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Source: Getty Images Written by Chris MacDonald at The Motley Fool Canada Fortis  (TSX:FTS) is an international gas and power utilities provider. It has 10 utility operations in Canada, the U.S., and Caribbean nations, with more than 3.4 million customers worldwide. Given the current global energy crisis, prices of utility stocks are facing high volatility. However, investors can take advantage of this uncertainty and invest in such utility stocks to reap benefits in the future. So, is Fortis stock worth buying in March 2023? Here are some key things to think about. Fortis boasts of strong quarterly and annual earnings Fortis's recent earnings report highlights one of the key strengths of this stock — its fundamentals. Fortis reported net income of US$370 million in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022. On a diluted per-share basis, this amounted to US$0.77 attributable to shareholders. Compared to the same quarter last year, Fortis has shown some solid bottom-line growth, cons...

Google released a doodle on July 3 to mark the 122nd birth anniversary of German-born British neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who was the founder of the Paralympic movement. The illustration for the Google Doodle dedicated to Guttmann was done by Baltimore-based guest artist Ashanti Fortson, according to the search engine giant. Who is Sir Ludwig Guttmann? Guttmann was born on July 3, 1899, to a German-Jewish family in Tost, Germany (now known as Toszek, Poland). In 1948, he established the Stoke Mandeville Games which was a sporting event for the disabled. The event eventually evolved into the famous Paralympic Games in England. Guttmann received his MD in 1924 and soon after, he began research work on spinal cord injuries. In his early 30s, Ludwig Guttmann established himself as one of the top neurosurgeons in Germany. The rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1930s prevented Guttman from practising medicine professionally in the country. In 1939, Guttman, along with his fa...

After two years of lockdowns and uncertainty, personal loss and public turmoil, 2022 was the year when most people could once again go and visit their favourite art or travel somewhere new, with, in most cases, relatively few restrictions. The result was that 141 million visits were paid to the top 100 art museums in our survey. Are things back to normal? Not quite yet. That 141 million is double the number we recorded last year, and nearly three times that of 2020. But there is still some way to go before we regain the high watermark of 230 million visits in 2019, the last full year before the pandemic. 7.7m visitors to Musée du Louvre in Paris—down just 20% on 2019 And, as our analysis reveals, the recovery is uneven. China's zero-Covid strategy has meant that its museum-goers had to negotiate regular lockdowns and draconian rules. Russian museums have had to contend with their country becoming an international pariah following its invasion of Ukraine, and tourism to and from man...

News Home Monday, March 27, 2023 06:34 AM | InvestorsObserver Analysts Mentioned in this article Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) is the highest overall rated company in the Tobacco industry with an overall score of 69. PM is down -1.43% so far this year after the company closed yesterday at $90.75. The overall score measures the company's performance based-off both short and long term indicators and means that PM scores better than 69% of the overall market. PM has an Overall Score...

If you've played Pokemon Go, Pikmin Bloom, or any game from Niantic, you've used mechanics and data that came from Ingress, the company's first-ever real-world game. First released when Niantic was part of Google in 2012, Ingress is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a full year's worth of in-game events. The anniversary update is highlighted by a massive PvE campaign, which will pit the green Enlightened players against the blue Resistance members over the fate of a third red faction, the first new faction introduced since the game's launch. If the Enlightened win the event, all players will find out the source of the red team's energy, but if the Resistance wins, the door to the other side of the portals will remain shut. Gallery To get more information about Ingress's 10-year celebration, we spoke to Niantic senior producer Brian Rose, who kicked off the project while Niantic was part of Google, stayed with Google when Niantic se...

Sri Lanka's crisis last year was unprecedented on many accounts. But, it was not entirely unrelated to the country's tumultuous past, marked by discriminatory laws and policy targeting the island nation's minorities, especially the Malaiyaha Tamils, according to Rajan Hoole , Jaffna-based mathematician, best known for his human rights activism during the civil war years. In an email interview with The Hindu , he speaks about his latest book Democracy Stillborn , co-authored with Kirupaimalar Hoole , a retired librarian from the University of Jaffna. Published by the Colombo-based Sailfish, it focuses on Sri Lanka's treatment of the Malaiyaha Tamil community, brought down from India by the British to work in the plantations in the island's central and southern regions, and links the persisting exploitation and discrimination of the community's labouring classes to the country's larger pursuit of democracy.   After your early years of activism as part...

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TALLINN — The front line in a shadowy intelligence war between Europe and Russia currently runs along sleepy Pikk Street in the medieval heart of Estonia's capital Tallinn. Behind the mirrored windows of the quiet Russian embassy at No. 19, a raft of newly vacated desks — including that of the very ambassador — are testament to Estonia's recent harder line. Estonia is calling out Russian agents' hostile intelligence operations and influence campaigns, which have been bubbling up in the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Last month, Estonia expelled 21 Russian embassy staffers, saying it would host only eight diplomatic officials on its territory — matching the size of Tallinn's team in Moscow. You may like T...

U.S. officials said the main air defense system at the coalition base was "not fully operational" at the time of Thursday's attack, which killed a U.S. contractor and wounded six other Americans. The U.S. launched retaliatory airstrikes on militant sites linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps after a suspected Iranian drone hit a coalition military base, officials said. Pete Marovich for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The conflict in northeast Syria escalated on Friday as Iran-backed militias launched a volley of rocket and drone attacks against coalition bases after American reprisals for a drone attack that killed a U.S. contractor and injured six other Americans. President Biden, speaking at a news conference in Canada, sought to tamp down fears that tit-for-tat strikes between the United States and militant groups could spiral out of control, while at the same time warning Tehran to rein in its proxies. "Make no mistake, the United States does n...

Intro As all good things come to an end, so does the Pixel 6a has to throw in the towel and welcome its successor, which will propel the glory of the affordable Pixel phone to new heights in 2023. Yes, by now we are certain that the Pixel 7a is coming, with the only remotely vague aspect of the phone being its market release date. But what are the differences between the Pixel 7a and the Pixel 6a, and is there actually anything remotely intriguing to warrant an upgrade from last year's superb affordable pixel phone? Well, this time around, Google has thrown in lots of exciting new features on the Pixel 7a, making it more than a worthy follow-up to the Pixel 6a. The new phones lands with a new chipset, improved camera, and enhanced display, while keeping its friendly design and super-affordable price tag. So, all things considered, does the Pixel 7a wipe the floor with the Pixel 6a? Let's explore! Pixel 7a vs Pixel 6a in a nutshell: Tensor G2 (Pixel 7a) vs Tensor G1 (Pixel 6a) 9...