declaration at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in July.
All primary school children in London will enjoy free school meals for another four years if Sadiq Khan is re-elected mayor, he promised on Thursday.The landmark pledge forms the centrepiece of his 2024 mayoral manifesto as he attempts to secure an historic third term of office a fortnight today.
A British man who targeted schools and businesses with threatening letters in a six-week terror campaign in 2013 was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and an additional five years over a sexual assault in 1988. Woolwich Crown Court in east London heard that Gary Preston sent 42 envelopes containing white powder, which was later found to be talcum powder, and threatening messages that caused concern at the targeted venues.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones rose Thursday after initial unemployment claims. And Tesla stock hit a new low on a downgrade.
Kenora Mayor Andrew Poirier is frustrated that despite submitting an “aggressive” application, the City of Kenora has yet to receive any funding for housing from the federal government. “I’m obviously quite concerned,” he told the Miner and News, “and I know some of the mayors I spoke to in the district were equally surprised and disappointed.” As part of their larger National Housing Strategy, the federal government launched the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) last March with $4 billion in fundi
As sales pitches go, the title of this recent Sundance favourite is far from a winner: one ticket for an hour and a half of suicidal ideation, please, plus a raspberry and blackcurrant Tango Ice Blast. Happily, though, it turns out to be something of a missell. For beneath the mousy indie stylings of Rachel Lambert’s new film, adapted from a 2013 play by Kevin Armento, beats a proudly mushy romantic-comedy heart.
Flights to and from Dubai airport remain severely disrupted, after heavy rainfall hit Dubai and the rest of the UAE.
Rodric Williams, who joined the organisation as a litigation lawyer in 2012, gave evidence at the Horizon Inquiry on Thursday
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Adidas launched new shoes for 41 Olympic disciplines at an event in Paris on Thursday, alongside sponsored athletes including climbing gold medallist Janja Garnbret, as it uses the Games to hone its focus on sports rather than celebrities. From sprint spikes to footwear made for the newest Olympic sport of breakdancing, the shoes are black with a white three-stripe logo and yellow-orange highlights, meant to represent the "flame" of athletes' passion for their sport. Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden has said he wants the brand to provide shoes and apparel for a wider variety of sports, a departure from its previous strategy of focusing more deeply on fewer sports.
US equity markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are floating into the green after Thursday's opening bell, all just above their flatline with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising over 100 points. Morning Brief anchors Seana Smith and Brad Smith look at this morning's market action and the upside seen across most sectors and 10-year Treasury yields (^TNX). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.