Monday, June 6, 2016

Are We Seeing The End of Summer Movie-Going? TheStreet - 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,'

Published on 6 Jun 2016
The summer box office season is just about to heat up, or maybe not. Over the weekend, 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,' which cost Viacom's Paramount Pictures $135 million to produce had a disappointing opening weekend. The film brought in just a little more than $35 million dollars, that's roughly half of what the previous Ninja Turtles film in the franchise brought in on its opening weekend in 2014. Now, while the summer movie season normally picks up around the Fourth of July weekend, early disappointing sales could be a sign that movie-goers are tiring of sequels and remakes.

Belgium - train crash: 3 dead, 9 hospitalized after two trains collide: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 6 Jun 2016
 At least three people were killed and 40 injured Sunday in a collision between a goods train and a passenger train in Belgium, the Belga news agency reported.

#Brazil - Team of refugee athletes to compete in Rio 2016 Olympic Games: euronews (in English)

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Published on 6 Jun 2016
The UNHCR, partnered with the IOC, have chosen 10 refugees to make up a special team in Rio’s 2016 Olympic Games.

The team consists of individuals who have fled their homes in search of safety elsewhere in the word, with members originating from various countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, South Sudan and Ethiopia.

“Team Refugees” will compete with other athletes in Rio, as well as bearing the Olympic flag at the tournament’s opening ceremony.

In a press release the IOC said that they “will act as a symbol of hope for refugees worldwide and bring global attention to the magnitude of the refugee crisis.”

Volvere (LON:VLE) chief hails great 2015; focused on raising assets per share: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Jonathan Lander, chief executive of investment and turnaround specialist Volvere PLC (LON:VLE) says the company had a “great year” in 2015.

He says the firm focuses on the growth of its assets, rather than the profit and revenue figures adding that “the net assets per share are £5.69, and when we started in 2002 it was about 94p a share, so you’re nearly six times your money.”

He tells Proactive Investors: “2015 was great because we sold JNP which boosted out net assets per share by about 34% that year and you can’t complain about that.”

Volvere saw profits rise in 2015 as the company was boosted by a record performance by pie-maker Shire Foods. Pre-tax profit from continuing operations was £1.34mln, up from £1.2mln the year before, on revenues of £27.9mln more than double the £12.4mln in 2014.

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Here’s Why TheStreet Is Watching Shares of Bank of America and Wells Fargo: TheStreet

Published on 6 Jun 2016
As Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen prepares to speak Monday afternoon, Real Money's Fill or Kill Team will be paying close attention to bank stocks, most notably Bank of America and Wells Fargo . Bank stocks have faltered somewhat in recent years as the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates near zero. Low interest rates mean banks can only charge lower rates on their loans. Lower interest rates compress bank's net interest margin, which is the spread between the interest banks earn on their loans and the interest they pay on deposits. Last week's weak jobs data in which only 38,000 jobs were added by U.S. employers in May make a rate-hike seem less likely. For so-called money center banks such as Bank of America, any indication that the Fed will continue to keep rates near zero after its meeting next week, could be interpreted as another blow to the banks.

#USA - Sanders starts new line of attack against Clinton Foundation: Fox News

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Richard Fowler and Guy Benson debate the impact of this strategy in California and beyond to the general election

PCG Entertainment (LON:PCGE) confident of swift resolution on debt issues: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Nick Bryant, chief executive of PCG Entertainment PLC (LON:PCGE), says he doesn’t think the on-going debt disputes will be a major problem for the company.

A supplier to CDPC, its gaming software and games distributor, is pursuing PCG for an unpaid debt of US$2.1mln from before PCG bought the company, and Bryant says it had a written agreement that relieved it of any obligations in connection with the debt.

In addition, CDPC is being withheld US$1.2mln in a separate dispute with a major customer, but Bryant says the firm is “very well covered on this”.

He adds Proactive Investors: “We remain confident that both issues will be resolved within the very near future”.

Despite the debt issues, Bryant remains focused on the company’s expansion in China, noting “we still think there are tremendous opportunities out there and we are going to pursue them with as much determination as we can”.

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#Ukraine - Frenchman 'planned attacks in Euro 2016': BBC News

Published on 6 Jun 2016
A Frenchman detained last month with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks during the Euro 2016 football tournament, which starts on Friday, Ukrainian officials say. The man, identified by French media as Gregoire Moutaux, 25, was arrested on the Ukrainian border with Poland.

#USA - Texas floods: Helpful kid delivers neighbours' mail in boat: euronews (in English)

Published on 6 Jun 2016
The storm that drenched Texas on Saturday, June 4, triggering more flash flooding, moved into south-central Louisiana later in the day.

A flash flood warning was issued for the area, according to local reports.

Two to four inches of rain were expected, but up to eight inches could fall in some places, the report stated.

This video shows a flooded Lafayette neighborhood where one youngster decided to row and retrieve her neighbors’ mail for them.

#España - Versión Española y Lab RTVE 'Guadalquivir': RTVE .es

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Con motivo del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, 'Versión Española' ofreció 'Guadalquivir', nominado a Mejor Documental en los Premios Goya 2014. Te proponemos una experiencia 360 grados en: http://lab.rtve.es/guadalquivir/

#España - Garbiñe Muguruza. Campeona del Ronald Garros: RTVE .es

Published on 6 Jun 2016
Entrevista concedida a TVE el mismo sábado, después de ganar el Roland Garros 2016.

#Poland - government wants to cut down 400,000 trees: Al Jazeera English

Published on 6 Jun 2016
The government of Poland has provoked outrage from environmentalists with plans to cut down 400,000 trees in an ancient forest, regarded by many as a national treasure. The government says it is actually protecting the area. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Bialowiez

#USA - Miss District of Columbia wins Miss USA 2016 | ABC News

Published on 6 Jun 2016
26-year-old army officer Deshauna Barber wins the 2016 Miss USA pageant.

#Peru - election: Pedro Kuczynski holds slight lead as votes counted: Al Jazeera English

Published on 5 Jun 2016
An early vote count shows centre-right economist Pedro Kuczynski with a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori in Peru's presidential election.

And though the final result is still some time away, his supporters are already celebrating.

Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Lima.

Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza - Beautiful Life:

Published on 3 Jun 2016

#Iraq - Civilians flee Fallujah as battle for besieged Iraqi city intensifies: euronews (in English)

Published on 5 Jun 2016
In Iraq, civilians trapped inside Fallujah have continued to flee over the weekend.

It comes as the battle for the besieged city showed signs of entering a new phase with Iranian backed Sh'ite militia threatening to storm the ISIL stronghold once residents leave.

Up to 50,000 civilians are still stuck in Fallujah which lies just 50 kilometres west of Baghdad.

"We were hiding in a house for several days, trying to avoid Daesh (Islamic State group) militants. If they'd have found us they wou…
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#Afghanistan - NPR Photojournalist, Translator Killed in Attack: ABC News

Published on 5 Jun 2016
David Gilkey was on assignment covering the war in Afghanistan when the car he was driving in was struck by a rocket, killing him and his Afghan translator.

Forex Strategy Video: The Global, Monetary Policy Implications of the Big NFPs Miss: Forex News by DailyFX

Published on 3 Jun 2016
Talking Points:

• The US payrolls for May showed the slowest job growth in nearly five years and the biggest miss since the Crisis

• A delay in a Fed rate hike - or even the fading of normalization altogether - is only the surface impact

• Other tenative 'hawkish' currencies are hurt, currency wars are further stoked and a tipping point for mon pol nears

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

#USA - Justin Bieber's Hairdresser Might Auction Singer's Hair: ABC News

Published on 5 Jun 2016
ABC News' Sara Haines reports the buzziest stories of the day in "GMA" Pop News.

#USA - Weekly Address: Building on America’s Economic Recovery: The White House

Published on 4 Jun 2016
In this week's address, the President discussed his return to Elkhart, Indiana, the first town he visited as President and one that was among the hardest-hit by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes.