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NFL Refuses to Move Super Bowl from Houston After 'Bathroom Ordinance' Rejected
The "Houston Equal Rights Measure" supposed to make it more difficult for businesses to deny services, housing and employment to others based on age, race, sexual identity and gender identity. The NCAA has no plans to move the 2016 Final Four, as it takes years to plan and implement this world-class event. "We will continue our work with the Houston Local Organizing Committee to provide an inclusive environment for the student-athletes competing in and visitors attending our games and events ...
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Target To Close New Ulm Store
All team members will have the option to transfer to the Duluth, Minnesota store. The store, located at 3535 Tower Avenue, has been open for about 20 years. New Ulm residents, however, will have to travel nearly 30 miles to Mankato once their store closes. Spokeswoman Kristy Welker said the closings are due to the stores' individual performance and unrelated to Target's overall performance.
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Frontier Communications Corp (FTR) Issues Earnings Results
At quarter's end, 3.147M residential customers was a net reduction of 0.9%, with average monthly residential revenue per customer of $63.83 (down 0.9% from Q2). Frontier Communications Corp presently has an average rating of " Buy " and a consensus price target of $6.17. In April 2012, through its wholly owned subsidiary SBA Monarch Acquisition, LLC, it acquired 2,300 tower sites in the United States and Central America and indoor and outdoor distributed antenna system (DAS) assets in ...
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Sudanese man attacks Israeli on Africa flight
The assailant, who has been identified as Ahmed Mohamed, a Sudanese national, somehow ascertained that Zanuda was a Jew and an Israeli citizen before attacking him. "During the moments when I thought I was going to die, I'd already begun to separate from my family in my thoughts", he added. Ethiopian Airlines said in a statement that the attacker didn't show any signs of violence prior to boarding the flight.
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Canada Appoints First Aboriginal Woman as Justice Minister
Jody Wilson-Raybould was just sworn in as Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. It is a first for an Aboriginal Canadian. As Canada's new attorney general - a title change from solicitor general - Wilson- Raybould inherits one of the most important cabinet portfolios, one held by former PMs Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Jean Chretien in previous Liberal governments.
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FireEye (FEYE) Stock Plunges in After-Hours Trading on Earnings Results
Michael Sheridan, who had been the company's chief financial officer since 2011, and Chief Technology Officer Dave Merkel stepped down earlier this year. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to the company as of the date hereof, and FireEye does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.