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Claire’s Enters Agreement with Ames Watson to Sell IP and Significant Number of Stores in North America

Claire’s Enters Agreement with Ames Watson to Sell IP and Significant Number of Stores in North America

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Claire’s Holdings LLC (“Claire’s” or “the Company”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Ames Watson, a private holding company that purchases, transforms and partners with companies to create long term value, for Ames Watson to acquire Claire’s business operations in North America. Following its decision …

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The Shrinking Labor Force Is Scariest Number for America’s Job Market

The Shrinking Labor Force Is Scariest Number for America’s Job Market

Wall Street bigwigs, major investors, stock analysts, and economists agree on very little these days. Whether it’s about technical levels, recession indicators, or the yield curve, everyone seems to have a different outlook for the economy and markets. One of the few points of consensus, however, is the fundamental importance of the job market. It’s not a particularly revelatory stance: …

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How investors should be thinking as the stock market nears a P/E ratio of 30—a number that spelled disaster before the dotcom crash

How investors should be thinking as the stock market nears a P/E ratio of 30—a number that spelled disaster before the dotcom crash

Something doesn’t make sense about the current stock market boom. U.S. big caps keep soaring while the economic outlook keeps getting worse. Right now, the atmospherics, Big Momentum and AI euphoria, are winning over the negative news flow and daunting market metrics. But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass. On the …

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Highest number of West Nile cases in a day reported in these California counties

Highest number of West Nile cases in a day reported in these California counties

West Nile virus activity is on the rise in some northern California counties, according to the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District. Sacramento-Yolo counties Three dead birds and 13 mosquito samples tested positive for the virus on Aug. 13, “the highest number of positive results reported in a single day this year,” the agency said in a news release. While …

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How investors should be thinking as the stock market nears a P/E ratio of 30—a number that spelled disaster before the dotcom crash

How investors should be thinking as the stock market nears a P/E ratio of 30—a number that spelled disaster before the dotcom crash

Something doesn’t make sense about the current stock market boom. U.S. big caps keep soaring while the economic outlook keeps getting worse. Right now, the atmospherics, Big Momentum and AI euphoria, are winning over the negative news flow and daunting market metrics. But sooner or later the fundamentals will take charge, and then, watch out for flying glass. On the …

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Clone copy number diversity is linked to survival in lung cancer

Clone copy number diversity is linked to survival in lung cancer

The ALPACA algorithm We introduce ALPACA, an algorithm to infer allele-specific copy-number profiles of every tumour clone, given three inputs that can be inferred by existing methods: estimates of allele-specific fractional copy number from multiple bulk tumour samples; a fixed number of clones and the proportion of each clone in each tumour sample; and a fixed topology of the tumour …

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Record number of Americans see moderate drinking as harmful: poll

Record number of Americans see moderate drinking as harmful: poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans are reporting that they drink alcohol amid a growing belief that even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. A record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28% in 2015. The uptick in doubt about alcohol’s benefits …

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