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☆ UK funeral service provider Dignity agrees to $349 mln takeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies Shares of FTSE Small Cap firm hit over 9-month highCo agrees to sweetened 550 pence/share offerJan 23 (Reuters) - Funeral services provider Dignity Plc (DTY.L) has agreed to a sweetened 281 million pound ($349 million) takeover by a consortium backed by investment firms SPWOne V Ltd, Castelnau Group (CGL.L) and Phoenix Asset Management Partners. Dignity's shares climbed more than 8% to a more than nine-month high of 547 pence by 0918 GMT on Monday. The stock, which fell about 30% in 2022, has rebounded after disclosing the buyout talks. Dignity, which owns 725 funeral locations and 46 crematoria in Britain, has faced pricing pressures and regulatory requirements from Britain's competition watchdog. ($1 = 0.8052 pounds)Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich and Jane MerrimanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

A Texas woman who helped mutilate and conceal the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday, prosecutors said. Cecily Aguilar, 24, helped the man who killed Guillén dispose of her body and lied to investigators, the U.S. attorney’s office for Western Texas said in a statement. Aguilar pleaded guilty Tuesday to a count of accessory to murder after the fact and three counts of false statement or representation, the U.S. attorney’s office said. If she is convicted, Aguilar faces up to 30 years in prison, but a judge will consider federal sentencing guidelines, the U.S. attorney's office said. Guillén's family said they were taken aback by Aguilar's decision to plead guilty.

☆ After 40 years of safe skies, US special operators have to worry about threats from above, SOCOM commander says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyUkraine's military claims to have shot down over 1,000 Russian drones, but unmanned aerial systems continue to proliferate. Ukraine is also using its fair share of unmanned aerial systems. Special operators vs. dronesA member of the Iraqi federal police with a destroyed drone used by ISIS in Mosul in March 2017. "But now with everything from quad-copters that very small up to very large unmanned aerial vehicles, we won't always have that luxury." DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesGenerally, US special operators can take out unmanned aerial systems in two ways.

☆ The Ukraine war has often been a grinding artillery battle. These are the big guns being sent in to pound Russian forces.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Its array of 122 mm, 152 mm and 203 mm cannon mirrored those used by Russia's military. Denice LopezGermany and the Netherlands have already delivered 10 of the German-designed Panzerhaubitze 2000 armored self-propelled 155 mm howitzers to Ukraine. 1st Class Mikki SprenkleFrance's Caesar is a 155 mm howitzer mounted on a six-wheeled truck. Jacob BradfordThe Zusana-2 is a Slovakian wheeled 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. RCH-155The turret of the RCH 155, armed with a 155 mm gun, is unmanned and controlled from the drive module.

☆ Analysis: Lula, Bolsonaro and market look to cure Brazil consumer debt hangover
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Tatiana Bautzer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

With nearly 70 million Brazilians blacklisted by credit agency Serasa, owing 290 billion reais ($54.4 billion), debt relief is smart politics in a closely fought presidential campaign, ahead of an Oct. 30 runoff vote. Advisers say he would focus first on 95 billion reais of unpaid bills accumulated by families earning up to 3,600 reais ($676) per month. Later steps would focus on incentives to restructure bank debt, for this population. Looking to steal his thunder, right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro announced a program offering a sharp discount on bank debts. But the scope is far more modest, applying to some 4 million borrowers from state bank Caixa Economica Federal, which estimated about 1 billion reais of restructuring.

The disappearance and killing of Vanessa Guillén, a U.S. Army specialist stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2020 shook the nation and led to widescale changes in how the military protects victims of sexual violence. On Saturday, a state highway in her hometown, Houston, will be named after the Mexican American soldier, part of a series of commemorations to honor her legacy. Family and officials gathered on State Highway 3 in Harris County, between the intersections of Interstate Highway 45 and Almeda Genoa Road, to mark the naming of the Vanessa Guillén Memorial Highway. This year, lawmakers passed the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act, which aims to protect victims of sexual violence in the military. State lawmakers approved a bill to make Sept. 30, Guillén’s birthday, “Vanessa Guillén Day."

☆ Atmospheric river of moisture will trigger storms and tornadoes this week
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-11 | by ( Jennifer Gray | Cnn Meteorologist | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

(CNN) You may have heard of atmospheric rivers impacting the West Coast. Apparently, atmospheric rivers also occur in the eastern US, unleashing a river of moisture like what we will see this week. The reason East Coast atmospheric rivers aren't talked about much isn't because they are rare. The West gets about half that number of atmospheric rivers each year, yet they account for double the annual rainfall percentage. It will combine with the available moisture provided by the atmospheric river we talked about and will result in the perfect setup for severe weather.

This season, they have gone on 28 flight missions for cloud seeding in Wyoming. This photo shows flares fixed on the aircraft's wing that house the silver iodide used for cloud seeding. Weather Modification International 2022Once the pilot flies into the storm, they ignite the cardboard casings full of silver iodide and “seed” the clouds. Their results, published in 2020 in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, managed to quantify how effective cloud seeding is. The amount of precipitation produced by cloud seeding — up to 10% — isn’t enough at all to quench the drought-stricken West.

☆ DOC/ CV-ul noului director al S.A Loteria Națională a Moldovei
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-17 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Societatea pe acțiuni Loteria Națională a Moldovei are un nou director. Anunțul a fost făcut de către reprezentanții Agenției Proprietăți Publice (APP) care menționează că la 11 iunie 2021 a avut loc proba „Interviu” a concursului pentru ocuparea funcției vacante de Director general al S.A. ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei”. „În rezultatul intervievării candidaților de către Comisia de concurs, în calitate de învingător al concursului a fost desemnat – Vadim Dermenji”, menționează reprezentanții APP. Potrivit CV-ului publicat pe site-ul APP, noul director al S.A Loteria Națională, în perioada 2019 – 2020 a deținut funcția de director adjunct al Agenției Proprietăți Publice. În perioada 2013 – 2018 a fost șef de direcție, colonel SIS, în cadrul Serviciului de Informații și Securitate.

Persons: Vadim Dermenji, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Bulgarul, Stephanie Amabao, Vasil Bozhkov Organizations: Loteria, Moldovei, Loteria Națională, SIS, Prime, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Financial Centre Locations: Moldovei, S.A, Dubai, Moldova, Chişinău, Emiratele Arabe, New, Bulgaria, bulgară, Bulgariei

☆ APP anunță concurs pentru funcția de direct general al Societății pe acțiuni ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei”. Cerințele față de candidați
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +5 min

Reprezentanții Agenției Proprietăți Publice (APP) au emis vineri, 14 mai, o notă prin care informează că membrii Consiliul S.A. ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei”, conform prevederilor Legii nr. 1134/1997 privind societățile pe acțiuni, Statutului societății și altor acte normative, anunță concurs pentru ocuparea funcției de Director general al S.A. „Loteria Națională a Moldovei”. Concursul pentru ocuparea funcției de Director general al S.A. ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei” va fi desfășurat în conformitate cu Regulamentul de organizare și desfășurare a concursului pentru ocuparea funcției vacante de Director general al S.A. ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei”, aprobat prin hotărârea Consiliului societății din 07.05.2021, se menționează în nota APP. Locul depunerii documentelor:Documentele de participare la concurs pentru ocuparea funcției de Director general alS.A. ,,Loteria Națională a Moldovei” vor fi depuse la sediul societății: mun.

Persons: Bănulescu - Bodoni, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Bulgarul, Stephanie Amabao, Vasil Bozhkov Organizations: S.A, Loteria, Moldovei, Prime, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Financial Centre Locations: S.A, 07.05.2021, Moldovei, Chișinău, Proprietății, Dubai, Moldova, Chişinău, Emiratele Arabe, New, Bulgaria, bulgară, Bulgariei

☆ RISE Moldova: Новым основным бенефициаром лотерей в Республике Молдова стал арабский банкир
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-15 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +2 min

Новым бенефициаром лотерей в Республике Молдова недавно стал арабский банкир. Самый заметный из них, «для сектора лотерей и ставок на спорт», был подписан 23 апреля 2018 года с NGM SPC Limited в Дубае. Однако реализация партнерства была передана NGM Company SRL, компании, которую дубайская компания учредила в Республике Молдова 11 днями ранее. В частности, NGM SPC была приобретена местной компанией Ayman Investments (SPC) Limited. Однако, по словам Пламена Миланова, администратора компании NGM в Республике Молдова, конечным бенефициаром дубайской компании стал Самих Мохд Кадри Авадх Алла Абдулхай, инвестиционный банкир из Объединенных Арабских Эмиратов (ОАЭ).

Persons: Васил Божков, Александр Стояногло, Стояногло, Пламен Миланов, Мудассер Хан, Аммаар Хан, Пламена Миланов, Мохд Кадри Авадх, Алла Абдулхай Organizations: SPC, NGM, Investments, Ayman Holdings, Национальная лотерея Locations: Moldova, Республика Молдова, София, Кишинев, Молдова, Молдова (), Дубай, Великобритания, Объединенные Арабские Эмираты (ОАЭ)

☆ /VIDEO INVESTIGAȚIE/ Noi acționari la offshore-ul din Dubai aliat cu statul în cadrul Loteriei Naționale! Cum pierde bugetul public sute de milioane din jocurile de noroc
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-10 | by ( Sensmedia Srl | Stela Mihailovici | Tatiana Bodorin | ) tv8.md time to read: +22 min

Proiectul a fost înregistrat pe 5 decembrie 2016 în Parlament de un grup de deputați, în frunte cu Sergiu Sârbu. Deci, a fost decizia politică care ulterior a fost întruchipată în acel proiect de lege susținut și votat de Parlamentul R. Moldova. Atunci, Guvernul Filip anunță că statul are nevoie de un partener privat în această afacere de sute de milioane și inițiază un concurs pentru identificarea agentului economic. Acolo a fost o inițiativă legislativă vizavi de jocurile de noroc. Ulterior, a fost eliberat din lipsă de probe și a declarat pentru presă că dosarele sunt fabricate cu scopul de a-l deposeda de afaceri.

Persons: Vlad Plahotniuc, Totul, Vlad Plahotniuc ., Plahotniuc, Guvernul Filip, Sergiu Sârbu, Igor Dodon, Sergiu Sîrbu, Moldova, Filip, Alexandr Stoianoglo, Octavian Calmîc, Sorin Timofei, Plahotniuc ., Alaiba, Vasil Bojkov, Vladimir Plahotniuc, Emiratele Arabe Unite ., Veaceslav Platon, Plahotniuc . Veaceslav Platon, Bojkov, Vasil, Sergiu Gavajuc, Ghenadie Țepordei Organizations: Moldovei, Partidului Democrat, Licenţiere, Economiei, Ministerului Economiei, Loteria Națională, Novo, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Loteria, SPC, Procuratura, Agenția, TV8, Loteriei Naționale, austriacă, Ministerul Finanțelor Locations: Dubai, Moldova, New, Bulgaria, Emiratele Arabe, Sofia, Chișinău, Bojkov, Loteria Moldovei, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Procuratura Anticorupție, bulgară, Bălți, Călărași

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