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April 22, 2019 - 6:47 am

Lennox: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

RICHARDSON, Texas (AP) _ Lennox International Inc. (LII) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $69.3 million. The Richardson, Texas-based company said it had profit of $1.73 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.68 per share. The results topped Wall Street...
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April 22, 2019 - 6:43 am

Kimberly-Clark: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

DALLAS (AP) _ Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $454 million. The Dallas-based company said it had net income of $1.31 per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs, came to $1.66 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate...
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People fix a banner that reads in French: "Notre-Dame is roofless, we too!" during a protest in front of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
April 22, 2019 - 6:42 am

Homeless activists outside Notre Dame demand "a roof too"

PARIS (AP) — Dozens of public housing advocates are protesting outside the gutted Notre Dame in Paris to demand that France's poorest be remembered after donors pledged $1 billion to rebuild the cathedral and its destroyed roof. Around 50 people from a French homeless association gathered Monday...
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In this April 3, 2019, photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, center, returns to his residence in Tokyo. Japanese prosecutors said Monday, April 22, 2019, they have indicted Nissan’s former chairman Ghosn with additional charges of breach of trust, with his alleged misconduct expanding outside Japan. (Mizuki Ikari/Kyodo News via AP)
April 22, 2019 - 4:49 am

New indictment expands case against Nissan ex-chair Ghosn

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors said Monday they have indicted Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn with fresh breach of trust charges that expand their allegations of financial misconduct outside Japan. After the indictment, Ghosn's lawyers filed a request for his release on bail, the Tokyo...
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Sri Lankan army soldiers secure the area around St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 21, 2019. More than hundred were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday, officials said, the worst violence to hit the South Asian country since its civil war ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Chamila Karunarathne)
April 22, 2019 - 4:33 am

Sri Lanka blocks social media after Easter Sunday bombings

Sri Lankan authorities flicked the off switch on most social media after Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels killed hundreds of people, a dramatic reaction that reflects distrust in the capability of American internet companies to control harmful content. The block on social media...
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FILE- This Oct. 3, 2018, file photo shows a Tesla emblem at the Auto show in Paris. Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company’s electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid to realize a bold vision that he has been floating for years. The technology required to make that quantum leap is scheduled to be shown off to Tesla investors Monday, April 22, 2019, at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
April 22, 2019 - 2:10 am

Tesla gears up for fully self-driving cars amid skepticism

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to transform the company's electric cars into driverless vehicles in a risky bid to realize a bold vision that he has been floating for years. The technology required to make that quantum leap is scheduled to be shown off to Tesla investors...
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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2019, file photo, a security official, center, stands guard in front of Tokyo Detention Center, where former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is detained, in Tokyo. Japanese media reported Monday, April 22, 2019 that Ghosn was indicted on new breach of trust charges. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
April 22, 2019 - 1:58 am

The Latest: Court says Nissan ex-chair Ghosn seeking bail

TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Nissan Motor Co.'s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, who is facing financial misconduct charges (all times local): 4 p.m. The Tokyo District Court says that lawyers for Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn have requested his release on bail. The request followed Ghosn's...
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April 21, 2019 - 11:40 pm

Japanese media report Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn indicted on new breach of trust charges.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese media report Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn indicted on new breach of trust charges. .
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In this photo taken Monday, April 15, 2019, resident Wallace Lee helps lead the fight against a new homeless shelter during a neighborhood meeting in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco, which has too little housing and too many homeless people sleeping in the streets, is teeming with anxiety and vitriol these days. A large new homeless shelter is on track to go up along a scenic waterfront area dotted with high-rise luxury condos, prompting outrage from some residents. (AP Photo/Janie Har)
April 21, 2019 - 11:26 pm

Homeless shelter, looming IPOs have San Francisco on edge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's renowned waterfront hosts joggers, admiring tourists and towering condos with impressive views. It could also become the site of a new homeless shelter for up to 200 people. Angry residents have packed public meetings, jeering at city officials and even shouting...
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FILE - In this March 29, 2019, file photo, Huawei's mobile phones are displayed at a telecoms service shop in Hong Kong. Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday, April 22, 2019, its revenue rose 39 percent over a year earlier in the latest quarter despite U.S. pressure on allies to shun its telecom and network technology as a security risk. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
April 21, 2019 - 11:21 pm

China's Huawei says 1Q sales up 39%

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday its revenue rose 39% over a year earlier in the latest quarter despite U.S. pressure on allies to shun its telecom technology as a security risk. Huawei, the biggest global maker of network equipment for phone and internet companies, on Monday...
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