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Petco: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Petco Health & Wellness Co. (WOOF) on Wednesday reported a loss of $1.24 billion in its fiscal third quarter.On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of $4.63. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 5 cents per share.The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 2 cents per share.The pet store chain posted revenue of $1.49 billion in the period.Petco expects full-year earnings to be 8 cents per share, with revenue in the range of $6.15 billion to $6.28 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on WOOF at https://www.zacks.com/ap/WOOFSource

Patterson Cos.: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Patterson Cos. (PDCO) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $40 million.The St Paul, Minnesota-based company said it had net income of 42 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, came to 50 cents per share.The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 59 cents per share.The medical supplies maker posted revenue of $1.65 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.71 billion.Patterson Cos. expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.35 to $2.45 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 PDCO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PDCOSource

How long will sun glare last on I-70?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you've driven eastbound on Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill early in the morning, you have probably been blinded by sun glare.Sun glare occurs when the angle of the sun, in combination with the inclining hills, creates a blinding light, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.The glare makes it nearly impossible to see clearly while driving. It's what causes road closures on I-70 during many winter mornings. Warning: Sun glare can cause issues for drivers on I-70 during winter months Every morning, Colorado State Patrol and CDOT personnel decide whether or not to close eastbound I-70 at exit 244 (U.S. 6).How long does sun glare last?There's good news and bad news when it comes to the length of the sun glare issue.Good news: Sun glare on I-70 only lasts two to three hours in the early morning. It's only noticeable between sunrise and 8:30 a.m. Bad news: It will continue for the next few months.Sun glare occurs in the fall and winter months. It usually b...

Photos: Broadmoor unveils annual holiday gingerbread display

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — The Broadmoor is cruising into the holidays with the unveiling of its over-the-top gingerbread display, "A Lightning Bug Canopy Boat."Always a festive surprise, the resort is known for its annual creative sugary life-size displays. Past gingerbread creations have included trains, chapels, and even cars. This year, the iconic resort adds a boat to the holiday list in celebration of its history and new upcoming boating experiences.For years, guests of The Broadmoor have enjoyed paddle boats on the resort’s very own Cheyenne Lake. However, most people don’t know that when the hotel opened in 1918, there were canopy boats that cruised silently across the placid waters. As a new addition to summer 2024, two beautiful new electric canopy boats will once again grace the lake, the resort said. The resort will also have a new custom handcrafted canoe by Adirondack available for guests to enjoy. Artisans from around the world hand carve 1,000 tons of ice int...

Baptist Health and FIU Medical School forge partnership to enhance local care

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

Baptist Health and Florida International University’s Medical School have officially joined forces in an attempt to elevate healthcare standards and retain local medical talent. The collaboration, formalized at a signing ceremony at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute, aims to bring about significant developments in medical education and clinical facilities in South Florida.Dr. Herbert Wertheim expressed optimism about the partnership.“What’s going to happen with the Baptist partnership is that we’re going to have, anywhere from 300 to 500 new residents in different professions,” he explained. “Matriculating through our different hospitals and our university.”The alliance focuses on expanding both undergraduate and graduate medical education programs, cultivating clinical and teaching facilities, and fostering faculty-physician practices.This collaboration not only strengthens medical education but also deepens capabilities in groundbreaki...

Dominic Cummings acted like he was prime minister, UK COVID inquiry hears

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

LONDON — Unelected Boris Johnson aide Dominic Cummings acted like he was the prime minister “in all but name,” a senior Conservative told Britain’s COVID-19 inquiry.Sajid Javid — who served as both chancellor and later health secretary under Johnson — said in evidence to the inquiry that then-prime minister was “largely content” to let his most senior adviser run the country as the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.K.The Conservative MP quit as chancellor under Johnson in February 2020, as the crisis began to escalate. It followed major tensions between Johnson’s Cummings-led No. 10 Downing Street operation and Javid’s Treasury.In a statement which was read out at the inquiry — which is looking for lessons learned from the government’s response to the pandemic — Javid said that during his time as chancellor, Cummings “sought to act as the prime minister in all but name,” and “tried to make all key decisions within No 10 — not the prime minister.”“I felt that the...

French Green MEP Michèle Rivasi dead at 70

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

Michèle Rivasi, a French MEP from the Greens–European Free Alliance group, died Wednesday at the age of 70, according to her office.The EU lawmaker got her start in politics in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, when she founded an NGO that analyzed radioactivity in the environment after the nuclear disaster. She was elected to the French national assembly in 1997 as a socialist, and served as a member until 2002.In 2009 she ran and won a seat in the European Parliament as a Green, and then was twice reelected, in 2014 and 2019. Rivasi was a well-known political figure in France, and was a visible campaigner across a number of issues, including the use of pesticides, pharmaceutical company practices and nuclear energy. She’s also been at the center of controversy, most recently for her skepticism toward what she saw as over-extensive vaccination. She was also critical of French President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine mandate. Rivasi was known as a pugnacious fighter...

PMQs scorecard: Starmer cracks dad jokes about Elgin Marbles as Sunak squirms

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.What they sparred about: A bumper week for the speech writers … and a dire week for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. With record-high immigration numbers, a big diplomatic dispute with Greece, and embarrassing COVID inquiry revelations providing more jabs than a boxing match, the Conservative leader was on the ropes, while the leader of the opposition rubbed his hands in glee.Politicians trying to be funny klaxon: In his opening remarks, Keir Starmer dug into the big bust-up between London and Athens over the Elgin Marbles this week. “In an effort to hide from his failures, the prime minister spent this week arguing about an ancient relic that only a tiny minority of the British public have any interest in. But that’s enough about the Tory party.” The house went wild! That’s enough: Starme...

Death in Goffstown, NH confirmed as homicide

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office confirmed Wednesday that the death of a woman in a Goffstown residence on Tuesday is being investigated as a homicide.Police and firefighters first responded to the area shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday. In a post on Facebook near 3 p.m., the Goffstown Police Department said police activity near Joffre Street prompted a lockdown at the nearby Bartlett Elementary School.Police said the police activity was “under control” as of 3 p.m. and the lockdown had ended.“There is no longer a threat to the public,” police said. “We will be in the area for an extended amount of time.”The AG’s office in its statement near 4:15 p.m. also said officers determined there was no threat to the general public. Neighbors said an older couple lived in the home that was taped off, adding that they had an adult son who would come and go from time to time. “We know them, so it’s hard to process,” area resident Michelle Toto s...

Co-founder of Students for Trump was charged with assault after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:45:33 GMT

(CNN) — Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the political organization Students for Trump, was arrested and charged with assault last week in North Carolina after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show.Fournier was charged with misdemeanor assault on a female and assault with a deadly weapon on November 21, according to online court records from Johnston County. He was released on a $2,500 bond later that day, the documents say.He is accused of grabbing a woman by her arm and hitting her in the forehead with a firearm, according to the charging documents, which have the woman’s name redacted.Fournier waived his right to assigned counsel in the case, the documents show.CNN has made attempts to reach Fournier for comment.He is scheduled to appear at a hearing on December 18 at the Johnston County Courthouse, records show.Fournier is the chairman of Students for Trump, which he co-founded in 2015 when he was a freshman at Campbell Un...