Tag: jumped

07 FEB

Giannis Antetokounmpo literally jumped over a Knicks defender to dunk an alley-oop

Fox Sports Milwaukee/NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo threw down an incredible alley-oop dunk vs. the New York Knicks. Antetokounmpo literally jumped over Knicks guard Hardaway Jr. to finish the play. Giannis Antetokounmpo showed off his incredible athleticism vs. the New York Knicks on Tuesday. On a two-on-one fastbreak, Antetokounmpo received a lob from Khris Middleton with only […]

08 JAN

Apple supplier Dialog’s stock jumped after reporting a record quarter

Thomson Reuters Dialog Semiconductor’s revenue beat its own forecast.  With $ 463 million, a 27% rise on last year, it beat its forecasts by nearly $ 50 million.  Dialog’s biggest customer is Apple.  It has admitted that Apple could stop using its products in the future.  Dialog Semiconductor has reported record revenue for the fourth […]

01 NOV

IBM, Facebook, Twitter, Uber and over 100 other companies have jumped into a lawsuit fighting Trump’s decision to end DACA

AP Photo/Manu Fernandez 108 companies, including IBM, Facebook, Twitter and Uber are trying a new tactic to pressure the Trump Administration not to deport 800,000 people covered by the Obama-era DACA policy. They have filed a brief in support of a lawsuit brought by multiple US states challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to end DACA. On […]

22 OCT

Prosecution of terrorism cases in Germany jumped fourfold this year – report

Published time: 22 Oct, 2017 20:44 German federal prosecutors are overstretched with more than 900 terrorism cases – a fourfold increase from 2016, according the federal prosecutor’s office. Read more So far this year, prosecutors have had to deal with over 900 terrorism-related cases, around 800 of which involve radical Islamists, the federal prosecutor’s office […]

20 SEP

Trump’s approval rating just jumped for the first time in a while after a rocky summer

Jonathan Ernst/Reuters President Donald Trump is crawling his way out of the approval rating slump that has plagued his administration for months, a new poll found. In a Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday morning, Trump’s overall approval rating has jumped 4 percentage points from last month. Trump was at an all time low of 39% in […]

29 MAY

A 10-foot great white shark jumped right into a fisherman’s boat in Australia

Facebook/Genevieve Francis A 10-foot great white shark jumped into a small fishing boat off Evans Head on the north Coast of New South Wales on Saturday. Fisherman Terry Selwood told the ABC he was fishing offshore when the predator jumped more than three feet out of the water, “right over the top of the motor […]

03 MAY

The ‘Tesla of buses’ just jumped into the self-driving-car race

Proterra Proterra is making serious moves to bring heavy-duty buses into the future. The electric bus manufacturer is launching an autonomous driving program with the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County — the body responsible for mass transit in the cities of Sparks and Reno, Nevada. Proterra said the pilot is aimed at developing the algorithms required to launch self-driving […]

15 MAR

Venezuelan asylum seekers to the US jumped 150% after national crisis

How serious is Venezuela’s crisis? Bad enough that, in 2016, Venezuelans became the top US asylum-seekers, having surpassed Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Mexicans. Venezuelan asylum claims increased 150% from 2015 to 2016. Though Venezuela does not publicly circulate emigration information, estimates suggest that between 700,000 and two million Venezuelans have emigrated since 1999 In 2015, 197,000 […]