Published April 05, 2018 Markets Motley Fool Facebook Twitter Comments Print The stock market did well on Thursday, with triple-digit gains for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and solid advances for broader benchmarks as well. Investors largely shrugged off concerns about trade disputes and macroeconomic challenges, expecting that the March report on the U.S. employment picture will likely show signs of continued growth that should point to an ongoing expansion for the economy. Some good showings from individual stocks also helped bolster market sentiment. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO), and Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT) were among the best performers on the day. Here's why they did so well. Tesla accelerates higher Continue Reading Below Shares of Tesla jumped another 6.5%, bringing its gains over the past three days to more than 20%. The stock has bounced back sharply from recent lows because of good fundamental news from the … [Read more...] about Why Tesla, Marathon Oil, and Intercept Pharmaceuticals Jumped Today
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Students drive to be stingiest in Eco-marathon
High-school, college teams shoot for highest fuel economy at Shell Eco-marathon By St. John Barned-Smith Updated 6:07 am, Monday, April 28, 2014 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: … [Read more...] about Students drive to be stingiest in Eco-marathon
Marathon Oil to sell its Norwegian assets
US oil company Marathon is to sell its operations in Norway to local competitor Det norske oljeselskap for $2.1 billion, the firms said on Monday, marking a big boost for the Norwegian firm. The transaction will boost Det norske's production capacity and cash flow in Norway, where its main asset today is a share in the future Johan Sverdrup North Sea oil field. The operation of the massive oil field, which is expected to be expensive to develop, should start in 2019. Both groups combined produced 84,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in 2013 in Norway. Det norske also announced that it would issue new shares for $500 million. The sale, worth 1.5 billion euros, includes "the Marathon Oil-operated Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading vessel, 10 company-operated licenses and a number of non-operated licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the North Sea," the US company said in a statement. After the operation, Det … [Read more...] about Marathon Oil to sell its Norwegian assets
How Shalane Flanagan went from almost retiring to being a top contender in the 2018 Boston Marathon
Shalane Flanagan says she felt “hungover” after her historic New York City Marathon finish in November. “I was in a state of such overwhelming happiness, a state of bliss,” she told Boston.com. “It felt better than I ever dreamed it would feel. But when I came down a little bit a week later, my head hurt and my teeth hurt from constant smiling. I just had never experienced such elation to that degree and for that long, so when I finally came back to a little bit of normalcy, I felt like I had been raging.” Not only was Flanagan’s victory her first world marathon major win, but it also was the first time an American woman had won the race in 40 years. The 36-year-old crossed the finish line with a time of 2:26:53 — just 5 minutes and 39 seconds shy of the personal record she had set at the 2014 Berlin Marathon. Once her “happiness hangover” subsided, Flanagan — who missed the 2017 Boston Marathon due to a lower back … [Read more...] about How Shalane Flanagan went from almost retiring to being a top contender in the 2018 Boston Marathon
Colchester father to fulfil promise to dying daughter by taking on London Marathon
PUBLISHED: 21:19 04 April 2018 | UPDATED: 21:19 04 April 2018 Chris and Demi Wright Archant A Colchester father who made a bedside promise to his dying daughter that he would run the London Marathon is preparing to take on the challenge. Chris and Demi when she was young Chris Wright’s youngest daughter Demi died of a rare type of cancer called adenocarcinoma in February 2016, aged just 22. Two months earlier she had been taken to Colchester Hospital with severe back pain. Medics originally through Demi may be pregnant but tests later revealed she had a large tumour on her liver which was making her body produce pregnancy-like hormones. She was rushed to a specialist unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital but died three weeks later. Chris and Demi at the hospital Sitting at her bedside throughout, Mr Wright told his daughter he had planned to take on the London Marathon for Cancer Research in her honour. Demi, who worked at Fenwicks in Colchester, encouraged him to take it … [Read more...] about Colchester father to fulfil promise to dying daughter by taking on London Marathon