Is Kelt Exploration Ltd.'s (TSE:KEL) ROE Of 1.3% Concerning?
One of the best investments we can make is in our own knowledge and skill set. With that in mind, this article will work through how we can use Return On Equity (ROE) to better understand a business. We’ll use ROE to examine Kelt Exploration Ltd. (TSE:KEL), by way of a worked example. Kelt Exploration…
Over 200 members of Congress sign letter urging Supreme Court to strike down US abortion right protections
Over 200 members of Congress have signed their names onto an effort to overturn two key abortion protections in the United States, marking the latest attempt by the GOP to take down the longstanding right. The list includes 39 Republicans hailing from red states, most of which Donald Trump carried in 2016 in a surprise…
China replaces top envoy to Hong Kong: state media
Beijing (AFP) – The Chinese government has replaced its top envoy to Hong Kong, state media reported on Saturday, in the most significant personnel change since pro-democracy protests broke out in the city nearly seven months ago. The removal of Wang Zhimin, the head of the Liaison Office which represents the central government in Hong…
China replaces its top official in protest-riven Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP) — China replaced its top official in Hong Kong on Saturday, state media said, as anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous territory enter their eighth month. Luo Huining, the former Communist Party chief for Shanxi province, has been appointed to head China’s liaison office in Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He…
China replaces head of Hong Kong liaison office amid ongoing protests
By Keith Zhai SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China has replaced the head of its Hong Kong liaison office, the most senior mainland political official based in the Chinese-controlled territory, following more than six months of often-violent anti-government protests in the city. China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on its website late on Saturday…
Climate deniers are cooking themselves — and everyone else
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that climate change is something only hippies should care about. By this view, commonly expressed by conservative politicians, fixing climate change is only for bleeding-hearts who care more about hugging trees than making money. But this is completely wrong. Climate change will wreck the…
Las Vegas Police Arrest Man After Apparent Kidnapping Caught on Doorbell Camera
An apparent kidnapping in Las Vegas just after midnight on Jan. 1 was captured on a Nest home surveillance camera showing a distressed woman unsuccessfully trying to escape a man who was chasing her, according to video released by police. The footage above is distressing. The video, filmed at 12:48 a.m. on Jan. 1 at…
Man Captured on Doorbell Camera Footage Confessing to Murder
A man was captured on home security camera footage confessing to the murder of his sister Friday, shortly after she was stabbed to death in a Texas home, authorities said. The woman, Jennifer Chioma Ebichi, 32, had been stabbed at least a dozen times when authorities found her on the kitchen floor at the home…
Blackface again mars Philadelphia's troubled New Year parade
The mayor of Philadelphia sharply criticized two men who wore blackface while marching in the city’s annual — and often racially troubling — New Year’s Day Mummers Parade, calling their actions “abhorrent and unacceptable.” The group the men apparently were affiliated with, the Froggy Carr Wench Brigade, was also disqualified from Wednesday’s parade and may…
Was the drone attack on Iranian general an assassination?
NEW YORK (AP) — After Friday’s targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, newsrooms struggled with the question: Had the United States just carried out an assassination? And should news stories about the killing use that term? The AP Stylebook, considered a news industry bible, defines assassination as “the murder of a politically important or…