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FinVolution: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

SHANGHAI (AP) — SHANGHAI (AP) — FinVolution Group (FINV) on Wednesday reported net income of $101.3 million in its first quarter.On a per-share basis, the Shanghai-based company said it had net income of 35 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 36 cents per share.The online consumer finance marketplace provider posted revenue of $444.2 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on FINV at https://www.zacks.com/ap/FINVSource

Tickets on sale for Nuggets watch parties at Ball Arena

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you love to watch the Denver Nuggets with thousands of fellow fans, a low-cost opportunity has arrived.The Nuggets are facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals. The series started Tuesday and will continue every other day until the winner takes four in the best-of-seven series. Here’s the full schedule for the Nuggets-Lakers series After playing two games in Denver, the teams will head to Los Angeles for Games 3-4. That's when Ball Arena will open up for watch parties, where fans can share the energy as they root for their team.Nuggets watch party schedule at Ball ArenaThe official Nuggets watch parties are scheduled for Saturday, May 20, and Monday, May 22, when the series is in Los Angeles. The games start at 6:30 p.m. Mountain. "The arena will be rocking and feel like a home game with Super Mascot Rocky, Skyline Drumline, Hype Squad and Nuggets Dancers bringing the playoff energy," the event page reads.Tickets are available through Ticke...

Airtanker base prepares for wildfire year ahead

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) — Even as Colorado's "fire season" is considered year-round, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday that firefighters and support personnel throughout the Rocky Mountain region are preparing for the 2023 fire year. “It's a wildfire year," said Scott Headrick, forest aviation officer for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland. Is it illegal to pick columbines in Colorado? Media were invited to witness the preparations Wednesday at the Jeffco Airtanker Base. Airtankers were not on the property because Colorado is lush with recent moisture. But that doesn't mean they can't be ready. “That can change at any moment. If we get a warm day with some wind, that can go from confident to a big worry," said Robby Cline, an airtanker specialist for the Rocky Mountain Region.U.S. Forest Service sign (KDVR)The Forest Service currently has around 18-20 contracted airtankers around the country, according to Headrick. He said there are some...

Photos: Climate change art exhibit opens Friday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – Artists from all corners of Colorado worked with scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder to create an exhibit that depicts climate change, and it will be on display at the state Capitol starting Friday.The exhibition, titled “Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change,” aims to tell the story of how climate change affects everyday life in specific communities around the state.  How CU students challenged a popular astrophysics theory Artists in the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows program partnered with scientists at CU Boulder to create each piece. The teams then worked with residents in communities across the state to get site-specific perspectives."The data included, the locations portrayed, and the spatial/temporal variability among the paintings were all decided based on input from local community collaborators," the CASE Fellows website read.The teams all produced several pieces of art that were inspired by th...

Denver celebrates new affordable housing for people with brain injuries

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The city of Denver is celebrating the opening of new housing units located right in the heart of East Colfax. The city collaborated with multiple agencies in the community to get the apartments off the ground, and they will serve a specific community of people in Denver looking for a place to live.A portion of Denver's unhoused community now has a new place to call home. The city said people suffering from certain cognitive illnesses will have a new place to stay."I want to thank you for being with us today as we celebrate the opening of one of our newest communities, Valor on the Fax," said Jeff Martinez, president of Brothers Redevelopment. What happens when you lose an item at Denver International Airport? It depends Denver's Department of Housing and Stability, known as HOST, and a long list of partners commemorated the opening of the Valor on the Fax affordable housing units. They're designed for people with brain injuries who make less than $25,000 for a sing...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against aviation companies in plane crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Family members of a mother and her children killed in a Boulder County plane crash in the summer of 2022 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the flight companies involved. Ian Kirby, 17, Amanda Kirby, 13, and their mother, Sandra Kirby, 48, were on a three-week vacation to Colorado and Utah. They were on a sightseeing tour plane when it crashed, killing all three and the pilot on July 17, 2022.FOX31’s affiliate station in Louisiana said the family was from Port Allen. The children's father and Sandra's parents filed the lawsuit. Prince Harry, Meghan pursued by ‘reckless’ photographers in ‘near catastrophic’ New York car chase The family is claiming gross negligence and wrongful conduct on the part of Bluebird Aviation LLC and VX Aviation LLC.The lawsuit states that the aviation companies "were negligent by failing to maintain the airplane, failing to train the pilot, failing to adequately supervise the pilot, failure to perform routine inspe...

Fans give Panthers send-off at FLA Live Arena as team heads to North Carolina for Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

The Florida Panthers arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina as they gear up for Game 1 in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Hurricanes. The team is appreciating their diehard fans, with some being with the team since the franchise started in 1993. New fans are also on board while the Panthers are on the road for the Stanley Cup as the Finals continue. Hundreds of fans were lined up outside FLA Live Arena, at 1 Panther Parkway in Sunrise, as they gave the Panthers a special send-off, Wednesday.“We’re feeling great!” shouted a fan. “We’re going to win!”“It’s the greatest feeling ever,” said a fan. “Best team in Florida.”“Opened up my garage there after the series and took the garbage out, and four people walked by and said, ‘Hey, congratulations,'” said Panthers head coach Paul Maurice, “so, that would be like the first time. I didn’t know them, but my wife did.”This is the the se...

WooSox go peanut free at Polar Park during Peanut Allergy Friendly Week

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

The Worcester Red Sox are going peanut free this week, hosting a series of games with no peanuts in their ballpark. The first of the games took place on Tuesday. As peanut free games continue to move forward, team officials said the program aims to make the WooSox’s Polar Park more welcoming, especially to those with allergies. “We’re always looking to make the ballpark more and more inclusive every year so, we had the idea this year, ‘Why don’t we expand it to a full homestand, do a full week-long promotion for it?’” said WooSox Marketing Vice President Steven Oliveira. The park had previously prohibited peanuts at specific games. In making the decision to expand the program, Oliveira said officials got a “great response.” The WooSox’s current stretch of home games started on Tuesday against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Peanut free games will continue through the end of the homestand, which wraps up with a game on Sunday with first pitch slated for 1:05 p....

Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO (Associated Press)HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that’s more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company. The measure, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. Cybersecurity experts say it could be difficult to enforce the ban.“Today, Montana takes the most decisive action of any state to protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party,” Gianforte said in a statement.TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter argued that the law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights and is unlawful. She ...

‘I thought I’m going to die’: Eloy Jiménez is pushing to return to the Chicago White Sox after an appendectomy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:15:02 GMT

Eloy Jiménez was asked how he was feeling Wednesday afternoon.“A couple weeks ago I thought I’m going to die,” Jiménez said, “so I feel really good.”The Chicago White Sox outfielder/designated hitter spoke with reporters for the first time since undergoing an appendectomy May 6 at Cincinnati’s Good Samaritan Hospital.Jiménez said he woke up that morning and “all my abs hurt.”“It was bad,” he said. “I can’t even see or lay down or stand up. It was really bad for a moment. I really thought I was going to die, but now I’m here and I feel good.“Appendicitis never crossed my mind. I thought it was something that I ate, something funny. But as soon as we got to the doctor, they said right away it was appendicitis. At the beginning, I didn’t even want to have surgery, but you know, health comes first before baseball. So it was tough, but now I’m here and I feel good.”The ini...