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• HFF: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

  24-04-2019 23:59
  DALLAS — HFF Inc. (HF) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $27.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Dallas-based company said it had net income of 69 cents. The commercial real estate services company posted revenue of $159.2 million in the period. HFF shares have risen 44 percent since the beginning of the year. In […]
  
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• SolarWinds: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

  24-04-2019 23:57
  AUSTIN, Texas — SolarWinds Corp. (SWI) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $3.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Austin, Texas-based company said it had profit of 1 cent. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 20 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts […]
  
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• Rush Enterprises: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

  24-04-2019 23:44
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Rush Enterprises Inc. (RUSHA) on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $37.1 million. The New Braunfels, Texas-based company said it had net income of 98 cents per share. The commercial vehicle dealership operator posted revenue of $1.35 billion in the period. Rush Enterprises shares have climbed 31 percent since the beginning of […]
  
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• Trinity Industries: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

  24-04-2019 23:42
  DALLAS — Trinity Industries Inc. (TRN) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $30.6 million. The Dallas-based company said it had net income of 23 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, were 24 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks […]
  
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• Oil States International: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

  24-04-2019 23:37
  HOUSTON — Oil States International Inc. (OIS) on Wednesday reported a loss of $14.6 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents. Losses, adjusted for severance costs, were 24 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine […]
  
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• Trump forms battle plan for post-Mueller probes: Just say no

  24-04-2019 21:39
  WASHINGTON — Just say no. As House Democrats ramp up their post-Mueller investigations into President Donald Trump, his strategy for responding is simple: Resist on every legal front. The administration is straining to hold off congressional investigators, including their efforts to obtain the president’s tax returns, his business’ financial records and testimony from former senior […]
  
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• Governor reaches out to Facebook after PRC decision

  24-04-2019 21:32
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made it clear Wednesday that she isn’t happy about a regulatory decision requiring Facebook to pay $39 million for a transmission line to help power the company’s massive data center in Los Lunas. The 5-0 decision last week by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission — an independent, […]
  
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• Bookworks to host ‘Saul’ stars on May 5

  24-04-2019 21:28
  “Better Call Saul” is back filming in Albuquerque. This also means that the stars of the TV series will be giving back to the community. For the second year, Bookworks will be hosting its “Better Call Saul Book Club.” The event will have series leads Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn sharing their favorite books, as […]
  
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• ICMYI: Santa Fe designer gets second challenge win on ‘Project Runway’

  24-04-2019 20:48
  Six weeks in and Hester Sunshine is holding her own on “Project Runway.” Since the design competition began, Sunshine has either been safe or in the top three. In fact, the Santa Fe-based designer became the first designer to win two challenges this season with her win on last Thursday’s episode, “Power Play.” In the […]
  
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• Sri Lankan woman loses most of her family in Easter bombings

  24-04-2019 20:28
  NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka — Before the undertakers could move in, Anusha Kumari wrested herself away from her sisters and flung herself on the three coffins, wailing. In an instant on Sunday, the 43-year-old woman was left childless and a widow when suicide bombers launched a coordinated attack on churches and luxury hotels in and near […]
  
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• UNM names provost

  24-04-2019 19:30
  The University of New Mexico on Wednesday named James Paul Holloway as the next provost and executive vice president of academic affairs. Holloway is coming from the University of Michigan where he is the vice provost for global engagement and interdisciplinary academic affairs. He has been at the university since 1990. He was originally hired […]
  
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• Prosecutor: St Patrick’s suspect booked hotel near Vatican

  24-04-2019 19:26
  NEW YORK — The college philosophy teacher accused of entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with gasoline cans, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also booked a hotel just 20 minutes from the Vatican, a New York prosecutor said Wednesday. Police previously said that Marc Lamparello had booked a flight to Rome for the next […]
  
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• South Sudan measles outbreak raises questions about vaccines

  24-04-2019 19:25
  KUAJOK, South Sudan — Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan’s latest outbreak. “Every time I see the graves I feel like crying,” Mathiong said. The […]
  
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• NRA beset by infighting over whether it has strayed too far

  24-04-2019 19:25
  The National Rifle Association is used to battling forces that criticize its fiery and unbending efforts to protect gun rights. But as the group gathers for its annual convention this week, the NRA may be facing its toughest foe in decades: its own members. NRA insiders and longtime observers describe an organization at war with […]
  
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• Breaking: Lawyer: Border militia member hospitalized after incident in jail

  24-04-2019 19:21
  SUNLAND PARK — The jailed “commander” of the United Constitutionalist Patriots, Larry Mitchell Hopkins, was hospitalized after an altercation at the Doña Ana Detention Center Tuesday according to his attorney. “They got him in the ribs. They could have thrown him into a table or something,” said Kelly O’Connell, Hopkins attorney. He said Hopkins was […]
  
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• SF mayor’s budget includes $4 million for raises

  24-04-2019 17:39
  SANTA FE — Mayor Alan Webber called his proposed $102.4 million budget a “people first” spending plan while introducing it Tuesday, the first day of a series of meetings on the budget for fiscal year 2020, which begins July 1. Most of the people who work for city government would get a 2% raise under […]
  
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• Writings on gender issues magnify scrutiny of Trump Fed pick

  24-04-2019 17:29
  WASHINGTON — Additional provocative commentaries about women written by Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump’s pick for the Federal Reserve board, emerged Tuesday, a day after a second White House Fed choice withdrew from consideration. In a column for the Washington Times, Moore wrote in 2000 that “Colleges are places for rabble-rousing. For men to lose […]
  
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• Ghana drone service to deliver medical supplies on demand

  24-04-2019 17:29
  OMENAKO, Ghana — A new drone service in Ghana will be capable of carrying medical supplies to remote corners of the West African country. The American company Zipline International and the Ghanaian government launched the first of four distribution centers on Wednesday. Eventually the network will be able to deliver medical supplies on demand to […]
  
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• Foxconn says it’s looking for ‘flexibility’ with Wisconsin

  24-04-2019 17:29
  MADISON, Wis. — Foxconn Technology Group insists it remains committed to a $10 billion project in Wisconsin that employs up to 13,000 people, while saying it is also looking for “flexibility” in the deal struck with much fanfare in 2017 and heralded by President Donald Trump as the “eighth wonder of the world.” The statement […]
  
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• Caterpillar 1Q beats forecasts as revenue grows 5%

  24-04-2019 17:28
  DEERFIELD, Ill. — Increased demand for construction equipment in North America helped push Caterpillar’s revenue 5% higher and the company beat forecasts. Sales of new construction equipment in North America jumped 13% in the first quarter, primarily driven by road construction projects, Caterpillar said Wednesday. Construction sales declines in Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa and […]
  
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• Support NMSU’s most elite students

  24-04-2019 08:02
  My name is Christopher Padilla, and I am a proud New Mexico State University President's Associates...
  
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• Sorry, Dems, but all your shining stars are socialists

  24-04-2019 08:02
  There was Bernie Sanders at a Fox News Channel town hall, not giving an inch in a forum every Democr ...
  
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• Petty PRC-PNM squabble is damaging the NM brand

  24-04-2019 08:02
  $39 million surprise for Facebook compromises the state's ability to attract more big projects
  
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• Netanyahu, Trump prevent peace in the Holy Land

  24-04-2019 08:02
  Christians the world over looked to the Holy Land last week as they celebrated Easter and the resurr ...
  
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• Editorial: Probate judge’s charges raise systemic questions

  24-04-2019 08:02
  If allegations against Pamela and Randy Smith hold up in court, they will definitely be candidates f ...
  
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• Mitchell Overhand sentenced in 2017 case

  24-04-2019 02:28
  An Albuquerque man who killed his parents as a teen in the late 1980s has been sentenced to a year in jail and three years of probation for his involvement in a 2017 beating case. Although a jury in 2018 found Mitchell Overhand guilty of two felonies, the victim in the case was in court […]
  
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• Police ID 3 recent homicide victims

  24-04-2019 02:13
  Amid a spate of violence in the Duke City, police released the names of three men slain — two of them within hours — in shootings across town. Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said Salvador Gallegos, 40, Jason Brown, 38, and Anthony Cortez, 39, were all shot to death in unrelated homicides dating back to […]
  
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• Militia Defiant in New Mexico: ‘It's My God-Given Right to Be Here’

  24-04-2019 01:50 via nytimes.com
  Members of a group that has been detaining migrants at the border are facing eviction from a town that would like to see them gone.
  
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• Evers: Foxconn proposed renegotiating Wisconsin deal

  24-04-2019 01:33
  MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a letter his office released Tuesday that Foxconn Technology Group approached the state last month about wanting to renegotiate its contract for a project that could yield the global electronics giant more than $4 billion in state and local tax credits. Evers said for the first […]
  
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• NM spending big bucks to boost census participation

  24-04-2019 00:43
  SANTA FE — New Mexico’s largely rural nature and its infrastructure limitations — including bumpy roads and spotty phone connections — have long made getting an accurate population count a difficult task. But with the 2020 census approaching, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is aiming to bolster New Mexicans’ participation in the once-per-decade count that is used […]
  
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• Isleta Resort and Casino announces plans for sportsbook

  24-04-2019 00:40
  Isleta Resort & Casino announced Tuesday it is bringing another sports gambling operation to New Mexico. The resort said in a statement it is bringing “Las Vegas-style sports gambling” with USBookmaking as its provider. It listed a startup of sometime this summer without offering specifics. “We look forward to unveiling all of the exciting possibilities […]
  
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• Handful of US states are poised to legalize sports betting

  24-04-2019 00:37
  HELENA, Mont. — The number of states allowing sports betting is poised to expand. Governors in Montana and Iowa are considering measures that would allow residents to wager on sports, while Indiana lawmakers are scheduled to approve their own version as early as Wednesday. Barring a veto, they would be the first states to approve […]
  
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• The Comey firing, as retold by the Mueller report

  24-04-2019 00:27
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was seething. The FBI director, James Comey, had privately reassured him that he was not personally under investigation. But on May 3, 2017, when Comey was summoned to Capitol Hill to explain his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, he denied the president the public vindication he’d sought. Facing […]
  
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