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Trump backs 2 successful US Senate nominees in primaries

President Donald Trump backed two successful U.S. Senate nominees in Pennsylvania and Nebraska, which were among four states holding primaries Tuesday. The primaries began to settle swing state Pennsylvania’s chaotic congressional landscape after a court fight ended with redrawn districts just three months ago. Amid the redistricting, Republican Rick Saccone recorded his second loss in two months in two U.S. House districts. …read more […]

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Celtics survive 42-point night by LeBron, down Cavs 107-94

The Celtics punched the Cavaliers first and never looked back in rolling to a Game 1 rout. LeBron James took a literal shot to the jaw in Game 2 but kept right on scoring. Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Boston withstood a 42-point night by James to beat Cleveland 107-94 on Tuesday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. …read more […]

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It’s Time to Take a Calculated Risk on General Electric Stock

Some of the calls were early, while the more recent table-pounding in favor of GE stock was ideally timed. As I said from the beginning, though the stage was set, General Electric stock was going to be a volatile mess for the foreseeable future. The pros are all — more or less — starting to agree things really can’t get much worse for GE stock, and may well improve from here. …read more […]

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Judge: Special counsel had authority to prosecute Manafort

Special counsel Robert Mueller was working within his authority when he brought charges against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday. The decision was a setback for Manafort in his defense against charges of money-laundering conspiracy, false statements and acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his Ukrainian political work. Manafort had argued that Mueller had exceeded his authority because the case was unrelated to Russian election interference. …read more […]

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North Korea threatens to cancel US summit over drills

North Korea on Wednesday canceled a high-level meeting with South Korea and threatened to scrap a historic summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over military exercises between Seoul and Washington that Pyongyang has long claimed are invasion rehearsals. The surprise declaration, which came in a pre-dawn dispatch in North Korea’s state media, appears to cool what had been an unusual flurry of outreach from a country that last year conducted a provocative series of weapons tests that had many fearing the region was on the edge of war. It’s still …read more […]

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2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo vs. sporty hatchbacks and coupes: How they compare on paper

The 2019 Hyundai Veloster is completely new for its second generation, and it will be hitting dealers soon. And in Veloster Turbo form, it promises to be an interesting entry in the highly competitive affordable sporty car segment, one mostly populated by hot hatchbacks such as itself. The question of course is, can it stand up to the establishment, a group of vehicles including models with decades of history? Ahead of an upcoming drive, we decided to compare its specifications with those of the …read more […]

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ConocoPhillips ‘not close’ to recouping $2 billion from PDVSA: CEO

U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips (COP.N) is far from collecting the full value of a $2 billion arbitration award against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL], Conoco’s chief executive said on Tuesday. Conoco has won court orders allowing the company to begin seizing PDVSA assets in efforts to collect on an award by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) over the 2007 nationalization of its projects in Venezuela. While Conoco started seizing assets this month, Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance is telegraphing that the company intends to escalate its campaign against PDVSA across the globe as it works to …read more […]

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David Tepper’s hedge fund dumped its entire Apple stake ahead of the billionaire's expected purchase of the Carolina Panthers (AAPL)

Tepper is expected to purchase the Carolina Panthers NFL team for $2.2 billion, it was reported Tuesday. Follow Apple’s stock price in real-time here. David Tepper’s hedge fund, Appaloosa Management, exited its stake in Apple during the first quarter, documents filed Tuesday show. …read more […]

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VASCO Data Security International Stock Owner Insight

VASCO Data Security International stock had a good day in the market on Tuesday May 15. Shares climbed 2.21% and closed the day at $20.8. They’re now trading 0.36% below their 52-week high of $20.88.

With today’s good gain, VASCO Data Security International now has a market cap of $839 million. That makes it a small cap company.

The business operates in the computer security industry and employs 611 people. Its shares trade primarily on the NASDAQ CM stock exchange.

VASCO Data Security International has 40.31 million shares outstanding and 292,064 traded hands for the day. That’s above the average 30-day volume of …read more […]