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GrafTech International Ltd. filed documents late Tuesday signalling it planned to list its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The Ohio-based graphite manufacturer banked net income of $7.9 million in 2017, compared with losses of $235.8 million in the year-earlier period. Net sales were $550.8 million for 2017 up from $328 million, in the year-ago period. In the Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the company said it plans to raise $100 million, which is often a placeholder amount which it will update. Читать дальше...

Erie's new Innovation District has a new partner, and is about to launch a new 10 week program to help local high tech start-ups.

Remember the interstellar asteroid that zipped through our solar system last year? It likely came from a very alien place. 

Knighted 21 years after that other still living Beatle (Macca....Paul... whatever )

Replaced fired drummer Pete Best in the formative years and the very early Beatles fans even protested at The Cavern Club

Thought he was always one of the more humourous and comical Beatles although he couldn't sing to save his life....Couldn't stand some of those solo efforts he did after the break up, especially "You're Sixteen"

Married Barbara Bach.....one of the hottest Bond... Читать дальше...

Saudi Arabia wants to buy U.S. nuclear reactors—and, in contrast to Iran, it's charming the president.

A Russian scientist who helped create the nerve agent that allegedly was used to poison an ex-spy in England says British accusations blaming Russia for the attack are false.

Nearly three years ago, 86-year-old Douglas Waters developed severe vision problems. He was diagnosed with severe wet age-related macular degeneration(AMD), a chronic eye disease that causes blurred vision or a blind spot, in July 2015. Three months later, he was one of two people to receive an experimental new treatment with stem cells as part of a clinical trial at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. “In the months before the operation my sight was really poor and I couldn’t see anything out of... Читать дальше...

A former University of Illinois student accused of sexual assault has filed a lawsuit alleging the school violated his constitution rights.

Moscow is awaiting nearly two dozen Russian diplomats ordered to leave Britain as part of a standoff over a nerve agent attack on British soil.

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According to reports by the New York Times and the Observer, a research firm called Cambridge Analytica collected millions of Facebook users’ personal information without their consent — and people are mad. Many don’t trust Facebook with their data anymore, and they’re threatening to delete their accounts.

But Facebook and its network of apps, including Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are important communication lines for a lot of people... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Oracle Corp., down $4.90 to $47.05 Analysts were disappointed with the software maker's third quarter sales and its fourth-quarter forecasts. SandRidge Energy Inc., up 17 cents to $14.26 The energy company rejected a buyout offer from Midstates Petroleum but said it will consider other offers. Facebook Inc., down $4.41 to $168.15 According to reports, the Federal Trade Commission will investigate the company's handling of personal data. Читать дальше...

Lenstore UK

• For Easter this year, online retailer Lenstore UK created a tricky spring-inspired hidden object puzzle.
• Lenstore's image features a busy scene with butterflies, flowers, and Easter eggs.
• Check out the puzzle below, and see how long it takes you to find a tiny, white bunny hidden somewhere in the image.

There's a special joy in solving hidden object puzzles that are designed to trick you.

For Easter this year, online retailer Lenstore UK created a colorful... Читать дальше...

Facebook is dumb and bad and, as we’ve learned with even more clarity this week, evil. And I’m not leaving. Yes, the Cambridge Analytica scandal is bad. But it’s also just the latest in a seemingly endless parade of ways in which, if you aren’t willing to go Unabomber-level off the grid, your information is...

With a teacher walkout planned across Oklahoma starting April 2, we thought parents would find value in some resources that could help them plan for child care or even meals that day, that week or for however long a walkout lasts.

LOS ALAMITOS, Orange County — With about 12,000 residents spread across a few miles of suburban Southern California, Los Alamitos is better known for its good schools and small-town charms than political activism. But the city now finds itself at the center of a rebellion against California’s sanctuary policies, which aim to protect immigrants in the country illegally as President Trump vows to ramp up deportations. Some Los Alamitos leaders called for an ordinance... Читать дальше...

US stocks are rising as energy companies climb with oil prices and banks move up along with interest rates.

Undocumented Kansas science teacher Syed Ahmed Jamal was released from detention Tuesday, after spending more than a month in a county jail. Jamal is awaiting a final decision on his appeal to a deportation order, but a district court judge in Kansas City allowed him to return home until his hearing in immigration court. "We are on our way to pick him up now," his brother Syed Hussain Jamal told VOA. Jamal had been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention since his arrest January 24 for overstaying his visa. Читать дальше...

Former American professional tennis player Martina Navratilova told the BBC’s investigative unit, Panorama, this week that she believes John McEnroe, a retired American tennis player, was paid at least 10 times more than she was for commentary they both gave BBC during Wimbledon, perhaps the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.

Sarah Sanders says the U.S. can’t “dictate” to other countries how to run themselves, but Trump has had no problems labeling repressive governments elsewhere in the world.

Ever since Donald Trump was elected president, people all over the world have been chanting "RESIST."

Ripple was the second-best performer in 2017 in terms of percentage growth, up over 33,000% and many investors in the space are taking a closer look at XRP as a way to diversify their cryptocurrency exposure or look for even greater potential gains.

Un chercheur spécialisé dans les changements climatiques sonne l'alarme sur les risques de la navigation dans les eaux de l'Atlantique Nord, après qu'un brise-glace canadien a dérivé de sa mission de recherche dans l'Arctique l'été dernier, affrontant un niveau de glace jamais vu sur la côte de Terre-Neuve.

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• Do these few things to stave off volatility.
• Buy foreign stocks, commodities, and hold cash.
• Also don't rely on your VIX ETF.

If there’s one thing investors hate, it’s volatility.

After seeing global markets head higher and higher for the past decade, it’s hard to see markets fall by 5, 10, or 15 percent (like we did in February).See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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