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CBS News
4 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Sudden thunderstorms "came out of nowhere," tore down massive trees in northern Massachusetts
Severe thunderstorms tore through northern Massachusetts early Friday morning and left a trail of scattered damage. Ayer, which is about an hour northwest of Boston, appeared to be hit the hardest. Several massive trees came down, some on homes, others knocking out power lines and blocking roads. Many streets were shut down because there was so much debris. People living in the area said they were caught completely off-guard. "Just came out of nowhere" "It was crazy, it just came out of nowhere," said Ayer resident Debi Rich. "I didn't even know we were getting rain today and I was just getting ready for work and it was just like this thundering noise. So I looked out the window and the hail was bouncing all over the place. Then I saw all the trees down and the rain was just coming in like sheets and it got very dark, it was very loud. It was definitely something." There were no reports of any injuries. "Never seen a storm like this here" "I looked out and I was like, holy moly!" Ayer resident Amy Fairweather said as she gestured to a large tree dangling over the road across from her home. "People were driving underneath that. It was so dangerous. I've never seen a storm like this here in my life." "The winds were unbelievable, I'm surprised there wasn't more damage with smaller trees but these bigger ones came right down. And the hail, it was just quick and boom!" Fairweather said. Utility companies spent the day cleaning up, assessing the damage and making repairs. Some residents were told the power outages could linger into Saturday.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
American Superconductor: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
AYER, Mass. (AP) — AYER, Mass. (AP) — American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $1.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Ayer, Massachusetts-based company said it had net income of 3 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 12 cents per share. The wind turbine component maker posted revenue of $66.7 million in the period. For the year, the company reported net income of $6 million, or 16 cents per share, swinging to a profit in the period. Revenue was reported as $222.8 million. For the current quarter ending in June, American Superconductor expects its per-share earnings to be 10 cents. The company said it expects revenue in the range of $64 million to $68 million for the fiscal first quarter. American Superconductor shares have decreased 1.5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $24.25, a climb of 59% in the last 12 months. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on AMSC at Sign in to access your portfolio
The Star
24-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
FBM KLCI rises for second straight day amid mixed regional performance
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI continued its steady upward trajectory, closing higher on Thursday, despite a mixed performance among its regional peers, with some markets showing gains while others struggled amid ongoing tariff uncertainties. The 30-stock index closed up 5.33 points, or 0.36%, at 1,506.52, slightly below its intraday high of 1,507.45. Winners and losers were closely matched, with 463 gainers, 426 losers, and 456 counters unchanged. About 3.08 billion shares, valued at RM2.14bil, changed hands. On Bursa Malaysia, F&N was the top gainer, jumping RM1.10 to RM27.20, followed by Malaysian Pacific Industries , which added 52 sen to RM16.16, Ayer, which rose 34 sen to RM7.90, and Hong Leong Financial Group, which gained 22 sen to RM17.14. Among the losers, Nestle slid 60 sen to RM80, Kuala Lumpur Kepong lost 34 sen to RM19.52, FACB Industries fell 22 sen to RM1.05 and Carlsberg declined 20 sen to RM18.80. Foreign funds turned net buyers on Wednesday, snapping up RM267mil worth of equities. Meanwhile, local institutions and retailers were net sellers, disposing of RM244mil and RM24mil worth of shares respectively. Asian markets were mixed on the day, with the MSCI Asia ex-Japan trading 0.53% lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.49% while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.13%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.74% and Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 0.09%. China's CSI 300 Index fell 0.07% and the Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.3%.
Express Tribune
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Jason Statham's A Working Man set to dethrone Snow White at box office
Jason Statham's latest action film, A Working Man, is set to debut at No. 1 at the box office, surpassing Disney's live-action Snow White. Directed by David Ayer and co-starring David Harbour and Michael Peña, the film opened with $5.6 million on its first day, including $1.1 million from Thursday previews. Industry projections estimate it will earn around $15 million in its opening weekend. The movie, based on Chuck Dixon's Levon Cade series and written by Sylvester Stallone and Ayer, follows a former commando turned construction worker (Statham) who is drawn into a high-stakes conspiracy while searching for his boss's kidnapped daughter. Ayer has hinted that the film could lead to a new franchise, as there are 12 books in the series. Meanwhile, Disney's Snow White, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, is seeing a significant decline. Initially expected to bring in $20 million in its second weekend, it's now projected to earn only $14 million. The film has surpassed $100 million globally but is struggling to recoup its $250 million budget. With A Working Man's stronger audience reception (90% Rotten Tomatoes score) and Snow White's poor critical performance (41%), Statham's action thriller is set to claim the top spot at the box office. Both films are now playing in theaters.
New York Times
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘A Working Man' Review: Blue Collar, Bloody Hands
The writer-director David Ayer began his career concocting scripts for action thrillers that put some psychological nuance into their boom-boom pyrotechnics. Yes, Denzel Washington's chest-beating boasts in 'Training Day' (2001) made theaters quake even if they weren't equipped with Dolby, but there were further dimensions to his character. It seems as if he threw all that sort of thing out of his tool kit around the time of 'Suicide Squad' (2016). Ayer's pictures are purely blunt-force objects now, and effective ones. And all the more persuasive when Jason Statham stars in them. In 'A Working Man,' whose script was coauthored by Ayer and Sylvester Stallone, Statham plays a construction worker with a violent past from which he's trying to distance himself. (Fat chance in this kind of movie.) When the daughter of his boss is kidnapped, he's is compelled to go to labyrinthine and brutal lengths to get her back. This movie follows up on Statham and Ayer's 2024 'The Beekeeper,' a similar payback punishment picture whose forced premise wasn't helped by its garishly dressed villains. The villains here are garishly dressed too, but there's a rationale: They're Russian. In any event, Statham racks up bad-guy kills like he's collecting Pokémon. As the kidnapped daughter, Jenny, Arianna Rivas takes fruitful advantage of her character's efforts to fight back, showing acrobatic action chops. The star's old 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' mate Jason Flemyng plays a slimy oligarch, and David Harbour is Statham's wise pal (and armorer); it's a satisfying cast all the way down. In a peculiar touch, near the end of the movie, its slimiest villain, played by Kenneth Collard, puts on a costume that makes him look like the Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins's legendary villain, Coffin Joe. I dug it.
