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MGP: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 07:47am • ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — MGP Ingredients Inc. (MGPI) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $20.4 million. The Atchison, Kansas-based company said it had profit of 92 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.07 per share. The results exceeded Sealed Air: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 07:26am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sealed Air Corp. (SEE) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $82 million. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 56 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued WestRock: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 06:41am • ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — WestRock Co. (WRK) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $15.5 million. The Atlanta-based company said it had net income of 6 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for restructuring costs and non-recurring costs, were 39 cents per share. The results s Norway to add millions more to historic increase in defense spending announced last month 05/02/2024 06:22am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian center-left government said Thursday that it wants to add 7 billion kroner ($630 million) to the Scandinavian country’s armed forces over the next 12 years amid increased tensions in the region. The announcement came on top of plans announced last month Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress 05/02/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now. The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep the governme No safety in retreat: Ukrainian soldiers say rear defensive lines barely exist amid Russian advance 05/02/2024 12:04am • KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — During pitched battles with far better-armed Russian forces, Ukrainian soldier Batyar’s unit has few options. Devastating Russian aerial glide bombs that can drop up to 1.5 tons of explosives out of range of most of Ukraine's air defenses are gnawing away at his men’s p EAH Programs: How an Employer Can Help You Buy a Home 05/01/2024 08:00pm • In a climate where housing has become less affordable and companies are having trouble getting in-person talent, organizations that help employees pay for their homes might have a competitive edge. That's the idea behind employer-assisted housing programs and other home-cost-related benefits that so Lawmakers want the Chiefs and Royals to come to Kansas, but a stadium plan fizzled 05/01/2024 05:44pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers see a chance to lure Kansas City's two biggest professional sports teams across the Missouri border. But an effort to help the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas fizzed over concerns about how it mi United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy 05/01/2024 04:52pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Confe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson 05/01/2024 04:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speak Utah cat with a fondness for cardboard takes surprise trip to California in an Amazon box 05/01/2024 11:00am • Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip in an Amazon package, a feverish search, a California rescue and a tearful reunion. Her family is still waiting to “reintroduce cardboard to UFP: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/01/2024 09:07am • NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — UFP Technologies Inc. (UFPT) on Wednesday reported profit of $12.7 million in its first quarter. The Newburyport, Massachusetts-based company said it had net income of $1.64 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.66 per Silgan: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/01/2024 07:07am • STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Silgan Holdings Inc. (SLGN) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $55.2 million. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said it had net income of 52 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 69 cents per shar This fiery economist became Argentina's president railing against politicians. Now he's wooing them 04/30/2024 07:11pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When interviewed about his plans after a shock electoral victory last fall, Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei gave his go-to answer in a blink: “To exterminate inflation." “After that ..." he trailed off, as though searching for anything else that could po Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson's job if Republicans try to oust him 04/30/2024 05:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, likely assuring for now that Johnson will avoid being ousted from office like his predec