Author: Max Smith

First Western Financial, Inc.First Quarter 2024 SummaryNet income available to common shareholders of $2.5 million in Q1 2024, compared to a Net loss of $3.2 million in Q4 2023.Diluted earnings/(loss) per share of $0.26 in Q1 2024, compared to $(0.34) in Q4 2023 Non-interest income increased 19.7% to $7.3 million compared to $6.1 million in Q4 2023 and 25.3% compared to $5.8 million in Q1 2023Loan to deposit ratio decreased to 98.4% in Q1 2024, compared to 100.6% in Q4 2023Book value per common share increased 0.8% from $25.33 in Q4 2023 to $25.52 in Q1 2024. Tangible book value per…

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Trend Micro, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions, recently Cybersecurity annual report. In addition to sharing valuable data on advanced persistent threats (APTs), this report also explores trends in ransomware, phishing, and malware, and how the industrial sector is improving its cybersecurity efforts compared to other industries. It also provided an interesting analysis of how it is being approached. Specific ransomware trends include:Trend Micro sees ransomware activity becoming more sophisticated. This includes the increased use of remote encryption strategies employed by Akira, BlackMatte, and notorious adversaries of industry, including his BlackCat, LockBit, and Royal. This approach requires mapping the drives…

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On Wednesday, the Commanders welcomed four top quarterback prospects on the same day. Whatever the reason (the best explanation we could come up with is that the owner was available for a day to meet with them), Estimated 2nd overall pick — LSU quarterback Jaden Daniels — might not have been happy about that.His agent, Ron Butler, reposted the article. PFT Live Clip about square dancing with the quarterback Emoji of a man thinking about something.So what are agents thinking? And what is Daniels thinking?Coincidence or not, Butler made it known Thursday morning that the Vikings were running the operation.…

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“Theme Park Kitchen” game. (Credit: New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service) LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A new video game aimed at young children and teens about food safety has been created by a team at New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service. The media production team in the NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Innovation Media Research and Extension and Learning Games Laboratory developed “Theme Park Kitchen.” This game includes information about storing and cooking food, safe cooking times for meat, poultry, and fish, and how to avoid cross-contamination. Albuquerque Public Schools considering changing bell schedule…

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In a recently published addendum to its 2023 Hybrid Security Trends Report focused exclusively on manufacturing, cybersecurity solutions provider Netwrix found that 64% of manufacturing organizations experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months. said. While this is on par with other industries, the nature of the attacks was unique, with more cyberattacks focused on cloud infrastructure than on-premises infrastructure. According to the report, the following companies were among the manufacturers that detected cyberattacks: 85% discovered phishing in the cloud, compared to 58% across all industries. 43% of user accounts were compromised in the cloud, compared to 27% across all…

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Netflix (NFLX) reported first-quarter profits on Thursday that were better across the board, with the company adding more than 9 million additional subscribers in the quarter. However, the company's stock price fell more than 3% in after-hours trading after the company's sales outlook for the second quarter was disappointing.Subscriber growth of 9.3 million was above expectations of 4.8 million and follows the streamer's net addition of 13 million in the fourth quarter. The company added 1.7 million paid users in the first quarter of 2023.Notably, the company has announced that it will discontinue quarterly reporting of membership numbers and average…

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The Ohio State Buckeyes were frequently featured in CBS Sports' list of the 100 best players in college football.The seven members of the Buckeyes have performed almost evenly on offense and defense, and are among the top stars in the country heading into the 2024 season. Here are the Scarlet and Gray players receiving their awards from CBS Sports' Blake Brockermeyer.No. 12 – Quinshon Judkins, RBThe duo of Judkins and fellow Buckeyes running back Treveyon Henderson is considered by many to be the best in the country.”Judkins is the most important part of Ole Miss' explosive offense and the bell…

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The titles being given away at next month's Free Comic Book Day include three comics based on video games.Starting May 4, 2024, a total of 48 comics will be available for free at participating comic bookstores worldwide. A list of stores can be found on the campaign's website.These include Street Fighter vs. Final Fight issue 1, Far Cry: Cul the Hard issue 1, and Pokémon Adventures: Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire special (which also includes the story of Splatoon 3). ) is included.Pokemon comics are gold-level books and will be available at all participating comic book stores.On the other hand,…

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