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Daktronics: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Daktronics Inc. (DAKT) on Tuesday reported profit of $2.2 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Brookings, South Dakota-based company said it had profit of 5 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 28 cents per share.The video display maker posted revenue of $199.4 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DAKT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DAKTSource

Core & Main: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Core & Main Inc. (CNM) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $112 million.On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had profit of 65 cents.The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 68 cents per share.The distributor of water and fire protection products posted revenue of $1.83 billion in the period, which met Street forecasts.Core & Main expects full-year revenue in the range of $6.65 billion to $6.75 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CNM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CNMSource

Prince William County Public Schools reaches partial tentative agreement with teachers union

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

The Prince William County school division and Prince William Education Association have agreed to a benefits and terms and conditions of employment collective bargaining contract, but the two sides failed to reach agreement on a wage proposal before the Dec. 1 deadline.After eight months of negotiations, the two sides tentatively agreed to a three-year package of benefits and terms and conditions of employment that will need to be ratified by the School Board and employees.“We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with PWEA on significant benefits that will continue to ensure we are the best place to work,” Prince William County School Board Chairman Dr. Babur Lateef said in a school division news release.The agreed upon terms are as follows:Paying teachers who teach summer school and extended school year their hourly rates.A new short-term disability plan that covers employees after the first 30 days of employment at no cost to the employee.Continuing to pay the same pr...

Sheffield United owner says he is changing the club’s manager with team last in Premier League

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — The Saudi prince who owns Sheffield United said Tuesday he has changed the club’s manager after the team dropped into last place in the Premier League.Prince Abdullah Bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud told British radio station talkSport that a decision has been made to part ways with Paul Heckingbottom after his two years in charge and bring back Chris Wilder, who managed Sheffield United when it was last in England’s top division.Wilder, a former player at the club, has coached at second-division teams Middlesbrough and Watford since leaving Sheffield United in March 2021.Heckingbottom becomes the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season.His final game in charge was the 5-0 loss at Burnley on Saturday, which dropped Sheffield United to last place — where Burnley was at the start of the match — and four points from safety. The team has just one win from 14 games.The club hasn’t officially confirmed the decision to change ma...

The owners of a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are due to appear in court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decomposing bodies were found are set to appear in court Tuesday, facing allegations that they abused corpses, stole, laundered money and forged documents.Jon and Carie Hallford own Return to Nature Funeral Home, which has a facility in Penrose where investigators in early October discovered dozens of stacked bodies, some that had death dates as far back as 2019, according to a federal affidavit.Family members had been falsely told their loved ones were cremated and had received materials that were not their ashes, court records said.Several families who hired Return to Nature to cremate their loved ones have told The Associated Press that the FBI confirmed to them privately that their loved ones were among the decaying bodies.The Hallfords were arrested in Oklahoma last month, after allegedly fleeing Colorado to avoid prosecution. They have been jailed on a $2 million bond. Both have been charged with ap...

After racist shooting that killed 3, families sue Dollar General firms and others over lax security

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Family members of three Black people fatally shot at a Dollar General store in north Florida by a racist gunman have sued the store’s landlord, operator and security contractor for negligence, claiming lax security led to their loved ones’ deaths.The 21-year-old gunman had attempted to enter another store and the campus of a historically Black college, but he was stopped by the presence of security guards at both places. The probes by Ryan Palmeter took place in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Jacksonville last August, ending in the fatal assault at the Dollar General.The lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of the families of Angela Carr, Jerrald Gallion and A.J. Laguerre.“While Palmeter was deterred from harming the public at his two preceding stops, at this Dollar General, there was nothing in place to again deter Palmeter from attacking and killing innocent persons,” the families’ lawsuit said.Better security measures should have been in...

Nicolas Cage wants to say ‘adios’ to movies and try out TV

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

Nicolas Cage at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere of 'Dream Scenario' in September. Nicolas Cage at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere of 'Dream Scenario' in September. (CNN) — Nicolas Cage is a movie star with more than 100 film credits to his name, but the Oscar-winning actor may be ready to try something new.“I feel I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say with cinema,” Cage said in an interview with Uproxx published Monday. “I would say, ‘Adios.’ I did what I had to do with cinema and I want to move on now,” he later added.Currently starring in “Dream Scenario,” Cage has four more film projects he’s slated to appear in. Then, he said, he’s hopeful for a post-film ca...

G-III Apparel: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (GIII) on Tuesday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $127.6 million.The New York-based company said it had net income of $2.74 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.78 per share.The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.08 per share.The clothing and accessories maker posted revenue of $1.07 billion in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.13 billion.G-III Apparel expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.90 to $4 per share, with revenue expected to be $3.15 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GIII at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GIIISource

Smucker: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — ORRVILLE, Ohio (AP) — J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $194.9 million.On a per-share basis, the Orrville, Ohio-based company said it had profit of $1.90. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $2.59 per share.The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.47 per share.The food maker posted revenue of $1.94 billion in the period, which fell short of Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.96 billion.Smucker expects full-year earnings in the range of $9.25 to $9.65 per share._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SJM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SJMSource

Freezing rain causes accidents that leave 3 dead in Germany while Munich airport resumes flights

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:29:02 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Freezing rain and cold weather buffeting Germany were blamed for traffic accidents that left three dead on Tuesday while Munich Airport temporarily suspended flights.One student was killed in a crash involving a school bus in the Erzgebirge mountains in the eastern German state of Saxony, police said. At least 10 other schoolchildren were taken to a hospital. Two adults, including the bus driver, were seriously injured. The bus skidded into the side of a winter road maintenance vehicle in Sehmatal county near the Czech border, German news agency dpa reported. It then crashed head-on into a tree and and the impact was so strong that it completely destroyed the front of the vehicle. In Munich, all flights were either canceled or postponed between 6 a.m. and noon (0500-1100 GMT), with the airport warning that many flights scheduled for later in the day might also be affected by the severe weather conditions. A Lufthansa plane from New York landed at noon, signaling the re...