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Choice Hotels: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Choice Hotels International Inc. (CHH) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $52.8 million.On a per-share basis, the Rockville, Maryland-based company said it had profit of $1.02. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.12 per share.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.08 per share.The hotel franchiser posted revenue of $332.8 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $317.2 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CHH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CHHSource

Aramark: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aramark Holdings Corp. (ARMK) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $56 million.On a per-share basis, the Philadelphia-based company said it had net income of 21 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 28 cents per share.The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 26 cents per share.The provider of food, facilities and uniform services posted revenue of $4.6 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.39 billion.Aramark shares have declined 17% since the beginning of the year. The stock has declined roughly 5% in the last 12 months._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ARMK at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ARMKSource

Denver weather: Heat Tuesday before strong storms, Pinpoint Weather Alert Day on Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Front Range will see mainly sunny skies with highs near 80 degrees Tuesday, before storm chances on Wednesday in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Warm with fire riskMostly sunny skies over Denver will help highs get near the 80-degree mark with a brisk wind on Tuesday. Pickleball players fight plans to close Congress Park courts There is a small chance of a spotty evening shower.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on May 9. South and west of the metro area are under a red flag warning from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. with low humidity and breezy winds.Pinpoint Weather: Red flag warning on May 9. Weather tonight: Partly cloudy, mildA few clouds move in overnight Tuesday with lighter winds. Overnight lows will dip to the 50-degree mark, making for a very mild night.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on May 9. Looking ahead: Wednesday storms, rain on Mother's DayWednesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day with a slight risk for severe storms. Storms are expected ...

Group of women collecting purses, items for those in need

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Tuesday, the SHE Leads Group is kicking off their annual Purse Project.Every year, SHE Leads Group members collect and donate purses filled with personal care and hygiene items for victims of domestic violence and homeless women in the Denver metro area.They help 20 domestic violence shelters across the metro, from Castle Rock to Conifer, including the Sinton House which has a large population of women veterans. Nurses push for more people to carry Narcan, available for free in Adams County SHE Leads Group's mission is women supporting women in any way possible. For the members, S-H-E means supporting, heart and enterprise. They said heart is family or personal and enterprise is business or career. Here is how you can be a part of the Purse Project: Purse Guidelines:Only gently used or new. No tears, stains, cigarette odor, broken fasteners and zippers, or peeling leather or vinyl.The purse needs to be large enough to fit all the personal items in.In an effort to ...

US to provide Ukraine $1.2 billion in long-term security aid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will provide $1.2 billion more in long-term military aid to Ukraine to further bolster its air defenses as Russia continues to pound Ukraine with drones, rockets and surface-to-air missiles, U.S. officials said Monday.The aid package is expected to be announced on Tuesday and the money will be provided under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Unlike the U.S. equipment, weapons and ammunition that are more frequently sent to Ukraine from Pentagon stocks — so they can be delivered quickly — this money is to be spent over the coming months or even years to ensure Ukraine’s future security needs.The assistance initiative will fund HAWK air-defense systems, air-defense munitions and drones for air defense. It will also buy artillery, rockets, satellite imagery assistance, and funding for ongoing maintenance and spare parts for a variety of systems, according to the officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the aid package has not ye...

Turkey’s election gives Greece a migraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

ATHENS — After Turks themselves, Greeks will be the closest observers of Sunday’s Turkish election and they have few illusions that everything is going to be rosy with the old foe (but fellow NATO member) across the Aegean Sea after the vote, no matter who wins.That’s not to say Greeks wouldn’t be happy to see the back of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has proved a bête noire. Erdoğan has not only engaged Greek jet fighters in dangerous brinkmanship over the Aegean Sea but has hinted he could snatch a Greek island overnight and even threatened Athens with a missile. His decision in 2020 to reconvert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia — once Greek-speaking Constantinople’s greatest church — from a museum back into a mosque, as it had been in Ottoman times, delivered a particularly grave cultural wound to Greeks.Opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, a soft-spoken 74-year-old former bureaucrat, would certainly prove an easier diplomatic partner, but many note th...

School bus drivers in Marlboro enter second day of strike after no deal made

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

Bus drivers in Marlboro are striking for the second day in a row on Tuesday after their union and their bus company failed to reach an agreement on a new contract over the weekend and no negotiations took place Monday. The bus company, NRT Bus, operates in three other area districts — Marlboro, Westboro, and Framingham. According to Teamsters Local 170, bus drivers in Framingham struck a deal Sunday night to avoid a strike and drivers in Westboro have not planned a strike this week despite having no deal yet.In Marlboro, school is still on during the strike, leaving many parents feeling frustrated as they worked to find another way to get their children to school. “Today is the longest I took to drop them off, there’s so much traffic everywhere,” said Rodney Canales on Monday morning. “This is not safe either.”“We did try, it was hard,” said Tamalla Abbasova. “There were a lot of cars, a lot of traffic, and the kids are frustrate...

Mark Zuckerberg wins gold and silver in his first Jiu-Jitsu tournament

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

(CNN) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg won two medals in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held at a Silicon Valley high school Saturday, adding to the tech leader’s vast array of extracurricular activities.The 38-year-old Zuckerberg competed at the BJJ Tour competition in Woodside, California. Zuckerberg won the gold medal in the Nogi Master 1 White Belt Feather Weight Division and the Silver medal in the Gi Master 2 White Belt Feather Weight Division, BJJ Tour confirmed.“Competed in my first jiu jitsu tournament and won some medals for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu team,” Zuckerberg posted on Facebook. The post garnered more than 40,000 comments including from UFC fighter Conor McGregor and jiu-jitsu world champion Bernardo Faria.On an August 2022 episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Zuckerberg said he found Jiu-Jitsu to help boost his energy and focus at work. He called the sport “primal.” He began practicing the sk...

Biden to meet with congressional leadership as threat of national debt default looms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with congressional leadership on Tuesday amid a stalemate in Washington to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a default that would have catastrophic economic consequences.A path forward to raising the debt ceiling remains unclear. House Republicans want to attach spending reductions to a debt ceiling increase and have passed a debt limit plan that does just that. But Biden and congressional Democrats are insisting on passing a clean increase on the debt limit before addressing a framework for spending.During Tuesday’s meeting in the Oval Office at 4 p.m. ET — the first in-person, top-level discussions to take place at the White House in months — the president will be joined by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.Biden has not formally held a meeting with McCarthy since February, when the two l...

Sorting through the Chicago Bears’ pass rusher options as GM Ryan Poles seeks to beef up the defense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:55 GMT

Not only did Jaquan Brisker have the unusual distinction of leading the Chicago Bears in sacks last season as a defensive back, he was the first homegrown player atop that category since the middle of the Lovie Smith era.Brisker’s four sacks paced the league’s last-ranked pass rush in 2022, when the rookie safety became the first player drafted and developed by the Bears to lead them in sacks since Alex Brown had six in 2008.During that 13-year span, Adewale Ogunleye, Israel Idonije, Julius Peppers, Willie Young, Lamarr Houston, Akiem Hicks, Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn took turns spearheading the pass rush, evidence of how reliant the Bears have been on free agency and the trade market at a marquee position.Now general manager Ryan Poles has to sort through potential options to beef up the pass rush like a shopper hitting the mall in search of the perfect gift the day after Christmas. The Bears have essentially admitted they need help at defensive end. The good news is ...