Author: whatnews

Yangon, Sep 25 (IANS) Myanmar Police seized over 500,000 stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control. Acting on a tip-off, the joint anti-narcotic task force raided the suspect’s house in Namhkam township on Friday and found 534,000 stimulant tablets worth more than 267 million kyats (about $0.13 million), it added on Sunday.Similarly, on Saturday, the police searched the motorcycle driven by a suspect in Myitkyina township, northern Myanmar’s Kachin state and seized 1,900 stimulant tablets and 297 gram of heroin, the committee said as quoted by Xinhua news agency report.The suspects…

Notable earnings after Monday's close Source link

Phnom Penh, Sep 25 (IANS) Cambodia has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus since 2016, the country’s Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a press statement.The patient, a seven-year-old girl from central Kampong Thom province, was admitted to Baray Santuk Referral Hospital on Monday suspected of having dengue fever. The test result confirmed on Thursday that she was positive for Zika virus, the statement said on Sunday.Zika is a flavivirus that is transmitted predominantly by the Aedes species of mosquito, but also through sexual contact, blood transfusions, and congenitally from mother to child, the statement added.Symptoms of Zika…

valtron84 Industrial real estate appears to have reached an inflection point and is poised to bounce up next year as the sector normalizes in the wake of the pandemic, according to a research note from Bank of America Securities. The sector boomed when consumers, stuck at home during the pandemic, embarked on online shopping sprees, partly fueled by stimulus checks. That led to increased demand for warehouses and fulfillment centers to keep up with the surge in business. Then, as travel restrictions lifted, the demand for goods slowed. That softening in demand may be bottoming out after BofA’s proprietary one-year…

Max has some fan favorites returning in October, to go along with a solid slate of movies and the debut of its live-sports tier.“The Gilded Age” (Oct. 29), Julian Fellowes’ “Downton Abbey”-esque drama set in 1880s New York high society, returns for its second season, as the upstart Russell family challenges the stuffy establishment. The sprawling cast includes Carrie Coon, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski, Morgan Spector and Louisa Jacobson, all bedecked in luscious period costumes. Also back for its second season is the beloved pirate comedy “Our Flag Means Death” (Oct. 5), starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi as wildly…

From Halloween frights to an existential rom-com to gritty mysteries, Amazon’s Prime Video and Freevee, its free, ad-supported service, have a little bit of everything this October. If you’re looking for scary stuff ahead of Halloween, the slasher-comedy movie “Totally Killer” (Oct. 6) looks to be the best of the bunch. Kiernan Shipka (“Mad Men”) stars as a 17-year-old who travels back in time to 1987 to stop a serial killer before he can start his slaying spree. There’s also “Make Me Scream” (Oct. 3), a celebrity special where teams must navigate scare zones while trying not to scream. Read:…

Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) In a major breakthrough to solve the border crisis, the US has influenced Mexico to deport migrants from Central and South America using its soil to enter the US using its border state of Texas and California, as Democrat and Republican states struggle to maintain the unprecedented influx of migrants from nations that have become politically and economically unstable.Mexico agreed with the US administration to deport migrants from its border cities to their home countries and take necessary action to deter migrants from using its soil in border crossings to the US, media reports said.Mexican officials…

We Are All things blockchain reached a eurphoric state in 2021. Against that backdrop, certain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) mopped up millions of dollars from buyers. But, after a painful market downturn, the vast majority of those digital collectibles can’t even fetch a penny. Indeed, a recent study from dappGambl, a community of cryptocurrency researchers, found that 69,795, or 95%, of the 73,257 NFT collections it analyzed have a market cap of zero ethereum (ETH-USD), the world’s most popular altcoin. By its estimates, about 23M investors own these worthless tokens. To be clear, NFTs are digital assets, such as artwork, GIFs,…

It’s hard to resist a good deal, and today’s high interest rates on short-term Treasurys BX:TMUBMUSD01Y and CDs are luring in even wealthy investors who have financial advisers handling their affairs. You might think that paying a professional to manage your money would involve all sorts of private deals, hedge funds or business opportunities, and often it does. But that is usually only a small portion of a wealthy person’s asset allocation. The majority involves the same nuts and bolts as in most people’s portfolios, making them look very familiar, just with larger numbers.  “We go out and purchase CDs, some…

Roman Valiev In the final week of September, several high-profile earnings reports are expected from various players in the semiconductor, cybersecurity, retail, and leisure industries. The highest-profiled results come from Nike (NYSE:NKE), the footwear and sports apparel giant; chip maker Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU); and big box retailer Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST). Additionally, the upcoming week will also see earnings reports from BlackBerry (NYSE:BB), Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL), Paychex (PAYX) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN). Market participants will closely assess these reports for insights into the global economy’s health and the prospects of certain sectors. Below is a rundown of major quarterly updates anticipated in…