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A growing community bank established in 2001, Bank of Southern California, N.A., with headquarters in San Diego, CA, is locally owned and managed, and offers a range of financial products and services to individuals, professionals, and small-to-mid sized businesses. The Bank's solution-driven, relationship-based approa... |
Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," ... |
MIAMI — Down by 15 early, the Miami Heat could have hit the panic button. |
Instead, they found a way to move within two wins of another trip to the NBA Finals. |
LeBron James scored 26 points, Dwyane Wade added 23 and the Heat shook off a horrid start to beat the Indiana Pacers 99-87 on Saturday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, taking a 2-1 lead and breaking a back-and-forth trend in the rivalry. The teams had alternated wins and losses in 13 straight meetings ... |
Miami trailed 37-22 before outscoring Indiana 77-50 the rest of the way. |
“A lot of our situations that we’ve been through where we’ve struggled have been against this team,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “That’s what they do to you. They’re very good. It’s a function of their defense. |
Ray Allen added all 16 points in the second half to lead a late-game charge for the Heat, who will host Game 4 on Monday night. And it was the second time this season the Heat rallied from 15 points down to beat the Pacers in Miami — it also happened on Dec. 18. |
It’s the third straight series where the Pacers have faced a deficit. |
Paul George scored 17 points for Indiana, shooting 5 for 13 in his return after being concussed late in Game 2. Roy Hibbert had 16 points and David West added 13 for the Pacers, who never trailed until early in the third quarter. |
Miami started the game 2 for 10 from the floor. The Heat then made 21 of their next 31 shots, including eight straight in the third that gave the two-time defending NBA champions their first lead. |
James’ dunk with 7:36 remaining in the third put Miami up 52-51. That was the first of nine lead changes in the quarter, before the Heat did what Spoelstra implored his team to do in a pregame locker room address. |
“Impose our identity,” Spoelstra said. |
Eventually, the message reached the Heat, and their two best players led the way. |
James’ 3-pointer with 1:21 left in the third put Miami up 67-63, then its biggest lead of the night. Wade subbed in for James with 5.7 seconds left because the four-time MVP was dealing with what appeared to be a hamstring cramp and connected on a 3-pointer with 1.4 ticks remaining for a 74-67 lead going into the fourt... |
James retreated toward the locker room at that point, stopping halfway down the hallway known as “Championship Alley” while trainer Mike Mancias stretched him out. Meanwhile, Wade — not exactly known for behind-the-arc prowess — opened the fourth quarter with another 3, the Heat were up 10 and the floodgates were openi... |
“I wasn’t going to leave until I saw what he was going to do,” said James, who watched the first of those 3s by Wade before departing for treatment. |
Indiana got to 76-74 before Allen made a 3-pointer, and with that, the tone was set for the final minutes. Allen made three 3s in the final 5:59, the last putting Miami up by 15. |
The halftime score looked ugly: Pacers 42, Heat 38. |
That didn’t even come close to describing how much Miami struggled at times. Here’s one example: After 11 minutes, it was Hibbert 10, Heat 10. |
Indiana led 19-5 early and 37-22 midway through the second. Luis Scola scored eight points off the bench in less than three minutes, and the Pacers were rolling. |
Or at least, looked like they were rolling. |
In the final 6:22 of the half, they had more turnovers (six) than points (five). And Miami took advantage, especially after George went to the bench with his third foul. Wade and James combined for 14 of Miami’s final 18 points in the second, and a pair of short shots by Wade in the final minute helped pull the Heat wi... |
Second half, different story. Indiana scored 45 points. James, Wade and Allen combined for 47 themselves. |
Bomber hits security checkpoint with explosives-laden lorry. |
"I fell out of the watch-tower because of the strength of the explosion. I broke my leg and have injured a shoulder," one of the wounded, Saad Fathi, said from his hospital bed on Tuesday. |
The US military says Tuesday's attack was similar to dozens of others carried out by al-Qaeda for whom Mosul is the group's last urban stronghold in Iraq. |
"I fell out of the watch-tower because of the strength of the explosion. I broke my leg and have injured a shoulder" |
Mosul descended into violence as al-Qaeda took refuge in the city of 1.5 million people, after being driven out of Baghdad and the western province of Anbar in 2007. |
The Iraqi military has been on the offensive in Mosul since May 2008 but so far has failed to halt the deadly attacks. |
Niniveh, the provincial capital of Mosul, and Diyala, which lies northeast of Baghdad, remain the most dangerous areas of Iraq. |
The US military says fighters in Mosul have been weakened but not defeated, posing a challenge for Washington as it plans to withdraw its troops. |
British troops, meanwhile, started their pullout from Iraq on Tuesday with the lowering of a Royal Marines flag and handover of a Basra base to US control six years after their joint invasion. |
"Our nations are bonded by the blood we have shed together. That is a bond that no man can break," said General Ray Odierno, a senior US officer in Iraq, shortly before a US flag replaced that of the Royal Marines. |
"You have restored hope where chaos reigned," Odierno said before an audience of about 300 invited guests who included senior US, British and Iraqi officers. |
Naseer al-Ebadi, Iraq's deputy chief of staff for armed forces, thanked the British forces on Tuesday for training and equipping the Iraqis and said his forces were ready to take over. |
Diplomats from all three countries also attended the ceremony. |
Barack Obama, the US president, last month ordered an end to US combat operations in Iraq by August 2010, ahead of a complete withdrawal the following year. |
Amsterdam: Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world’s largest lighting maker and one of Europe’s largest medical equipment and electronics manufacturers, expects to more than double its profitability by 2010 as it streamlines the company into three main divisions. |
Chief Executive Gerard Kleisterlee also outlined ambitions to step up the pace of acquisitions in its chosen fields: healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyles. He said the company was focusing on expanding in emerging markets, with Asia at the centre of its strategy. |
Integrating units into three consolidated sectors will save an estimated $205 million to $274 million (Rs 820 crore to 1096 crore) in costs by 2010 through such measures as tightening management, combining warehouses and improving logistics efficiency, Kleisterlee told reporters. A plan for further cost reduction will ... |
The consolidation could lead to shifting some employees, but no job cuts, the company said. By 2010, Philips expects the earnings before interest, taxes and amortization margin of its current businesses to exceed 10% from its current level of 7.5% which it said was on course. |
“Philips expects EBITA per common share to more than double by 2010 from the level expected in 2007," the company said. |
It also said it aims to deliver a minimum of 6% comparable annual average sales growth for the two-year period through 2010. Philips shares gained 3.9% to $40.60 in Amsterdam. |
Philips, which makes high-end medical equipment, energy-saving light bulbs and household appliances like shavers and televisions, sold its semiconductor division last year. The company has been steadily departing markets where it doesn’t hold a first or second-place position, notably divesting its mobile phones operati... |
The restructuring was the latest step in Philips’ reorganization that began in 2001, a period of outsourcing many of its manufacturing units and shedding businesses over which it lacked full management control. |
In the last two years it has invested $6.4 billion in acquisitions in its increasingly focused core areas, especially technology and innovation, Kleisterlee said. |
Expansion would focus on high-growth areas, such as health and well-being industries at a time of aging populations, and in strong geographic areas, especially, China, India and Latin America. |
Uncertain financial markets were a boon to companies like Philips, interested in making acquisitions and with cash available to spend, Kleisterlee said, as falling prices bring more companies within reach. |
Scouts were among the volunteers who helped in a canal clean-up in Milton Keynes. |
The Milton Keynes Branch of the Inland Waterways Association held its second canal clean-up of 2018. The event focussed on the Grand Union Canal from Fenny Lock, Bletchley to Grove Lock, just south of Leighton Buzzard, on October 12 and 13. |
The branch were supported by the Canal and River Trust (CRT), who provided safety equipment, workboats and a dredger with crew. |
James Griffin of Wyvern Shipping Co Ltd provided his usual stalwart support, sponsoring the event, supplying specialised equipment, and skippering Ocean Princess as tug for the hopper, whose crew recovered the usual haul of scrap and discarded and dumped goods from the canal. |
On the first day the team were joined by 11 volunteers from The Parks Trust, who worked through their areas of responsibility adjacent to the canal, and also by volunteers from CRT, led by their new volunteer co-ordinator, Laura Summerbell. The CRT volunteers welcomed the chance to get better acquainted with their wate... |
With IWA members and the public, the helpers numbered 43, a possible record for the event. |
On Saturday there were fewer helpeds but compensated by the attendance of members of 1st Linslade Scouts who pitched in with great enthusiasm and worked hard until they finished opposite Tiddenfoot Park. |
Volunteers scoured the towpath and hedges adjacent, gathering general rubbish and piling larger items for collection by the hopper crew. Supermarket trolleys also featured, pulled from the canal in Leighton Buzzard. |
A spokesmand said: “The work was supported by powered assistance from Athina Beckett and Jonathan Brown on their narrowboat Brown Trout, towing a pan (shallow draught workboat) from which its crew could tackle the offside vegetation and rubbish. Diane and Andy Witts provided much-needed refreshment from their boat DiAn... |
“Thanks are also due to Pat Titmas, who did a great job in mustering volunteers, several of whom have declared their interest in the next clean-up. This will be back in Milton Keynes next spring, when we hope to be joined by local businesses, fulfilling their community work programmes. |
Could this autonomous underwater vehicle find Flight 370? |
Tonight on AC360 Randi Kaye visits the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to get a first hand look at REMUS. It stands for Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS, and it was used to help locate the wreckage of Air France Flight 447. It was also used to detect mines in the Persian Gulf and leaks in underwater tunnels. ... |
Check out a behind the scenes look at Randi's report. |
I am wondering if someone could elaborate on the passenger from Australia? Did he leave behind his personal items for his children every time he traveled? Was he concerned for his safety in this new job? It seems so odd that someone would leave these things behind unless they thought they would not be returning. |
When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." This is one of the first metrics I check when I'm hunting for the market's best stocks. Today, we'll see how it applies to... |
To calculate the cash conversion cycle, add days inventory outstanding to days sales outstanding, then subtract days payable outstanding. Like golf, the lower your score here, the better. The CCC figure for Analogic for the trailing 12 months is 146.2. |
Because of the seasonality in some businesses, the CCC for the TTM period may not be strictly comparable to the fiscal-year periods shown in the chart. Even the steadiest-looking businesses on an annual basis will experience some quarterly fluctuations in the CCC. To get an understanding of the usual ebb and flow at An... |
On a 12-month basis, the trend at Analogic looks less than great. At 146.2 days, it is 13.5 days worse than the five-year average of 132.7 days. The biggest contributor to that degradation was DIO, which worsened 24.2 days when compared to the five-year average. |
Considering the numbers on a quarterly basis, the CCC trend at Analogic looks OK. At 146.4 days, it is little changed from the average of the past eight quarters. Investors will want to keep an eye on this for the future to make sure it doesn't stray too far in the wrong direction. With both 12-month and quarterly CCC ... |
Add Analogic to My Watchlist. |
The Vallenato Legend festival, one of Colombia’s biggest popular culture events, will return to the city of Valledupar in the northern Colombian department of Cesar between April 26 and 30. |
The festival was founded in 1968 by legendary vallenato composer, Rafael Escalona, former President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, and former Minister of Culture Consuelo Araujo, as a way to celebrate and preserve the musical genre of vallenato. |
The festival features music contests with a range of different categories for professionals, amateurs and children. Musicians can also compete for other titles such as “best amateur accordion player.” Another competition is the “piqueria”, where singers take each other on in an improvised duel, where the quickest and m... |
In addition to music contests, there will be shows, parades and a party atmosphere over the five days. |
A Boca Raton real estate developer and financierr Thursday filed a $7 million libel lawsuit against the Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel Co., claiming that two articles published last November defamed his character and hurt his business. |
The suit was filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court by Moshe Tubero, who alleged that articles published on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25, 1985, concerning his plans to build a 26-story diamond center in Dania, resulted in his being subjected to "public hatred, contempt, ridicule, distrust and calumny." |
He contends the articles violated his constitutional right to privacy and denied him his right to due process. |
The suit contends Tubero "suffered the destruction of his business and good will," and also claims the articles "intentionally interfered with . . . prospective contracts to develop and construct the International Diamond Center. . . ." |
The articles reported that Dania officials circumvented normal procedures in the building approval process and failed to examine Tubero's background. |
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will drop some of the high-profile players who gifted the English Premier League title to Manchester City at the weekend, saying "the price they cost, their salary, their beautiful face" doesn't guarantee a place in his team. |
United lost at home to last-place West Bromwich Albion 1-0 on Sunday in one of the most surprising results of the Premier League. |
Mourinho said some players will pay the price by not featuring against Bournemouth on Wednesday and potentially against Tottenham in the FA Cup semifinals on Saturday. |
"If I play a player against Bournemouth and he plays phenomenal, he plays the semifinal," Mourinho said. "So it's not rotating because rotating looks like a player that plays against Bournemouth is to give a rest for somebody who is going to play against Spurs in the semifinal. |
"The word is not rotation, the word is an opportunity, for people to play and to try to get a place in the team for Spurs. Some of the guys that played (against West Brom), they don't have a place in that team." |
Paul Pogba might be one of them, having been substituted in the 58th minute partly because of his poor display but also because he was on a yellow card. The France midfielder has been in and out of United in recent months, showing Mourinho is not scared of dropping his big names. |
"What is the criteria for managers to choose a team?" Mourimho asked. "I only know one criteria: It's the way you play. It's the only way I can select players. |
"Do you want me to go for the price they cost, their salary, their beautiful face? The only way to go is with the performance." |
The FA Cup represents United's last shot at winning a trophy this season. |
CONWAY, S.C. (11/10/18) – Justice Hansen threw for four touchdowns, while Warren Wand and Marcel Murray each added a score on the ground as Arkansas State became bowl eligible with a 44-16 victory over Coastal Carolina Saturday night at Brooks Stadium. |
The Red Wolves scored touchdowns on six of their first seven possessions, including four straight in the first half. Hansen went 18-of-20 passing for 253 yards and tossed touchdowns to four different receivers. |
A-State earned bowl eligibility for the eighth straight season, including all five seasons under Anderson’s direction. |
Kirk Merritt led the aerial attack with 11 receptions for 180 yards, while Justin McInnis had four catches for 34 yards. In all, eight different receivers caught a pass for the Red Wolves. Merritt’s 11 catches are tied for the seventh most in school history, while his 180 yards were the ninth-most in a single game. |
The Red Wolves got things rolling on their first drive of the game when Hansen led the offense on a 7-play, 80 yard march down the field that was capped with a 6-yard touchdown pass to Omar Bayless. Murray helped set up of the score with a 31-yard run to get into the red zone. |
Arkansas State scored again on their next possession when Hansen led the offense on a 12-play, 95-yard drive that ended with a 6-yard pass to Reed Tyler. The Chanticleers answered with their first score of the night but missed the 2-point conversion to make the 14-6 with 10:34 left in the first half. |
Coastal Carolina went for an onside kick but was unable to recover the kick and A-State took advantage of the short field and scored for the third time in the half on a 14-yard pass from Hansen to Murray to go up 20-6. |
B.J. Edmonds setup A-State’s final scoring drive of the half when he intercepted his second pass of the season to set up a 7-yard run by Warren Wand to give his team a 27-6 lead at the halftime break. |
Wand scored again in the third quarter on a 20-yard pass from Hansen and Murray added his second score of the night on a 2-yard run to push the lead to 41-6. Following a Coastal Carolina touchdown, Blake Grupe added a 38-yard field goal for A-State’s final points of the night. |
Arkansas State returns home for senior day in a pivotal SBC West Division matchup against ULM on Saturday, Nov. 17. Kickoff from Centennial Bank Stadium is set for 2 p.m. and the game will be aired on ESPN+. |
Sharp returns to her hometown after serving as Ouachita Baptist assistant coach. Rogers joins A-State after 3 seasons as El Dorado head coach. |
Steven Fisk, the 18th-ranked player in the nation, defeated the freshman in a sudden death playoff to earn the title. |
Abikanile "Bika" Mack-Williams, an attorney in the state public defender's office in Baltimore, died Sept. 14 of heart failure at a friend's Hanover home. |
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