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Black America Web
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Kingdom Choice Awards 2025: Celebrating Top Christian Hip-Hop Nominees
The Kingdom Choice Awards (KCA), a premier celebration of Christian Hip-Hop (CHH) and Urban Gospel, has unveiled its 2025 nominees, igniting excitement among fans and artists alike. Hosted annually in Brooklyn, New York, the KCAs honor the creativity and impact of artists who use their talents to inspire and uplift through faith-driven music. This year's nominees include a stellar lineup of talent, including nobigdyl., Jackie Hill Perry, 1kphew, Lanell Grant, Jered Sanders, and C4 Crotona. These artists have been recognized for their lyrical excellence, creativity, and contributions to the genre, showcasing the diversity and depth of CHH. The awards ceremony is set to take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Symphony Space on Broadway in New York City. Fans and industry leaders are expected to gather for what promises to be an unforgettable evening celebrating Kingdom excellence. Tickets are now available, with VIP options and group rates offered for those looking to attend. The Kingdom Choice Awards continue to be a vital platform for amplifying the voices of CHH and Urban Gospel artists, fostering a sense of community and recognition within the genre. Whether nominated or not, all artists are celebrated for their commitment to representing faith through music. Click HERE for the full list! CHH Lyricist Of The Year Jarred Allstar Jackie Hill Perry Lanell Grant Selah The Corner C4 Crotona nobigdyl. Jered Sanders Male CHH Artist nobigdyl. Torey D'Shaun Lecrae Miles Minnick Alex Jean Caleb Gordon Hulvey Brenno Female CHH Artist Childlike CiCi Jackie Hill Perry Lanell Grant Angie Rose Anike Kidd Lee Toyalove CHH Album Though The Scars Remain – C4 Crotona – C4 Crotona Bodega 2! – DJ Mykael V & 1995 – DJ Mykael V & 1995 The People We Became – nobigdyl. – nobigdyl. Come And See – Torey D'Shaun – Torey D'Shaun West Indies – Jon Keith & Miles Minnick – Jon Keith & Miles Minnick Anike – Anike – Anike Cry – Hulvey – Hulvey Ski Mask Cologne – Selah The Corner CHH Single 'It's All For You' – Hulvey 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah' – Danté Pride ft. Lisa Page-Brooks 'Matthew 18:20' – Alex Jean 'Bad News' – C4 Crotona 'Leave Me Alone' – Jackie Hill Perry 'Free' – Mission 'Worship Forreal' – Toyalove CHH Mixtape/EP Shiesty – Fern – Fern Let Go Let God – 1K Phew – 1K Phew Master of The Flying Guillotines EP – Young Paul (YP) x Da Commissioner – Young Paul (YP) x Da Commissioner More Than Gold – Alex Jean – Alex Jean Seoul Brother EP – nobigdyl. – nobigdyl. Die Daily EP – William Cata x Attam CHH Collab Single 'Rob Hell' – Indie Tribe 'Up Tho!' – Bizzle x Gifted Hands 'Rain on Me' – Hulvey x Alex Jean 'Club' – Jon Keith x Miles Minnick 'Stick and Move' – Steven Malcolm x Mike Teezy 'It's Time' – Childlike CiCi x KB Urban Gospel Artist Blanca Ariel Fitz-Patrick Pastor Mike Jr. Yung Kriss Jor'Dan Armstrong Lee Vasi Adia Urban Gospel Single 'Are You Ready?' – Blanca 'God's Hands' – Yung Kriss x Don Ready 'Teach Me' – Lee Vasi 'Got It Bad' – Adia 'The Light' – Jor'Dan Armstrong 'Who Do You Love' – Ariel Fitz-Patrick SEE ALSO Kingdom Choice Awards 2025: Celebrating Top Christian Hip-Hop Nominees was originally published on
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
5 Insightful Analyst Questions From Choice Hotels's Q1 Earnings Call
Choice Hotels' first quarter results were met with a negative market reaction, as revenue and non-GAAP profit both came in below Wall Street estimates. Management pointed to ongoing strength in business travel and robust performance in its extended stay and economy segments as key drivers, with CEO Pat Pacious noting a shift toward higher-income, resilient customers. Despite these operational positives, management acknowledged increased macroeconomic uncertainty and a softening in leisure demand. The company's ability to outperform peers in certain segments was offset by less favorable trends in others, leading to cautious commentary on the near-term outlook. Is now the time to buy CHH? Find out in our full research report (it's free). Revenue: $332.9 million vs analyst estimates of $346.7 million (flat year on year, 4% miss) Adjusted EPS: $1.34 vs analyst expectations of $1.37 (2% miss) Adjusted EBITDA: $129.6 million vs analyst estimates of $131.3 million (38.9% margin, 1.3% miss) Management lowered its full-year Adjusted EPS guidance to $7.06 at the midpoint, a 0.7% decrease EBITDA guidance for the full year is $625 million at the midpoint, in line with analyst expectations Operating Margin: 24%, up from 18.1% in the same quarter last year RevPAR: $40.46 at quarter end, up 1.1% year on year Market Capitalization: $5.85 billion While we enjoy listening to the management's commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls are the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Shaun Kelley (Bank of America) asked about consumer profile shifts and whether 'trade down' trends are driving demand. CEO Pat Pacious responded that higher-income and business travelers now make up a larger share, with market share gains more than offsetting any leisure softness. Shaun Kelley (Bank of America) also inquired about net unit growth. CFO Scott Oaksmith said conversion velocity is accelerating, especially in the international segment, and management remains confident in achieving 1% system growth for the year. Michael Bellisario (Baird) questioned the sustainability of ancillary fee growth. Oaksmith explained that partnership and platform services are expected to grow at a faster rate than core royalties and provide a stable EBITDA contribution. Patrick Scholes (Truist Securities) probed the outperformance in economy and midscale segments and whether location or other factors contributed. Pacious attributed results to drive-to locations, lower gas prices, and a strong value proposition for retirees and cost-conscious travelers. Robin Farley (UBS) asked about pipeline declines and conversion dynamics. Pacious and Oaksmith clarified that the mix of new construction versus conversions skews reported pipeline data, with conversion hotels moving through the pipeline much faster than new builds. In coming quarters, the StockStory team will be closely monitoring (1) the pace at which extended stay and upscale hotel growth translates into higher systemwide revenue, (2) the company's success in accelerating hotel conversions and international expansion, and (3) the trajectory of ancillary revenue streams, especially partnership services and loyalty program monetization. Trends in business travel and consumer trade-down behavior will also be critical signposts. Choice Hotels currently trades at $127.02, in line with $125.83 just before the earnings. Is there an opportunity in the stock?See for yourself in our full research report (it's free). Market indices reached historic highs following Donald Trump's presidential victory in November 2024, but the outlook for 2025 is clouded by new trade policies that could impact business confidence and growth. While this has caused many investors to adopt a "fearful" wait-and-see approach, we're leaning into our best ideas that can grow regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate. Take advantage of Mr. Market by checking out our Top 6 Stocks for this week. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025). Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-micro-cap company Tecnoglass (+1,754% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Mint
25-06-2025
- Business
- Mint
Small City in Washington State Files Rare Bankruptcy Over Developer Dispute
(Bloomberg) -- A small city in Washington State filed a rare municipal bankruptcy after failing to reach an agreement with a developer over a $26 million court judgment. Cle Elum, a city of 2,200 about 80 miles east of Seattle, said it couldn't afford to pay the debt to developer City Heights Holdings LLC, and was insolvent. While there have been some high profile municipal Chapter 9 filings — like Detroit and Orange County, California — they are relatively unusual and the last local government to go bankrupt was Chester, Pennsylvania in November of 2022. Last year, an arbitrator ruled in favor of CHH in a long-running dispute with Cle Elum over a housing development. The developer accused the city of breaking an agreement for a planned community of about 960 homes. Cle Elum's Mayor Matthew Lundh wrote in a June 24 court filing that the city offered a payment plan to CHH, but the developer refused to counter. Three mediation sessions with a bankruptcy lawyer proved fruitless, he said. 'The city believes it has made its best offer given its limited resources and unwillingness to burden the city in a way that will require curtailing city services or raising taxes to a level that will drive residents and businesses out of the city,' Lundh wrote. Cle Elum has a budget of $4.5 million and about $4 million in long term bond debt as of Dec. 31, 2023, according to a financial statement. Cle Elum's bankruptcy filing reported assets and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million. As in any municipal bankruptcy, the court will have to determine whether the city is, in fact, insolvent. If it is, it will then enter negotiations to adjust its debt. A 2020 report from the Pew Charitable Trust found that 31 general purpose local governments had filed for bankruptcy since 2001. The US has almost 39,000 cities, towns, counties and villages. Cle Elum, which means 'swift water' in the language of the local Kittitas tribe, is on the Yakima River in the Cascade Mountains. The case is In re: City of Cle Elum number 25-01128, US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Washington. More stories like this are available on
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mission of immigrant aid group evolves
ELKHART — An immigrant aid organization begun 26 years ago to offer basic medical care now finds itself advocating for undocumented residents in new ways. Staff from the Center for Healing and Hope spoke to the League of Women Voters about the group's mission Thursday. They also addressed services that CHH has started offering in recent months amid intense federal deportation efforts, such as offering packages of information to prepare families for an unexpected separation. 'Parents are getting pulled over by police on the way home from work and they're getting put in jail. And they're getting taken from jail over to detention in Clay County. So families are scared,' said Jane Ross Richer, immigrant resource coordinator. ''What's going to happen to my children if I'm taken, if I go to detention, where are my kids going to be? What's going to happen to my kids? My kids were born here in the united States, they've never been to the country that I came from. Who will take care of them?'' There are 37 inmates as of Friday who are being held in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility on local charges but whom ICE has requested be held when they would otherwise be eligible for release, according to department spokesman Capt. Mike Culp. He said the agency has 48 hours to pick them up from the jail once they're eligible for release. Ross Richer said they talk families through gathering all their important documents and making them accessible to someone they trust, as well as figuring out who will take care of the children if their parents are taken off the street. It's something the organization started doing alongside their usual services such as providing medical care, a food pantry, support groups and emergency financial assistance. 'This is the family preparedness packet, unfortunately something that we need at this time,' Ross Richer said. 'I distributed 50 of those to Elkhart school social workers.' They also distribute Red Cards, which contain immigrants' rights information that's needed when encountering police, and offer know-your-rights seminars in partnership with the National Immigrant Justice Center. She encourages those who live in Goshen to obtain a Goshen Resident ID card as well, which the CHH began offering at the end of 2017 as an alternative form of identification for those who can't obtain an official ID like a driver's license. The card provides verified identification for purposes such as obtaining city or school services, purchasing prescriptions or when coming into contact with law enforcement. La Casa de Amistad offers a similar ID for Elkhart residents. Ross Richer said the ID program is more important now than ever. 'If they do get pulled over by the police, number one, they want to give their real name, they want to give their real birth date. Because if they get taken into detention, we want to know how to find them, and it's hard to find people if they give a different name,' she said. 'And when they ask you where you're from? 'I'm from Goshen, and here's my card, because I belong in Goshen.' And if the police ask anything else, do not answer their questions. You do not have to answer their questions, you do not have to tell them what country you're from. It's not safe anymore to say where you're from.' 'Cruelty is the only word' Richard Aguirre, a member of the CHH board of directors, said efforts to strip people of their legal status and to target over 10 million for removal, at an unprecedented rate of 1 million per year, shouldn't be surprising after the Republican National Convention last July focused so much on bordure closures and mass deportation. He noted the actions targeting immigrants this year haven't been the result of any new laws being passed but by a flurry of executive orders. He said it's also no longer the case that schools, churches, hospitals and courtrooms are considered sensitive areas which border agents don't enter. 'If an immigrant was there for a court hearing, immigration agents would stay away because they were doing what they were supposed to be doing. They were reporting to the courts about their immigration status or some other situation, and that's gone away,' Aguirre said. 'They're arresting people who go to their immigration hearings because they were ordered to go there. And if they don't, they're subject to immediate deportation. When they go there, often the judge says, 'You're following the rules, continue what you're doing.' They step out of that courtroom and they're arrested. Cruel. Cruelty, there's no other word.' Aguirre expressed dismay at the fact that it's necessary to hand out know-your-rights cards to children. He pointed to examples of migrant children as young as 1 year old being forced to go through deportation proceedings without a lawyer after the Trump administration cut funding in March for legal advocates for unaccompanied minors. 'More than 26,000 children lost assistance from an attorney, forcing them to go to court alone to stay in this country. A lot of these kids have fled violence, sexual abuse, gangs and family dysfunction,' he said. 'That's what we've come to in this country in 2025. That kind of fear that immigrants are experiencing on the streets of Los Angeles now, in the fields of California, the farm fields, the courtrooms, has spread to Elkhart County. Children are experiencing that trauma of not knowing, when they come home, whether their parents will be there.' He said it's inevitable that mass arrests will come to Elkhart County. Blue states were targeted first, but to reach its deportation goals the administration will have to start reaching into the farms, factories and construction sites of red states, Aguirre said. It would have a devastating effect on the local economy. 'If the RV industry is shut down, the impact that that will have on our economy will be substantial. It will be very negative. But it's going to affect everything that Jane talked about: It's going to affect retirement communities, who rely on those workers, construction, restaurants. A lot of social services that are provided by immigrants,' Aguirre said. 'I'm hoping that we'll be OK for a while. But if not, I hope all of you will consider stepping up and doing what you can.' Aguirre encouraged the audience to share what they learn with others and to contact their elected officials. He pointed to the success in 2017 of grassroots efforts to keep a private prison company's immigrant detention center out of Elkhart County. 'The more they hear, the more they'll start to have a second thought,' he said. 'There can be an impact by people who contact elected officials. But I especially want to encourage you to reach out to local elected officials. That's the step that I don't think enough people are doing. Go to council meetings, go to county commission meetings and county council meetings. Start holding them accountable. Start telling them, 'Will you protect our RV workers or are you going to want our economy to collapse when the undocumented people are picked up?''
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
3 Profitable Stocks Showing Warning Signs
Not all profitable companies are built to last - some rely on outdated models or unsustainable advantages. Just because a business is in the green today doesn't mean it will thrive tomorrow. Profits are valuable, but they're not everything. At StockStory, we help you identify the companies that have real staying power. That said, here are three profitable companies to steer clear of and a few better alternatives. Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 18.4% Based in Long Island City, Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) is a telecommunications company offering cable, internet, telephone, and television services across the United States. Why Do We Think ATUS Will Underperform? Demand for its offerings was relatively low as its number of broadband subscribers has underwhelmed Sales were less profitable over the last five years as its earnings per share fell by 27.4% annually, worse than its revenue declines Depletion of cash reserves could lead to a fundraising event that triggers shareholder dilution Altice's stock price of $2.32 implies a valuation ratio of 0.3x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than ATUS. Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 30.5% With almost 100% of its properties under franchise agreements, Choice Hotels (NYSE:CHH) is a hotel franchisor known for its diverse brand portfolio including Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, and Clarion. Why Do We Avoid CHH? Revenue per room has disappointed over the past two years due to weaker trends in its daily rates and occupancy levels Demand is forecasted to shrink as its estimated sales for the next 12 months are flat Waning returns on capital imply its previous profit engines are losing steam At $126.92 per share, Choice Hotels trades at 18.1x forward P/E. If you're considering CHH for your portfolio, see our FREE research report to learn more. Trailing 12-Month GAAP Operating Margin: 13.9% With roots dating back to 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a small printing shop in Manhattan, John Wiley & Sons (NYSE:WLY) is a global academic publisher that provides scientific journals, books, digital courseware, and knowledge solutions for researchers, students, and professionals. Why Should You Dump WLY? Sales tumbled by 1.6% annually over the last five years, showing market trends are working against its favor during this cycle Earnings per share were flat over the last two years and fell short of the peer group average Free cash flow margin dropped by 4.3 percentage points over the last five years, implying the company became more capital intensive as competition picked up Wiley is trading at $39.30 per share, or 16.3x forward EV-to-EBITDA. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including WLY in your portfolio, it's free. Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election sent major indices to all-time highs, but stocks have retraced as investors debate the health of the economy and the potential impact of tariffs. While this leaves much uncertainty around 2025, a few companies are poised for long-term gains regardless of the political or macroeconomic climate, like our Top 5 Growth Stocks for this month. This is a curated list of our High Quality stocks that have generated a market-beating return of 183% over the last five years (as of March 31st 2025). Stocks that made our list in 2020 include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,545% between March 2020 and March 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-small-cap company Exlservice (+354% five-year return). Find your next big winner with StockStory today for free.
