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Shares of Verisign Inc. ($VRSN) fell over 1% on Friday afternoon, poised to end a three-day winning streak after Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Jerry Nadler called for an investigation into the company’s pricing practices. The lawmakers’ letter to the Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration accuses Verisign of exploiting its monopoly over “.com” web addresses to impose “excessive prices” on customers, Wired.com reported. Verisign, which administers the .com top-level domain, has faced criticism for its pricing structure. For years, federal caps limited registration costs to $6, which rose to $7.85 during the Obama administration. However, the Trump administration lifted the cap in 2018, allowing Verisign to increase prices by up to 7% annually. The company started charging $10.26 for .com registrations from September. Critics argue that Verisign’s monopoly, guaranteed through a government contract, has allowed it to raise prices without improving services, effectively taking advantage of customers with limited alternatives. Antitrust advocates have also urged the Biden administration to open the registry contract for competitive bidding when it expires next year. Verisign, which generated $1.5 billion in revenue last year, has not issued a public response to the latest criticism. However, an August blog post from the company reportedly disputed claims of monopolistic practices. Retail sentiment was ‘extremely bullish’ on Stocktwits on Friday afternoon, with high message volume. Optimism appears to be driven by Verisign’s recent earnings and guidance. The company exceeded third-quarter estimates with earnings per share of $2.07 versus $2.01 expected, and revenue of $390.6 million, slightly above the $390.2 million consensus. Verisign also raised its full-year revenue guidance to $1.54 billion-$1.59 billion, signaling strong financial performance despite a 2.5% year-over-year decline in its domain name base. The company processed 9.3 million new domain registrations for .com and .net in Q3, down from 9.9 million in the same period last year. The return of Donald Trump as president could also be quelling some worries, as his administration is perceived to be less stringent on regulations and more business-friendly. VRSN stock has lost more than 9% year-to-date. For updates and corrections email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com. Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title with the Atlanta Braves, has died Michigan upsets No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 for Wolverines' 4th straight win over bitter rivalNEVADA 90, OKLAHOMA STATE 78Number of seats: 3 Seats filled: 0 7.30pm: Here are the results for Count 3 in the Dublin Fingal East constituency: 6.30pm: In the second count for Dublin Fingal East, the total electorate stood at 62,465, with 38,055 voters participating. Of these, 156 ballots were spoiled, leaving a valid poll of 37,899 votes. The quota required for candidates to be elected was 9,475 votes. Ben Gilroy of Liberty Republic was eliminated in this count. Redistribution of votes commenced from Independent candidates Fergal O'Connell and Tony 'Theo' Donnelly. Results of the second count for Fingal East: 5.49pm: Here is the first count results for Fingal East Electorate : 62,465 Total Poll: 38,055 Spoiled: 156 Valid Poll: 37,899 Quota: 9,475 Candidates' Results on Count 1: Outgoing Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien arrived to cheers of celebration at the Fingal East count centre Tallies indicate first major wins and casualties in tight race 4.30pm: Outgoing Housing Minister and Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien arrived to a warm welcome at the Fingal East count centre. He is expected to top the poll with around 23.5pc of the first preference vote. "I have the best team in the country here,” he said. "We are really absolutely delighted with the results. I spoke to the Tánaiste about an hour ago and Fianna Fáil are performing well. "We are hoping the first count here will be done very shortly but it’s amazing to receive nearly 25pc of first preference votes in this area. "I think this is the start of a really significant chapter of history for Fianna Fáil and in Dublin in particular we are doing really well, and it looks like we will retain what we have and possibly gain three or four additional seats. "I want to thank all the Dubs who have come out and supported us and we acknowledge there is many more challenges that need to be addressed,” he added. Asked if he wants to continue with his work as Housing Minister, he said that if he is fortunate to be a part of a government he will serve “in whatever capacity” he’s asked to serve in. Outgoing Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien will likely be elected on the second count 1pm: The first count is well underway with rumours that we will get results after 3pm. 11:05am: 85pc of boxes so far have been tallied here in Fingal East. 100pc of the boxes from Malahide have been tallied and 92pc of Swords has also been sorted through. 10.45am: Box sorting is progressing very well in the Dublin Fingal East constituency at the National Show Centre. With an electorate of 62,934, a total of 96 boxes are to be counted. So far, just under 44pc of the boxes have been processed, with tallies from Malahide 59pc, Donabate 50pc, Portmarnock 21.43pc, and Swords 42.5pc. Boxes in Kinsealy haven’t been opened yet. The current TDs, Darragh O'Brien (FF) from Malahide and Duncan Smith (LAB) from Swords, are performing strongly with 3,970 and 2,711 first preference votes, respectively. Fianna Fail staff are confident that O'Brien, the outgoing housing minister, will hold on to his seat and will likely be elected upon the first count. The race for the third and final seat is tightly contested among Fine Gael’s Alan Farrell from Malahide, Sinn Féin’s Ann Graves from Swords, and Social Democrats councillor Joan Hopkins. Early tallies suggest that Independent 4 Change Councillor Dean Mulligan is lagging behind. There have been 92 spoiled votes so far. The first count is well underway in Fingal East at 2.30pm TALLIES SO FAR 10am: Early tallies are giving us indications that the current TDs in this constituency notably Fianna Fáil’s Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien is looking strong to hold onto his seat. Leading the race at the moment is Fianna Fáil TD Darragh O’Brien with 2,381 first preference votes, he is currently making up 22pc of the total votes counted so far. Following him is current Labour TD Duncan Smith who has a total of 1,885 first preference votes making up 17.4pc of the total votes so far. In third place is Sinn Féin’s Ann Graves who is looking to snap up a seat, she has 1,561 first preference votes so far. Right behind her is current TD Fine Gael’s Alan Farrell who may have to battle Ms Graves for the final seat in the constituency. Also doing well is Social Democrats candidate Joan Hopkins with 10.9pc of the first preference votes counted so far. Votes by candidate in Fingal East at 10am 9am: Boxes have opened in Fingal East and the counting of first preference votes has gotten underway. "Alphabets revolutionized writing by making it accessible to people beyond royalty and the socially elite. Alphabetic writing changed the way people lived, how they thought, how they communicated," Professor Schwartz said. 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