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Excluding items, the company earned $1.62 per share, beating the average analyst estimate of $1.48, according to Thomson Reuters. |
Total revenue fell almost 3 percent to $6.42 billion. That was down for a ninth straight quarter, largely due to the sale of restaurants to franchisees. Nevertheless, the result still exceeded the average analyst estimate of $6.28 billion. |
The device aims to make the treatment of skin cancer more comfortable. |
A sticking plaster approach to treating skin cancer has been unveiled at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. |
The light-emitting Ambulight PDT device has been developed in an attempt to make the treatment of skin cancer faster and more comfortable. |
Clinicians said the plaster avoided scarring and reduced the amount of time patients need to spend in hospital. |
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, with its incidence doubling every eight to ten years. |
The new treatment, which is being rolled out to hospitals across the UK, would see skin cancer patients given a drug which makes the affected skin sensitive to light. |
The disposable light-emitting plaster is then stuck over the top, allowing photodynamic therapy treatment (PDT) to be applied directly to the skin, destroying the cancerous cells. |
For non-melanoma, the most common treatment in the past has involved applying a cream to the skin for several hours before the patient undergoes intensive light treatment. |
But with the new device, the patient can be in and out of hospital within minutes, enabling them to continue with their normal daily routine while undergoing PDT treatment. |
Pilot clinical trials have also indicated this new treatment method causes lower pain than conventional techniques while still achieving an equivalent outcome. |
James Ferguson, a professor of dermatology at Ninewells, explained: "This new device can be taken away home with the patients. |
"It is escaping from the hospital environment, making for a gentler approach to skin cancer treatment." |
Muriel Lowe, one of the 50 patients who have so far been treated in Dundee, said: "I came in not knowing anything about the treatment. |
"The nurse and the doctor explained the process really well, the plaster device was put on and I went home. |
"There was a nippy feeling but the pain threshold from nought to ten was only about a three and I have been told that the conventional method was about an eight." |
Are severe thunderstorms in February that rare? |
With less than a week before March, severe thunderstorms are expected across the Midwest. |
These storms are likely to produce strong, damaging winds, and there's even a possibility for a few tornadoes and some large hail. |
Severe thunderstorms certainly aren't out of the question in February. They're just more likely across the southeastern United States. |
Outbreaks such as the one expected today don't typically target the Midwest, and they especially don't reach as far north as Michigan. |
In the last 10 years, there have only been a handful of days when severe weather outbreaks covered the Midwest — in 2014, 2011, 2009 and 2008. Of those outbreaks, only one resulted in a single severe weather report in Michigan from damaging winds. |
Just because today's severe weather is taking place in February doesn't make it any less dangerous. |
Today's setup and temperature profile across most of the Midwest looks more like late April or early May — the peak of severe weather season for those states. |
Emily Maynard, the beautiful, sweet, young mom who captured America’s and Brad Womack’s heart on the 15th season of “The Bachelor,” finally thought she had her happy ending. She accepted Brad’s proposal but unfortunately their relationship ended, along with her dream of moving to Austin with her daughter, Ricki, and st... |
“Duets” is a one-of-a-kind singing competition that takes the Superstars out from behind the judges’ panel and onto the stage. Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke set out on individual journeys across America looking for undiscovered talent worthy of being their protégés. Ultimately, each S... |
A group of young and ambitious rookie cops continue to navigate the emotional trials and tribulations of their professional and personal lives. After two years on the job, these rookies are well on their way to becoming experienced cops, but at what cost? What price will they have to pay, both professionally and person... |
“Secret Millionaire” follows 13 of America’s most successful business people as they spend a week in the country’s poorest areas and ultimately gift deserving members of the community with hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money. Originally based on the hit UK series of the same name, each episode follows o... |
unprecedented 365 days, set out to safely lose half of their body weight, ultimately revealing an amazing metamorphosis. In each of the eight stand-alone, two-hour episodes, the participants, whose ages range from 19 to 50 years, undergo a transformation not only of their bodies, but of who they are as individuals. By ... |
Nothing says summer like completely new “Wipeout” courses, this year featuring the Panic Hammocks, Snakes on the Plain and Batter Up. Other featured obstacles making their debut are The Hangover, Spin Psycho, The Comma-Kaze and Spinergy. There’ll also be many specials this summer, including a salute to our Armed Forces... |
From the creators of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “Mock the Week,” “Trust Us With Your Life” is a brand new studio-based improvisation series that redefines both the chat show and television improv formats. Hosted by Fred Willard (“Best in Show,” “Modern Family”), featured celebrities include David Hasselhoff, Ricky ... |
What if a murder victim could tell you about their final moments? The voices of the dead come to life in this true-crime series which offers a unique look at some of the nation’s most shocking murders. Each of the seven episodes will examine one case from start to finish, taking viewers inside the murder from the victi... |
Fan-favorites, arch rivals and villains from the hugely successful “Bachelor” franchise reunite under one roof for a second chance at love as ABC’s “Bachelor Pad” returns for a third season. For the first time, the show is upping the ante by opening up casting to the general public, and participants who have never appe... |
An outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a children's pool are available at this smoke-free condo resort. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free theme park shuttle are also provided. Additionally, laundry facilities, a 24-hour front desk, and a computer station are onsite. |
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by TripAdvisor. A total of 441 have reviewed the Barefoot Suites an Ascend Hotel Collection Member, giving it a rating of 4.5, on a scale of 1-5. |
PODGORICA (Reuters) - The frontrunner in Sunday’s presidential election in Montenegro said he wants closer ties to the West and would also welcome improved relations with Russia that soured when the country became NATO’s newest member. |
Milo Djukanovic is the candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists and polls put him ahead of the opposition bloc’s Mladen Bojanic, a businessman who favours closer ties with Russia and neighbouring and much larger Serbia. |
The former Yugoslav republic joined the military alliance last year and hopes to join the European Union in 2025 at the same time as Serbia, though it must first reform the rule of law and eradicate corruption, nepotism and red tape. |
In other signs of strains with Moscow, Montenegro last month expelled a Russian diplomat over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent that the British government has blamed on Moscow. The Kremlin then expelled a Montenegrin diplomat. |
Montenegro also joined EU sanctions against Russia in 2014 over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. |
On Thursday Djukanovic said Montenegro was involved in a struggle between great powers. |
In 2016, the Kremlin wanted to “send a message to Europe and America” that NATO enlargement to the Balkans would intrude on its sphere of interests, said the 56-year-old. |
On Wednesday, Putin told Montenegro’s new ambassador to Russia that the Kremlin was in favour of developing relations with the country. |
Djukanovic is a former communist who rose to prominence in the late 1980s before the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991. He led Montenegro, a country of 620,000, during the Balkan wars in the early 1990s, a split with its former federal partner Serbia in 2006 and into NATO membership. |
He denies opposition accusations that he fosters cronyism and corruption. Djukanovic served six terms as prime minister and one as president with three brief interruptions. |
“(Victory) is more important for Montenegro and its path than to me personally, I am someone who has fulfilled my ambitions in politics,” he said at his party’s office in the capital Podgorica. |
He said he was confident of winning and that his defeat would give anti-Western opposition parties an opportunity to question NATO membership and would also slow the EU membership bid. |
Montenegrin prosecutors say a group of Serb nationalists and Russian agents plotted to kill Djukanovic during a coup attempt at the 2016 election to prevent Montenegro from joining NATO. The Kremlin dismissed such allegations as absurd. |
A survey by the Podgorica-based Centre for Democratic Transition in late March gave Djukanovic 50.6 percent and Bojanic 35.5 percent. Other candidates were in single digits. |
Providing powerful insight into online performance marketing is at the heart of Performance Horizon Group (PHG). The founding team at PHG have over 50 years’ experience within the online performance marketing space, having founded the buy.at affiliate network and chaired the IAB Affiliate Marketing Council between them... |
PHG will use the new capital to rapidly expand its U.S. operations and global teams to meet the growing opportunity in the affiliate and direct partner marketing space. |
“No question, I’m really proud of them,” Sac State coach Jody Sears said of his players. “But we’ve got to get better at defending the passing game, and they hit us a few times on the run play. |
The teams combined for 1,313 yards, and each team punted only once in the second half. Sac State’s 694 total yards was a school record. |
Sac State scored six consecutive second-half touchdowns at one point, and Montana State had five touchdowns and a field goal in the second half. |
Safron completed 25 of 39 passes for 463 yards and five touchdowns, three to Carter and two to Agude. Carter finished with 11 catches for 184 yards, and Agude made six catches for 197 yards. Safron also rushed for a career-high 146 yards. |
Prukop passed for 348 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns. |
Montana State took a 52-49 lead with 2:31 to go on a 59-yard touchdown pass from Prukop to Brekke. |
Taking over at his own 21 with 2:25 to play, Safron hit Carter with a 32-yard pass to the Montana State 48. After the teams traded penalties – Sac State a hold; Montana State a late hit on Safron – and Safron was sacked, he completed a 25-yard pass to Agude, a 4-yard pass to Isiah Hennie, then the touchdown pass to Car... |
Montana State coach Rob Ash was expecting nothing less. After all the Bobcats, beat Sac State 64-61 in overtime at Hornet Stadium in 2010. |
Montana State led 21-14 after the first quarter as the teams combined for 367 total yards. |
On the second play from scrimmage, Josh Armstrong picked off Prukop’s pass at the Montana State 31 and returned it for a touchdown. But that would be one of the few Sac State defensive highlights. |
Linebacker Darnell Sankey led the Hornets’ defense with 21 tackles, second in school history. The 250-pound junior also scored on a one-yard run with 7:43 remaining that cut Montana State’s lead to 45-42. |
Jordan Robinson’s 4-yard touchdown run put Sac State ahead 49-45 with 4:05 to play after a rare three and out by the Bobcats. |
Love the MOUNTAIN VIEW from this 3/2 home in "The Woods". One level living in a quiet neighborhood close to downtown Columbus. Split BR floor plan, large MBR with new bath. beautiful shower. large LR and sunken den with stone wood-burning Fireplace. Kitchen has walk in pantry, garage entrance and is open to spacious Di... |
Fernando Valenzuela wasn't there. Mexican-born Dodger prospect Victor Alvarez didn't pitch. And the "home" team didn't win. |
Still, Mexican fans had plenty to cheer about Saturday as the New York Mets held on to defeat the Dodgers, 16-11, in 11 innings in an exhibition game at Foro Sol Stadium. |
It was a slugfest that ended without a single punch thrown, a welcome contrast to the game between the clubs Wednesday night in Florida. That's when Dodger pitcher Guillermo Mota nailed Mike Piazza on the shoulder with a fastball, setting off a bench-clearing melee. The two had a similar encounter last year, which has ... |
The Dodgers removed Mota from the traveling squad after the incident. |
There was speculation that the teams would continue their feud south of the border. But the players apparently left that baggage in the United States. Paid to play like professionals, they acted like it too, treating their enthusiastic Mexican hosts to an extra-inning battle that left the crowd, estimated at about 17,0... |
"Fans want to see baseball as perfectly as it can be played," Dodger Manager Jim Tracy said. "If they want to see fighting, they can go to a boxing match.... That is not what either club came here to do." |
The baseball was far from perfect, however, as the pitching suffered and batters flourished in the thin air of Mexico City. Dodger starter Wilson Alvarez gave up hits to the first four batters he faced, the beginning of an ugly top half of the first inning that ended with the Mets leading, 5-0. New York's Steve Trachse... |
The trip to Mexico City was something of a homecoming for the Dodgers, who won legions of fans here in the 1980s after signing Mexican pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela. The Dodgers were listed as the "home" team Saturday, and team officials had expected a largely partisan crowd. But the view from the stands was a... |
"I'm rooting for the Dodgers today because they're my father's team," said 36-year-old Idalia Perez as she hunted for her seat. "But my favorite team is the New York Yankees. I love their mystique." |
Baseball fan Ricardo Garcia, wearing a Met cap and Dodger jersey, seemed to be hedging his bets. But as it turned out, he also had a soft spot for the Yankees. Asked to explain his muddle of allegiances, he explained that his first loyalty is to the game of baseball. |
"We Mexicans don't get to see baseball at this level very often," Garcia said. "So it's not the teams that are so important as the game itself. It's a big party for us. We cheer for everyone." |
Indeed, they cheered the Mets as they shelled Alvarez in the early innings and they hooted as the Dodgers came storming back. They howled at the bloopers on the outfield screen and roared approval at the cheerleaders who took the field between innings. They even applauded a hapless beer vendor who dropped his tray of b... |
Major League Baseball is trying to capitalize on global enthusiasm for the game by taking its show on the road to Mexico City and elsewhere. In addition to the Dodger-Met contest this weekend, the Kansas City Royals and Arizona Diamondbacks are also playing an exhibition game today at Hermosillo, Mexico. Later this mon... |
The Expos' road show and Mexican exhibition games have fueled speculation that Major League Baseball is looking to expand south of the border. Commissioner Bud Selig said earlier this month that the Mexican cities of Monterrey and Mexico City top the list of foreign sites under consideration for expansion, but he said ... |
But while the game Saturday was well received by fans in Mexico City, some doubted the city could sustain a big-league franchise over the long haul. Longtime Dodger fan Jesus Sanchez, 71, and his brother Carlos gladly shelled out $70 each for seats. But they said neither they nor anyone else they knew could afford to d... |
Daniel Unno, who was decked out in Dodger gear along with his wife Alejandra and their young son Santiago, said baseball will never be the favorite pastime south of the border. |
"I'm trying to turn Santiago into a baseball fan, but his uncles keep talking to him about soccer," Unno said. "Soccer is still everything here." |
Still, even if Mexico never gets a major league franchise, fans at Foro Sol said they enjoy following the careers of Latin players. |
The only Mexican-born player on the Dodgers' 40-man roster is Victor Alvarez, a left-handed reliever who did not pitch Saturday. In his rookie season last year, the 26-year-old was 0-1 with a 4.35 earned-run average in four games. |
Hardly the stuff of Valenzuela, who started his major league career with eight consecutive victories and was the first rookie to win the Cy Young Award. But Alvarez was nevertheless greeted warmly when his name was announced to the crowd as the teams were introduced. |
"It's difficult to live up to [Valenzuela's] standard but it's not impossible," Alvarez said. "I just have to work and keep improving." |
"It's a bit of a wishy-washy day ... people are starting to get their sea legs back after a long weekend," said Joe Ranieri, managing director in equity trading at Canaccord Adams. |
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14.06, or 0.10 percent, to 13,521.34. |
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.38, or 0.16 percent, to 1,518.11, while the Nasdaq composite index gained 14.87, or 0.58 percent, to 2,572.06. |
But the housing sector looked weak after the Standard & Poor's housing index indicated that U.S. home prices declined 1.4 percent in the first quarter compared to a year ago, the first time since 1991 that prices posted a quarterly drop. |
"The rise in consumer confidence during the month is really quite impressive in the face of the record highs in gasoline prices," said Georges Yared, chief investment strategist for Yared Investment Research. |
U.S. retail gasoline prices have eased slightly from their record high of $3.227 a gallon, on average, but remained high Tuesday at $3.201, according to AAA. Crude oil futures plunged $2.05 to $63.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. |
In response, Exxon Mobil Corp., one of the 30 Dow components, fell 89 cents to $82.62. |
After it was reported that Archstone was being bought, the stock rose $6.19, or 11 percent, to $61.42. |
Engineering and construction company URS Corp. said it will buy competitor Washington Group International for $2.6 billion. Washington Group rose $15.07, or 21.5 percent, to $85.04, and URS rose $2.38, or 5.1 percent, to $49.27. |
The technology sector, which has been weaker than the rest of the stock market in recent months, got a boost Tuesday after Vodafone Group PLC said it narrowed its full-year loss. U.S. shares of the world's biggest mobile phone company rose $1.14, or 3.7 percent, to $31.70. |
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by almost 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.41 billion shares. |
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies was up 7.60, or 0.92 percent, at 837.53. |
The dollar slipped against other major currencies, and gold prices climbed. |
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.48 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.55 percent, Germany's DAX index was up 0.54 percent, and France's CAC-40 was down 0.25 percent. |
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