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Readers Share How Han Kang’s Books Impacted Them
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.
Readers React to Hang Kan’s Nobel Win
Oh, for all book recommendations to be like this! Far too often, book reviews and reader-to-reader recs are heavy on plot synopsis and woefully light on substance. Don’t tell us what happens in the book; tell us what the book is about. What does it feel like to read it? What are the big ideas? What does it mean? How did it challenge you? These readers who shared their experiences with Han Kang’s work nailed it.
Authors Offer 270 Reasons to Vote for Kamala Harris
It takes 270 votes to win the electoral college, and a new project, aptly titled 270 Reasons, is rolling out essays aimed at providing our diverse electorate with varied evidence that Kamala Harris is the one for the job. Among them are contributions from many notable writers. George Saunders is drawn to hope and problem-solving. Percival Everett sees our national IQ hanging in the balance. Lauren Groff is all-in for reproductive justice. Khaled Hosseini is concerned about book banning and censorship. Tomi Adeyemi feels newly invigorated pride in being American. Jeff Zentner knows the future of the Supreme Court is at stake. Pico Iyer predicts Harris’s positive impact on the global neighborhood. Megan Mayhew Bergman trusts Harris to take science-backed action to protect the environment. And that’s just to name a few. With three weeks til Election Day, every voice and every vote matters. Bravo to the organizers who created this resource. May their efforts, and ours, succeed.
Official Trailer for Max Adaptation of Like Water for Chocolate
I’m not sure we needed another adaptation of Like Water for Chocolate—the 1992 edition starring Marco Leonardi and Lumi Cavazos is pretty chef’s-kiss—but I’m not going to turn down a chance to revisit this story about food, family, and passion. The trailer for Max’s six-episode limited series (this is the correct number of episodes for a limited series adaptation in almost every case, well done!) has just dropped, and it looks pretty great.
Everything You Need to Know Before You See Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s National Book Award-winning novel The Nickel Boys hits theaters next Friday, October 25th. The early reviews are quite good, and the smart money is on a few Oscar nominations. If you’re not familiar with the book, or if it’s been a while since you read it, here’s a primer on everything you need to know before you go see Nickel Boys...but really, I can’t recommend the book enough. It is low-key Whitehead’s best work, all too often lost in the shadow of the (very accomplished and deserving) Underground Railroad, truly an unforgettable reading experience.
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Season 3 of Check This Out will air Saturdays at 3 p.m. beginning October 26 and will run through December 28 on NHPR and NHPR.org. Subscribe to the podcast here!
Join author and host, Rachel Barenbaum, as she delves into the worlds of emerging authors from all walks of life, unveiling their latest works and the unique journeys that shape their stories. Presented by New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, N.H., this 10-part series is a celebration of up-and-coming voices that deserve to be heard.
Check This Out Season Three:
Marjan Kamali - The Lion Women of Tehran
Saturday, October 26 at 3pm
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation.
A heartfelt epic about friendship, betrayal, and redemption during three transformative decades in Iran. This timely novel serves as a reminder of the fragility of freedom.
Morgan Talty - Fire Exit
Saturday, November 2 at 3pm
Set around Maine’s Penobscot Reservation, a novel about one man’s family, divided, like the river that separates him from his childhood home. The novel is about belonging, the shifting nature of memory - and bloodlines. Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2024 First Novel Prize.
From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another
Essie Chambers - Swift River
Saturday, November 9 at 3pm
It’s the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. Ever since her Pop disappeared seven years ago, she and her mother hitchhike everywhere they go. Ma is determined to declare Pop legally dead so that they can collect his life insurance money, get their house back from the bank, and finally move on.
This debut novel uncovers the story of three generations of Black women, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, of love and devotion. A story of friendships, family secrets, and how history shapes us.
Sarah Brooks - The Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands
Saturday, November 16 at 3pm
A group of passengers on a grand and fortress-like train, known as the Trans-Siberian Express, set out across a magical landscape known as the “Wastelands.” Can they trust each other even as the rules seem to be changing?
Elizabeth Gonzalez James - The Bullet Swallower
Saturday, November 23 at 3pm
Based on (mostly) true events, The Bullet Swallower is a magical realism western about violence and revenge, a story that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears.
Ferdia Lennon - Glorious Exploits
Saturday, November 30 at 3pm
An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages.
Yael Van der Wouden - The Safekeep
Saturday, December 7 at 3pm
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this is a story of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961. An exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.
NH Librarians Recommend Emerging and Diverse Authors Their Readers Love
Saturday, December 14 at 3pm
Looking for holiday suggestions? Good books to read by the fire? Tune in to hear three NH librarians offer recommendations. Catch their takes on their favorite emerging and diverse authors.
Alison Espach - The Wedding People
Saturday, December 21 at 3pm
It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event.
A novel about depression, love, the ways women make themselves small, and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.
Cherry Lou Sy - Love Can’t Feed You
Saturday, December 28 at 3pm
A beautiful, tender, yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own desires.
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18:31 CET - Thiago Seyboth Wild (24) has earned himself a hard-fought victory over French youngster Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (21), winning their tie 7-6(4), 6-3 in Antwerp.
Meanwhile, Alexander Shevchenko (23) has beaten Mikhail Kukushkin (36) 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in an all-Kazakh encounter on the home courts of Almaty.
16:38 CET - Cameron Norrie (29) has had a tough day at the office on his return to the ATP Tour. The British star hasn't played a match on the men's tour since July, and he will have to wait a little longer for another after he was defeated 6-4, 6-4 by Miomir Kecmanovic (25).
16:04 CET - Jacob Fearnley (23) is the first winner of the day in Stockholm, with the Brit defeating Corentin Moutet (25) 6-2, 7-6(5).
15:32 CET - No.7 seed Anna Kalinskaya (25) was given a real scare in China, fighting from 4-1 down in the final set to overcome world No.225 Priscilla Hon (26) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In other results, Aslan Karatsev (31) defeated Zhizhen Zhang (27) 6-4, 7-6(2) in Kazakhstan, while Roberto Bautista-Agut (36) and Marcos Giron (31) both progressed in Antwerp.
14:34 CET - Following a rain delay in Ningbo, Britain's Katie Boulter (28) has comfortably beaten veteran Sara Errani (37), 6-3, 6-2.
13:42 CET - Jiri Lehecka (22) has eased through in Antwerp, defeating Spain's Jaume Munar (27) 6-1, 6-4.
Dan Evans (34) has also progressed to the second round in Almaty, downing Taro Daniel (31) 6-2, 7-6(4).
12:54 CET - Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (26) is safely through in Osaka after a routine 6-2, 6-3 win over Saisai Zheng (30).
12:28 CET - A couple of pieces of home cheers from Osaka and Almaty respectively, where teenage wildcard Sarah Saito (18) is through to the next round after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (22), whilst Kazakhstan's own wildcard Beibit Zhukayev (24) has seen off qualifier Benjamin Hassan (29) 6-4, 6-1.
11:50 CET - Back to Almaty, where Otto Virtanen (23) needed 85 minutes to beat Fabio Fognini (37) 6-3, 7-6(4) to advance into the next round.
Meanwhile, although not in action, Rafael Nadal (38) has been front and centre of media attention due to his retirement announcement last week.
Flashscore's very own Tolga Akdeniz has had his say on the news as Ol' Father Time has finally caught up with the veteran.
10:57 CET - Belgium's Elise Mertens (28) has eased through in Osaka, sweeping aside home favourite Mai Hontama (25) 6-1, 6-1 in just over an hour.
Elsewhere, experienced Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (36) has beaten Roman Safiullin (27) 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3 in a thrilling three-set contest in Kazakhstan.
09:38 CET - Fifth seed Elina Avanesyan (22) has progressed in Osaka, with the Armenian beating Ashlyn Krueger (20) in straight sets, 7-6(1), 6-3.
Meanwhile, in Ningbo, Katerina Siniakova (28) is safely through after a relatively comfortable 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Magda Linette (32).
08:42 CET - Fourth seed Marie Bouzkova (26) has battled through in Osaka, seeing off Moyuka Uchijima (23) 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. There have also been victories for qualifier Ana Bogdan (31) and the seventh-seeded Diane Parry (22).
07:30 CET - Good morning and welcome back to the Tennis Tracker!
There have already been some results from Osaka, Japan, with Bianca Andreescu (24) falling to a disappointing 3-6, 0-6 defeat to Belgium's Greet Minnen (27), while Eva Lys (22) and Harriet Dart (28) have booked their spots in the next round.
There is plenty more action to come throughout the day, as Katie Boulter (28), Anna Kalinskaya (25) and Karolina Muchova (28) are all set to step foot on court in Ningbo.
Jiri Lehecka (22) will also be playing in Antwerp, while Cameron Norrie (29) returns to tennis after a two-month injury break in Stockholm.
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Victoria’s world-class manufacturing industry took centre stage last night as the State Government celebrating the 22nd Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards.
Minister for Jobs and Industry Natalie Hutchins last night congratulated the winners and finalists and marked the launch of Making it equal: Victoria’s Women in Manufacturing Strategy.
“Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of this year’s Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards, who play a critical role in creating Victorian jobs and growing our economy,” said Hutchins.
At last night’s awards, Knoxfield-based Stahl Metall was inducted to the Hall of Fame as the 2024 ’Leader in Manufacturing’, recognising their work making customised harnesses and boxes.
Catten Industries co-owner Latinka Cubbitt won the Woman Manufacturer of the Year award for her significant contribution in the precision sheet metal fabrication industry.
Three new categories were also introduced this year, with Australian Defence Apparel, Modscape and Alstom being recognised as inaugural leaders in Textile, Clothing and Footwear, Construction Technologies and Gender Equality and Inclusion respectively.
The Victorian Government also took to the stage to announce a new strategy to build gender equity in the manufacturing industry.
Manufacturing in Victoria is a $33.5 billion industry that employs more than 260,000 people across almost 24,000 businesses. Yet women’s representation in Victoria’s manufacturing sector has only increased from 29 to 33 per cent over the past 20 years.
The Making it equal: Victoria’s Women in Manufacturing Strategy will support better recruitment and advancement of Victorian women in.
It brings together work from across government, including an investment of more than $2 million into industry-led initiatives.
“This new strategy is not only a major step in creating real opportunities for women to thrive in a historically male-dominated space, but a chance to future-proof our industry and make it more resilient to skill-shortage.”
Across Australia’s manufacturing industry, 69 per cent of women are employed as clerical and administrative workers, but they make up just 26 per cent of managers, 15 per cent of machinery operators and drivers, and 11 per cent are employed as technicians and trade workers.
The Victorian government are investing in Victorian manufacturing through a range of initiatives including the $20 million Manufacturing and Industry Sovereignty Fund, the Industry and R&D Infrastructure Fund and the Made in Victoria – Manufacturing Growth Program.
For a full list of winners from the awards night, visit: business.vic.gov.au/halloffame.
To read the strategy and access practical tools for employers, industry, unions and training providers to support gender equality in manufacturing visit vic.gov.au/women-in-manufacturing.
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AITO – An Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in northern Lebanon that killed at least 22 people needs to be independently investigated, the United Nations’ human rights office said Tuesday.
“We have real concerns with respect to … the laws of war,” Jeremy Laurence, a spokesperson for the U.N.'s human rights office said a day after the strike, as rescue workers searching through the rubble found more bodies and remains. Laurence said the U.N. had received credible reports that a dozen women and children were among the dead.
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The Israeli military said it “struck a target belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization" and that it would look into reports of civilian deaths.
The apartment building hit in the airstrike was in the small village of Aito, in the country’s Christian heartland and far from Hezbollah’s main areas of influence in Lebanon's south and east. The strike was a shock to residents, and it exacerbated fears that Israel would expand its offensive deeper into Lebanon.
“I heard a loud noise, like a boom,” said Dany Alwan, who lives next door. “We ran outside, I saw the dust and the smoke and the rubble. There was a body here, another one there. It was a really ugly and painful scene.”
The three-story building had been rented out to the Hijazi family, which fled their home in the southern village of Aitaroun, according to Elie Alwan, Dany Alwan's brother and the building's owner. Some 1.2 million people have fled southern and eastern Lebanon, where the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has been concentrated.
As rescue workers rummaged through the debris on Tuesday, they found the body of a child, and later a small leg and other remains that they put together in a white bag. The Lebanese military watched as a bulldozer cleared heaps of twisted steel, destroyed olive trees, and crushed rocks.
Hezbollah's acting leader vows to step up strikes against Israel
Earlier on Tuesday, the acting leader of Hezbollah said the militant group would fire rockets into more areas of Israel until it ceases its airstrikes and ends its ground invasion of Lebanon.
Naim Kassem said Hezbollah is focused on “hurting the enemy,” comments made in a pre-recorded televised speech delivered on the same day the United States said it sent a small team of troops to Israel to support an American-made missile-defense system.
Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets into Israel over the past year in support of Hamas' war with Israel in Gaza. Tens of thousands of northern Israelis have been displaced from their homes by those attacks — and Israel has said its war with Hezbollah is aimed at stopping those rockets so families can return home.
On Tuesday, Kassem signaled that Hezbollah would ramp up attacks further south in Israel, which it has already done by targeting Tel Aviv and Haifa. Kassem has headed the militant group since Sept. 27, when its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike.
Hezbollah began targeting Israel with rockets on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Hamas attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead and 250 as hostages in Gaza.
Israel's ensuing war against Hamas has left more than 42,000 people dead in Gaza, according to local health officials. They do not differentiate between fighters and civilians, but have said a little more than half the dead are women and children. Hezbollah has insisted it will continue to target Israel until a cease-fire in Gaza is reached.
“We cannot separate Lebanon from Palestine, or Palestine from the world,” Kassem said.
Also on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced the arrival of U.S. troops in Israel on Monday. The team will operate a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery there to defend against ballistic missile attacks from Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas, and has launched two missile attacks on Israel.
“Over the coming days, additional U.S. military personnel and THAAD battery components will continue to arrive in Israel,” Ryder said.
Iran has warned U.S. troops would be in harm’s way if they launch another attack.
In Lebanon, Israel's bombardment and ground invasion have displaced more than 400,000 children in the past three weeks, according to Ted Chaiban, deputy executive director at UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency.
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NBC Securities Inc. lessened its stake in shares of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW – Free Report) by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,463 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock after selling 584 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc.’s holdings in Lowe’s Companies were worth $4,459,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Iams Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Lowe’s Companies by 39.4% during the third quarter. Iams Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,529 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock valued at $414,000 after buying an additional 432 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in Lowe’s Companies by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 222,818 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock worth $59,002,000 after acquiring an additional 18,383 shares during the period. Wesbanco Bank Inc. grew its stake in Lowe’s Companies by 17.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wesbanco Bank Inc. now owns 57,232 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock valued at $15,501,000 after purchasing an additional 8,683 shares during the last quarter. Grove Bank & Trust increased its holdings in shares of Lowe’s Companies by 5.1% in the third quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 2,684 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock valued at $727,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares during the period. Finally, Novare Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Lowe’s Companies by 0.5% in the third quarter. Novare Capital Management LLC now owns 46,361 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock worth $12,557,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.06% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Lowe’s Companies
In other news, CAO Dan Clayton Griggs, Jr. sold 6,769 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $248.82, for a total transaction of $1,684,262.58. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 9,383 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,334,678.06. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. In other Lowe’s Companies news, CAO Dan Clayton Griggs, Jr. sold 6,769 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $248.82, for a total value of $1,684,262.58. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 9,383 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,334,678.06. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Margrethe R. Vagell sold 5,730 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $271.45, for a total value of $1,555,408.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 13,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,586,940.30. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.26% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Lowe’s Companies Stock Up 1.8 %
Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 20th. The home improvement retailer reported $4.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.14. Lowe’s Companies had a negative return on equity of 47.07% and a net margin of 8.25%. The company had revenue of $23.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $23.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.56 EPS. Lowe’s Companies’s revenue was down 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts anticipate that Lowe’s Companies, Inc. will post 11.91 earnings per share for the current year.
Lowe’s Companies Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 23rd will be paid a $1.15 dividend. This is an increase from Lowe’s Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 23rd. Lowe’s Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 36.95%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
LOW has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Telsey Advisory Group upped their target price on Lowe’s Companies from $230.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of Lowe’s Companies in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Oppenheimer raised shares of Lowe’s Companies from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $230.00 to $305.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Melius Research started coverage on shares of Lowe’s Companies in a report on Monday, September 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $290.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their price objective on Lowe’s Companies from $245.00 to $238.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $268.42.
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About Lowe’s Companies
Lowe’s Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States. The company offers a line of products for construction, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and decorating. It also provides home improvement products, such as appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, lawn and garden, lumber, kitchens and bath, tools, paint, millwork, hardware, flooring, rough plumbing, building materials, décor, and electrical.
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We've been covering swing states this election season as part of our series We, The Voters. This week, we're focusing on Arizona. It's a swing state going all the way down the ballot there from the race for President and the U.S. Senate to a key measure on abortion rights, where the votes could go either way. To talk about all of this swinginess (ph), we're joined now by Camryn Sanchez with member station KJZZ in Phoenix. Hey, Camryn.
CAMRYN SANCHEZ, BYLINE: Hi.
CHANG: Hi. OK. So both presidential candidates have just been visiting Arizona. I know that you covered their events. And I want to just start with how former President Trump has been trying to appeal to voters there. Like, you know, obviously, Arizona is a border state. How is that shaping his message there?
SANCHEZ: It has consistently been his main message here. So Trump spoke at an arena in Prescott Valley on Sunday afternoon, which is just about two hours north of Phoenix. He spoke to an audience of thousands about border security and falsely claimed that Harris has imported criminals from all over the world.
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DONALD TRUMP: From prisons and jails, insane asylums, mental institutions, from Venezuela, from the Congo, all over, and she's resettled them into your communities to prey upon innocent American people.
SANCHEZ: So as NPR has reported in the past, crime rates among immigrants are actually generally not higher than they are for the overall public. When I talked to Trump voters who were coming out, they said that they believe what he says about the border is true, and they like his emphasis on the economy as well. I'll also note that Trump has continued to say at his rallies in Arizona that he won the 2020 election, although he did not. He lost in Arizona. He's now also pushing for early voting and mail-in voting, which just started here, although those things were at the center of a lot of election fraud conspiracy theories in 2020, when Biden won. And here in Arizona, the Republican-controlled legislature investigated and came up with no evidence of fraud.
CHANG: That's absolutely right. I know that you were at a rally for Vice President Harris a few days before that. How much did she try to preempt Trump's arguments on any of those things? Like, what kind of case did she make?
SANCHEZ: She really took a very different approach. So at Harris' rally in Chandler, Arizona, which is in the Phoenix metro area, she focused very much on her economic and her health care policies. She did criticize Trump. She criticized him for not debating her again and for his comments during their debate about what he said were his, quote-unquote, "concepts of a plan" to replace the Affordable Care Act. One thing people have pointed out is that while Harris is neck-and-neck and pulls with Trump in Arizona, the Democratic candidate for Senate, Ruben Gallego, who is a retired Marine and a congressman, he appears to be leading the GOP nominee, Kari Lake, who is a Trump endorsee.
So the key seems to be that you really need to win over independents and some Republicans to get state-wide office in Arizona. And Gallego has been doing that, but Harris is not so much. One issue that might win some independents for Harris is the emphasis she's putting on abortion rights. And here she is talking about that.
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VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: More than 1 in 3 women in America lives in a state with a Trump abortion ban, including right here in Arizona, 3.5 million women. And many of these bans, like the one in this state, have no exceptions even for rape and incest. It is immoral.
CHANG: I mean, abortion, it's a big issue in this presidential race, and it's especially a big issue on Arizona's state ballot this year. Like, there's a very important measure on that ballot that voters are going to be deciding this November. It's about Prop 139. You see signs about Prop 139 all over the place. Our team certainly did. Tell us what is going on with that particular issue.
SANCHEZ: There was just this tidal wave of momentum when Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Arizona is 1 of 10 states now voting on abortion rights questions on their ballot. Here, we have Proposition 139. Arizona got a lot of attention in the spring because there was a debate over a Civil War-era law that banned abortion, and it was narrowly repealed by the legislature.
So currently, we have a law banning abortion up to 15 weeks. But the amendment, if it passes, would allow abortion up to viability, which is about 24 weeks or so. Democrats are hoping that that drives a lot of voters to the polls. Now, the opponents of the measure say that it's way too extreme. But some polls are showing that it has a lot of support, and that's what I've heard from talking to people, both Democrats and independents.
CHANG: That is Camryn Sanchez from KJZZ in Phoenix. Thank you so much, Camryn.
SANCHEZ: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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The cybersecurity landscape is experiencing a surge in demand, with an estimated 4 million job openings waiting for skilled professionals globally to tackle the increasingly complex threats. As data breach costs escalate, the urgency for qualified individuals to safeguard digital assets has never been greater.
Security is the fulcrum of the digital ecosystem. But in the last few years, the threat landscape has become so complicated, calling for completely new approaches to deal with threats, as conventional strategies and solutions no longer hold good. The custodians of enterprise security- the CISOs and in some cases the CIOs and CDOs – need to navigate the threat landscape through a new lens and are now told to create strategies that are not just pro-active, but pre-emptive. This calls for a dedicated cybersecurity organization, manned by qualified professionals. This digital security organization will strategically interact with the IT organization, creating a digital ecosystem backed by cyber resilience for IT operations.
The Devil is in the Detail
Let's dig into some data. IBM’s Cost of Data Breach 2024 Report states that the global average cost of a data breach has risen to $4.88 million. This signifies a 10% increase over last year and the highest total. The report recommends that adopting AI and automation can cut breach costs.
Security breaches now have far-reaching ramifications for organizations, from reputational damage to substantial financial loss. To mitigate these risks, a proactive security infrastructure leveraging best-in-class technologies – including AI is the way forward.
Job Demand Surpassing Supply
As organizations look at building cyber resilience, there is a pent-up demand for strategic security professionals, and it is going up by the day. Some time back, the World Economic Forum (WEF) stated that there is a shortage of 4 million cybersecurity professionals.
Let’s look at what’s contributing to this shortage. The primary reason is that building a strong cybersecurity workforce isn't easy for many organizations. Moreover, expert opinion suggests that a lack of a structured career path in this industry and relevant training programs discourages many from taking up positions that come with huge stress factors as well. But, as we go ahead, organizations will invest higher budgets in digital security, paving the way for this key stakeholders to evolve further.
How to Land in a Cyber Security Job?
Nevertheless, it is indeed a challenging market, here is a compilation of skillsets, every budding cybersecurity professional must have to make a cut:
- Understand how networks work: From basic to advanced level knowledge on the inner dynamics of TCP/IP, DNS, and routing to build a solid foundation.
- Cryptography: Get a grip on encryption and how their algorithms work.
- Penetration testing tools: An essential skill that helps in identifying vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications by simulating cyber-attacks.
- Certifications: Following certs will elevate your skills quotient: Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), CompTIA Security+, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC).
- Malware Analysis: Gain a deep understanding of how malware manifests and learn to create malware mitigation strategies.
- Capture the Flag (CTF): Participating in CTF events- these are problem-solving events that give ample insights into multiple threat landscape scenarios and possible solutions and fixes that can be taken in real-life security events.
- Learn to code: Programming languages like Python and Bash (Bourne Again SHell) will help in automating various security tasks.
- Strategic mindset: Last but not least, the ability to blend technology with strategy is extremely critical in rolling out an evolutionary security plan that constantly stays relevant to the threat landscape.
While the above skills serve as a starting point, more advanced expertise comes with gaining skills in various leading security solutions and experience. This comes with a continuous leaning mindset.
Future Proof Your Career
While leadership roles like CISOs are well compensated, the entry to mid-senior roles- where the bulk of the job openings are is a great starting point for a thriving career. According to Glassdoor, it states that the average annual salary for a Cyber Security Specialist in India is approximately ₹11,17,500, with total estimated compensation reaching around ₹11,87,500.
The time is now to make that career shift, if you are not finding your mojo in the core software sector, cybersecurity would be a great career decision by blending your software skills and diving into this industry that offers immense career uptick.
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https://www.ciol.com/tech-buzz/4-million-job-openings-await-skilled-cybersecurity-professionals-7315129
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Your recent piece on different levels of car polish was interesting. What is the remedy for really faded, deeply stained and possibly scratched paintwork? Is a respray the only solution, or are there other products that can be used? Joe.
There are several things you can use to tackle severe stains and discolouration that even the most effective polishes cannot remove.
The first “next step” is a product that is widely available and generically known as T-Cut. It is not waxy, and it is not a polish. It is a milky liquid applied and removed with a cloth, with active chemical and physical ingredients that “cut” into the surface layer of paint more deeply than polishes.
Deeply enough to get rid of more stubborn stains and restore cleaner colour. But also, deeply enough to remove the gloss surface and leave a “matt” finish.
And deeply enough that complete body treatment should be considered only once or twice in a vehicle’s lifetime, not as a routine substitute for diligent washing and occasional polishing.
T-cut can be used on specific parts of the paintwork or all of it, depending on the nature of the problem and the overall condition. To restore gloss will require a thorough wax polish thereafter.
T-Cut can also be used, with gentle discretion, on details that washing consistently misses – along seams and in nooks and crannies around trim pieces and badges, etc.
The need can be avoided if, after general washing, the process includes follow-up “detailing” – with a cotton bud or a toothbrush – that a cloth has missed.
If this is not done, over time thin lines of brown dirt will accumulate and eventually become almost permanent stains – in places barely noticeable at a glance but making the purist visual difference between an old car (even a smart one) and a brand new one.
A currently common demand is for something to remove the stains that develop – after no washing for many years - behind number plates (the new ones are not always the same size as their predecessors).
For small areas of blemish the next step could be a rubbing compound. The gentlest is known as jeweller’s rouge for glass and there is range of more severe options to remove scratches that have not gone right through the paint.
Next in severity is so-called “grinding paste”, which contains no-nonsense crystals of silica in a matrix of oily grease. This is mostly used for polishing unpainted surfaces – to get rid of carbon deposits on engine valves, for example. It is, quite literally, liquid sandpaper. It also has different grades and might be sold in a double-ended tin with fine and coarse compartments.
Fine sandpaper and wet-and-dry emery paper can also be used, usually preparatory to touch-up spray.
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https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/motoring/paintwork-beyond-wash-and-polish-4794548
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- Transom Capital Group (“Transom”) is pleased to announce the formation of Artivo Surfaces, the new parent company for Virginia Tile and Galleher. By consolidating these powerhouse brands under one umbrella, the new structure fosters collaboration, improves operational efficiency and expands market reach while preserving each brand’s identity. This also strengthens financial stability and strategic flexibility, diversifying across various markets and industries.
Galleher LLC, including its prior acquisition of Trinity Hardwood Flooring in Texas, is the largest floor covering distributor in the western U.S. and the third largest nationally, with 31 locations across seven states. Galleher offers a comprehensive range of flooring solutions, including hardwood, luxury vinyl plank and installation essentials, providing best-in-class products for any residential or commercial project. Virginia Tile Company, LLC, the leading midwest distributor, offers a broad selection of tile and installation products over 17 branches across 11 states. Known for its design-forward approach, Virginia Tile serves both residential and commercial professionals with innovative, high-quality solutions.
The leadership team for Artivo Surfaces includes Sunil Palakodati as CEO and President of Virginia Tile, Rick Coates as President of Galleher, David Burke as CFO and Ed Vaske as COO.
“The creation of Artivo Surfaces marks an exciting new chapter for these iconic brands,” said Russ Roenick, Managing Partner at Transom. “We are thrilled to support the leadership team as they build a strong premium surfaces platform.”
“As we scale to become a truly multi-regional leader in the flooring industry, none of this would be possible without the support of Transom Capital,” said Sunil Palakodati, CEO of Artivo Surfaces. “With the formation of Artivo Surfaces, we are unlocking synergies between Virginia Tile and Galleher to provide our customers with unmatched expertise, innovative design and seamless service. Our expanded capabilities allow us to deliver the scale and resources of an industry leader, while maintaining the personalized, high touch experience our customers have come to trust.”
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https://www.stoneworld.com/articles/94256-transom-capital-announces-formation-of-artivo-surfaces-as-parent-company-for-virginia-tile-and-galleher
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Five Star Bancorp (Nasdaq: FSBC) (“Five Star” or the “Company”), a holding company that operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Five Star Bank (the “Bank”), expects to report its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, after the stock market closes on Monday, October 28, 2024.
Management will host a live webcast for analysts and investors to review this information at 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM PT) on October 29, 2024.
The live webcast will be accessible from the “News & Events” section of the Company’s website under “Events” at https://investors.fivestarbank.com/news-events/events. Please pre-register for the event using this link. The webcast will be archived on the Company’s website for a period of 90 days.
About Five Star Bancorp
Five Star is a bank holding company headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California. Five Star operates through its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Five Star Bank. The Bank has eight branches in Northern California. For more information, visit https://www.fivestarbank.com.
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Three Takeaways from Hawks vs 76ers Preseason Matchup
Although the Hawks were not able to get their second win of the preseason, falling to the 76ers 104-89, there were still plenty of good takeaways about what type of team the Hawks can expect to field in 2024-25. Atlanta never let the game get too out of hand and just didn't have enough to finish at the end. They stayed within five or so points throughout the game (until the end) and continually made a good 76ers team work for their victory. For a preseason game, that's a fairly positive result.
Here are three of the biggest takeaways from the game:
Dyson Daniels is the stopper he was promised to be.
Before the matchup, I predicted that Daniels would see a heavy dose of Philly point guard Tyrese Maxey. I thought this would be a fun matchup to watch and it did not disappoint.
Maxey is one of the fastest players in the NBA who pairs his shiftiness with a dangerous release from three-point range. He's one of the tougher matchups in the NBA, but Daniels made it look easy. He got into Maxey's frame routinely, closed off his angles to the basket and even blocked the star guard in the corner. Maxey finished with an inefficient 14 points and that was largely due to how well Daniels guarded him. He reacts so quickly and has the length to bother most lead ball-handlers routinely. Daniels taking on the Maxey assignment also allowed Trae Young to guard easier matchups like Kelly Oubre, which improved the cohesion of the Hawks' defense. This was an excellent display of what Daniels can bring to Atlanta and it's something the Hawks have needed for quite a while.
Risacher is not an average rookie
Another game, another great outing from Zaccharie Risacher. Although the point total dropped slightly, he looked much better finishing around the rim and grabbed eight rebounds, a notable uptick from only grabbing three against the Pacers. The Sixers have a decent bit of size and length on their roster, but Risacher held his own and looked comfortable again versus one of the better teams in the conference. Furthermore, it isn't like he's dominating against inferior competition. He started the game by shooting 1-5, but showed enough mental fortitude to impact the game without his shot falling and be a part of keeping Atlanta in it. Although it isn't a guarantee that he starts to open the season, it's becoming increasingly clear that he is ready to make a bigger impact than many expected for the Hawks in Year 1.
Onyeka Okongwu's absence won't hurt the Hawks in the short-term
Okongwu has not suited up for Atlanta due to a toe injury, but it appears that the Hawks have real depth to weather the impact of the young center's absence. Clint Capela looked active and engaged on offense last night, grabbing offensive boards and finishing well at the rim. He finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.
Larry Nance Jr also looked great for Atlanta once again, grabbing 10 boards of his own. Although it was not the cleanest performance for the veteran big man from the free throw line, he racked up seven offensive rebounds and consistently kept possessions alive for Atlanta. He also hit his lone three-point attempt of the night, which can serve as a nice spark for the Hawks' offense.
The Hawks are back in action tomorrow against the Heat at 7:30 pm.
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Influencer Market Insights Global Economic Update Immunosuppressants - Global Key Competitors Percentage Market Share in 2024 (E) Competitive Market Presence - Strong/Active/Niche/Trivial for Players Worldwide in 2024 (E)
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Rising Incidence of Organ Transplants Propels Growth in the Immunosuppressants Market Advancements in Biologics Strengthen the Business Case for Targeted Immunosuppressant Therapies Growing Prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases Expands the Addressable Market for Immunosuppressants Increased Focus on Personalized Medicine Spurs Demand for Customized Immunosuppressant Regimens Innovation in Combination Therapies Drives Adoption of Immunosuppressants in Transplant and Autoimmune Care Rising Patient Preference for Minimally Invasive Treatments Drives Growth in Oral and Topical Immunosuppressant Solutions Expansion of Organ Transplant Infrastructure Propels Market Demand for Immunosuppressant Therapies Increased Awareness of Chronic Conditions Like Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Accelerates Demand for Immunosuppressants Rising Healthcare Investments and Access to Treatments in Developing Countries Fuel Growth in the Immunosuppressant Market
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Astellas Pharma, Inc. Bristol Myers Squibb F. Hoffmann La Roche Ltd. GlaxoSmithKline Plc. Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Johnson & Johnson Mylan Laboratories Inc. Novartis AG Pfizer, Inc. Sanofi S.A Zydus
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Juventus remains committed to strengthening their defence in January following the loss of Gleison Bremer to injury.
The Brazilian was a key player for the Bianconeri before his setback, and he is now sidelined for the rest of the season. This is a major blow for Juve, who are looking to bring in a replacement for at least the second half of the campaign.
One of their primary targets is Milan Škriniar, the former Inter Milan defender, who may be open to a move. Currently struggling for playing time at PSG, Škriniar has been considering an exit, and a switch to Juventus could be an appealing option.
The Bianconeri are working to make the transfer happen, but they can only offer €2 million towards his salary from January to June. According to Tuttomercatoweb, this amount covers just 40% of his wages, meaning PSG would need to cover the remaining 60% for the deal to go through.
Juve FC Says
Skriniar has Serie A experience and he could become a very good signing for us if we add him to our squad in January, but PSG might ask us to pay more in contributions to his wages, which is justified if he meets expectations.
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https://www.juvefc.com/juventus-is-only-willing-to-pay-40-of-defenders-salary-to-sign-him/
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Family of Tennessee employee who died in Hurricane Helene flooding files wrongful death lawsuit
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a Tennessee employee who was killed by catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Helene has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company he worked for, arguing that workers were forced to stay at their posts even when managers knew conditions were becoming dangerous.
Johnny Peterson was among the Impact Plastics employees who died Sept. 27 after Helene’s flooding hit Erwin, a small, rural town in eastern Tennessee. Many of the surviving employees have stated they were not allowed to leave the plant in time to avoid the storm’s impact. Instead, it wasn’t until water had flooded the plant’s parking lot and the power went out that managers sent workers home.
The raging waters swept 11 people away and only five were rescued. Two of them are confirmed dead and are part of a toll across six states that is nearly 250 dead. Four others from the factory are still missing after they were washed away in Erwin, where dozens of people about a mile away were also rescued off the roof of a hospital.
“Based on information we’ve uncovered, including accounts from surviving employees, we believe this tragedy could have been avoided,” Alex Little, an attorney representing Peterson’s family, said in a statement. “Impact Plastics was aware of the flood risks, and while employees requested permission to leave, the company failed to act. We will hold them accountable.”
The suit, filed Monday, names Impact Plastics and company owner Gerald O’Connor as defendants. O’Connor’s attorney did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment Tuesday.
The 28-page suit argues that Impact Plastics had no required plan to safely evacuate employees even though the plant was located in a flood plain and regularly experienced water creeping into its parking lot. Furthermore, the suit claims that while local schools and other businesses announced closures because of Hurricane Helene, Impact Plastics instructed its employees to report to work because the company “wanted to meet order deadlines.”
The suit also provides a sobering breakdown of Peterson’s final moments with his family, including text messages revealing his fears that he would not escape the flood waters.
Just hours prior, the lawsuit says employees began receiving notifications around 10 a.m. urging all who could to evacuate to higher ground. At around 10:30 a.m., employees were instructed to move their cars because the parking lot was flooding.
The lawsuit goes on to claim that senior management, including O’Connor, had “stealthily exited the building” around 11:35 a.m. and employees believed they were dismissed from work. Peterson, who had stepped outside, went back into the building to help employees “trapped inside” but eventually became trapped himself after the water made it impossible to leave by car.
Peterson managed to climb onto a bed of a semi-trailer attempting to escape the area.
“Johnny knew he could not survive much longer as the water levels continued to swell and pummel the semi-trailer. He texted his daughter for the last time at 1:17 p.m. ‘I love you allllll,’ he managed to type out. This was the last text Alexa Peterson received from her father,” the lawsuit stated.
“Johnny’s father tried in desperation to reach emergency services but could not. At 1:27 p.m., he asked his son ‘You ok,’ to which his son responded ‘Not for Long.’ This was the last text Johnny sent to anyone,” the lawsuit continued.
The lawsuit comes after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced earlier this month that it was investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics at the direction of the local prosecutor. The state’s workplace safety office has also opened its own probe into the circumstances behind the deaths.
Impact Plastics has maintained that it monitored weather conditions on Sept. 27 and that managers dismissed employees “when water began to cover the parking lot and the adjacent service road, and the plant lost power.”
Meanwhile, O’Connor has said no employees were forced to keep working and they were evacuated at least 45 minutes before the massive force of the flood hit the industrial park.
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Associated Press writer Jonathan Mattise contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 days or it could risk losing access to U.S. weapons funding.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur. The letter, which restates U.S. policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditions in northern Gaza and reports Israel had conducted a strike on a hospital tent site in central Gaza that killed at least four people.
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A senior defense official said Tuesday that Blinken and Austin sent a letter to their Israeli counterparts as they saw a recent decrease in assistance reaching Gaza. The official said a similar letter sent by Blinken in April triggered a constructive response and “concrete measures from the Israelis.”
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said the latest letter was a way to similarly address the problem.
For Israel to continue qualifying for foreign military financing, the level of aid getting into Gaza must increase to at least 350 trucks a day, Israel must institute additional humanitarian pauses and provide increased security for humanitarian sites, Austin and Blinken said. They said Israel had 30 days to respond to the different requirements.
An Israeli official confirmed a letter had been delivered but did not discuss the contents. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a diplomatic matter, confirmed the U.S. had raised “humanitarian concerns” and was putting pressure on Israel to speed up the flow of aid into Gaza.
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AP reporters Tara Copp and Matthew Lee in Washington and Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed.
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Despite driving rain, around 100 members of the Dartmouth College community gathered on the Green on Monday to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
The event was organized by the Native Americans at Dartmouth group, with the theme “Indigenous Voices.” Students shared poetry, spoken word and personal stories.
Co-president of Native Americans at Dartmouth Emma Tsosie, who is Picuris Pueblo and Diné, helped put together the event. They said “Indigenous voices” started as soon as the day did.
Indigenous students gathered on the Green just after midnight to welcome Indigenous Peoples’ Day with drumming and greetings in their respective languages.
"A big theme generally, like every year, has been just asserting our presence on campus,” Tsosie said. “And I think being literally heard is a big part of that."
Sydney Hoose, also a co-president, who is Pawnee, Chickasaw and a member of the Cherokee Nation, said more events are coming up this month to explore Indigenous heritage, including a sit-down chat with the chair of the Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies.
“[The talk is] to kind of encourage conversation between Native students here about ‘what does it mean to be Indigenous at Dartmouth and an institution like Dartmouth?’” Hoose said. “And how we kind of have our community and what that really means to us."
Chickasaw citizen and Director of the Native American Program Adria Brown was at the event supporting students. She said Dartmouth has over 200 Indigenous students who come from 80 different communities and that hearing voices from those different tribes and nations highlights the diversity within Indigenous communities.
“I think there are a lot of misrepresentations out there about what it means to be Indigenous, oftentimes filled with stereotypes or kind of broad strokes of what it means to be Indigenous,” Brown said. “And for us, and for me, it's really important for us to see the diversity of the voices.”
Many New Hampshire municipalities recognize the holiday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but a new state law requires cities and towns to refer to it as “Columbus Day” on official communications.
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Campaigning continues in North Carolina despite storm damage, and the Republican nominee for superintendent of schools is attracting a lot of attention. She's got a track record for spreading conspiracy theories - like calling Islam a cult - and falsehoods, for example, saying the plus in LGBTQ+ stands for pedophilia. Liz Schlemmer from member station WUNC has the story from the campaign trail.
LIZ SCHLEMMER, BYLINE: At a street festival last month in the town of Wake Forest, outside of Raleigh, Michele Morrow walked through the crowd. Her blue T-shirt said, make education great again. With a smile, she extended her hand to a voter.
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MICHELE MORROW: I'm Michele Morrow. I'm running to be the next state superintendent of public instruction.
SCHLEMMER: As she spoke to voters, Morrow drew on her experience homeschooling her five children.
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MORROW: The majority of homeschoolers would put their kids gladly back into public school if they were sure that they were going to be safe, they weren't going to be bullied (ph), and they weren't going to have, like what you're saying, this world view that is not their family's world view pushed on their children.
SCHLEMMER: Morrow has never before held public office. Two years ago, she ran for a school board seat and lost. Then she won the Republican nomination for state superintendent in a huge upset.
DONNA LUBUS: Oh, my goodness. She's the real deal.
SCHLEMMER: That's Donna Lubus, a retired educator who now volunteers for Morrow's campaign.
LUBUS: Because I love children, and I hate what public school is doing to them. There's a lot of an agenda.
SCHLEMMER: The man facing Morrow is Democratic nominee Mo Green. He says he barely knew anything about her before the votes came in the night of the primary.
MO GREEN: It was that night that I said, well, yeah, now that she's going to be the Republican nominee, let me do a little bit more exploration about her. And, I mean, wow.
SCHLEMMER: His campaign quickly seized on video of her outside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and has now turned it into a campaign ad.
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MORROW: Hey, patriots.
UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR: This is Michele Morrow. She went to January 6 and called for a military coup.
SCHLEMMER: Green is a former county school superintendent. He says after seeing that, he knew the campaign had to be about more than the details of school policies.
GREEN: We're at a whole different place, and so I do believe that this has crystallized the fact that the very soul of public education is on the ballot in the election of this position.
SCHLEMMER: His opponent has repeated QAnon conspiracy theories. She says some teachers are, quote, "groomers." She calls public schools indoctrination centers. Four years ago, she said former President Barack Obama should face a firing squad, which she later said was a joke. But it's the kind of language people hear at the top of the party ticket, too.
MICHAEL BITZER: These are all things that Donald Trump has honed and developed within the Republican Party nationally. And I think we're seeing that play out here in North Carolina as well.
SCHLEMMER: That's Michael Bitzer, a political professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He says Morrow's rhetoric may be why she won her party's nomination.
BITZER: The real question is, does she only appeal to that Trump Republican base, and does she alienate a whole swath of North Carolina voters that she would need to win state-wide?
SCHLEMMER: And Morrow's comments are repelling some voters. Erin Lynch is a private school teacher who came to one of Green's events to learn about him after hearing about Morrow.
ERIN LYNCH: I'm a pretty close follower of state-wide politics, so knew about her pretty early on and just am horrified.
SCHLEMMER: In a state where voters have chosen a Republican as state superintendent in the last two elections, this vote could be a referendum on Morrow's rhetoric. For NPR News, I'm Liz Schlemmer in Durham, North Carolina.
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This story was originally produced by The Keene Sentinel. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative.
New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program is poised for expansion as the result of three new laws that recently went into effect, including one that allows medical providers to certify patients to use the drug for any debilitating condition or symptom.
Matt Simon, a spokesman for GraniteLeaf Cannabis, said Monday the expanded ability to certify people under House Bill 1278 could contribute to a moderate increase in the number of program participants.
“In theory, that expands the program quite a bit, but we’re all sort of waiting to see what will happen in practice,” he said. “Part of it is how many patients will actually see the new laws that have passed.”
GraniteLeaf Cannabis, which has a production facility in Peterborough, is one of three corporations approved by the state to grow and sell medical marijuana. Recreational use of marijuana remains illegal in New Hampshire, which is surrounded by states that have legalized the drug.
New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program is served by seven dispensaries.
GraniteLeaf Cannabis operates dispensaries in Chichester and Merrimack, Sanctuary ATC operates dispensaries in Conway and Plymouth, and Temescal Wellness operates dispensaries in Dover, Keene and Lebanon.
The program now serves about 15,000 people, whose doctors have certified them to receive the drug as a medical treatment.
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The state’s website for the program was recently updated to reflect the new laws, Simon said. It includes information about how to apply and other details.
Simon said providers who are knowledgeable about medical marijuana and have certified patients for the program include Monadnock Mind Body Medicine in Peterborough and Center State Wellness in Concord.
HB 1278 authorizes medical providers to certify adult patients for “any debilitating condition or symptom” if the provider believes the potential benefits of marijuana treatment outweigh the risks for the patient.
This new qualification is an alternative to a list of conditions or symptoms that also appear on the certification form the medical provider must fill out.
The other two recent laws that changed the program are HB 1349 and Senate Bill 357. The former establishes generalized anxiety disorder as a qualifying medical condition for receiving cannabis. The latter will enable additional medical providers, such as naturopathic doctors, to certify patients for the program.
“Many Granite Staters use cannabis for medical reasons but may not realize they can qualify for the program,” Simon said. “These new laws will help get more patients registered so they can receive legal protections and enjoy safe, legal access to our state’s dispensaries.”
Simon said expected growth in the program is tempered by challenges some people encounter. Many doctors simply will not certify patients for the program or work for medical groups that prohibit them from doing so, he said.
A $50 program entry fee and an application process also dissuade some people from participating, especially when they could have easy access to the drug elsewhere, including cannabis stores in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont, he said.
Jerry Knirk of Freedom is a retired medical doctor, former state representative and is the chairman of the N.H. Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board.
Knirk said people who are buying marijuana outside the program and self-medicating, for anxiety or pain for example, would benefit from receiving therapeutic cannabis.
“They would have a safer supply where they know the content and it would also be certified to be free of pesticides and heavy metals — so they’d have a safer source than just going out on the street and buying it,” he said.
Knirk also said a benefit of participating in the medical marijuana program is that the patient receives medication that has just enough potency to reduce symptoms.
“You start at a very low dose and then you increase the dose upward until you relieve the underlying disorder, but without the undesirable side effect of intoxication,” he said. “Getting intoxicated is not the goal.”
He gave as an example an older patient taking marijuana for pain.
“They don’t want to get stoned because if that happens they could fall over and break a hip,” he said. “They really want to have their faculties, they just want to get rid of the pain.”
Knirk also said patients in the program sometimes find benefit from using cannabis instead of potentially more dangerous drugs such as opioids.
The N.H. Legislature has consistently rejected attempts to legalize marijuana for recreational use, including earlier this year when a legalization bill passed the state Senate, but was rejected in the House.
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There’s a new flow measurement sensor on the market that enables the transmission of digital data from liquid and creamy foods, giving food manufacturers insights they have never had before. It’s the SM Foodmag from ifm – a hygienic magnetic-inductive meter with IO-Link connectivity.
According to Ronel Lal, Industry Specialist for Food and Beverage at ifm, the SM Foodmag flow meter completes a portfolio of process instrumentation in the food and beverage sector that will ultimately translate to improved quality and safety of products.
“In the food and beverage industry, process efficiency, product quality, and food safety are critical factors that must meet stringent industry standards. Whether catering to local markets or offshore customers, Australian-made food and beverage products are renowned for their consistent quality and taste,” says Lal. “This innovative sensor provides visibility across the production process. It features IO-Link connectivity, along with standard outputs like the 4-20mA analogue signal, switched outputs, and totaliser switching signal.”
IO-Link is a globally recognised open standard protocol for communication networking. It enables bidirectional communication between sensors and IO-Link masters – the foundation of digitalisation. When connected to IO-Link masters, ifm’s hygienic mag flow meter provides temperature and conductivity sensor values as standard, without any additional cost.
Lal says there are three key reasons why the SM Foodmag should matter to food and beverage manufacturers.
These are:
- Reduced Cabling Costs: Users benefit from both 24VDC power and signal transmission through the same cable, minimising installation expenses.
- Advanced Diagnostics: The flow meter continuously monitors its health and alerts users to anomalies. Valuable insights, such as media detection, pipe fill status, internal device temperature, short circuits, hardware faults, and signal quality, are readily available via IO-Link.
- Seamless Integration: The new hygienic mag flow meter complements ifm’s comprehensive range of hygienic IP69K rated IO-Link masters.
Importantly, Lal says that the SM Foodmag is easy to set up and use.
“The flow meter features a single M12 connection, ensuring quick installation while maintaining an IP67 and IP69K protection rating,” he explains. “Our customers appreciate the intuitive display with its user-friendly menu structure, allowing for a hassle-free setup within five minutes.”
Moreover, Lal says that there has been a lot of interest from food and beverage manufacturers in the product.
“The introduction of this hygienic mag flow meter gives the food industry peace of mind in their production. Coupled with our standard 5-year warranty, swift delivery turnaround, and technical support, our customers know that ifm prioritises the quality and safety of their product.”
For more information about the ifm Hygienic flow meter with IO-Link, click here.
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Altria (MO) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.
Shares of this owner of Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest cigarette maker have returned -3.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.3% change. The Zacks Tobacco industry, to which Altria belongs, has lost 5.9% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?
While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.
Revisions to Earnings Estimates
Here at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.
We essentially look at how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to reflect the impact of the latest business trends. And if earnings estimates go up for a company, the fair value for its stock goes up. A higher fair value than the current market price drives investors' interest in buying the stock, leading to its price moving higher. This is why empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.
For the current quarter, Altria is expected to post earnings of $1.36 per share, indicating a change of +6.3% from the year-ago quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5.10 points to a change of +3% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has changed -0.1%.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5.30 indicates a change of +3.9% from what Altria is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has remained unchanged.
With an impressive externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool -- the Zacks Rank -- is a more conclusive indicator of a stock's near-term price performance, as it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, has resulted in a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) for Altria.
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS
Revenue Growth Forecast
Even though a company's earnings growth is arguably the best indicator of its financial health, nothing much happens if it cannot raise its revenues. It's almost impossible for a company to grow its earnings without growing its revenue for long periods. Therefore, knowing a company's potential revenue growth is crucial.
For Altria, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $5.29 billion indicates a year-over-year change of +0.2%. For the current and next fiscal years, $20.32 billion and $20.31 billion estimates indicate -0.9% and 0% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise History
Altria reported revenues of $5.28 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -3%. EPS of $1.31 for the same period compares with $1.31 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.43 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of -2.77%. The EPS surprise was -2.96%.
Over the last four quarters, the company surpassed EPS estimates just once. The company could not beat consensus revenue estimates in any of the last four quarters.
Valuation
No investment decision can be efficient without considering a stock's valuation. Whether a stock's current price rightly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects is an essential determinant of its future price performance.
Comparing the current value of a company's valuation multiples, such as its price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), to its own historical values helps ascertain whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, whereas comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of how reasonable its stock price is.
The Zacks Value Style Score (part of the Zacks Style Scores system), which pays close attention to both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics to grade stocks from A to F (an An is better than a B; a B is better than a C; and so on), is pretty helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.
Altria is graded D on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.
Conclusion
The facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about Altria. However, its Zacks Rank #4 does suggest that it may underperform the broader market in the near term.
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The founder’s syndrome, also called founderitis, is when the growth, advancement, scaling up of an organisation is impeded by the owner of the business. Stephen R. Block’s book Why Nonprofits Fail has notes "Founder’s syndrome occurs when founders maintain disproportionate amounts of power and influence following the initial establishment of an organisation, often to the detriment of the organisation’s development and long-term sustainability.
The founder’s reluctance to delegate, coupled with their emotional investment, can stifle innovation, prevent leadership succession, and inhibit professional management."
Great aspirations have been killed because of the owner’s syndrome. Once an organisation has been birthed it ceases to be the owner’s property in some sense. An organisation has so many stakeholders who have an interest in its success.
Undoubtedly, organisation starters are characteristic by passion, risk taking, innovation, leadership, decision making, grit, resourcefulness, strategies, agility, adaptability, competitiveness, creativity, pragmatism and financial literacy. However, the same can also become a source of stifling organisational growth.
What are the symptoms for the founder’s syndrome? One of the indicators of the disease is resistance to change.
Some organisation collapse because there are no adequate plans for succession management. Having policies, processes and procedures for succession management helps.
Life is unpredictable there is need to have someone who understands the organisation or a department just in case the need arises.
This is where HR experts can assist organisations prepare for such eventualities. At any given time, there should be someone shadowing someone to learn the intricacies of running an organisation.
When the owners procrastinate for a long time to have succession in management strategies in place they have definitely started banging one nail to the coffin for the organisation.
It is quite dangerous when the owner doesn't welcome new ideas from other stakeholders. When the organisation is stifled freshness that also spells doom for the entity.
The business world is quite fluid, and everything keeps changing. Yes, the most constant thing in life is change. Resistance to transformation is indeed a kiss of death.
I have seen organisations that grind to a halt because there is too much dependency on the owner of the business. The vision bearer should train, coach and mentor the stakeholders to make decisions that serve the interest of the business.
An organisation is an accumulation of a shared vision. Once employees have been equipped with the necessary competencies, the owners should switch off and see how things pan out.
Micromanagement can be the cyanide of businesses. Micromanagement means lack of delegation, lack of trust and excessive oversight. This also means there so much centralsation of power in one person.
Once employees have been hired using the world international best practice it means they can perform their work quite well. This is what creates the dependency syndrome.
Employers should test their teams in making better decision. There are owners who have become quite unwell because they have to make most decisions on everything.
In proper talent acquisition we have to attract team players who share the dream or else we will be stretched too thin.
The principal remedy to founder's syndrome is vision sharing through continuous coaching, mentorship and training. Sharing rewards as well.
Mr. Magoma is an HR Specialist and Corporate Speaker, [email protected]
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Watch the New Trailer for the LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE Series
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel is a classic of magical realism that was adapted into the 1992 movie of the same name, and now it’s appearing on screen in a new adaptation: an HBO Original series streaming on Max.
It stars Azul Guaita as Tita de la Garza, Irene Azuela as Mamá Elena, and Andrés Baida as Pedro Múzquiz. The series is executive produced by Salma Hayek Pinault.
The description of the Like Water for Chocolate series on Max says, “With magical realism as its narrative pulse, this HBO series adapts Laura Esquivel’s book about the timeless story of Tita and Pedro, one where love defies duty and traditions and is embodied in recipes filled with passion.”
You can watch the new trailer below.
The series premieres on Max on November 3rd.
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NBC Securities Inc. grew its holdings in Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK – Free Report) by 4.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 49,779 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,207 shares during the quarter. NBC Securities Inc.’s holdings in Merck & Co., Inc. were worth $5,652,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in Merck & Co., Inc. by 67.6% in the first quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 13,954,017 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,841,233,000 after purchasing an additional 5,627,923 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 8,362,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,102,135,000 after acquiring an additional 56,644 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,693,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $952,402,000 after acquiring an additional 64,996 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. lifted its position in shares of Merck & Co., Inc. by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 7,070,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $932,924,000 after acquiring an additional 296,092 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Merck & Co., Inc. by 7.5% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,201,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $767,965,000 after acquiring an additional 431,074 shares in the last quarter. 76.07% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $155.00 price target on shares of Merck & Co., Inc. in a research note on Thursday, October 3rd. Bank of America decreased their target price on Merck & Co., Inc. from $150.00 to $145.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. Truist Financial dropped their price target on Merck & Co., Inc. from $143.00 to $132.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Merck & Co., Inc. from $140.00 to $125.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded Merck & Co., Inc. to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $133.00.
Merck & Co., Inc. Stock Up 1.6 %
MRK traded up $1.71 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $111.40. 1,975,544 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,731,301. Merck & Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $99.14 and a 1 year high of $134.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $282.15 billion, a PE ratio of 121.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.39. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $114.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $122.92.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The company reported $2.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.16 by $0.12. Merck & Co., Inc. had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 40.69%. The company had revenue of $16.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.87 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($2.06) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Merck & Co., Inc. will post 7.88 EPS for the current year.
Merck & Co., Inc. Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a $0.77 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $3.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.76%. Merck & Co., Inc.’s payout ratio is presently 342.22%.
Merck & Co., Inc. Company Profile
Merck & Co, Inc operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes under the Keytruda, Bridion, Adempas, Lagevrio, Belsomra, Simponi, and Januvia brands, as well as vaccine products consisting of preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines under the Gardasil/Gardasil 9, ProQuad, M-M-R II, Varivax, RotaTeq, Live Oral, Vaxneuvance, Pneumovax 23, and Vaqta names.
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(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FN media Group News Commentary - In an recent article published by Skilliing.com regarding current Gold trends:“From ancient civilizations to modern-day investors , gold has consistently been sought after for its perceived stability and hedge against inflation and economic uncertainty. This enduring appeal has led to significant price movements over the years, with gold prices often mirroring broader economic trends. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for predicting future gold price movements and making informed investment decisions. According to experts, the gold price in October 2024 is expected to be influenced by several key factors. The ongoing geopolitical tensions, particularly in the Middle East, are likely to keep gold prices elevated. Additionally, the anticipation of US rate cuts in the third and fourth quarters of 2024 could further boost gold prices. With the current record already at $2,431.85, the next milestone to watch is $2,500 per ounce. The bullish setup of gold's chart and its leading indicators suggest that gold could move close to the $2,550 area in 2024. This prediction is supported by the recent rally in gold prices, which has already surpassed many predictions for the year. The combination of geopolitical concerns and the potential for rate cuts makes a further rally in gold prices plausible.” Active mining companies in the markets this week include RUA GOLD Inc. (OTCQB: NZAUF) (TSX-V: RUA), Mawson Gold Limited (OTCPK: MWSNF), Founders Metals Inc. (OTCQX: FDMIF), SNOWLINE GOLD CORP (OTCQB: SNWGF) (TSX-V: SGD), Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM).
added:“In the context of broader economic trends, the gold price prediction for October 2024 is also influenced by the strength of the dollar and the overall economic landscape. As interest rates start to fall, gold prices could hit fresh records. The average price target for gold in the final quarter of 2024 is around $2,175 per ounce, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. This suggests a continued upward trajectory for gold prices in the latter half of 2024. 2025 Outlook: The outlook for 2025 is more uncertain. Some experts expect gold prices to stabilize around $2,350 per ounce in early 2025, with a potential decline to $2,175 later in the year, depending on the pace of U.S. central bank rate cuts. HSBC predicts a 12% drop in gold prices in 2025 due to rising real interest rates, while other analysts remain bullish, suggesting prices could exceed $3,000. 2030 Outlook: By 2030, some forecasts suggest gold could reach $7,000 per ounce, driven by low real interest rates, rising inflation, and demographic shifts that fuel demand for gold as a secure asset. Central bank demand will likely play a key role in supporting long-term growth.”
RUA GOLD's (TSXV:RUA) (OTCQB:NZAUF) Drill Program Intersects Near Surface Gold at The Reefton Project - RUA GOLD Inc. (WKN: A4010V) (“RUA GOLD" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update from the drilling campaign underway at the Reefton Project on the South Island of New Zealand. The Company commenced its near mine drill program on the Murray Creek targets in July. A second drill rig was introduced in September to test the Capleston vein system. These historic mines collectively produced ~700koz of gold at within a radius of ~20 kilometers.
Robert Eckford, CEO of RUA GOLD commented: "Our five years of meticulous surface exploration work over the Reefton project is paying dividends from the outset of this drill program. Both of the initial drill holes have confirmed we are in right area and are locating these lodes. The near surface intercepts on Capleston are encouraging and makes for compelling economic ounces, it supports our thesis that the surface veins are continuous past the old workings. Despite the initial drill hole at Murray Creek hitting old workings, it is extremely encouraging that we have identified the dip angle of the Victoria lode and we have even more confidence with the subsequent hole that is underway now, and results from this will be ready in the next few weeks.”
Capleston - On the second drill rig, which was introduced to test the Capleston vein system, the Company targeted an undeveloped and near-surface vein at the southern end of the two kilometer long historic Capleston project, the highest-grade producer of the Reefton Goldfield historically. Near surface targets lend themselves to early development and are the closest to transportation and infrastructure, providing low-cost operational advantages.
The first diamond drill hole, DD_REF_043, intersected a 12m zone of quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite in the hanging wall, with a 1m quartz vein from 31m to 32m @ 3.86 g.t Au. A legacy drill hole intercepted the southern lode at 33m downhole, with 1m @ 24g/t Au followed by 1m @ 2.5g/t Au1. Mapping has recorded historical waste samples up to Au in the vicinity, and a strong soil anomaly enveloping the vein (up to 410ppb Au).
Murray Creek - RUA GOLD reports the completion of the first hole testing the down-dip extension of the Victoria lode, DD_VIC_041, which is being evaluated by the team. This intersected the targeted reef at 344m down hole and encountered historical underground workings over a 4m length. It then exited out to the footwall before drilling on for an additional 20m.
This confirms that the lode extension is accurate and, with the precise location confirmed, a second hole is underway that is 50m deeper down dip from the initial drill hole. The Company anticipates an intersection into an un-mined portion of the reef at around 350m. Results from this testing will be available in the coming weeks. CONTINUED ... Read this full press release and more news for RUA GOLD at:
Other recent developments in the mining industry of note include:
Mawson Gold Limited (OTCPK: MWSNF) recently announced that further to its news releases dated June 10, 2024 and July 30, 2024, Mawson has entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") with SUA Holdings Ltd. ("SUA"), a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Mawson, pursuant to which the Company proposes to spin-out its uranium assets in Sweden (the "Uranium Assets") to SUA in consideration for common shares of SUA ("SUA Common Shares") and distribute 100% of the SUA Common Shares it then holds to the Mawson shareholders on a pro rata basis. As a result, following completion of the Arrangement, the Mawson shareholders (other than any dissenting shareholders) will also become shareholders of SUA and SUA will no longer be a subsidiary of Mawson.
In connection with the Arrangement, Mawson has subscribed for additional SUA Common Shares for aggregate consideration of $600,000 to provide working capital to SUA. Such additional SUA Common Shares will also be distributed to the Mawson shareholders under the Arrangement.
Founders Metals Inc. (OTCQX: FDMIF) recently announced that, further to the press release dated October 10, 2024 , it has entered into an agreement with B2Gold Corp ("B2Gold") for a C$12.1 million investment (the "Strategic Investment") at a price of C$2.75 per common share (each, a "Share"). Together with the previously announced bought deal private placement of C$20M (the "Brokered Offering"), the Company will raise a total of C$32.1 million, fully funding the planned 2025 budget. Upon completion of the Strategic Investment and the Brokered Offering, B2Gold will own 5.0% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares on a non-diluted basis.
Colin Padget, Founders' President & CEO commented, "We are very pleased with B2Gold's investment in Founders along with the support and validation it brings to our Antino Gold Project. We look forward to drawing on B2Gold's experience in exploring for, and developing, world-class mining assets in similar geological environments. This broader financing package leaves Founders well positioned to ramp up exploration at Antino, fully funding our planned 2025 exploration budget and the near-term addition of a fourth diamond drill."
SNOWLINE GOLD CORP (OTCQB: SNWGF) (TSX-V: SGD) recently announced additional analytical results from its 2024 Valley deposit drilling campaign on the Rogue Project in Canada's Yukon Territory alongside updates on its regional activities. Holes V-24-081 and V-24-084 returned strong, consistent gold grades from near-surface along the southwestern edge of the Valley deposit, outperforming the model used for the Company's initial mineral resource estimate (MRE) earlier this year. In addition, Snowline has completed the first phase of a reclamation program at the Plata mining camp near the Rogue Project, organizing and inventorying debris and abandoned equipment from historical mining activities in the region for future demobilisation. The Company awaits analytical results from the majority of its 2024 exploration campaign, including >24,600 m of drilling in 44 holes across 5 different targets.
"It is a testament to the consistency of mineralization at Valley that results like today's have become almost commonplace," said Scott Berdahl, CEO & Director of Snowline. "Nonetheless, they further demonstrate the strength of the system near surface, and key holes V-24-081 and V-24-084 outperform our model along the southwest margin of the deposit.
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) recently announced that it has filed an updated technical report for the Detour Lake mine in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
The technical report is available on SEDAR+ ( ) and on the Company's website ( ). Agnico Eagle is a Canadian based and led senior gold mining company and the third largest gold producer in the world, producing precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico.
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Juventus could sign Jonathan David in January to avoid a bidding war for his signature when he becomes a free agent at the end of the season.
The Canadian forward is on the radar of top clubs across Europe, with many confident that he will excel in their squads and are planning to sign him as a free agent.
Lille has given up on keeping him and is already planning for life without him. However, the striker is too important to bench, so he has been getting plenty of playing time.
Juventus envisions him as a backup to Dusan Vlahovic, and his playing style suits that of Thiago Motta, who is certain that David would be one of the key players in his squad if the transfer goes through.
Juventus can sign him in January if Lille is open to that arrangement, but Il Bianconero reports that they will not pay more than 15 million euros.
Juve FC Says
David has been in fantastic form at Lille since he joined them and he could be a very good addition to our squad if we sign him.
However, we will face serious competition for his signature, even in January, because many clubs want to sign him.
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Harris zeroes in on Black men, Trump focuses on women as both seek to fire up key voting blocs
DETROIT (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump both pushed Tuesday to energize key constituencies that their allies worry might be slipping away, with the vice president looking to reach Black men and the former president focusing on women.
Harris will appear at a town hall-style event in Detroit hosted by the morning radio program “The Breakfast Club,” featuring Charlamagne Tha God, who is especially popular with Black males. Trump, meanwhile, will tape a Fox News Channel town hall featuring an all-female audience and moderated by host Harris Faulkner.
The vice president was also scheduled to stop by a Black-owned business in Detroit. A day earlier, she visited LegendErie, a coffee shop and record store in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she met with the husband-and-wife owners, a local pastor and other community leaders.
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is unveiling his ticket’s plan to improve the lives of rural Americans. It’s yet another sign that in a razor-tight race, each side is trying to cut into the other’s margins of support with different voting blocs while shoring up traditional areas of strength.
The vice president’s “Breakfast Club” appearance comes one day after she announced a series of new proposals dubbed the “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men.” The ideas are meant to offer the demographic more economic advantages, including providing forgivable business loans of up to $20,000 for entrepreneurs and creating more apprenticeships. The plan would also support the study of sickle cell and other diseases more common in Black men.
The focus on Black men sharpened last week when former President Barack Obama campaigned for Harris in Pittsburgh and said he wanted to speak “some truths” to Black male voters, suggesting some ” just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”
The vice president’s campaign says it doesn’t believe Black men will flip in large numbers to supporting Trump, especially after strongly backing Democrat Joe Biden, with Harris as his running mate, in 2020. They are more concerned about a measurable percentage of Black males opting not to vote at all.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator elected from the state of Georgia, issued a stark warning Tuesday to other Black men that voting for Trump will be “literally dangerous” for them.
“He will be dangerous every time you get in the car and you deal with the issue of driving while Black,” Warnock said.
He argued that Democrats’ job is to reach Black men who are deciding whether to vote at all. “The issue is folks have got to understand that if you do not vote, it’s a vote for Donald Trump,” Warnock said.
Harris’ campaign has also placed special emphasis on other male voters, including creating “ Hombres con Harris,” or “Men with Harris,” a group that is using celebrities and key elected officials to organize events on her behalf meant to appeal to Hispanic men.
As she campaigns in Detroit, Harris faces other potential challenges in Michigan, including Arab activists angered by the Biden administration’s full-throated support for Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza. Dearborn, outside Detroit, is the largest Arab-majority city in the U.S.
Still, the vice president’s campaign expects to see strong support on Election Day from white, college-educated voters in Michigan at rates that might exceed Biden’s in 2020, and she hopes to expand the margin by which Trump lost many of the state’s key suburbs four years ago.
She’s also seized on insults Trump made about Detroit last week while campaigning there. He said if Harris wins, “Our whole country will end up being like Detroit.” He added, “You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”
Trump has maligned cities hosting him before, but Harris said it was proof he was “unfit to be president.” Her campaign also released an ad voiced by actor Courtney B. Vance, a Detroit native, that declares: “What Donald Trump doesn’t understand, or care to learn, is that when he said, ‘Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president.’ That he should be so … lucky.”
Trump is scheduled to return to Detroit later this week for a rally.
The former president figures to do well with rural voters, but team Harris hopes to at least keep things closer. And while Harris’ support among women is strong, Trump aims to keep her from running up the score.
Trump has seen his support among women, especially in the suburbs of many key swing states, soften since his term in the White House. A September AP-NORC poll found more than half of registered voters who are women have a somewhat or very favorable view of Harris, while only about one-third have a favorable view of Trump.
To reverse the trend, Trump has sought to cast himself as being able to personally shield women from various threats, as when he suggested at a rally in Pennsylvania last month that women in America, “will no longer be abandoned, lonely or scared. You will no longer be in danger.”
“You will be protected, and I will be your protector,” Trump said then. He’s also suggested that, should he win, women will no longer have a reason to think about abortion, after three Supreme Court judges that he appointed helped in 2022 to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that had guaranteed a woman’s right to the procedure.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, Trump has an economic speech in Chicago and a rally in Atlanta.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Joey Logano hoped he'd done enough to advance in NASCAR's playoffs with an eighth-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
But when he left the track Sunday night, he was four points below the cutline and eliminated from any shot at winning a third Cup Series title.
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Then came the phone calls: inspection was taking a long time and there could be a problem with one of the playoff cars. All Logano could do was wait and wonder if there truly was something amiss with Alex Bowman's car and if it was egregious enough to push Logano into the round of eight.
“NASCAR, man. Expect the unexpected,” Logano said Tuesday. “You just roll with the punches and go with the flow and just continue on. I feel like these days, more and more, there are just crazy things that can happen. I just go with it."
Sure enough, Bowman's car was found to be underweight and he was disqualified. The penalty dropped Bowman in the standings, and as soon as Hendrick Motorsports declined Monday night to appeal, Logano was back in title contention.
“I was honestly surprised. I had heard rumors there was a delay in tech, some of those things going on. But usually nothing happens,” Logano said. “Would be in? That's the first question you have to ask. And then you are still cautiously optimistic, so you just keep going on with your life and prepare for the next race.”
That next race is Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Logano is a three-time race winner and has started from the pole three different times.
Logano will race over the next three weeks Team Penske teammate and reigning Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney, the Hendrick Motorsports trio of William Byron, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing for the four spots in the championship-deciding finale.
Should he emerge as the title winner at Phoenix Raceway in November, Logano will be the only active three-time Cup Series champion in NASCAR. Kyle Busch, who did not make the playoffs, is the only active driver alongside Logano with two titles.
Logano said his No. 22 Ford team will not make any changes to its approach as the team heads to Las Vegas, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Martinsville Speedway in Virginia vying for a spot in the finals.
“Same way if we made it any other way, you go out there and attack the positives,” Logano said. "I feel that we've been steadily getting better and improving throughout the season to where we are now. The speed we had at The Roval looked pretty solid to me, to where we are a championship-four caliber race team.
“The stats may not look like it. We may look like we're underdogs from the outside looking in, but internally we feel very confident in our race team that we can make a run at this thing and get us into the championship four," Logano continued. "And we've seen in the past where if you can get in there, anything can happen at Phoenix.”
It starts Sunday at Las Vegas, where Logano won the 2022 playoff race that pushed him to his second Cup title. Larson won last year's playoff race at Las Vegas, as well as the spring race there earlier this season.
But Logano likes his odds now that he's been given this second chance.
“We've done it before,” he said, “we can do it again.”
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Plenty of federal agencies protect wildlife on the public's behalf. But one U.S. Department of Agriculture program - called Wildlife Services - kills wild animals at the request of ranchers and livestock owners. Officials say that unless the animals are invasive, federal employees only kill wild animals that have preyed on livestock or caused damage. But NPR's investigations team obtained government records that show that's not true. Here's reporter Chiara Eisner.
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CHIARA EISNER, BYLINE: It's raining on the LF Ranch, a 35,000-acre property in Montana, just a couple hours' drive south of Glacier National Park.
I'm getting in Andrew Bardwell's truck for a tour of the property - he manages it. Bardwell says he's seeing more grizzly bears here than usual, and they sometimes go after the cattle. He's tried keeping predators away with non-lethal tools like flashing lights, but bears in particular are difficult.
ANDREW BARDWELL: And we have no tools whatsoever to deal with them. So you're just left with bringing in primarily Wildlife Services to try and solve the problem.
EISNER: Wildlife Services - it's a program that got its start back in the 1930s, when Congress gave the federal government permission to kill wildlife for people like Bardwell. With a $287 million annual budget and offices in all 50 states, the USDA employees do other tasks today, too, like relocate flocks of birds to avoid airplane collisions and vaccinate raccoons. But ranchers like Bardwell can still call and ask the federal government to kill wildlife for them. Not even species like grizzly bears - that are threatened and otherwise protected by the Endangered Species Act - are exempt, as long as there's a risk to livestock or human life.
Staying on public land doesn't save the wild animals, either. Wildlife Services is also allowed to kill wild animals in wild places, like national parks and forests. Taxpayers cover the bill. Bardwell says the help from the government is important for his business, and he only calls when there's an issue.
BARDWELL: If it took a hard turn and there were no options for removal of problem animals, it would get incredibly expensive then.
EISNER: With the exception of invasive species, Wildlife Services claims it only kills those kind of problem animals that damage private property. But NPR obtained and digitized thousands of work orders from 2019 through 2022 to build a database that shows Wildlife Services does kill native animals without evidence of livestock loss - and it does it often. The documents reveal the program killed 11,000 wild animals over the course of three years just in Montana, on properties where there hadn't been any recent livestock damage recorded.
CARTER NIEMEYER: Essentially, you're shooting a wolf or a coyote because it might kill a sheep or a calf next spring.
EISNER: Carter Niemeyer worked for Montana's division of Wildlife Services for 26 years, first in the field, hunting animals, then as a supervisor.
NIEMEYER: There was no effort or attempt made to, you know, get the specific animal. So often, we would fly in the early morning, as soon as it was good light, and any coyote within the signed-up area that was visible, we killed them.
EISNER: Shooting animals from helicopters and planes allows Wildlife Services to kill large numbers in a short amount of time. That's what we found. The records we obtained show Wildlife Services killed 318 coyotes in just one area in Montana over three years. But not a single coyote was shown to be responsible for any livestock losses at that location during that time. In a different location, the documents show Wildlife Services employees killed 61 coyotes in under four hours while flying in a helicopter.
COLLETTE ADKINS: Yeah, that's a blood bath. That's just - seems like yahoos with rifles, killing everything they see that moves.
EISNER: That's Collette Adkins. She's a lawyer at the Center for Biological Diversity, who focuses on issues affecting carnivores and endangered species.
ADKINS: It's horrible to imagine the amount of suffering involved there.
EISNER: Research shows it can actually be bad for the ranchers, too. Scientists say that killing predators indiscriminately can make conflicts with livestock worse, not better. I talked with canine ecologist Bob Crabtree, in a national forest near Bozeman, to understand more about how that works.
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EISNER: So we're walking down a tiny path to this alpine lake called Fairy Lake.
BOB CRABTREE: Thumbs up for public access to public lands.
EISNER: It's counterintuitive, but Crabtree explains that while shooting into a pack of coyotes or wolves can temporarily weaken the pack, the splintered pack then turns to easier prey like livestock, which can actually put livestock at a greater risk of being attacked. And there's another problem.
CRABTREE: There's that powerful law of interdependence that's going to, you might say, screw up the balance of nature. And then there's a laundry list of other things carnivores do. They keep our elk populations healthy. They take out the weak and the old and the sick.
EISNER: The records NPR obtained show that half of all the wolves killed in Montana by Wildlife Services from 2019 through 2022 were killed in just five areas. Wolves aren't considered threatened or endangered in Montana - there are about 1,100 of them across the state. But in just those five locations, Wildlife Services killed 71 wolves, or about 6% of the state's population. Scientists NPR spoke with say this handful of ranchers that own those properties are having outsized effects on local environments.
CRABTREE: Oh, huge. It amounts to local extirpation. Yeah, local extinction.
EISNER: Although NPR has been requesting to speak with Wildlife Services for months, the program wouldn't allow reporters to talk to anyone in an interview. In an emailed statement, the agency said it, quote, "strives to reduce damage caused by wildlife without impacting sustainable wildlife populations." That's not what some ranchers say they're seeing on the ground.
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HILARY ZARANEK: Wildlife Services has very much taken the approach of be buddy-buddy with the ranching community, which means do what the ranching community wants, which is kill stuff.
EISNER: That's Hilary Zaranek. She invited me to her family ranch in Montana's Paradise Valley.
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EISNER: We're heading towards a small group of misfit cattle that are grazing under some trees. The rest of the herd are at another ranch until the fall.
ZARANEK: See, like that cow up there, a couple of years ago - she's not a heifer - but see, she broke her hip.
EISNER: Zaranek says she's seen some Wildlife Services trappers work responsibly, but others she says take, quote, "extreme liberties to kill animals."
ZARANEK: The problem is is that so much is left in their discretion, creating a system that never had any hope to work in collaboration with nature. And so until you address that, the only thing you're ever going to be able to do is blame the predator and kill them.
EISNER: Although she makes her living from livestock, Zaranek believes it's time Wildlife Services be held more accountable for how they kill wild animals that belong to the public. Chiara Eisner, NPR News.
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MIAMI, FL -- Neolith announced today that its new surfaces, Abu Dhabi White silica-free and Arctic White silica-free, were named as a winner in Good Housekeeping’s 2025 Home Reno Awards in the category of Sustainability Innovators. Good Housekeeping recognizes excellence and innovation across a number of industries and consumer product categories.
Neolith has revolutionized the stone surface industry this year with the launch of its ground-breaking, silica-free formulation presenting in two of its topseller surfaces: Abu Dhabi White and Arctic White. By removing crystalline silica, Neolith underscores its dedication to health, safety and sustainability. The debut of the new formula in Arctic White silica-free and Abu Dhabi White silica-free promises unmatched sustainability, quality and aesthetic appeal, crafted from premium, environmentally friendly materials. Abu Dhabi White draws inspiration from white marble with its golden-grayish veining, while Arctic White provides a sleek, cool white finish that enhances the aesthetic of any setting. These products will soon be available in the United States.
Discover the latest news from Neolith and its latest products at www.neolith.com.
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Today's tough economy offers slim pickings in terms of career growth opportunities. Being approached by a competitor can, therefore feel like a validation of your hard work and expertise.
The allure of a better salary, increased responsibilities, and the promise of a promotion can be tempting, but the excitement of a new job offer can sometimes hide pitfalls that are not immediately obvious.
So, what should you do if that competitor brings that job offer?
Jay Walemba, the CEO of Jay CVS, a human resource cunsultancy, says the biggest challenge employees face when navigating job offers from competitors is not evaluating the offer.
"You will find that the company wants you to implement some strategies and once you have done that they might fire you," he says.
Speaking from experience, Mr Walemba shares that some months after setting up his company, he was given an offer by a competitor which he gladly took.
"When I went there, I was very intentional, so I gave all my tools of trade but on the second week I was fired."
You had not signed any contract? "Yes. This employer gave me the contract, I filled in all the details, and she was supposed to stamp and revert but did not."
In retrospect, Mr Walemba says he neither looked into the long-term career goals of the company and whether they aligned with his nor had comprehensive communication with the employer.
"I did not look at the job security because this offer did not have a period and even if it did, I did not have the physical contract so there was nothing I could do."
Also, Mr Walemba says one needs to look at the compensation.
"What is the competitor giving you and is it only a fixed salary or is it coming with benefits?"
Who do the competitors poach?
Often, the 'sharpest knife' in the organisation is the one poached.
Mr Walemba says that competitors will look for that employee who is behind flourishing strategies with the hope that they will either copy-paste them or move with their clients.
Is it a guarantee? "Not really but the competitor knows you (the poached employee) will maneuver in that field."
Poaching aims to weaken the competitor and Mr Walemba says that the goal is to pick that one person who if they leave, the company will stumble.
Mr Walemba says, "When such an employee moves, the company knows they are bringing him in to boost or improve its culture."
The pitfalls to avoid
Beverly Khasiala, a talent manager at Ceriops Environmental Research Organisation, says that one of the possible pitfalls an employee might not immediately recognise when being poached is receiving the desired job responsibilities.
"Sometimes, the goal is simply to bring you on board, and the company may fail to cater to your personal career growth needs," she says.
For instance, they might not provide the flexible working hours promised. Initially, the offer may appear lucrative but once you join, you may find that the culture is quite different from what you're accustomed to.
Additionally, if the employer is poaching you, they are likely poaching other people as well. Ms Khasiala shares that in such circumstances, everyone will be trying to prove their worth, going out of their way to ensure their department performs well.
"Such stiff competition can make the workplace toxic."
Non-compete clauses?
According to Ms Khasiala, non-compete agreements are not enforceable by law most of the time, arguing companies should revise the contracts.
"For example, if as a nurse you sign a non-compete agreement that you will not work for a competitor for a certain number of years after leaving the company, it means you will have to change their career because a nurse works in a hospital."
So, instead of such an agreement, companies should develop a work product restricting the usage of products developed in that company and the sharing of trade secrets. Ms Khasiala says, "But, your intellectual property can be used anywhere else."
Should one tell their current employer?
While the decision to share the news with your current employer is not a contractual obligation, Ms Khasiala shares that you can decide to tell your employer if you have a good relationship with them.
"You can tell them company XYZ is offering me this position. Should I take it? Do you feel as per your assessment of me that I'm fit to move to that company? You can put it as though you are having a career discussion."
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCP Global Summit—To drive the development of open, efficient and scalable data center technologies, NVIDIA today announced that it has contributed foundational elements of its NVIDIA Blackwell accelerated computing platform design to the Open Compute Project (OCP) and broadened NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ support for OCP standards.
At this year’s OCP Global Summit, NVIDIA will be sharing key portions of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system electro-mechanical design with the OCP community — including the rack architecture, compute and switch tray mechanicals, liquid-cooling and thermal environment specifications, and NVIDIA NVLink™ cable cartridge volumetrics — to support higher compute density and networking bandwidth.
NVIDIA has already made several official contributions to OCP across multiple hardware generations, including its NVIDIA HGX™ H100 baseboard design specification, to help provide the ecosystem with a wider choice of offerings from the world’s computer makers and expand the adoption of AI.
In addition, expanded NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform alignment with OCP Community-developed specifications enables companies to unlock the performance potential of AI factories deploying OCP-recognized equipment while preserving their investments and maintaining software consistency.
“Building on a decade of collaboration with OCP, NVIDIA is working alongside industry leaders to shape specifications and designs that can be widely adopted across the entire data center,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “By advancing open standards, we’re helping organizations worldwide take advantage of the full potential of accelerated computing and create the AI factories of the future.”
Accelerated Computing Platform for the Next Industrial Revolution
NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform was designed to power a new era of AI.
GB200 NVL72 is based on the NVIDIA MGX™ modular architecture, which enables computer makers to quickly and cost-effectively build a vast array of data center infrastructure designs.
The liquid-cooled system connects 36 NVIDIA Grace™ CPUs and 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in a rack-scale design. With a 72-GPU NVIDIA NVLink domain, it acts as a single, massive GPU and delivers 30x faster real-time trillion-parameter large language model inference than the NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU.
The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, which now includes the next-generation NVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNIC™, supports OCP’s Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) and Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) standards. This allows customers to use Spectrum-X’s adaptive routing and telemetry-based congestion control to accelerate Ethernet performance for scale-out AI infrastructure.
ConnectX-8 SuperNICs feature accelerated networking at speeds of up to 800Gb/s and programmable packet processing engines optimized for massive-scale AI workloads. ConnectX-8 SuperNICs for OCP 3.0 will be available next year, equipping organizations to build highly flexible networks.
Critical Infrastructure for Data Centers
As the world transitions from general-purpose to accelerated and AI computing, data center infrastructure is becoming increasingly complex. To simplify the development process, NVIDIA is working closely with 40+ global electronics makers that provide key components to create AI factories.
Additionally, a broad array of partners are innovating and building on top of the Blackwell platform, including Meta, which plans to contribute its Catalina AI rack architecture based on GB200 NVL72 to OCP. This provides computer makers with flexible options to build high compute density systems and meet the growing performance and energy efficiency needs of data centers.
“NVIDIA has been a significant contributor to open computing standards for years, including their high-performance computing platform that has been the foundation of our Grand Teton server for the past two years,” said Yee Jiun Song, vice president of engineering at Meta. “As we progress to meet the increasing computational demands of large-scale artificial intelligence, NVIDIA’s latest contributions in rack design and modular architecture will help speed up the development and implementation of AI infrastructure across the industry.”
Learn more about NVIDIA’s contributions to the Open Compute Project at the 2024 OCP Global Summit, taking place at the San Jose Convention Center from Oct. 15-17.
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Cashfree Payments launches UPI(Acquiring) Switch to boost success rates for online businesses
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(MENAFN- Editorial) Bengaluru, October 15, 2024: Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments and API banking company announced that its UPI(Acquiring) Switch has received certification from the NPCI and has started processing transactions. The UPI Switch is a software that enables communication between core banking systems and NPCI's UPI systems to process UPI transactions and is integral to deliver high success rates and reliable processing.
The UPI Switch from Cashfree Payments is a gamechanger as it can allow businesses to accept UPI payments at a very large scale of 12000 transactions per second without experiencing payment failures or customer issues, even during days of peak traffic for events like Big Billion days, IPL etc. In addition to reporting upto 5% higher success rates, the UPI Switch offers businesses much more control and visibility over UPI payment acceptance through faster onboarding, immediate access to new UPI features, instant refunds, easier payment retries for customers, better visibility of reasons of payment failures, better fraud prevention, control over the narration in the account statement and quicker transaction completion. UPI Switch is built in partnership with NSDL as the sponsor bank.
Commenting on the launch Akash Sinha, CEO & Co-founder, Cashfree Payments said, “Our advanced UPI Switch significantly elevates Cashfree Payments’ payment processing value proposition. This solution transforms the UPI payment experience with faster onboarding, customizable account statements, improved payment retries, instant refunds, immediate access to new UPI features, and enhanced visibility of payment failure reasons. Positioned as a leader in India’s digital payments landscape, Cashfree Payments' deep ecosystem understanding empowers businesses to thrive as India's digital economy evolves.”
Built in-house by Cashfree Payments' sharpest engineering talent, UPI Switch minimises businesses' losses due to fraud by detecting patterns through trained machine learning models and rejecting risky transactions, particularly those involving QR codes.
The UPI Switch excels in error handling and reduces customer queries by more than 70% by showing accurate reasons for payment failure, making retries intuitive, supporting instant refunds and by proactively reversing invalid transactions, such as payments made to expired QR codes. Supporting various UPI flows like UPI Credit, UPI PPI, UPI Collect, Intent (Push), Dynamic QR codes, UPI Auto Pay, and OTM (One-Time Mandate) on Payee PSP, it ensures businesses' flexibility and efficiency in payment processing. The UPI Switch also enables quick adoption of new NPCI features, as they are launched.
As UPI evolves, this switch will be pivotal to drive faster innovation and cutting-edge solutions for businesses and customers.
Cashfree Payments is a leading RBI-licensed payment aggregator and a payment service provider in India processing transactions worth USD 80+ billion annually and is a trusted choice for over 6,00,000 businesses for digital payment solutions. Since receiving the PA license in December 2023, the company has onboarded thousands of large, medium and small scale merchants helping them seamlessly transact and grow. It recently became the first entity to receive the payment aggregator license for cross border payments. The company has been at the forefront of redefining the way businesses approach digital payments, verification and payouts through its wide range of tech-first offerings. Over the last few months it has introduced industry-first products like FlowWise, KYC Link, Risk Shield and more. Outside of India, Cashfree Payments is expanding its presence in the UAE region through its acquired partner, Telr.
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In Missouri, Halloween night signs were required at the homes of sex offenders. Until now
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries and requirements to keep their porch lights off.
But a Missouri law mandating a sign at the offender’s home was a step too far, a judge ruled.
A 2008 law required registered offenders in Missouri to post signs on Oct. 31 that read “No candy or treats at this residence.” U.S. District Judge John Ross ruled this month that the provision violated the First Amendment by forcing “compelled speech,” depriving those on the registry “of their freedom to speak in their own words or to not speak at all.”
The ruling lets stand other provisions of the Missouri law that require people on the registry on Halloween to remain inside their home from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and to leave their outdoor lights off.
The Missouri sign law is unique among states, but some cities and counties have tried similar laws that were either struck down in court or withdrawn as part of lawsuit settlements.
Ross’ ruling on the Missouri sign law drew a mixed response. Some said extraordinary steps are necessary on a night when children flood the streets and often knock on the doors of strangers. Others said the sign law was unnecessarily cruel — and even counterproductive.
“I feel like it’s a setback and another example of predators’ rights kind of trumping those of their victims,” said Tara Bishop, a 40-year-old mother of four from southwestern Missouri who operates a Facebook page called Child Predators Exposed with more than 10,000 followers.
But an extensive examination of crime data published in 2009 in the Sexual Abuse journal found no increased risk of sexual abuse of children on Halloween. Experts say the vast majority of child sexual abuse crimes involve someone known by the victim or the child’s family, and not strangers.
Janice Bellucci, the lawyer for the Missouri man who challenged the law, said that for those forced to place the sign, the damage is long-lasting.
“It’s not just stigmatizing you that one day, it stigmatizes you for the rest of your life, as long as you live there,” said Bellucci, who is part of the California-based Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Thomas L. Sanderson of Hazelwood, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb. He was convicted of second-degree sodomy in 2006 after a 16-year-old family friend accused him of sexually touching her. Sanderson, who has maintained his innocence, was sentenced to two years in prison and required to register as a sexual offender for 25 years.
The Missouri Halloween law was adopted two years later. It is unclear how many of the state’s approximately 26,000 convicted sexual offenders have been charged for violating the statute, or how stringent enforcement has been. The law doesn’t say where the sign must be placed. People on the registry are responsible for making their own signs.
The lawsuit said Sanderson asked police if he was subject to the law because his conviction happened before its passage. He said he was told he was not, so he continued to host Halloween parties complete with animatronic figures, lights, a bonfire, music and candy, the lawsuit said.
But the lawsuit said that on Halloween night 2022, police arrived at Sanderson’s home. No sign was posted, and he was arrested. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for violating the Halloween statute and received probation. He sued last year.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office, in court filings, wrote that the state is duty-bound to protect children who can’t make adequate decisions on their own. Bailey’s office said an appeal is planned.
“I want Missouri to be the safest state in the nation for children. That includes on Halloween,” Bailey, a Republican, said in a statement.
Alison Feigh, director of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center at Zero Abuse Project, which focuses on helping institutions prevent, recognize and respond to child sexual abuse, said most assaults happen after offenders build relationships with victims and their families. Tactics like signs are not helpful in keeping children safe, she said in an email.
“These public signs may give a false sense of security to families while not actually preventing child abuse,” Feigh said.
Other Halloween sign laws also have faced setbacks.
In Georgia, the Butts County Sheriff’s Office was sued in 2019, with people on registries alleging that authorities trespassed onto their properties to post signs that caused humiliation and anxiety. The signs read: “WARNING! NO TRICK-OR-TREATING AT THIS ADDRESS!! A COMMUNITY SAFETY MESSAGE FROM BUTTS COUNTY SHERIFF GARY LONG.”
A federal appeals court panel in 2022 said the signage violated the First Amendment.
In California, Simi Valley required Halloween signs in the yards of registered sexual offenders until reaching a 2013 settlement in a lawsuit filed by the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws on behalf of five offenders.
In January, the alliance filed suit after the sheriff’s office in Marion County, Arkansas, created and posted signs and placed them in the yards of those on the registry. The signs read: “Sorry! No Trick or Treat.” The sheriff’s office later agreed to stop posting or requiring the signs.
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One player who came close to joining Thiago Motta at Juventus this summer is Lewis Ferguson.
The two worked together at Bologna, where Motta brought out the best in the Scotland international. However, Ferguson suffered a serious injury last season that has kept him sidelined since.
He could be out for up to a year, and Juventus couldn’t afford to wait for his recovery. However, this doesn’t mean the club has ruled out adding him to their squad in the future.
The Bianconeri are continuing to evolve and might still look to raid Bologna for players, having previously missed out on Joshua Zirkzee and Riccardo Calafiori.
Ferguson remains one of their primary targets, and he has revealed that he and Motta have stayed in touch despite the manager’s move to Juventus.
He said, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“Thiago Motta? He writes to me every now and then to ask how his recovery is going. He called me straight after the injury and the diagnosis, telling me: ‘I know you’ll do everything you can to come back strong, be patient and focus on recovery’. A great coach, I loved playing for him. “
Juve FC Says
Motta might simply be keeping tabs on him because of his injury, but Ferguson is a player he would love to work with again.
The midfielder made life easier for him on the Bologna bench, and that could be the case again if he joins him in Juventus.
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PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies signed manager Rob Thomson to a one-year contract extension through the 2026 season after he led the team to three straight trips to the playoffs.
The 61-year-old Thomson guided the Phillies to the 2022 World Series and the 2023 National League Championship Series and led them this season to their first NL East title since 2011. The Phillies were eliminated in four games by the New York Mets in the National League Division Series.
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Thomson's .575 winning percentage is the best for any manager in franchise history. His contract was set to expire after the 2025 season.
“Year by year is good with me,” Thomson said Tuesday of the extension. “I've mentioned many times this is the only place I want to be. This will be my last stop.”
Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said the entire coaching staff — which includes polarizing hitting coach Kevin Long — will return next season, as well.
“Many managers will say it, but I truly believe we have the best coaching staff in baseball,” Thomson said.
Coming off a 95-67 season, Dombrowski made clear he was happy with the direction of the team under the manager affectionately known by his players as Topper.
“I think we have a good coaching staff, primarily,” Dombrowski said during Tuesday's announcement. “They do a very efficient job. They did lead us to 95 wins.”
Thomson has a 280-155 record since the veteran bench coach replaced Joe Girardi as Phillies manager on June 3, 2022.
Dombrowski said it was important for the team not to enter the 2026 season with a lame-duck manager.
“He's done a good job for us, been a very successful manager,” Dombrowski said. “There's been very few clubs in baseball that have made the postseason three years in a row. He has done that. We've been a very good club under his guidance. It's also one where I think stability in the manager's spot, I don't think going into the manager's last year is ever good situation to be in, if you can prevent that from happening. He deserves the extension in that regard.”
Thomson has been with the club since the 2018 season when he was first hired as bench coach under former manager Gabe Kapler.
He spent 28 years as a member of the New York Yankees organization (1990-2017), including 10 seasons on the major league coaching staff as bench coach (2008, 2015-17) and third base coach (2009-14).
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Musau, a talented and intelligent employee, has always been recognised for his sharp mind and quick thinking. From a young age, people praised him for his intellect, leading him to believe that intelligence alone would guarantee his success.
Unfortunately, as he progresses in his career, he notices colleagues he once outshone started moving ahead of him. The promotions he expected to receive sadly eluded him, and he often ponders where he is going wrong in his career.
His struggle highlights a common issue among high-achieving or highly intelligent individuals. Subtle habits and attitudes needed for success often unnoticed and then hinder rather than help that person’s career success.
As is the case with many intellectually gifted people, the journey to success involves more than leveraging raw intelligence. While cognitive ability serves as a valuable asset, relying on it exclusively may lead to unintended self-sabotage.
Smart individuals often undervalue other essential skills and instead focus solely on their intellect. Many commentators even note how those who score “A” grades on their KCSE examinations often do not become the most successful individuals in firms later in life. They may neglect relationship-building or teamwork, viewing these areas as secondary or even trivial.
However, the modern workplaces require more than intellectual prowess. Collaborative skills, empathy, and adaptability prove crucial for career growth and sustained success.
Researcher Alice Boyes' study emphasises several patterns common among smart people that can obstruct their path to achievement.
One such behaviour involves a tendency to find teamwork frustrating, especially when colleagues operate at a different even slower pace.
High achievers often struggle with collaboration, viewing it as a burden rather than the true opportunity it really is. Such frustrations, rooted in childhood experiences of working with peers who could not keep up with them, persist later into adulthood.
As a result, they may inadvertently isolate themselves, missing out on the benefits that diverse perspectives bring to problem-solving.
Furthermore, smart people frequently tie their self-worth to their intellect, which can make them vulnerable to setbacks and negatively impacting their resilience.
When their intelligence becomes a defining part of their identity, any challenge or criticism may feel deeply personal.
Their attachment to intellectual ability may lead them to avoid situations where their abilities get questioned. Such avoidance limits growth, as it restricts exposure to constructive feedback and opportunities for learning from others. Embracing constructive criticism, however, could provide the growth they need to thrive.
The research also notes that many smart individuals experience boredom easily, especially when tasks become routine. While intelligence can fuel curiosity, it also drives a need for constant novelty and excitement around learning and discovering new things, concepts, and ideas.
Smart people may grow frustrated with tasks that require repetition rather than creativity, leading them to switch directions frequently or abandon pursuits prematurely.
Although this may keep life interesting, it may also prevent them from achieving expertise in any particular field. Learning to tolerate brief periods of boredom could help them accumulate the necessary experience for long-term success.
Another pitfall identified in the research involves an over-reliance on deep thinking and analysis as solutions to every problem. Smart individuals may fall into the habit of overthinking, attempting to intellectualise solutions rather than taking action.
While reflection holds value, excessive analysis can lead to inaction and missed opportunities. Individuals must recognise when their thoughts become repetitive or unproductive, and instead practice taking calculated risks or experimenting with action-oriented approaches.
Leaders and mentors working with smart individuals can play a significant role in helping them overcome these self-sabotaging tendencies.
By encouraging a balanced approach to skills development, leaders can support their growth beyond intellectual capabilities.
Providing constructive feedback and promoting team-based projects can enhance their social and collaborative skills all while allowing them to view teamwork as a strategic advantage rather than a hindrance.
Encouraging high achievers to embrace diverse challenges rather than shying away from them enables greater resilience and adaptability.
Ultimately, despite what some schools may emphasise, intelligence alone cannot guarantee success. Smart people must learn to adapt, collaborate, and approach their work with a sense of balance.
By recognising these subtle self-sabotaging tendencies, high achievers can break free from the traps of perfectionism, isolation, and over-analysis.
Personal growth and career advancement require a well-rounded skill set, where intellect complements emotional intelligence and adaptability.
Any Business Daily readers who find themselves facing similar patterns, then focus on a small shift in perspective that may be the key to unlocking your true potential.
Have a management or leadership issue, question, or challenge? Reach out to Dr. Scott through @ScottProfessor on X or on email [email protected]
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Two giant pandas bound for the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., have left the Chinese city of Chengdu for their long journey to a new home.
A cargo jet operated by FedEx is transporting the pair, both aged 3 years old, the Associated Press cited the China Wildlife Conservation Association as saying in its statement.
The pair — one female called Qing Bao and one male called Bao Li — will arrive almost a year since the last giant pandas left Washington D.C. Their move is part of an ongoing conservation project with Beijing that dates back several decades and is often informally referred to as an element in China's "panda diplomacy" with several nations that includes the United States.
First lady Jill Biden was part of a group that announced their planned arrival during a video released in late May.
The National Zoo has not issued any precise details of their arrival out of security concerns, and phone calls to the zoo went unanswered late Monday. But the zoo on social media hinted at the duo's expected Tuesday arrival in announcing that the zoo would be closed that day.
Zoo staff hope to raise $25 million to aid in giant panda conservation efforts, including greater protection of their mountain forest habitats in rural China. The zoo recently issued a fundraising demand on its website, asking for help from visitors, members and donors.
A Boeing 777 cargo jet — nicknamed the “Panda Express” — is slated to arrive via Alaska at Virginia's Dulles International Airport mid-morning on Tuesday, according to flight tracking websites that have identified a FedEx aircraft that departed from Chengdu.
According to the AP, the Chinese conservation association said that zoo officials and veterinary staff will be accompanying the animals. Medicine, water and specially prepared meals of bamboo, Chinese cornbread and carrots are also in tow.
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New Releases and More for October 15, 2024
This week, Liberty and Emily discuss The Treasure Hunters Club, If I Stopped Haunting You, Tangleroot, and more great books!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkins
Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu
Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen
Tangleroot by Kalela Williams
House of Frank by Kay Synclaire
Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton
Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator)
All the Hearts You Eat by Hailey Piper
What We’re Reading:
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Return to Sender by Vera Brosgol
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
More Books Out This Week:
Blood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter
Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic, & Betrayal by Olivie Blake
Libby Lost and Found by Stephanie Booth
Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy Book 1) by Maiga Doocy
Fry Guys: Batter of the Bands by Eric Geron, Jannie Ho
The Man in Black: And Other Stories by Elly Griffiths
Dogs and Monsters: Stories by Mark Haddon
Mama: A Queer Black Woman’s Story of a Family Lost and Found by Nikkya Hargrove
Uncanny: The Origins of Fear by Junji Ito, Jocelyne Allen (translator)
An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays by Lucy Ives
Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Kelsey Johnson
The Ancients by John Larison
Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
Pied by Avione Lee
American Rapture by CJ Leede
It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets Worse : And Other Unsolicited Truths I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Nicole Maines
Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot
Run with the Wind by Shion Miura, Yui Kajita (translator)
Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino
Good Dress by Brittany Rogers
The Trial of Anna Thalberg by Eduardo Sangarcía, Elizabeth Bryer (translator)
The Wilderness by Aysegül Savas
The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America by Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz
Morningside : The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City’s Soul by Aran Robert Shetterly
Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light by Neal Stephenson
House of Frank by Kay Synclaire
What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) by Stanley Tucci
Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
Inferno’s Heir by Tiffany Wang
Dynasty Restored: How Larry Bird and the 1984 Boston Celtics Conquered the NBA and Changed Basketball by Thomas J. Whalen
Wish I Were Here by Melissa Wiesner
War by Bob Woodward
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Birch Capital Management LLC lessened its position in shares of NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE – Free Report) by 17.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,477 shares of the footwear maker’s stock after selling 2,008 shares during the period. Birch Capital Management LLC’s holdings in NIKE were worth $838,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of NIKE by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC now owns 28,513 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $2,680,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Condor Capital Management grew its position in NIKE by 0.4% in the first quarter. Condor Capital Management now owns 26,079 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $2,451,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares during the period. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in NIKE by 5.5% during the first quarter. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,248 shares of the footwear maker’s stock worth $211,000 after acquiring an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Nvwm LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NIKE by 1.0% during the first quarter. Nvwm LLC now owns 11,568 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $1,091,000 after acquiring an additional 120 shares during the period. Finally, Pitcairn Co. boosted its stake in shares of NIKE by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Pitcairn Co. now owns 29,067 shares of the footwear maker’s stock valued at $2,732,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 64.25% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several brokerages recently issued reports on NKE. Barclays cut their price target on shares of NIKE from $84.00 to $81.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on NIKE from $79.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. Truist Financial upgraded shares of NIKE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $83.00 to $97.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of NIKE in a research note on Friday, June 28th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their target price on shares of NIKE from $100.00 to $96.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $96.56.
NIKE Stock Performance
NKE stock traded up $0.53 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $82.13. 3,222,026 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,696,356. NIKE, Inc. has a one year low of $70.75 and a one year high of $123.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $123.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $81.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $85.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 2.36 and a quick ratio of 1.58.
NIKE (NYSE:NKE – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 1st. The footwear maker reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.18. The business had revenue of $11.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.64 billion. NIKE had a net margin of 10.60% and a return on equity of 39.84%. NIKE’s quarterly revenue was down 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.94 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that NIKE, Inc. will post 2.8 EPS for the current year.
NIKE Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.37 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.80%. NIKE’s payout ratio is currently 39.68%.
Insider Activity at NIKE
In other news, Chairman Mark G. Parker sold 52,487 shares of NIKE stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.00, for a total transaction of $4,093,986.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman now owns 1,031,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $80,435,628. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, Chairman Mark G. Parker sold 52,487 shares of NIKE stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.00, for a total value of $4,093,986.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chairman now directly owns 1,031,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $80,435,628. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Chairman Mark G. Parker sold 110,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.97, for a total value of $8,026,700.00. Following the sale, the chairman now directly owns 1,102,090 shares in the company, valued at $80,419,507.30. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
NIKE Company Profile
NIKE, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services worldwide. The company provides athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories under the Jumpman trademark; and casual sneakers, apparel, and accessories under the Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Star Chevron, and Jack Purcell trademarks.
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“According to the latest research study, the demand of global Renewable Methanol Market size & share was valued at approximately USD 1.8 Billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 2.7 Billion in 2024 and is expected to reach a value of around USD 26.7 Billion by 2033, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 54.7% during the forecast period 2024 to 2033.”
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Methanol that is created using sustainable energy sources, like carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and biomass, is known as renewable methanol. Second-generation methanol made from renewable energy sources as opposed to classic methanol, which is made from fossil fuels, is called renewable methanol.
The industry is growing because using renewable methanol as an energy carrier allows for the chemical storage of excess renewable energy for later use. By taking the place of traditional gasoline and diesel in some applications, the use of renewable methanol as a fuel substitute for internal combustion engines and fuel cells to lower emissions from the transportation sector has created chances for market growth.
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By application, the formaldehyde segment held the highest market share in 2023 and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period 2024-2033. Formaldehyde an integral component and a backbone for the majority of chemical products.
Methyl-t-Butyl Ether is a widely used component in fuel for gasoline-driven engines and therefore has significant applications in the global transportation sector. Furthermore, the use of renewable methanol in gasoline blends is being encouraged because of its many uses, including as an octane booster, transition fuel, and fuel extender.
European Parliament and the European Council agreed to increase the maritime transport sector’s contribution to the European Union Green Deal, which aims to EU reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and reach climate neutrality by 2050.
BASF SE is a European multinational company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Its headquarters are located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The BASF Group develops, produces and markets about 700 intermediates around the world. The most important of the division’s product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties.
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Europe has posed a substantial market for renewable methanol since the introduction of the biofuel policy in the region in 2003, which set regulations and obligations to utilize 10% of renewable energy in the transportation sector of the region.
European Parliament and the European Council agreed to increase the maritime transport sector’s contribution to the European Union Green Deal, which aims to EU reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, and reach climate neutrality by 2050.
The European Investment Bank is aiming to support more than Eur1 trillion of environmentally sustainable investments by 2030. In 2022, Danish company Topsøe AS signed a USD 45 million loan agreement with EIB to support its research into innovative green hydrogen technologies that may be used in several downstream sectors.
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The Renewable Methanol Market is segmented as follows:
By Feedstock
- Agriculture Waste
- Municipal Waste
- Renewable Energy
- Others
By Application
- Gasoline
- Formaldehyde
- MTBE
- Dimethyl Ether
- MTO
- Acetic Acid
- Others
By End Use
- Chemicals
- Transportation
- Power Generation
- Others
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Regional Coverage:
North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
- Rest of North America
Europe
- Germany
- France
- U.K.
- Russia
- Italy
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Rest of Europe
Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- New Zealand
- Australia
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Rest of Asia Pacific
The Middle East & Africa
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- Egypt
- Kuwait
- South Africa
- Rest of the Middle East & Africa
Latin America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Rest of Latin America
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The Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives' (PIVI) new data published in "Vaccine" provides foundation for best practices in influenza policy development and its role in pandemic readiness
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The Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives (PIVI ), an Atlanta-based global health initiative that is a key program of The Task Force for Global Health (TFGH), has released a series of new research papers in Vaccine showing that countries with strong seasonal influenza programs had the necessary infrastructure that enabled them to better weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The series of 13 papers with data from 16 countries and global partners published in this month's Vaccine
supplement provide important insights towards strengthening influenza vaccination programs worldwide as global health experts navigate the post-pandemic climate and prepare for the next impending global health crisis. The World Health Organization reports there are approximately one billion cases of seasonal influenza annually, including three to five million cases of severe illness that cause up to 650,000 respiratory deaths each year.
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Seasonal influenza vaccination programs play a critical role in reducing a country's disease burden. Through these annual vaccine programs, countries strengthen their health systems and bolster their capacity to respond swiftly and effectively to future pandemics and emerging health threats. The Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives (PIVI), a program of the Task Force for Global Health, is dedicated to building robust respiratory vaccination programs worldwide.
"As the world responds to novel and ongoing global health crises including expanded mpox outbreaks, the avian influenza A (H5N1) outbreaks in the U.S. and recurrent Ebola outbreaks, the utility of influenza vaccination programs as a mechanism to foster the capabilities of national vaccine responses are increasingly apparent and vital," said Dr. Joseph Bresee , leads the Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives and several other teams within The Task Force for Global Health.
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New data from two reviews of Kenya's pediatric influenza vaccination program comparing year-round versus campaign approaches that provide lessons for countries with year-round influenza circulation for establishing influenza vaccination programs.
Data from the COVID-19 pandemic vaccine response that demonstrates the value of adult influenza programs, including health worker vaccination, in improving national pandemic vaccine responses. These new data add to experiences from the 2009 influenza pandemic, strengthening the argument for influenza vaccination programs as a pandemic readiness tool.
Focusing attention on creating health worker vaccination programs as a method, not only for pandemic vaccine preparedness, but as a key avenue to increase vaccine recommendation and acceptance among high risk groups.
Progress in vaccination and delivery systems is underscored by data from the last decade. Research found that low- and middle-income countries are better positioned to combat future endemics and pandemics due to the concerted collaborative effort amongst PIVI and its partners.
"The influenza program in Albania helped our COVID response, supporting service delivery, training of healthcare workers, as well as prioritization of risk groups. Having these pieces already in place with influenza allowed for a stronger and more efficient COVID vaccination program," said Dr. Silvia Bino, Director, Control of Infectious Diseases Department at the Institute of Public Health in Albania and a long-time PIVI partner.
PIVI was founded in 2013 to help protect communities from the annual impact of influenza while building the vaccine delivery systems critical for endemics and pandemics. These programs supported efficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2020 and as a result, the CDC partnered with The Task Force for Global Health to create the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Program (CoVIP). In addition, PIVI works with World Health Organization and its regional offices to help countries prepare for influenza and other respiratory pandemic threats by supporting efforts to control and prevent seasonal illness through ongoing, organized support of Ministries of Health throughout the world, with a primary focus on low- and middle-income country outreach.
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informatics for data to inform programs and policies, and training support for epidemiologists and laboratory systems to prevent and respond to outbreaks. COVID-19 activities have included helping 45 low- and middle-income countries roll out vaccines; informing vaccine safety guidelines; training epidemiologists in more than 100 countries on disease surveillance and response; distributing essential protection and treatment to hard-hit communities; advising on digital contact tracing; using existing health programs to ensure protection for vulnerable groups, such as those afflicted with other diseases; and leveraging existing supply chains for ongoing response. For more information, visit TaskForce and read this
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Israel assures US it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The administration also believes that sending a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it has eased some of Israel’s concerns about possible Iranian retaliation and general security issues.
The Pentagon on Sunday announced the THAAD deployment to help bolster Israel’s air defenses following Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel in April and October, saying it was authorized at the direction of President Joe Biden.
However, the U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic discussions, cautioned that the assurance is not iron-clad and that circumstances could change. The officials also noted that Israel’s track record on fulfilling assurances in the past is mixed and has often reflected domestic Israeli politics that have upended Washington’s expectations.
The most recent example of that was last month when U.S. officials were told by their Israeli counterparts that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would welcome a U.S.- and French-led temporary cease-fire initiative for Lebanon only to see Israel launch a massive airstrike that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah two days later.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that “we listen to the opinions of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interests.”
The Middle East has been bracing for an expected response from Israel after Iran launched roughly 180 ballistic missiles on Oct. 1, which the United States helped to fend off. The tit-for-tat strikes and uncertainty about whether Israel might strike strategically important energy and nuclear sites in Iran have raised fears about escalation into an all-out regional war.
Israel’s offensive against Iranian-backed Hamas militants in Gaza has expanded into a ground invasion of Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, another Iranian proxy that has been firing into Israel since the conflict in Gaza started a year ago in solidarity with Hamas.
Biden has said he would not support a retaliatory Israeli strike on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program and urged Israel to consider alternatives to hitting Iran’s oil sector. Such a strike could affect the global oil market and boost pump prices just ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Biden and Netanyahu spoke by phone last week for the first time in seven weeks, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been speaking regularly with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant.
The Pentagon said in a readout of a call from Sunday that the U.S. has reaffirmed its support for Israel’s security but urged it to ensure protections for U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, shift from military operations to a diplomatic solution and “raised concern for the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and stressed that steps must be taken soon to address it.”
The White House National Security Council declined to confirm that Netanyahu offered Biden any assurances about targets.
“Our commitment to Israel’s defense is ironclad,” the White House National Security Council said in a statement. “We will not discuss private diplomatic discussions and would refer you to the Israeli government to speak to their own potential military operations.”
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AP reporter Julia Frankel contributed from Jerusalem.
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)’s improved over-the-counter trading platform dubbed DhowCSD lifted the number of accounts trading in State securities by 112 percent to 95,178 as of August 31, 2024, new data shows, a rise from 40,000 when the platform went live in July 2023.
This also an increase from June 2024 when there were 80,000 CSD accounts—meaning that 15,000 new accounts were created within the two months between June and August this year.
“The efficiency introduced by the DhowCSD has led to an increase in the investor base by 112 percent from 44,844 accounts as at go live July 31, 2023, to 95,178 accounts as of August 31, 2024,” the government’s delivery unit, which sits in the executive office of the President says in new disclosures.
“The investor categories include retail investors, encompassing both local and diaspora participants, as well as institutional investors, both domestic and international.”
The DhowCSD platform has allowed investors to directly purchase Treasury bills and bonds from their smartphones with the new system shortening the previously lengthy signup process.
Participation of retail investors in buying of State securities has improved after the adoption of DhowCSD with their holdings of Treasury bills and bonds rising from 7.1 percent in June last year to 13.5 percent as of last week or an equivalent of Sh730 billion.
High interest rates on Treasury bills and bonds along with the liberalisation of government securities access through the DhowCSD platform has increased participation of retail investors in the direct purchase of the securities.
For example, February’s tax-free infrastructure bond delivered a coupon/interest rate of 18.46 percent making it the highest-grossing asset in 2024.
The rise of DhowCSD has, however, caused unease among banks amid an exodus of clients.
Banks said the switch has resulted in competition for deposits, raising their cost of funds, and are now asking the State to intervene to manage loss of their intermediary role.
Buyers of Treasury bills and bonds previously purchased T-bills and bonds through banks before the CBK introduced the direct-window option.
“Bank respondents indicated that there was a need for intervention by the government to manage disintermediation of banks as fixed-term deposit customers switch to the purchase of T-bills and T-bonds and thus increasing the cost of deposits, heightening aggressive competition for wholesale deposits between banks and crowding out lending to the private sector,” commercial banks told the CBK in a market survey response last month.
The CBK has set its sights on further improving participation of retail investors in bond trading by mulling a new platform dubbed the hustler bond system.
The CBK requested proposals for provision of consultancy for the pre- and post-implementation review of the planned platform in May.
Low-income investors will be allowed to buy government securities for as low as Sh645.95 ($5) as the government pushes to democratise investments in treasuries.
The hustler bond system, a revamp of the now defunct M-Akiba platform is set to run alongside DhowCSD.
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Lazio president Claudio Lotito is not interested in making predictions for the upcoming match against Juventus after the international break, but he believes the game will not end in a draw.
Both the Bianconeri and Lazio have started the season positively, with the Rome-based club exceeding expectations in several matches. Juventus has also performed well, especially considering the club’s managerial and player changes during the last transfer window.
The Bianconeri have faced some setbacks, losing key players to injury in recent weeks, yet their fans remain optimistic about a strong finish to the season. Both clubs have released players for international duty and will be hoping to avoid further injuries before everyone returns.
As the game approaches, Juventus is aware that Lazio is in good form, while the Rome side is confident. However, Lotito refrained from making any specific predictions about the outcome.
He said, as quoted by Calciomercato:
“Juve-Lazio? I don’t make predictions, but I won’t sign for a draw. I’ll take what the team is able to collect on the pitch. Trophies, like objectives, are achieved and not announced, the same goes for the Europa League.”
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Lazio will be tough for us to beat, but we have all the players required to secure victory in that game.
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South Carolina is starting the season where it finished off last year — ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.
The Gamecocks received 27 of the 30 first-place votes in the preseason rankings from a national media panel Tuesday. South Carolina returns four starters from the national championship team that went undefeated last year, capping off the historic season over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the title game.
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UConn is No. 2, USC is No. 3 and Texas and UCLA round out the top five.
South Carolina has been No. 1 in the preseason poll four of the past five years. Last season, they started sixth in the preseason before moving up to No. 1 for the remainder of the year.
“We knew we'd have a target on our backs this season as the reigning champions and this preseason ranking just confirms that,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley told the AP. “We appreciate the recognition, but I know our coaching staff and our team are more focused on what we see in the gym every day. And that's every player working extremely hard to get better individually and as a team.”
UConn received two first-place votes. The Huskies have been ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll for 30 straight years now. Geno Auriemma's team went through major injury issues last year but the Huskies look to be healthy for the most part to start this season.
Third-ranked USC is led by phenomenal sophomore guard JuJu Watkins and the team added two talented transfers in Kiki Iriafen and Talia von Oelhoffen. The Trojans, who received the other first place vote, have their highest ranking in the preseason since the 1982 and 1983 squads were No. 1 in the opening poll both years.
Texas welcomes back Rori Harmon, who was sidelined for most of last season with an ACL injury. She and Madison Booker give the Longhorns a solid 1-2 punch on offense. UCLA added its own solid group of transfers to a strong team with Charlisse Leger-Walker and Timea Gardiner joining Lauren Betts and Kiki Rice.
Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa State, North Carolina State and Oklahoma rounded out the first 10 teams in the poll. It's the second time in three seasons that the Cyclones have started this high in the preseason poll. The Sooners haven't been ranked this high in the inaugural poll of the season since 2010 when they were also 10th.
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No. 24 Alabama is making its first appearance in the rankings since the final poll of 1999. The Crimson Tide haven't been in the preseason poll since 1998 (No. 9). The team has appeared in consecutive NCAA tournaments behind stars Sarah Ashlee Barker and Aaliyah Nye.
“We're very thankful for the mention, but want to take care of each day,” Alabama coach Kristy Curry said. “We are excited this season about the group and the way we finished last season.”
End of an era
Stanford is unranked in the preseason for the first time since 1999. Hall of Fame Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer retired in April and was replaced by longtime assistant Kate Paye. It had been the second-longest active preseason streak behind only UConn.
Conference supremacy
New conference additions Texas and Oklahoma give the SEC seven teams in the Top 25. Joining them are South Carolina, LSU, No. 20 Ole Miss, No. 22 Kentucky and Alabama. The ACC and Big Ten each have six ranked teams while the Big 12 has four. UConn and Creighton give the Big East two teams.
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Ansys and PSG-STEP Collaborate to Advance Engineering Innovation
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10/15/2024 9:47:37 AM
(MENAFN- PR HUB) PSG Science & technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP), a leading Technology incubator supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ansys Software Private Limited, a global leader in engineering simulation software, to empower incubatees with startup aspirations by providing advanced simulation solutions in India. This tactical collaboration will also mark the ‘Ansys Simulation Center of Excellence’ set-up at PSG-STEP, providing early-stage technology ventures and MSMEs access to advanced simulation tools and other resources.
Mike Yeager, Area Vice President, India and Japan at Ansys said, “Ansys is committed to working with the ecosystem to develop expertise that will accelerate the Make in India vision. Through our software tools and expertise, we have helped startups, technology ventures, and organizations of all sizes globally to progress from ideation to a market-ready product. Our collaboration with PSG-STEP will further support the next generation of innovators in India to help them bring their ideas to the market faster and at a reduced cost.”
Murali Pullela, Director of Sales at Ansys said about the MoU, "This collaboration with PSG-STEP marks an important milestone for making advanced simulation technology accessible to incubatees. The Ansys Simulation Center of Excellence at PSG-STEP will drive innovation and cultivate a culture of engineering excellence. This partnership will empower budding entrepreneurs to accelerate product development, reduce costs, and bring groundbreaking solutions to market faster. Ultimately, it will bolster India’s growing technology ecosystem."
For more than 50 years, Ansys engineering simulation software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries using the predictive power of simulation. Ansys software tools enable engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and academics to address complex engineering challenges cost-effectively. The software tools have been used across industries, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, high tech, defense, and more.
Dr. K Prakasan, Principal, PSG College of Technology & Vice Chairman, PSG -STEP, said about the MoU, “This collaboration with Ansys is a game-changer for incubatees and MSMEs that are incubated at PSG-STEP. By providing access to this cutting-edge simulation technology, PSG-STEP can foster a new wave of innovation that will fast-track the growth of the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. This partnership will play a key role in creating a thriving ecosystem of innovators and technology ventures.”
PSG-STEP has been a hub for fostering technology-based enterprises in domains such as software, electronic products, hi-tech mechanical products, eco-friendly textiles, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Through its partnership with Ansys, PSG-STEP will now provide an enhanced ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship, helping startups accelerate engineering projects. The newly established Ansys Simulation Center of Excellence at PSG-STEP will extend the benefits of this program to a wider group, providing expertise and ready knowledge for startups and MSMEs in the region.
Carefully selected PSG-STEP Incubatees, which are early-stage technology-based ventures within the PSG-STEP ecosystem, will receive comprehensive support, including mentorship, access to state-of-the-art infrastructure, and networking opportunities to accelerate their growth as a part of this partnership with Ansys. As integral members of the PSG-STEP community, the Incubatees will benefit from close collaboration with the incubation center, fostering innovation and entrepreneurial excellence.
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ERIE, Pa. — Vice President Harris brought a little bit of her Republican rival into her own campaign event on Monday in a bid to try to make more people pay attention to some of the most extreme threats he has made on the trail.
Saying “Please roll the clip” and pointing to a large video screen, Harris took the unusual step of showing a packed arena of supporters a highlight reel of former President Donald Trump that she said illustrates that he is “increasingly unstable and unhinged.”
The 30-second montage showed Trump repeatedly complaining about “the enemy from within” suggesting they should be jailed — or dealt with violently. Harris’ use of the clips is a sign she plans to ratchet up warnings about Trump in the homestretch.
“He is out for unchecked power. That's what he's looking for,” Harris said, urging people to vote.
The reel takes a page from Trump’s rally playbook
Similarly, Trump has shown reels of Harris at recent rallies — instances of Harris stumbling in interviews, as well as clips of her talking about policies he and his followers oppose. The videos also often fire up his crowds, drawing choruses of boos.
Trump has long used authoritarian language and praised authoritarians, but lately he has gone a step further, saying that police violence could curb crime, and that he would use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to detain or deport people.
On Fox News on Sunday, Trump was asked whether he thought Election Day would be peaceful. In response, he talked about using the National Guard or the regular military to tamp down issues, specifically issues caused by his ideological opponents.
“I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. Sick people. Radical left. Lunatics. And it should be very easily handled by — if necessary — National Guard or, if really necessary, by military,” Trump said. Harris used that clip in her montage.
It is unclear what he meant by this, especially since he is not currently president and has no power over the military.
Trump later specifically named Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who is running for the Senate as one of those “enemies from within.” Trump’s campaign has not responded to NPR requests for details on his comments on using the National Guard or military against U.S. citizens.
It’s part of a strategy to appeal to moderate Republicans and independents
Harris has been making a push to appeal to moderate Republicans and independent voters in states like Pennsylvania where polls show the candidates are essentially tied.
She has said she would reach across the aisle if she wins to put a Republican in her cabinet and would name a bipartisan council to advise her. She has campaigned with former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and other prominent Republicans have endorsed her as well.
Harris also this weekend released a medical report describing her as being in excellent health. She is using it to draw a contrast with Trump, who is almost two decades older than her – and as a way to raise questions about his rambling speeches.
She has said Trump’s decision to skip a second debate and a CBS 60 Minutes interview show his advisers want to hide him from undecided voters. Trump is slated to do two town halls this week — one with Latino voters on Univision, the second on Fox News on Wednesday with an audience of women.
Meanwhile, Harris will do her first-ever interview with Fox News on Wednesday, taking questions from anchor Bret Baier.
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Kathy Bates has enthused that her whopping 100-pound weight loss has given her a new lease of life and that 'every day feels like a miracle'.
The 76-year-old actress has made headlines since she showcased her dramatic transformation at the Emmys last month, having revealed that her image overhaul was a whopping six years in the making.
During an appearance on Tuesday's episode of CBS Mornings, Kathy divulged how her trim figure has changed her for the better and that she is now able to walk.
Speaking to presenters Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil, and Nate Burleson, Kathy said: 'I feel like a different woman, I really do.
'I look in the mirror and go, "oh, my gosh". I went into my costume fittings and I'm wearing a size 10, and it's so different from being a 3X and being able to walk and move and pick things off the rack.
Kathy Bates has admitted she 'feels like a different woman' having dropped 100 pounds
The 76-year-old actress's dramatic transformation was a whopping six years in the making
'It's a different experience.'
Kathy is front and center in the new CBS legal drama, Matlock, in which she plays lawyer Madeline who uses her unassuming demeanor to win cases.
Turning her attention to how the series has helped her transformation, she continued: 'Health wise the show is hard, and it takes a lot of stamina and I feel up to it every day.
'How these two things coincided in my life; being really healthy and then suddenly being given this gift (TV show), every day feels like a miracle.'
Kathy's candidness about how her weight loss has impacted her life for the better comes after she revealed she used Ozempic to lose 20 pounds.
In an interview with People last week, she said she dropped a further 80 pounds by changing what she ate and her overall lifestyle.
'There's been a lot of talk that I just was able to do this because of Ozempic,' she said.
'But I have to impress upon people out there that this was hard work for me, especially during the pandemic. It's very hard to say you've had enough.'
Kathy showed off her slender frame at the Emmys last month and recently revealed that she cried after fitting into an Armani gown
Kathy used Ozempic to lose 20 pounds, but shed a further 80 pounds by changing what she ate and her overall lifestyle
Kathy also revealed to the outlet that she was 'in tears' while getting dressed for the 2024 Emmys, because she 'was able to go' to Giorgio Armani and find a dress that fit her for the first time 'in quite a while.'
Speaking to the publication, she recalled how she and a friend broke down during the fitting.
Kathy said they 'were in tears because everything I came out in just looked exquisite.'
The Emmy-winning actress previously stated that she was at her heaviest weight in 2011 when she was starring in the NBC series, Harry's Law, and admitted, 'I had to sit down every moment that I could.'
Kathy told CBS Mornings that life is 'a different experience' now she's slimmer
'It was hard for me to walk. I'm ashamed I let myself get so out of shape, but now I have a tremendous amount of energy.'
Kathy opened up about her weight loss and in 2019, talked to Extra about the inspiration behind putting her health first.
'This is the best health I've been in in years and I'm so grateful - it's a miracle,' she told the outlet at the time after losing 60lbs.
The Titanic actress explained: 'I was facing diabetes - it runs in my family - and I really didn't want to live with that.'
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In response to significant, sustained growth, Princeton Chemical Company (PCC), producers of Join.It surfacing adhesives, announced the expansion of its customer service team. The addition of Amanda Ruth to the company’s staff as a dedicated Customer Service Specialist will further improve client interactions with PCC. With a strong background in customer service and having completed an intensive training program, she is responsible for helping to maintain a high level of satisfaction, respond to any inquiries and otherwise assist in fulfilling the needs of current and potential customers.
Before joining PCC, Amanda developed more than 12 years of experience providing customer care, servicing client needs and assisting with shipping operations, among other duties, at True Citrus, Stansbury Research, Blueprint Robotics and Harbor Design & Manufacturing. She holds a bachelor’s degree from DeVry University in Business Management.
“With the strong, prolonged growth Princeton Chemical continues to experience, increasing our level of customer service not only makes sense from a logistics standpoint, but also reaffirms our commitment to the fabricators that count on us for easy, worry-free adhesive procurement,” said Sales and Marketing Manager Kevin Cole. “With her extensive service background, Amanda is already proving her value in the role and will undoubtedly continue to enhance customer satisfaction for years to come.”
Amanda Ruth works out of PCC’s factory and warehouse facility in Baltimore, and is now available Monday through Friday to answer questions, provide information, sort out potential issues and otherwise assist with any customer requests. She can be reached by telephone at (667) 230-0021 during regular business hours or by email anytime at service@princetonchemco.com.
“While PCC customers order factory-direct via our streamlined web portal, easily accessible service is still an important part of providing the best experience possible,” said Ruth. “I look forward to reinforcing client relationships while helping to improve operations wherever needed.”
About Princeton Chemical Company
Join.It by Princeton Chemical Company is a methacrylate-based adhesive that produces strong, durable bonds for solid surfaces, quartz, granite, porcelain and sintered materials, as well as a wide range of other surfaces. The 10:1 adhesive is packaged in 250ml cartridges with more than 300 colors matching all major brands in stock and ready to ship the same or next business day.
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IDONTKNOWPICKLES
I (37 f) am fed up with making dinner only for my husband (39M) and son (13M) to usually not eat it. They have both become the most unbearable pickiest eaters on the planet and I'm so sick of their ridiculous nonsense.
At first, I was able to make at least 10 different dishes out of their picky eating habits, so I'd rotate those out. Over these last few years they have both gotten worse with their picky eating to the point where there's only like 3 different dishes they will eat that I cook.
I cook really well. I am Spanish and my mother taught me how to make so many different cultural dishes as well as "Americanized" dishes. My husband is American italian, he won't eat anything that isn't American/italian but he's even pickier than that.
To give you an example, he will only eat white meat chicken that isn't touching any bone, he will never touch seafood...he told me that he used to be the person that would only order chicken fingers at a restaurant so im married to the adult version of that kid.
My son has recently started following in his image. My son used to have a wide palette and would try anything but not anymore, all of a sudden he cant handle anything just like my husband (they aren't even blood related; my husband is stepfather.)
They used to loved my dishes and I used to get a lot of praise for how good my cooking was. I'm not sure why, over time, they have become the pickiest eaters! Now all I get is "I'm not hungry right now I'll eat later" and then they dont touch the food and it goes to waste. Or straight up "I'm not eating that" when it is perfectly delicious and edible.
Im so sick of the two of them that I have refused to cook for a couple months now and my husband brought it up like it was a problem that im not making any of the 3 damn boring a$$ dishes he can handle. I'm sick of cooking these 3 dishes, and sometimes they wont even eat that!!
They've been fending for themselves for dinner and I feel way less stressed out now. And just so you know I work full time just like my husband does so why he can't do the cooking if he wants to be so picky I don't understand. Apparently, because I am a woman, I'm the one expected to cook? Over it! I come home from work ready to eat dinner but will he cook it, no?
So, I've been having to just have a "girl dinner" by myself which usually consists of cheese and crackers. I think im just ranting at this point. I wish someone else would mind dinner and I didnt have to be responsible anymore, anyway do you think I am an AH?
Fancy-Priority9863
NTA but start cooking nice food for you , you deserve that . Let them eat the mundane.
IDONTKNOWPICKLES (OP)
This made me emotional, I should start making dishes for myself. I dont know why I don't.
OriginalComputer5077
Batchcook it and eat it at your own leisure.
madpiratebippy
I am pretty sure that a penis is not going to fall off if he cooks and refusing to cook for him is totally valid. I think your kid is imitating him and I've seen kids get pickier and pickier because it gets parental attention. Like when Mom isn't looking the kid will scarf down whatever but when Mom's looking, they won't touch anything and whine.
If you're working full time maybe have a thing with your son where you go to a restaurant, one week he picks one week you pick, just as individual bonding time. This helped a LOT when my stepson was going through this. So the rule was he had to try things, he didn't have to finish them, and if he didn't eat when we were out I'd make him mac and cheese at home.
Kid ended up adoring lentils and Ethiopian food and eventually tried everything just because. The combination of no negative pressure, some extra hang out time where I learned a ton about Pokemon, and a backup option really helped him not become a super picky eater.
Luthien_Tinuviel411
I quit cooking for my partner because he was ridiculously picky, doesn't care if he lives off frozen dinners and processed crap and has no value or praise for home cooking. I eat wonderful meals while he microwaves a frozen pot pie and feels fine about it. I find it sad and disappointing but you can't make people value good home cooking if they don't.
Lustful_Stella
Well said! You're not the bad guy! It's okay to stop cooking if your husband and son are being too picky and don't appreciate your food. You've tried to make them happy, but they only like a few things, and sometimes they don't even eat those! You work just as hard as your husband, so it's not fair that you have to do all the cooking. It's okay to ask him to help or to take turns making dinner.
Empty_Antelope_6039
It's so bizarre to read that so-called "picky eaters" prefer factory made products that have been over-processed, under-seasoned with chemical additives and squeezed through an extruder to have minimal and uniform texture. There should be a different term for them like "infant palettes" since they only want warmed up baby food.
jeffprop
NTA. Reminds me of a reply someone made to someone with picky eaters a while ago. They told their family they can eat what she made, or make their own dinner and put bread, peanut butter, and jelly out on the kitchen counter. After a few days, they were miraculously cured of their picky eating.
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Hong Kong, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 9th October 2024, ProCap leaders from China, Japan, The Philippines, and South Korea graced the grand opening of ProCap’s new Hong Kong business lounge. The business lounge is located right in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui district and marks a significant milestone in ProCap’s business expansion plans as the company is preparing to launch a strategic entry in the Mainland Chinese markets. The grand opening is a testament of ProCap’s commitment to serving our valued partners and business associates in the Pearl River Delta Region. Additionally, the new business lounge is a symbol of the company’s confidence in Hong Kong and the Greater China Region as the company continues to regard it as a key strategic focus market for expansion.
Last Wednesday’s grand opening was the culmination of the hard work and dedication by ProCap’s management team and Hong Kong’s leaders as the company intends to capitalise on our presence in Hong Kong as a launching pad to realise the huge business potential in the Pearl River Delta Region. Specifically, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone as a trading and logistics hub presents itself with unique opportunities for ProCap as the company seeks to make inroads into a bustling regional hub for trade and commerce. Additionally, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone is also where the different economies of China, Hong Kong, and Macau converge, which gives rise to a dynamic and robust business environment; this is crucial and in-line with ProCap’s business ethos as the company seeks to grow continuously amidst an ever-changing fast paced regional backdrop.
At ProCap, we believe in constantly expanding our presence and network to better serve our growing customer base. With the new business lounge sited in Hong Kong, it will provide ProCap with access to a dynamic and vibrant region of Southern China while providing greater connectivity to our valued customers in the region. Additionally, the presence of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will provide ProCap with further expansion and growth opportunities beyond Hong Kong. The company is aware of recent developments in China’s fiscal and monetary stimulus push and looks optimistically towards a better outlook for the domestic economic situation.
ProCap would like to express our immense gratitude to all leaders and associates for attending the grand opening ceremony in Hong Kong. The company would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to our valued clients for their continuous support and trust placed in ProCap as your preferred partners for capital protection. ProCap will continue to grow as a company as we strive to be the world’s leading capital protection services provider by providing our clients with world class protection coverage.
About Procap International
ProCap International a technology-empowered, innovative financial services provider, is the pioneer of Capital Protection. The company is built on the basis of risk management in prediction games; and selected trading instruments on exchanges.
By following the ProCap Formula, clients can get to enjoy stable returns daily by making the correct predictions; without the need to worry about making the wrong predictions and incurring any financial losses.
As the industry transits through consolidation and technological disruptions, ProCap’s avant-garde operating model is poised to provide the most competitive and cost-effective insurance products tailored to our clients’ ever evolving needs. The amalgamation of ProCap, Clients and Gaming Operators seamlessly is an industry first with the company having tremendous growth potential to carve out a niche for itself with this revolutionary business model.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel offers assurances to Biden administration that it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say.
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This is Not a Drill: Taylor Swift is Publishing a Book!
There’s been a lot of rumors about Taylor Swift writing a book, and now we finally have confirmation: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Book is out November 29th. This is a 256-page book with 500 pictures from the tour, accompanied by reflections written by Taylor Swift. It will be $40 and is available only through Target, which is also selling an exclusive The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology album on vinyl and CD.
In an Instagram caption, Taylor Swift said,
“We’ll be kicking off the final leg of The Eras Tour this week, which is hard to comprehend. This tour has been the most wondrous experience and I knew I wanted to commemorate the memories we made together in a special way. […] Excited to announce that The Official Eras Tour Book, filled with my own personal reflections, never-before-seen behind the scenes photos, all the magical memories you guys brought every single night.”
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Norway Savings Bank lifted its stake in Zebra Technologies Co. (NASDAQ:ZBRA – Free Report) by 6.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,565 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the quarter. Norway Savings Bank’s holdings in Zebra Technologies were worth $950,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of ZBRA. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Zebra Technologies by 18.1% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 4,545 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,683,000 after buying an additional 698 shares during the period. Shaker Investments LLC OH boosted its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies by 29.9% during the 3rd quarter. Shaker Investments LLC OH now owns 15,398 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,702,000 after purchasing an additional 3,545 shares during the period. Carnegie Investment Counsel boosted its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel now owns 45,577 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $16,878,000 after purchasing an additional 1,701 shares during the period. Guinness Asset Management LTD grew its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. Guinness Asset Management LTD now owns 1,655 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $613,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Zebra Technologies in the 3rd quarter worth about $220,000. Institutional investors own 91.03% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts have recently commented on ZBRA shares. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Zebra Technologies from $370.00 to $394.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. Barclays upped their price objective on Zebra Technologies from $314.00 to $347.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 31st. Truist Financial lifted their target price on Zebra Technologies from $345.00 to $379.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded shares of Zebra Technologies to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Zebra Technologies from $355.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $352.73.
Zebra Technologies Stock Down 0.8 %
Shares of ZBRA traded down $3.04 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $374.64. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 98,590 shares, compared to its average volume of 352,402. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 85.26 and a beta of 1.66. The company’s 50-day moving average is $348.14 and its 200-day moving average is $323.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. Zebra Technologies Co. has a 52-week low of $194.59 and a 52-week high of $380.05.
Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $3.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.70. Zebra Technologies had a return on equity of 11.77% and a net margin of 5.28%. The company had revenue of $1.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.18 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.24 earnings per share. Zebra Technologies’s revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Zebra Technologies Co. will post 11.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity at Zebra Technologies
In other Zebra Technologies news, insider Jeffrey F. Schmitz sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $341.69, for a total value of $341,690.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 9,694 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,312,342.86. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Zebra Technologies Profile
Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise asset intelligence solutions in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Intelligence & Tracking, and Enterprise Visibility & Mobility. The company designs, manufactures, and sells printers that produce labels, wristbands, tickets, receipts, and plastic cards; dye-sublimination thermal card printers that produce images, which are used for personal identification, access control, and financial transactions; radio frequency identification device (RFID) printers that encode data into passive RFID transponders; accessories and options for printers, including carrying cases, vehicle mounts, and battery chargers; stock and customized thermal labels, receipts, ribbons, plastic cards, and RFID tags for printers; and temperature-monitoring labels primarily used in vaccine distribution.
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The government has opened a tap sale on one of the 10-year bonds sold earlier this month, looking to mop up part of the Sh19 billion it left on the table from investor offers in the issuance.
October’s bond issuance comprised two reopened 10-year papers first sold in 2016 and 2022, which carry coupons (actual interest rate) of 15.04 per cent and 13.49 per cent, respectively.
The tap sale has been opened on the 2022 paper, targeting Sh15 billion in a sale that opened on Monday and will run until tomorrow.
Investors offered the government Sh50.96 billion for the two papers, whose combined target was Sh30 billion. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) took up Sh31.27 billion as it rejected bids it deemed to be expensive.
The 2022 paper was the more popular option among investors—hence the decision to tap it—attracting bids of Sh36.6 billion against Sh14.3 billion for the 2016 option. The amount taken up by the government on the 2016 paper stood at Sh28.02 billion.
By turning down the Sh19 billion worth of bids, the CBK was able to keep the effective yield of the bonds below 17 per cent, even as investors demanded average returns of 17.06 per cent and 17.34 per cent on the 2016 and 2022 bonds respectively.
The rate of return earned by investors does not have to match the coupons since the CBK offers discounts when a lower-yielding security is reopened in a high-interest-rate environment.
The bond discounts serve to lift the effective rate of return since the interest is paid on the face value of the bond and an investor will also be paid the full principal at redemption despite paying a lesser amount when buying the bond due to the discount.
A tap sale pays the same return as that of accepted offers on the initial or primary sale, and it therefore allows the CBK to take up additional funds without compromising on the interest rate at which it is willing to borrow.
Analysts had projected that bidders would ask for relatively higher returns on the October bond, in line with recent auction trends, partly to lock in attractive returns before rates come down after the CBK made a 75 basis point cut on its base lending rate in last week’s monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting.
At the same time, there was an expectation that the CBK would reject expensive offers, partly to back its stance on lowering rates, but also because the government remains on target within its domestic borrowing plan.
The CBK has also been keen to lower the cost of funds in the economy, looking to improve lending to the private sector whose annualised rate of growth fell to 1.3 percent in August, compared to 13.9 percent at the beginning of 2024.
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LONDON – Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it's not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinctive address endings.
Here's a look at some other places cashing in on their unique top-level domains:
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TUVALU
Tuvalu is a string of coral atolls, scattered over hundreds of miles in the Pacific Ocean, located midway between Australia and Hawaii. It has one of the world's smallest economies and its low-lying islands are vulnerable to climate change, but it does have a very valuable resource: the .tv web domain. Royalties from .tv, which web users might assume is short for television, have been climbing, especially after videogame streaming platform Twitch licensed the web address twitch.tv.
LIBYA
The North African country, which has been plagued by turmoil since longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi's death in 2011, isn't readily associated with internet culture. But Libya controls web addresses that end in .ly, which have become widely used as a so-called domain hack for websites with English names that end in -ly. Well-known examples include bit.ly, used by the weblink shortening service Bitly, and parse.ly, the website for online analytics platform Parse.ly.
MONTENEGRO
This Balkan country became an independent nation after the breakup of Yugoslavia. It's one of Europe's smaller countries — about 620,000 people — bordered by the Adriatic Sea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia and Albania. Montenegro was assigned the .me web domain, which has become popular with people who want to claim their pronoun for personal branding.
Websites ending in .me are “often used for personal websites, portfolios, blogs and online resumes or portfolios because ‘me’ can be seen as a way to personalize an online presence,” website builder Wix says.
COLOMBIA
Websites that end in .co aren't from a generic web domain for companies, like .com sites. The .co domain is assigned to Colombia, but the South American country allows anyone to sign up for its web addresses. Internet registrar GoDaddy says more than 2 million .co web domains have been claimed, including addresses claimed by Big Tech names like Amazon which uses it to redirect online shoppers to its .com home page. Google, meanwhile, informs visitors to g.co that the link is it's official shortcut.
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Juventus is in the market for a new striker and has added Dominic Calvert-Lewin to its shortlist.
The forward is nearing the end of his contract with Everton and is expected to leave as a free agent at the end of the season.
Calvert-Lewin has been linked with moves to top English clubs in recent years, but a transfer outside the Premier League is also a possibility.
Juventus has now included him in its list of potential targets as the Bianconeri continue to expand their search, and they may soon look to secure his approval.
The striker has not renewed his contract at Everton, as he is seeking a move to a bigger club, and Juventus is one of the top sides he would aspire to join.
According to Tuttojuve, the Bianconeri are monitoring him closely as they widen their search for a new striker and could accelerate their interest soon.
Juve FC Says
Calvert Lewin scored just seven times in the Premier League last season and has never scored more than 16 league goals in one season.
Juve is too big to sign a player who has scored just 16 league goals in the last four seasons combined.
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JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
The Chicago Marathon is known to be a fast race. The course is pretty flat. There's not a lot of elevation to slow the pace, and October in Chicago is generally nice and cool, as many runners prefer. But it has never been this fast.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Here is going to be our champion, Ruth Chepng'etich. What a beautiful run to have watched.
SUMMERS: Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich smashed the women's marathon world record yesterday in Chicago by nearly two minutes. She finished in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 56 seconds. That's under five minutes per mile for 26.2 miles. Only two American men went faster yesterday.
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RUTH CHEPNG'ETICH: I feel so great. I'm proud of myself, and I've done good.
SUMMERS: She was left off the Kenyan Olympic Team this summer after she didn't perform as well at the London Marathon this spring. But clearly Chepng'etich, who is self-coached, managed to regroup for Chicago.
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CHEPNG'ETICH: I can say I was smart prepared. I prepared well since London. It's like six - four months or three months. Yeah. And I was well prepared.
SUMMERS: Now, she's won Chicago twice before, but yesterday, she took over four minutes off her personal best marathon time. She told NBC Chicago, which broadcasts the race on TV, that she considers the city like a home now.
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CHEPNG'ETICH: I'm proud of Chicago. Fans - they are motivating, shouting. That's making me push so hard.
SUMMERS: After the race, she dedicated the victory to Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a car crash this February. Just months earlier, Kiptum had broken the men's world record at the Chicago Marathon last year. Now he and Chepng'etich have both claimed world records for Kenya.
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Dolphins Week 7 Power Rankings Roundup
Based on the results of the matchups of this past weekend, the Dolphins moved up slightly in the national power rankings, though they remain firmly in the bottom third of the league.
Based on our survey of NFL power rankings from 10 national outlets—Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Talk, CBS Sports, NFL.com, The Ringer, USA Today, The Sporting News, The Athletic, Yahoo Sports, and Bleacher Report — the Dolphins moved up an average of exactly one spot.
The Dolphins' average ranking went from 27.0 to 26.0, with a high of 22 (The Sporting News) and a low of 29 (USA Today). The Dolphins stayed in the same spot in six different rankings, and made their biggest jump with Yahoo, going from 29th to 24th.
Here's the breakdown of the Dolphins' ten power rankings spots heading into Week 5 of the 2024 regular season, along with the associated commentary.
MIAMI DOLPHINS POWER RANKINGS
Sports Illustrated
- Ranking: 26
- Last week: 26
- Analysis: Knowing people who know Mike McDaniel, I would say that him actually uttering publicly that Tua Tagovailoa could play again this season was a big deal. But I want to note this: It’s a big deal because I know how much thought and care went into actually saying it out loud. I don’t know if there’s a coach who has put more personal equity into a quarterback in recent times than McDaniel and Tagovailoa, and, of late, this has been a clinic in how to respect someone going through a difficult time.
Pro Football Talk
- Ranking: 27
- Last week: 27
- Analysis: If they don’t start winning, there will be no reason to bring Tua back this season.
CBS Sports
- Ranking: 26
- Last week: 28
- Analysis: They come off their bye hoping that Tyler Huntley can handle more of the offense. In a bad division, they are far from done.
NFL.com
- Ranking: 26
- Last week: 28
- Analysis: A win over the Patriots and the bye week allowed for some of the pressure to be released, but it also opened the window of speculation on Tua Tagovailoa's return. Mike McDaniel indicated Monday that Tagovailoa wants to continue playing football and even playing this season for the Dolphins, adding, "But where that is exactly, we'll let the process continue." Tua won't be out there this weekend against the Colts, but he could be activated from injured reserve as early as Oct. 23. A win at Indianapolis would get the Dolphins to 3-3, and they have the currently 2-4 Cardinals the week after that prior to a big showdown at Buffalo (the opponent back in Week 2 when Tua sustained the concussion that put him on IR). The Dolphins aren't out of the race yet, but they need to hang on these next few games to have much of a shot. If they lose two straight, would Tua want to come back to pilot a 2-5 team? Hard to say.
The Ringer
- Ranking: 24
- Last week: 24
- Analysis: It would be easy to dismiss Miami’s 2-3 start and struggling passing offense as the result of being without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who is on injured reserve because of a concussion. But when you zoom out to evaluate things dating back to not just Tagovailoa’s injury but late last season, you can see that this offense hasn’t played at a high level since its win over Dallas last December. For all of Mike McDaniel’s schematic tinkering, Miami isn’t dictating terms of the game to defenses—and opponents don’t seem to feel the need to blitz to disrupt Miami’s offensive timing. Unless McDaniel comes out of the bye week with a drastic new adjustment, this team will keep feeling the squeeze, regardless of whether Tagovailoa is back on the field.
USA Today Sports
- Ranking: 29
- Last week: 29
- Analysis: HC Mike McDaniel announced QB Tua Tagovailoa will return to action this season but didn't know when. Tagovailoa is eligible to come off IR before the Oct. 27 date with Arizona. The season feels salvageable if Miami can stay within a game of .500 until he's ready.
The Sporting News
- Ranking: 22
- Last week: 24
- Analysis: The Dolphins are coming out of a bye with some big offensive questions related to Mike McDaniel being able to adjust to key personnel injuries. They need to come out run-heavy vs. the Colts.
The Athletic
- Ranking: 27
- Last week: 28
- Analysis: It sounds like Tua Tagovailoa wants to return to the gamedespite suffering a third confirmed concussion in the past three seasons in September. Former college head coach Nick Saban told “The Pat McAfee Show” that the quarterback wants to return, and Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Tagovailoa had an “expert consultation” last week. There’s “nothing negative so far, but we’re still in the process,” McDaniel said. Whether that’s a good decision or not, Miami would love Tagovailoa on the field. Since the start of 2022, the Dolphins are 20-12 in the regular season and averaging 26.8 points when Tagovailoa starts and 2-5 with 13.6 points per game when he doesn’t.
Yahoo! Sports
- Ranking: 24
- Last week: 29
- Analysis: The Dolphins are planning on Tua Tagovailoa playing again, and from a football angle that’s a huge development. No team has missed its injured QB more. We’ll see if the Dolphins can win again before he returns.
Bleacher Report
- Ranking: 27
- Last week: 26
- Analysis: The first month-plus of the 2024 season hasn't gone at all according to plan for the Miami Dolphins. With quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve with yet another concussion, the Dolphins have struggled mightily to move the football. Miami is barely cracking 300 yards of offense a contest, and the 12.0 points per game the Dolphins are averaging ranks dead last in the league. It will be at least one more week before Tagovailoa is eligible to return, leaving the Dolphins in scramble mode as they attempt to scratch out a win at Indianapolis in Week 7 to get back to .500 for the season.
DOLPHINS OPPONENT RANKING
For the record, the Dolphins' upcoming opponent, the Indianapolis Colts, has an average ranking of 18.9, with a high of 13 and a low of 21.
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Lawyers told to apologize for blasting recorded screams in a Philly neighborhood
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lawyers who blared a looped recording of a woman screaming as a test in their civil rights lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia must apologize in person and in writing to residents where the loud test took place, a federal judge ordered last week.
U.S. Judge John F. Murphy on Thursday described the hour-long predawn test on Sept. 23 as lacking foresight and judgment, resulting in “a deeply disturbing and potentially dangerous situation.” He gave the lawyers who oversaw the loudspeaker’s recorded screaming in south Philadelphia until the end of October to apologize to people who live nearby, about a block from the South Broad Street and Passyunk Avenue intersection.
“It was so jarring,” neighbor Rachel Robbins told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It was just really awful.”
The lawyers represent a man who is suing the city and several officers over his arrest, conviction and 19 years in prison for sexual assault before the conviction was vacated in 2020. The man was shot by police three times at the scene.
At issue in the lawsuit is whether the man, who said he was trying to help the victim in the case, could have heard the woman’s screams from two blocks away.
The loudspeaker was set up near row homes and a day care center that was preparing to open for the day. Murphy wrote that neighbors were upset, with some watching children go into the day care facility while the recording was played.
“Plaintiff counsel’s disregard for community members fell short of the ethical standards by which all attorneys practicing in this district must abide,” the judge wrote.
The apology must explain “their transgression,” Murphy wrote, and take “full responsibility for the repercussions of the scream test.”
A phone message seeking comment was left Tuesday for the lawyers who represent the man suing the city.
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Transparency notifications by
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In accordance with article 14, § 1 of the law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major holdings, Umicore was recently notified:
- By BlackRock, Inc. that it has successively crossed the legal threshold of 3% for the direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments, downwards on 9 October 2024, and then upwards on 10 October 2024.
The total holding of direct voting rights and equivalent financial instruments of BlackRock, Inc. now stands at 3.03%.
Summary of the moves:
- BlackRock, Inc.
Notifications from BlackRock, Inc.:
The most recent notification contains the following information:
- Date of notification: 11 October 2024
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 10 October 2024
- Threshold of direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments crossed upwards: 3%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
The previous recent notification contains the following information:
- Date of notification: 10 October 2024
- Date on which the threshold is crossed: 9 October 2024
- Threshold of direct voting rights + equivalent financial instruments crossed downwards: 3%
- Notification by: BlackRock, Inc.
- Denominator: 246,400,000
- Reason for notification: Acquisition or disposal of voting securities or voting rights
The chain of control has been described at the end of the notification and can be found here.
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About Umicore
Umicore is a circular materials technology Group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy make a real difference. Its activities are organized in four business groups: Battery Materials, Catalysis, Recycling and Specialty Materials. Each business group is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues from and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean mobility materials and recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: Materials for a better life.
Umicore’s industrial and commercial operations as well as R&D activities are located across the world to best serve its global customer base with around 12,000 employees. The Group generated revenues (excluding metal) of € 1.8 billion (turnover of € 7.4 billion) in the first half year of 2024.
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CASTELLON, SPAIN – Venux, a hard surface manufacturer, recently launched a new website, www.venuesurface.es. The digital space is designed to offer users an agile, intuitive and visually attractive experience, making access to the company's products as easy as possible.
With an extremely modern interface, the site allows users to find detailed information about products, services and, in the future, projects, in a simple and quick way, providing a very careful user experience.
In the words of Sabrina Veral, marketing director at Venux, “We wanted to create a platform that reflects our commitment to quality, design and excellence. The new website not only offers a more intuitive navigation, but also improves interaction with our customers, allowing them to explore our products in a more interactive way. We have studied all the possibilities, what works and what doesn't, to achieve an excellent website and we still have a few months left to show some sections that are not initially available.”
The new website features an editorial design that prioritizes engaging visual storytelling and a visually striking approach. “The images, typographies and texts are harmoniously organized to tell our brand purpose and transmit a clear message, which, we believe, will help to capture the visitor's attention from the very first moment,” stated the brand.
The website is designed with attention to detail, structuring the content in a clear and orderly manner, and without superfluous content, offering a fluid user experience, designed to guide the user naturally and comfortably through the space.
With this website, Venux’s intention is to authentically reflect the values and spirit of the brand, giving it a unique personality in the sector. The combination of quality images, carefully selected typography, color nuances and a solid narrative organization allows Venux to communicate a coherent and powerful message that touches the heart of the visitor.
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The government laid out its tax policy direction for the next three years in the medium-term revenue strategy (MTRS).
It provides both tax policy and administrative reforms that are aimed at increasing ordinary revenue collection. This is set to ensure that the ratio of ordinary revenue to GDP grows by five percent of GDP in the strategy period.
The planned tax reforms are aimed at achieving an ordinary revenue to GDP ratio of 25 percent by 2030 and promoting investment across various sectors by removing market distortions.
The major drivers of the MTRS are improvements in efficiency of tax administration, expansion of the tax base, promotion of equity and fairness in the tax regime.
This is the first time the government is operating under an MTRS that has been shared with the public. Certainty is a key canon of taxation, which stipulates that taxes should be certain and not arbitrary.
The MTRS provides taxpayers and other economic actors an opportunity to interrogate the tax policy direction and share their concerns where need be.
Frequent tax changes have been a thorn in the flesh of many taxpayers who have aired their concerns on the unpredictable nature of the country’s tax policy environment.
While this may not change in the near future the tax policy changes enumerated in the MTRS provide a good guide for businesses for planning purposes. Investors should also be able to take into account the expected tax policy changes in the medium term and thus incorporate their impact in their business model.
The MTRS has indicated that the challenges contributing to the sub-optimal tax revenue collections include increase in tax expenditure and low tax compliance.
The government also attributes the performance to growth of the informal and digital sectors which are deemed hard to tax. The Treasury asserts that coherent reforms across all tax heads are required to foster increased as well as equitable revenue mobilisation.
The proposed tax policy changes are said to be aligned with other government objectives such as ease of doing business and trade policies.
Notable strategic interventions that are expected in the review period include a reduction in the corporate income tax rate from 30 percent to 25 percent, reintroduction of minimum tax, review and rationalisation of exemptions on entities and review of residential rental income tax.
The MTRS provides a good starting point for businesses and the public to engage the government on the expected tax policy measures where they have concerns on the likely impact of the policy changes.
The government, for its part, should consider having timely, regular, independent and candid reviews of the hits and misses of the MTRS as envisaged in the National Tax Policy to inform necessary policy remediations or adjustments.
The writer is an Associate Director at Ernest & Young LLP (EY)
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Landsbankinn Hf.: Financial Results For Q3 2024 To Be Published 23 October 2024
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Johnny Gaudreau’s Columbus teammates have been given a few options for how to handle their emotions during the Blue Jackets’ home opener.
If you want to cry, cry.
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If you want to laugh, laugh.
The only rules — play the game the way “Johnny Hockey” would, and with him in mind.
An emotional night awaits in Columbus on Tuesday, when the Blue Jackets host the Florida Panthers. It will be a night of tributes to Gaudreau, the Blue Jackets’ star who would have been entering his third season with the club and 11th NHL season overall, and his brother Matthew Gaudreau. They were killed on Aug. 29 when police said they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while they were riding their bicycles on a rural road in New Jersey on the eve of their sister Katie’s wedding.
“It’s such an unprecedented thing and something that obviously none of us wanted to go through, and nobody ever wants to go through it,” Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason said Monday as final preparations for the celebration of the Gaudreaus were being made. “But we have to.”
The 31-year-old Gaudreau wore jersey No. 13 for the Blue Jackets. Matthew Gaudreau — who was 29 and played five pro seasons in the American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League and in Sweden — wore jersey No. 21. All 32 NHL teams are wearing decals on their helmets with 13, 21 and the letter G on their helmets through Oct. 24. USA Hockey has a similar tribute for its teams at all levels this year.
On Tuesday, the “13” tributes will be almost everywhere. Both the Blue Jackets and Panthers will take the ice for warmups wearing jerseys bearing the name Gaudreau and jersey number 13; those sweaters will be auctioned and raffled off to benefit the John and Matthew Gaudreau Foundation. There’s “13” on the ice behind the goals. All fans in attendance will receive a “13” patch, the ones Blue Jackets players will be wearing on their jerseys this season.
And they say the game starts at 7 p.m., but really, puck drop is at 7:13.
“Whatever they need,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Monday. “Whatever the fans need, whatever the team needs to start that healing process, we’d be proud to be a part of it.”
Gaudreau — all of 5-foot-9 and 165 pounds — was a star at Boston College before making it to the NHL, his debut coming in Calgary’s finale for the 2013-14 season. His first goal came on his first shot in his first game, and his star only kept shining brighter from there.
The player who fished the puck out of the net after Gaudreau’s first goal was Sean Monahan, his teammate then in Calgary and his teammate now in Columbus.
“I saw it firsthand. He had an impact on so many people,” Monahan said. “I mean, players that played against him are a fan of his and watch him and study his game and try and be like him.”
Monahan likely never aspired to be a donkey. Going forward, the Blue Jackets will clamor to be called one.
Johnny Gaudreau used that term — “donkey” — freely and endearingly around friends and teammates. The Blue Jackets have had a celebration for about a decade where the player of the game gets to wear a Civil War-style kepi hat, the recipient selected by the previous player recipient. The kepi is retired. The player of the game now gets a donkey hat. Monahan was the first to receive it.
“I’m really happy that we’ve kind of switched it up,” Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson said. “I think it’s fitting for us. It was a great idea. And, you know, we wish the little guy was still here calling us that, But Monny is the right guy to get that the first time, for sure.”
Guy Gaudreau, the late brothers' father and a longtime coach, was on the ice with the Blue Jackets for practice in Columbus on Monday and planned to be back for morning skate on Tuesday. Members of the family will be at the game. The tributes will not stop with this game. They'll keep going, one way or another, for years to come.
“There's going to be some tough moments, no doubt about it,” Gudbranson said. “We still miss him.”
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Writer Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz says that she's always been a data nerd. So when she started writing about Native American identity, that's where she turned.
CARRIE LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: And so I started looking at the Census data, and it's hard to miss the fact that the number of people in this country checking the box for American Indian, Alaska Native has just skyrocketed.
DETROW: That got her thinking about what it means to be Native American in the U.S. and the history of how that came to be. The result is her new book, "The Indian Card: Who Gets To Be Native In America." It's the story of how the federal government came to categorize Native identity, things like blood quantum, land allotments and tribal enrollment, policies that she argues have not been great.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: And so I thought, you know, I should write something that talks about my own struggles with my Native identity and my feeling of disconnection.
DETROW: She explores the disconnection through the personal stories of people whose lives have been shaped by these forces and begins with her own story, when she had to consider renewing the card that says she's an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: I remember sitting in my condo in D.C. all those years ago, when I was contemplating renewing my enrollment, just sort of, like, rolling the card over and over in my fingers, thinking, where in the world did this come from? This is not something that my, you know, generations-ago ancestors would have held in their wallet. And so why is it that we do it now?
And so I think all of those things sort of converged into this idea of, I got to do research. I got to figure out the answers to some of these questions. And also, you know, my story is one story, and it's somewhat unique in the sense that my tribe, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is not federally recognized. And so I thought that it was important to include other voices, not because they represent the entire universe of experience, but they certainly give us a sense of the patterns that we see.
DETROW: There's a lot of your book that's about just the broader idea of community and shared experience and belonging and this particular tension when it comes to Native communities that. for many people, it's not a geographic community. It might not even be a community that's immediately present in their lives. And yet, it is a very important part of community for them.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: The federal government enacted a lot of policies in the 20th century that actually resulted in this sense of disconnection for a lot of Native people today. One of those was relocation, the Relocation Act, where Native people were sent to urban centers that they had never been to and that were far away from their Native communities, and then expected to sort of get a job and create their own community. I mean, there are people who are still suffering from those policies today.
And so the idea of disconnection, the idea of being a long way away from your tribal community is something that I think we're seeing the consequences of today. And to be clear, some people choose to move, and that's fine, too, right? But I think as it relates to sort of these structural policy moments that have created the situation that we find ourselves in today, that's really problematic that now, all of a sudden, we have all of these Native people who have ended up thousands of miles, you know, from their Native community because of policies that the federal government has enacted.
DETROW: I'm wondering if, as we talk about how these decisions made decades ago affect people's lives today, can you tell us about one of the people you met and interviewed?
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: One that has really sort of stuck with me since writing the book was the story of not just my friend, Karen Diver, who was formerly President Obama's senior adviser in Native policy, but her uncle, Don (ph). He's 84 years old. And he was stolen to boarding school at age 5, Indian boarding school, and really didn't return home until he was 18, went straight into the military and then went straight to Cleveland, Ohio, hundreds of miles away from his tribe up in northern Minnesota as part of the...
DETROW: He didn't see his parents for years and years at a time.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: He didn't see his parents for years and years at a time, and then ended up in Cleveland as part of the Indian Relocation Act, and still today lives there. He doesn't feel a lot of connection to his tribe because of all of these policies that have been, you know, forced upon him as a Native person. But what's really interesting about Don and sort of that story is he spent the vast majority of his life - he's 84 - thinking that the boarding school era was just something that his parents let happen, that he was stolen away to boarding school and no one ever tried to bring him home.
Well, doing some historical deep diving into the archives, I was able to find Don's Indian boarding school records. And in those records, we found handwritten letters from his mother and sister begging officials to send him home. I mean, these are things he never saw, he didn't know existed. And there's all of this stuff that exists for Native people that they have no idea. It's, you know, catalogued somewhere in the National Archives. That was a game-changer for Don. I mean, that's something that's going to - not right the wrong of what happened, but it's certainly going to help bring some closure to that awful period of his life.
DETROW: It really struck me when you write about finding the cold, inpersonal bureaucratic paperwork about his removal from his family.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: It's something that, at age 5, certainly he didn't understand, but that he came to terms with the older he got. But without any sense of -you know, he's never seen a picture of himself before he was 18 years old.
DETROW: Wow.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: He has no childhood relics. He has nothing from childhood, no finger paintings, no nothing. And he also has no stories from his family. He can't ask anyone what he was like as a kid because he was at boarding school. And so it's just - it's so much lost everything, lost information, but also lost experience and lost childhood that has happened as part of, again, these federal policies, and in this case, Indian boarding schools.
DETROW: What are one or two things that you thought about much differently at the end of this process than the beginning?
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: You know, it's interesting. I started writing a book about identity, and the only thing I could think of coming out of it was land (laughter).
DETROW: Yeah.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: And so one of the things I've been thinking a lot about, and I've been working on a project through the Native Policy Lab, which I direct at the University of Iowa, is, how much land has been stolen through each of these treaties and each of these pieces of legislation? Who owns it now? And how can we make it so that tribes get it back?
And certainly I'm not suggesting that we go door to door to private citizens and say, hey, you need to give your land back to the tribes. What I'm saying is, certainly there are large swaths of land owned by the federal government today that don't belong to them. And so how can we achieve sort of a reality where tribes get their ancestral homelands and then also are able to do the same sorts of things that any private citizen who owns land can do, things like monetize the land? And so I think that, interestingly, that is sort of where my mind has shifted in the last several months.
DETROW: That is author Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz. Her book is "The Indian Card: Who Gets To Be Native In America." Thank you so much.
LOWRY SCHUETTPELZ: Thanks so much. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Wells Fargo (WFC) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.
Shares of this biggest U.S. mortgage lender have returned +15.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.3% change. The Zacks Banks - Major Regional industry, to which Wells Fargo belongs, has gained 9.6% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?
While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Here at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.
We essentially look at how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to reflect the impact of the latest business trends. And if earnings estimates go up for a company, the fair value for its stock goes up. A higher fair value than the current market price drives investors' interest in buying the stock, leading to its price moving higher. This is why empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.
Wells Fargo is expected to post earnings of $1.27 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -1.6%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed -0.4%.
For the current fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5.10 points to a change of -6.1% from the prior year. Over the last 30 days, this estimate has changed -0.3%.
For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $5.39 indicates a change of +5.7% from what Wells Fargo is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has changed -1%.
Having a strong externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool, the Zacks Rank, offers a more conclusive picture of a stock's price direction in the near term, since it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. Due to the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, Wells Fargo is rated Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:
12 Month EPS
Revenue Growth Forecast
Even though a company's earnings growth is arguably the best indicator of its financial health, nothing much happens if it cannot raise its revenues. It's almost impossible for a company to grow its earnings without growing its revenue for long periods. Therefore, knowing a company's potential revenue growth is crucial.
For Wells Fargo, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $20.42 billion indicates a year-over-year change of -0.3%. For the current and next fiscal years, $82.57 billion and $83.5 billion estimates indicate 0% and +1.1% changes, respectively.
Last Reported Results and Surprise History
Wells Fargo reported revenues of $20.37 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -2.4%. EPS of $1.52 for the same period compares with $1.39 a year ago.
Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $20.38 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of -0.07%. The EPS surprise was +19.69%.
The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company topped consensus revenue estimates three times over this period.
Valuation
Without considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.
Comparing the current value of a company's valuation multiples, such as its price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), to its own historical values helps ascertain whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, whereas comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of how reasonable its stock price is.
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Novare Capital Management LLC lowered its holdings in JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM – Free Report) by 2.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 83,124 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 1,799 shares during the quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. comprises 1.5% of Novare Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest holding. Novare Capital Management LLC’s holdings in JPMorgan Chase & Co. were worth $17,527,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in JPM. Cooper Financial Group boosted its holdings in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 12.8% in the first quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 8,693 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,741,000 after acquiring an additional 984 shares during the period. Spartan Planning & Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 257.3% in the fourth quarter. Spartan Planning & Wealth Management now owns 3,780 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $643,000 after buying an additional 2,722 shares during the last quarter. jvl associates llc boosted its stake in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 59.8% during the first quarter. jvl associates llc now owns 1,911 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $383,000 after buying an additional 715 shares during the period. Rowlandmiller & PARTNERS.ADV grew its holdings in shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 1.3% during the first quarter. Rowlandmiller & PARTNERS.ADV now owns 25,963 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,201,000 after buying an additional 330 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aspiriant LLC increased its position in JPMorgan Chase & Co. by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Aspiriant LLC now owns 29,728 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $5,955,000 after acquiring an additional 320 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.55% of the company’s stock.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Stock Down 0.4 %
JPM opened at $221.48 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $636.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.35, a PEG ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 1.11. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a one year low of $135.19 and a one year high of $225.48. The business’s fifty day moving average is $212.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is $203.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.91.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 4th will be issued a dividend of $1.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 4th. This is an increase from JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.15. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.26%. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s payout ratio is 27.89%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts have weighed in on JPM shares. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $211.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 13th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $220.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 15th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $205.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, July 15th. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $217.00 to $257.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $217.94.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), and Asset & Wealth Management (AWM). The CCB segment offers deposit, investment and lending products, cash management, and payments and services; mortgage origination and servicing activities; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit cards, auto loans, leases, and travel services to consumers and small businesses through bank branches, ATMs, and digital and telephone banking.
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Lowriding is more than just cars. It’s about family and culture for Mexican Americans
CHICAGO (AP) — For Luis Martinez, competing in lowriding bike and car competitions is about more than glory and bragging rights. The lowrider clubs in the Chicago area have become like one big family and a source of mutual support.
“It just starts with the metal,” said Martinez, who got his introduction to lowrider culture when his mother took him to a flea market. He had his first bike when he was 12.
“To me, it’s about expressing my art and what I can do with my own hands,” Martinez told The Associated Press as he polished a shiny red bike at his home in Mishawaka, Indiana.
A movement of expression with origins in Mexican American and Chicano communities, lowriding is an aspect of Latino history in the U.S. in which people show their pride, honor family and uplift culture. But misrepresentation of the culture in entertainment and media has often associated the lowriding’s “low and slow” motto with gang culture.
Still, decades since its emergence, and as the Hispanic U.S. population increases, lowriding has experienced a boom, as evidenced by an increase in car shows and conventions nationwide.
Lowriding involves the customization of a vehicle — from the tires to the sound system — with vivid designs and colors. Unlike hot rods or muscle cars, which are often modified to have big tires and move at high speeds, the lowrider community modified the cars and bikes to go “low and slow,” said Alberto Pulido, the chair of the Ethnic Studies department at the University of San Diego.
“It was a way to speak to an identity, a presence and it was done with few resources,” said Pulido, who also directed the award-winning documentary, “Lowriding: Everything Comes From the Streets.”
“Our community didn’t have a lot of money,” he said. “They might have had a little bit expendable income to buy a car but then they were kind of on their own to create their vehicles. We call that Chicano ingenuity.”
Lowriding blends Latino and American culture
According to Pulido, lowriding originated in the Southwest, although there are disputes about where exactly it first appeared. Pulido said lowriders in Los Angeles would like to make the claim they were the first, while those in San Diego want their undeniable influence in the culture acknowledged.
The culture can be traced to post-World War II, when veterans were coming home with an expendable income. And with the growth of highways and freeways in California, people wanted to modify their vehicles, Pulido said.
Today, conventions attract enthusiasts from all over the U.S. Last month, what was once a small showcase with only 40 lowriders at Lincoln Park in El Paso, Texas, grew to over 300 lowriders from clubs across the U.S.
Hector Gonzalez, of the Lincoln Park Conservation Committee, said the car clubs help members travel to all the showcases in the nation. In the ’70s and ’80s, lowrider clubs became a representation of the community and offered mutual aid such as ride-sharing and food donations when the local government could not or would not, Gonzalez said.
“It is something that gets passed on from generation to generation,” said Gonzalez, who, like most lowriders, was introduced to the community with a bike at the young age of 13. He has passed on his love for lowriding to his own children, nephews and cousins
“Kids grow up seeing the cars, they pick it up and they carry on the tradition,” Gonzalez said.
Lauren Pacheco, co-founder and co-curator of the Slow and Low Chicago Low Rider Festival, described lowriding as a global, multibillion-dollar phenomenon of self-expression and innovation.
“It’s a marvel of mechanical innovation,” Pacheco said. “It is the beautiful artistry in the creative practice of muralism, storytelling and upholstery.”
Within the last decade, lowrider conventions have grown so much that they’ve made their way to Japan. In Nagoya, Japanese lowriders have modified their cars, created clubs and even come to events at Chicano Park in San Diego.
Lowrider community sheds gang culture stereotype
Appreciation for lowriding has increased in recent years, enthusiasts say. But that was not always the case.
In the beginning, lowriding was associated with harmful stereotypes about Latinos as gangsters, Pulido said. Because the culture involved predominantly Latino participants, lowriding became racialized and that overshadowed the artistic and community service aspects of the movement.
The 1979 thriller-drama “Boulevard Nights” also helped to perpetuate the lowriders as gangsters trope. The film’s main character, Raymond Avila, played by Richard Yñiguez tried to avoid getting lured into the violent street gangs of East Los Angeles. Lowriding vehicles and the lowrider “cholo” aesthetic was featured throughout the film.
While the perception of lowriding has since gotten better, Pulido said he has been to lowriding car shows where police immediately show up.
Martinez, the Indiana lowrider, said lowriding misconceptions grew in the Chicago area because the community members were tattooed in ways often associated with gang affiliation. Pacheco said the Chicago festival works to dispel those misconceptions.
“We really try not to create a space that glamorizes or romanticizes gang culture,” she said. “It’s really a celebration of creativity and innovation and family.”
Lowriding culture becomes a booming industry
Gonzalez, the Texas lowriding showcase organizer, said the culture’s focus on wheels, hydraulic systems and accessories, has helped lowriding become a booming industry.
In El Paso, people have opened small businesses orientated to the lowriding community. In the last couple of years, at least 25 new businesses opened, including body shops, upholstery shops and apparel shops, Gonzalez said.
“It has become a mainstream business,” he said. “Back in the 70s and 80s, it was more of a local thing. Everybody helping each other do things on their own. Now there’s just all kinds of opportunities to purchase things and have things done to your vehicle.”
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Martinez said he would buy the parts he needed from a man in his neighborhood, who would buy in bulk from Lowrider magazine. He said the unfortunate thing about lowriding becoming so big is parts are now mass produced from China instead of being Mexican made.
Lowriding carries family legacy
But lowriding is not just about the often pricey task of modifying cars, Pulido said. It is about building a community that is always there for each other, throughout generations, he said.
“We have grandparents that are lowriders and then their kids and their grandkids are in tune already,” Pulido said.
It’s a legacy that Sonia Gomez wants for her 8-year-old son, Daniel Marquez. His late father, Alberto Marquez, had been a member of a Chicago area lowrider club. Too young to drive the car left to him by his father, Daniel has a lowriding bike that is more of a memorial to his dad.
“The bike is what he’s doing to build it up,” Gomez said.
The family will do an ofrenda, a display often associated with Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebrations, when local lowriding festivals are held. As part of the ofrenda, Daniel takes an image he has with his father on a lowriding bike and places it next to his actual bike, which he named “Wishing on a Star.”
“We would either go on a (lowriding) cruise with my uncle, or we would go to actual car shows,” Daniel recently recalled, while sitting at the driver’s seat of his dad’s lowriding car parked in the driveway of their home in Frankfort, Illinois.
“My mom would be there,” he said pointing to the passenger seat. “And I’d be back there all squished.”
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Transparency Market Research, Inc. , Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Silica flour's market size (سوق دقيق السيليكا) was estimated at US$ 836.0 million in 2022. A CAGR of 5.0% is predicted between 2023 and 2031, reaching US$ 1.3 billion by 2031. The robustness, durability, and resistance to corrosion and chemical attacks of silica flour make it an appealing choice for use in cementitious materials, concrete, and grouts, leading to a rapid market expansion.
The oil and gas industry relies heavily on silica flour during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, because it holds open cracks and improves oil and gas flow from reservoirs.
Silica flour is used extensively in the glass manufacturing industry to manufacture specialized glasses, fiberglass, bottles, and other glassware. In addition to improving clarity and strength, silica flour increases the thermal resistance of glass. Paint and coatings manufacturers use silica flour more frequently than ever since it improves coating durability, adhesion, and resistance to weathering and abrasion, driving market growth.
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Due to its ability to facilitate metal casting processes, silica flour is a primary market driver for foundries. As technology advances in silica flour production, such as particle size control and refining procedures, silica flour's range of applications and performance attributes expand, supporting product innovation, quality enhancements, and market expansion.
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- Delmon Group of Companies
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- Saudi Emirates Pulverization Industries Company (SEPICO)
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- In terms of application, fiberglass accounted for the majority of shares in 2022
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- Fiberglass in concrete structures is expected to be in high demand due to the growing construction sector.
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- A growing field of study called nanotechnology has several uses for silica nanoparticles. Nanotechnology applications, including electronics, drug delivery systems, sensors, and nanocomposites, may heavily rely on silica flour. Due to ongoing nanotechnology research and development, the need for silica flour may increase.
- With the growing awareness of environmental issues, companies are looking for sustainable substitutes for traditional materials. A low-emissions manufacturing process and responsible sourcing of silica flour could make silica flour a desirable option in various applications.
- The future of the silica flour industry could be influenced by workplace safety and health laws, environmental protection policies, and product quality regulations. Innovation and investment in sustainable practices may be driven by compliance with regulations and standards.
- Silica flour is used in the chemical industry to make silicon compounds, specialty chemicals, and catalysts. As a reinforcing filler in polymer formulations and an anti-blocking agent in plastics and rubber, silica flour is in demand. Plastic and rubber products benefit from silica flour because it enhances mechanical properties, dimensional stability, and processing characteristics.
Global Silica Flour Market: Regional Landscape
- Silica flour is experiencing rapid growth in the Asia Pacific region. In China, several industries have increased their consumption of silica flour in recent years, including the electronics, cement, and glass industries. Ceramics and glasses are also gaining popularity among consumers, contributing to the market's growth. In addition, demand for casting products has surged in the automotive and semiconductor sectors in China, thus further boosting silica flour consumption.
- The rapid increase in infrastructure investments throughout the Asia-Pacific region has contributed to this growth. Adding silica flour in paint manufacturing creates uniformity and enables new applications, including oil-based paints and coatings, where uniformity and suitability matter.
- Ceramics are gaining traction in this sector, especially in developing economies in Asia Pacific, and thus, silica flour is expected to gain traction in the construction industry. It is also used in aerospace and semiconductor industries as a starting material for optical fiber production.
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- Premier Silica LLC- produces silica sand products for oil and gas fracking, glass making, foundry molds, filtration, and more. Several mining and processing facilities are operated by the company across the country, ensuring customers receive high-quality silica products regularly.
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- U.S. Silica- major producer of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) silica sand for the oil and gas industry. Along with manufacturing and selling fracking sand, the company also sells glassmaking, building, chemical manufacturing, recreation, and industrial silica products. U.S. Silica operates North American mines and processing plants.
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(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) BOSTON, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Block & Leviton is investigating Laser Photonics Corp. (Nasdaq: LASE) for potential securities law violations. Investors who have lost money in their Laser Photonics Corp. investment should contact the firm to learn more about how they might recover those losses. For more details, visit .
What is this all about?
Shares of Laser Photonics Corp. are down over 13% on October 1, following a Capybara Research report on the Company. The report alleges that Laser Photonics has been part of a long-running fraud orchestrated by its founder and controlling shareholder, Dmitri Nikitin. Capybara's report accuses the Company of hiding critical financial information from investors and engaging in deceptive business practices.
Laser Photonics recently restated its financials, admitting that none of its last six reports can be relied upon. The short report also highlights a recent private placement of shares at a value significantly lower than the current market price, suggesting the Company is aware of its unsustainable valuation.
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Anyone who purchased Laser Photonics Corp. common stock and has seen their shares fall may be eligible, whether or not they have sold their investment. Investors should contact Block & Leviton to learn more.
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Block & Leviton is investigating whether the Company committed securities law violations and may file an action to attempt to recover losses on behalf of investors who have lost money.
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Safe! Florida Aquarium’s stingrays ride out Milton in MLB Rays’ ballpark tank
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seven cownose stingrays made it safely to a habitat at The Florida Aquarium after riding out Hurricane Milton in a touch tank at Tropicana Field, home of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays.
The stingrays, named for their cow-shaped snouts, were relocated Monday from the ballpark after last week’s storm, the Tampa-based aquarium said in a news release. Although Tropicana Field’s fabric roof was shredded by Milton’s winds, the stingrays were unharmed.
“We’re pleased to report the cownose stingrays handled the storm well. With the Tampa Bay Rays’ support, our staff was able to provide onsite care over the past several days and today, we brought them safely back to the Aquarium,” said Craig Johnson, The Florida Aquarium’s associate curator.
The stingrays spend the MLB season in Tropicana Field’s 10,000-gallon (37,800-liter) touch tank, a popular fan attraction located above right-center field. They are now in their own exhibition space at the Florida Aquarium during baseball’s offseason, and when the team is out of the playoffs.
Stingrays from the aquarium have been featured in the St. Petersburg ballpark’s touch tank since 2006. The cownose stingray species is common in the waters around Tampa Bay.
The baseball Rays aren’t scheduled to play in the ballpark again until March 27, when they are supposed to play host to the Colorado Rockies in the 2025 season opener. The team says it will take several weeks to assess the storm damage and determine next steps.
The roof was designed to withstand winds of up to 115 mph (185 kph), according to the Rays. The stadium opened in 1990 at an initial cost of $138 million and is due to be replaced in time for the 2028 season with a $1.3 billion ballpark that is a linchpin of a major redevelopment project in downtown St. Petersburg.
The Florida Aquarium was not damaged during Milton, officials said. Staff relocated penguins and other animals to higher floors, transferred a rescued sea turtle from an Apollo Beach location to the Tampa aquarium and moved thousands of corals to safer places.
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Ever since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth Of Nations" almost 250 years ago, economists have puzzled over why some countries grow rich while others stay poor. Today, three economists won the Nobel Prize for their efforts to answer that question by exploring the different paths that former European colonies followed. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Growing up in Barbados, James Robinson says it was impossible not to see the remnants of a former slave plantation society and wonder how those colonial roots came to shape the world. Robinson - who's at the University of Chicago - has spent the last three decades studying that, along with two colleagues from MIT - Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Their research won the three men the Nobel Prize today, on what Robinson notes happens to be a holiday honoring a European explorer and the residents of the New World he encountered.
JAMES ROBINSON: It's actually extremely appropriate that it's Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day because, you know, what our research showed is that an enormous amount of inequality in the world has been caused by the exploitation and expropriation of Indigenous people and the types of colonial societies that were created over the past 500 years.
HORSLEY: Their focus is not whether colonization was good or bad, but the different forms it took in different parts of the world. In some areas, colonists built more inclusive, democratic institutions, while in others, they were more autocratic, bent on extracting wealth for a narrow elite. Jan Teorell of the Nobel Prize committee says those different colonial forms would shape national fortunes for centuries to come.
JAN TEORELL: What they have demonstrated is that inclusive institutions are good for growth and long-run prosperity, whereas extractive institutions lead to poverty.
HORSLEY: While that history is instructive, the researchers say, it doesn't have to be binding. Some countries, like Botswana and South Korea, managed to escape their authoritarian past and prosper. At the same time, Robinson says, wealthy democracies like the United States still run the risk of sliding into autocracy.
ROBINSON: In any inclusive or relatively inclusive society, there's always incentives to put that into reverse. At the current moment in the United States, we're facing many challenges to inclusive institutions.
HORSLEY: Robinson points to former President Trump's refusal to accept the outcome of the 2020 election as a rejection of basic democratic principles. China is something of an outlier in this story. Despite its authoritarian government, China has grown to become the world's second-biggest economy and pulled hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Nobel Laureate Acemoglu - who's originally from Turkey - acknowledges that success, but warns it may not be sustainable.
DARON ACEMOGLU: Our argument has been that authoritarian growth is often more unstable and doesn't generally lead to very rapid and original innovation.
HORSLEY: But Acemoglu also cautions that democracy is no panacea. Elections can foster conflict, he says, especially in highly polarized societies. And many people have grown skeptical that democracy can deliver the goods.
DARON ACEMOGLU: It's fascinating but worrying. If you look at data from surveys, you see that support for democracy among the population is at an all-time low.
HORSLEY: To regain the high ground, Acemoglu says, democracies need to prove they can provide good governance, clean up corruption and deliver broad-based prosperity. One other takeaway from today's Nobel Prize - all three winners were born outside the United States but now call the U.S. home. Robinson sees that as another source of this nation's wealth.
ROBINSON: The willingness of the United States to absorb immigrants and suck in talent and energy and creativity from all over the world is one of the secrets of its success. To throw that away will be to throw a lot of the potential of this country away.
HORSLEY: In addition to recognition for their research, the three men will share prize money worth just over a million dollars. Scott Horsley, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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This partnership will deliver commercial, off-the-shelf, mission-proven, and encrypted solutions that provide advanced situational awareness and critical communications capabilities for personnel operating in austere environments.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
goTenna , the world's leading mobile mesh networking company, is announcing a strategic partnership with EVERYWHERE Communications to transform global connectivity for shared situational data, which is essential for critical communications in the world's most austere environments.
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Together, goTenna and EVERYWHERE have combined their advanced technologies to form a solution designed to provide assured situational awareness data from mobile mesh networks from any location on Earth. This innovative collaboration delivers force-tracking, location data, secure messaging, and one-touch SOS functionality – while providing beyond-line-of-site connectivity to ensure mission success. Both companies have thousands of units operating within defense, intelligence, public safety, and law enforcement agencies throughout the US and abroad, making the joint solution immediately relevant to customers that leverage the TAK ecosystem for enhanced situational awareness.
EVERYWHERE combines the commercial-off-the-shelf inReach Mini2 from Garmin, custom AES-256 encrypted firmware, and their interoperable software to connect and protect personnel in degraded communications environments. Coupled with goTenna's Pro X2 lightweight narrowband mesh radio, the solution enables TAK device connectivity and communications reach-back in off-grid environments, offering mission-critical communications in austere, highly contested, and denied environments.
"We're proud to partner with EVERYWHERE Communications, equipping operators with the most advanced, low-cost, size, weight, and power-efficient communication solutions available in our industry," said Ari Schuler, goTenna's CEO. "EVERYWHERE's capabilities complement goTenna, and our partnership will enable global shared situational awareness for warfighters, mission operators, and first responders."
"EVERYWHERE and goTenna are aligned in our approach to advance global connectivity in mission-critical environments," said Patrick Shay, EVERYWHERE Communications Founder & CEO. "Together, goTenna and EVERYWHERE will provide unparalleled global connectivity for those in austere environments. EVERYWHERE will continue to invest in partnerships to connect and protect mission communications."
EVERYWHERE solutions are proven in the enterprise and government marketplaces and deployed with 350 organizations operating in 150+ countries around the world. goTenna is a trusted partner within the defense sector with products actively fielded for operation across the US Defense Department-including Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), Naval Special Warfare Command (NSW), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), among others.
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goTenna is advancing universal access to connectivity by building the world's most intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks. goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company, providing off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices and augmenting traditional communications networks. This technology enables mobile, long-range connectivity without cellular, Wi-Fi, or satellite connectivity. goTenna's drive to create resilient connectivity began during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when approximately a third of cell towers and power stations in affected areas failed. goTenna's products are used by over 300 law enforcement, military, and public safety agencies worldwide. goTenna is backed by investors, including Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Vanedge Capital, ONE9, Moore Capital, Comcast Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, Walden Venture Capital, and Anchor Capital. For more information, visit gotenna
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Led by a team that has deployed $2B in connected and IoT services, EVERYWHERE Communications ( ) provides multi-mode cellular and satellite data communications powered by patented technology deployed in mission-critical environments for over 10 years. In or out of cellular coverage, we have you connected globally. EVERYWHERE is trusted by over 350 enterprise and government customers that are deployed in over 150+ countries around the globe.
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AUSTIN, TX -- Wilsonart, a world-leading engineered surfaces company, announced the release of its 2023 Sustainability Report. The report, now available on the company's website, showcases Wilsonart's continued commitment to sustainability and transparency across its global operations.
“Wilsonart’s 2023 Sustainability Report reflects our commitment to making a tangible difference, both within and beyond the surface of our products,” said Andrew Korzen, chief executive officer of Wilsonart. “From achieving unprecedented sustainability milestones and improving our environmental footprint to fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace, this report highlights our dedication to creating lasting positive impacts across all areas of our business.”
“We have enhanced our focus on four key areas: ensuring transparency across our portfolios through rigorous sustainability certifications, innovating to optimize manufacturing efficiency, elevating our most sustainable core product, High Pressure Laminate (HPL) and continuing to grow our business with people who care,” said Korzen. “Our efforts will enable our customers to build a better world and further Wilsonart’s goal of becoming the most transparent engineered surfaces leader in the world.”
Highlights from the Wilsonart Sustainability report include:
Environmental
- Incorporated 23% post-consumer recycled content (PCRC) on average into Wilsonart® HPL products, which is twice that of other leading brands. Wilsonart aims to achieve 40% PCRC in HPL products by 2027.
- Reduced Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 4% from 2021 to 2023 through more efficient use of electricity and natural gas. The solar installation at Wilsonart’s Fletcher, N.C. facility generated 1 million kWh of renewable energy, with an additional 18 million kWh from Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
- Conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment (LCA) of HPL products versus solid surface, quartz and granite countertops, revealing that Wilsonart HPL products are carbon negative due to their high wood content and carbon storing properties.
- Saved the equivalent of nearly 8.9 million trees since 2000 by using recycled paper/wood content for Wilsonart HPL, enough to fill a forest larger than Chicago.
- Achieved USDA BioBased Product Certification for HPL and Compact Laminate products in the U.S., confirming at least 70% bio-based content.
- Expanded use of Declare labels and certifications for transparency in product ingredients, including achieving Red List Free Declare labels for Quartz and Solid Surface products.
- In Europe, Polyrey's facility in Ussel, France, implemented a new water recycling system, reducing fresh water consumption by 98%.
Social
- Employees donated over 38,000 volunteer hours across 19 countries, supporting over 100 community events. Wilsonart raised $159,400 to support United Way chapters across the U.S. and won awards such as the United Way Premier Cornerstone Award for employee contributions.
- Continued to promote employee health and wellness through free onsite medical clinics at Temple and Fletcher locations, providing over 2,900 office visits in 2023. Expanded the Fletcher clinic to operate five days a week.
- In Europe, Wilsonart celebrated diversity during European Diversity Month with initiatives like a podcast hosted by employees in France and a photo exhibition in Germany titled "We Are Diverse."
- Introduced a wellness platform where employees can earn financial incentives for healthy behaviors, such as up to $600 in premium discounts and $160 in gift cards.
- Increased the diversity of the workforce, with 42% of employees in the U.S. identifying as ethnically diverse and ongoing support through Employee Resource Groups, such as the Women of Wilsonart (WoW) and the Veterans Resource Network.
Governance
- Enhanced sustainability governance with an ESG Committee that provides oversight and guidance on social and environmental initiatives. The committee presents regular updates to the leadership team and Board of Directors.
- Strengthened Supplier Code of Conduct and Environmental Standards Policies, with plans to implement updated guidelines in late 2024, ensuring alignment with Wilsonart’s commitment to responsible sourcing.
- Advanced cybersecurity governance, with annual penetration tests and ongoing employee training to ensure data protection and privacy compliance across all regions.
In addition to showcasing achievements from the past year, the 2023 report outlines new operational, product and supply chain goals for the coming years, reinforcing Wilsonart’s commitment to responsible manufacturing and sustainability practices, including:
- Increase the use of post-consumer recycled content in High Pressure Laminate (HPL) products to 40% by 2027.
- Expand the sander dust-to-energy initiative to additional facilities by 2024.
- Advance four key United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 3, 11, 12 and 13.
“We are building a future where our products, processes, and people make a positive impact on the world,” said Korzen. “Through innovation and collaboration, we will continue to lead the way toward a more sustainable industry.”
To learn more about Wilsonart’s sustainability policies, initiatives and performance, read the full 2023 Sustainability Report.
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Hong Kong, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
On 9th October 2024, ProCap leaders from China, Japan, The Philippines, and South Korea graced the grand opening of ProCap’s new Hong Kong business lounge. The business lounge is located right in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui district and marks a significant milestone in ProCap’s business expansion plans as the company is preparing to launch a strategic entry in the Mainland Chinese markets. The grand opening is a testament of ProCap’s commitment to serving our valued partners and business associates in the Pearl River Delta Region. Additionally, the new business lounge is a symbol of the company’s confidence in Hong Kong and the Greater China Region as the company continues to regard it as a key strategic focus market for expansion.
Last Wednesday’s grand opening was the culmination of the hard work and dedication by ProCap’s management team and Hong Kong’s leaders as the company intends to capitalise on our presence in Hong Kong as a launching pad to realise the huge business potential in the Pearl River Delta Region. Specifically, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone as a trading and logistics hub presents itself with unique opportunities for ProCap as the company seeks to make inroads into a bustling regional hub for trade and commerce. Additionally, the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone is also where the different economies of China, Hong Kong, and Macau converge, which gives rise to a dynamic and robust business environment; this is crucial and in-line with ProCap’s business ethos as the company seeks to grow continuously amidst an ever-changing fast paced regional backdrop.
At ProCap, we believe in constantly expanding our presence and network to better serve our growing customer base. With the new business lounge sited in Hong Kong, it will provide ProCap with access to a dynamic and vibrant region of Southern China while providing greater connectivity to our valued customers in the region. Additionally, the presence of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will provide ProCap with further expansion and growth opportunities beyond Hong Kong. The company is aware of recent developments in China’s fiscal and monetary stimulus push and looks optimistically towards a better outlook for the domestic economic situation.
ProCap would like to express our immense gratitude to all leaders and associates for attending the grand opening ceremony in Hong Kong. The company would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to our valued clients for their continuous support and trust placed in ProCap as your preferred partners for capital protection. ProCap will continue to grow as a company as we strive to be the world’s leading capital protection services provider by providing our clients with world class protection coverage.
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As the industry transits through consolidation and technological disruptions, ProCap’s avant-garde operating model is poised to provide the most competitive and cost-effective insurance products tailored to our clients’ ever evolving needs. The amalgamation of ProCap, Clients and Gaming Operators seamlessly is an industry first with the company having tremendous growth potential to carve out a niche for itself with this revolutionary business model.
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South Carolina ranked No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25 preseason poll with UConn, USC, Texas and UCLA next
South Carolina is starting the season where it finished off last year — ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll.
The Gamecocks received 27 of the 30 first-place votes in the preseason rankings from a national media panel Tuesday. South Carolina returns four starters from the national championship team that went undefeated last year, capping off the historic season over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the title game.
UConn is No. 2, USC is No. 3 and Texas and UCLA round out the top five.
South Carolina has been No. 1 in the preseason poll four of the past five years. Last season, they started sixth in the preseason before moving up to No. 1 for the remainder of the year.
“We knew we’d have a target on our backs this season as the reigning champions and this preseason ranking just confirms that,” South Carolina coach Dawn Staley told the AP. “We appreciate the recognition, but I know our coaching staff and our team are more focused on what we see in the gym every day. And that’s every player working extremely hard to get better individually and as a team.”
UConn received two first-place votes. The Huskies have been ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll for 30 straight years now. Geno Auriemma’s team went through major injury issues last year but the Huskies look to be healthy for the most part to start this season.
Third-ranked USC is led by phenomenal sophomore guard JuJu Watkins and the team added two talented transfers in Kiki Iriafen and Talia von Oelhoffen. The Trojans, who received the other first place vote, have their highest ranking in the preseason since the 1982 and 1983 squads were No. 1 in the opening poll both years.
Texas welcomes back Rori Harmon, who was sidelined for most of last season with an ACL injury. She and Madison Booker give the Longhorns a solid 1-2 punch on offense. UCLA added its own solid group of transfers to a strong team with Charlisse Leger-Walker and Timea Gardiner joining Lauren Betts and Kiki Rice.
Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa State, North Carolina State and Oklahoma rounded out the first 10 teams in the poll. It’s the second time in three seasons that the Cyclones have started this high in the preseason poll. The Sooners haven’t been ranked this high in the inaugural poll of the season since 2010 when they were also 10th.
Welcome back
No. 24 Alabama is making its first appearance in the rankings since the final poll of 1999. The Crimson Tide haven’t been in the preseason poll since 1998 (No. 9). The team has appeared in consecutive NCAA tournaments behind stars Sarah Ashlee Barker and Aaliyah Nye.
“We’re very thankful for the mention, but want to take care of each day,” Alabama coach Kristy Curry said. “We are excited this season about the group and the way we finished last season.”
End of an era
Stanford is unranked in the preseason for the first time since 1999. Hall of Fame Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer retired in April and was replaced by longtime assistant Kate Paye. It had been the second-longest active preseason streak behind only UConn.
Conference supremacy
New conference additions Texas and Oklahoma give the SEC seven teams in the Top 25. Joining them are South Carolina, LSU, No. 20 Ole Miss, No. 22 Kentucky and Alabama. The ACC and Big Ten each have six ranked teams while the Big 12 has four. UConn and Creighton give the Big East two teams.
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We're just more than three weeks from Election Day, and the polls are still tied. Since modern polling began, there's never been a race this close for this long. Neither candidate has been able to establish a lead outside the margin of error. And it's raised a lot of questions about what polls can and can't tell us. NPR's senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson has this report.
MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: One thing pollsters know for sure is the makeup of today's voting age population. For that, they rely on demographers like Bill Frey from the Brookings Institution. Cycle after cycle, Frey tracks the changing universe of possible voters.
BILL FREY: The big shifts really are a decline in what we call the white, non-college voters. They're now less than 40% of eligible voters. Back when Obama first got elected, they were over half of eligible voters.
LIASSON: Identifying the voting age population, in other words, eligible voters, is relatively simple. Predicting the electorate, that is who will actually vote, is much more complicated, says Lee Miringoff, who conducts the NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
LEE MIRINGOFF: Not everybody votes, so you need to determine the likely voters. And that's not easy because just asking people whether they intend to vote or not because of civic pride and social desirability, people will tend to overestimate the likelihood that they're going to vote.
LIASSON: So every poll starts with a big guess, a theory about who will turn out. It's an educated guess says Republican pollster Nicole McCleskey, who looks to data on past voter behavior.
NICOLE MCCLESKEY: One of the best predictors of what's going to happen in the future is what has happened in the past. So yes, absolutely, you have to look to vote history because that is the most reliable indicator.
LIASSON: So if a voter has voted in the last three or four or five elections, she'll probably vote this year too. And McCleskey looks to other forms of historical data to create her turnout model.
MCCLESKEY: We know that the voting pop sample will 47% male, 53% female. It has historically been that way, and it will be in this election. So we set a quota for 47% male, 53% female.
LIASSON: Democratic strategist Tom Bonier, who runs the analytics firm TargetSmart, has been paying close attention to data about newly registered voters.
TOM BONIER: We know that there was a big real change in the electorate when Vice President Harris became the nominee, where we saw this spike of new voter registrations from younger voters, women and voters of color.
LIASSON: When someone takes the deliberate action of registering to vote, Bonier says, they're much more likely to turn out to vote. Pollsters strive to create the most accurate model of the electorate that they can. But in a deeply divided, evenly divided country, polling has its limits says Lee Miringoff.
MIRINGOFF: This is the longest time in our history where no political party has dominated. The House, Senate and the White House could all change parties. They're all that close. So the polls, in a sense, are being asked to be more precise than the instruments are.
LIASSON: One question hanging over this election is which candidate will end up overperforming their polls. Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg points out that Trump's support was underestimated, or under polled, both times he's run for president. But since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the voters polls have missed have been Democrats.
SIMON ROSENBERG: The elections since the spring of 2022 have been remarkably consistent here in the United States, where Democrats have overperformed polls and Republicans have underperformed. And the question is, is this election going to look like all those other elections going back to spring of 2022, or will - because Trump is on the ballot, right? - will it revert back to 2016 and 2020, where Trump did better than expected?
LIASSON: And that's a question only voters, not pollsters, can answer. Mara Liasson, NPR News.
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Radicle (RAD) traded 1.4% lower against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 12:00 PM ET on October 15th. One Radicle coin can now be bought for approximately $1.11 or 0.00001662 BTC on popular exchanges. In the last week, Radicle has traded 0.1% higher against the U.S. dollar. Radicle has a market cap of $57.29 million and approximately $4.81 million worth of Radicle was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Aidi Finance (BSC) (AIDI) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Zoo Token (ZOOT) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0652 or 0.00000239 BTC.
- CareCoin (CARES) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0809 or 0.00000297 BTC.
- Hokkaidu Inu (HOKK) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0004 or 0.00000001 BTC.
- Jeff in Space (JEFF) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $2.75 or 0.00010076 BTC.
- Lumi Credits (LUMI) traded up 8.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0162 or 0.00000027 BTC.
- AXIA Coin (AXC) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $13.43 or 0.00048094 BTC.
- MVP Coin (MVP) traded down 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0477 or 0.00000072 BTC.
- P2P Solutions foundation (P2PS) traded 1.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $167.45 or 0.00251423 BTC.
About Radicle
Radicle launched on February 15th, 2021. Radicle’s total supply is 99,998,580 coins and its circulating supply is 51,771,495 coins. Radicle’s official Twitter account is @radworks_ and its Facebook page is accessible here. Radicle’s official website is radworks.org. The official message board for Radicle is radicle.mirror.xyz.
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List Of Free Open-Air Cinema Lined Up For This Weekend
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Doha, Qatar: The Doha film Institute is scheduled to screen three animated movies as part of its Cinemas Under the Stars screening this weekend at Museum of Islamic Art Park.
The movies, Song of The Sea, Chicken Run and Spirited Away will be screened at 7pm starting starting Thursday, Friday and Saturday - one movie each night.
DFI added that these open-air screenings are for free and spots will be offered on first-come, first serve basis with no reservations available.
The movies and the screening details are as follows:
Song of The Sea (2014) - Thursday, October 17 at 7pm.
The story of a 10-year-old Irish boy named Ben who discovers that his mute sister Saoirse is a selkie, who has to free faerie creatures from the Celtic goddess Macha.
Chicken Run (2020) - Friday, October 18 at 7pm.
A group of British anthropomorphic chickens see an American rooster as their only hope to escape the farm when their owners want to turn them into chicken pies.
Spirited Away (2001) - Saturday, October 19 at 7pm.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animated movie is about 10-year-old girl Chihiro as she wanders into the world of kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore).
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Dublin, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "US Single-Ply Roofing (Plastic & Rubber Membranes) Market Report 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Demand for single-ply roofing is forecast to increase minimally to 40 million squares in 2028. Going forward, market advances will be restrained due to unusually high weather-related reroofing demand in 2023; growth in commercial building construction is not projected to increase at a pace significant enough to result in substantial increases in demand.
However, ongoing sales will be supported by:
- rising interest in cool roofing (for example, light-colored rubber and plastic membranes)
- efforts of building owners and contractors to use more durable roofing, such as applying EPDM over a bituminous roof that has been damaged by hail
TPO Popularity Continues to Increase in Commercial Markets
Growth will be slow, but TPO membranes continue to gain market share in commercial applications - largely at the expense of bituminous roofing products - due to the following:
- continuing shortage of skilled roofers, which promotes use of self-adhesive TPO membranes that are easier to install
- light weight of most TPO membranes, which often allows them to be installed over existing roofing (instead of tearing off the old material) and reducing the amount of labor time and expense
- increasing availability of wider and thicker membranes (the former are suitable for use on larger roof expanses, and the latter can better withstand punctures and uplift)
Commercial Reroofing to Remain Leading Application for Single-Ply Roofing
The commercial market accounts for most single-ply roofing membrane demand. Single-ply products are only installed on low-slope roofs, limiting their use in the residential market to high-rise multifamily complexes and (more rarely) single-family residences with low-slope roof elements. Reroofing applications account for about 80% of single-ply sales in most years. However, the high level of repair and replacement roofing activity over the past few years will limit greater reroofing demand gains through 2028.
Historical Market Trends
Demand for single-ply roofing can vary yearly, and is largely determined by numerous factors related to building construction activity.
Those include:
- interest rates, as lower ones encourage home and business owners to fund roof repair and replacement projects with credit
- the number and types of commercial buildings erected or repaired in any given year
- types of roofing materials most often specified by contractors and other consumers in each region of the US
- the roofing materials originally installed on the structure
The US has a significant number of homes and businesses with roofs that are at or near the end of their life expectancies. Consequently, age-related reroofing is the most significant driver of single-ply roofing demand in the US.
Multiple other variables can affect demand for single-ply roofing in a particular year or over a short period of time. Among these are:
- weather conditions, especially outbreaks of severe weather that cause widespread damage to roofs (e.g., hurricanes and tropical storms, tornadoes, hailstorms, and winter storms)
- changes and modifications to state and local building codes
- the adoption of legislation (such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) that can cause a temporary increase in reroofing activity
- insurers requiring homeowners to replace older or worn roofs with newer materials that better resist severe weather on condition of maintaining coverage
Pricing Trends
Prices for single-ply roofing products differ greatly based on their varying raw material and manufacturing costs.
Those factors include:
- the prices of key raw materials, like petroleum and plastic resins
- costs related to the production of roofing materials (manufacturing equipment, energy)
- transportation and distribution expenses related to delivering finished products to distributors
- labor, as many industries are having difficulty hiring skilled workers to operate and maintain production equipment
Through 2028, the average price of single-ply roofing products is forecast to rise.
Price increases will be supported by roofing manufacturers' efforts to offer products with enhanced performance and aesthetics; these generally use raw materials more intensively, so they often have higher costs per square. Examples include plastic and rubber roofing membranes with thicker backings that enhance puncture and tear resistance.
Competitive Products
Plastic and rubber single-ply roofing compete with other low-slope products, including:
- modified bitumen and bituminous built-up roofing (BUR) systems
- metal standing seam and panel roofing
- primary liquid-applied roof coatings
- spray polyurethane foam (SPF) roofing
- tensioned fabric roofing
- vegetative (or green) roofs
Competition among these products is based on factors like material and installation costs, preventive maintenance expenses, durability, and building code requirements.
Bituminous and metal roofing provide the greatest competition for single-ply products. Demand for SPF and primary liquid-applied roof coatings is rather limited due to their considerably higher costs per square.
Weather & Climate
Weather and climate conditions play an important role in generating demand for roofing, particularly in reroofing applications; weather-related reroofing accounts for a significant share of demand in any given year.
Periodic outbreaks of severe weather activity are perhaps the most noticeable generator of reroofing demand.
Several severe weather events can cause roofing damage, such as:
- Hurricanes and tropical storms: High winds can uplift roofing materials, while projectiles carried aloft by their winds can damage roofs. Additionally, the large quantities of precipitation that often accompany these storms can cause leaks or premature roof degradation. Due to the size and paths most hurricanes and tornadoes take, roof damage can occur over a wide area - often encompassing many states.
- Hailstorms: Hail can cause tears and punctures to roofing membranes, crack or shatter asphalt shingles, and dent metal roofing, which can cause water to pond and prematurely corrode the material.
- Tornadoes: Like hurricanes - but with damage usually occurring more locally - the high winds of tornadoes often uplift roofs or damage roofs via high-velocity impacts.
- Winter storms: The weight of heavy snowfalls can damage roofs or collapse roof decks, while the freezing (and subsequent thawing) of snow and ice can cause ice dams that lead to leaks and tears.
Even during periods of normal weather activity, roofs can be subject to a wide range of weather conditions over the course of a year - all of which can cause slight damage or degradation to a roof surface. For instance:
- Roofing membranes can expand during high-temperature conditions and contract in low temperatures, forming gaps between seams that can lead to leaks.
- Ultraviolet radiation from sunlight can cause asphalt to melt or break down plastic and rubber molecules, subjecting roofing made from those materials to premature degradation.
- Precipitation (both rain and snow) can slowly degrade roofing materials, causing leaks and occasionally damaging roof decks.
Severe weather generally has a larger effect on the residential roofing market than on commercial roofing because:
- Steep-slope roofing products - which account for most residential roofing - are more likely to be uplifted by high winds.
- Homeowners are less likely than commercial building owners and managers to engage in regular roof maintenance.
However, roofs on commercial structures are still often subject to weather-related damage. For instance, water - such as after a period of heavy rain - can pond on a low-slope roof and damage the primary material, while hail can puncture membrane-based roofing systems and cause leaks.
Report Details
This study analyzes US single-ply roofing demand by product, application (new vs. reroofing), market, slope (steep-slope vs. low slope), installation type (self-adhesive membranes, mechanically attached), and US geographic region. Demand is provided in both area terms (squares) and value terms (US dollars). Historical data (2013, 2018, and 2023) and forecasts for 2028 and 2033 are presented for US roofing demand in squares and US dollars. In addition, annual data is presented for 2020 through 2027.
The following product types segment single-ply roofing product demand:
- plastic single-ply roofing
- thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO)
- polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
- other plastic membranes (e.g., ethylene copolymers, chlorinated polyethylene, ethylene interpolymers, nitrile alloy, and tripolymer alloy)
- rubber single-ply roofing
- ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM)
- other rubber formulations, such as neoprene rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE), and butyl
Single-ply roofing shipments, imports, and exports are also shown at the aggregate level in millions of dollars. Average product prices (at the manufacturers' level) and installation costs are provided for major product types in dollars per square.
Demand for roofing in the residential market is also analyzed by housing type:
- single-family housing
- multifamily housing
- manufactured housing
Housing units located in structures that are primarily used for something other than habitation are also excluded from this report's scope. For example, a small living space within a larger retail facility would be classified as part of a retail building rather than a residential one.
Demand for commercial roofing is analyzed by building type:
- office, retail, and lodging
- institutional
- industrial
- transportation and other, including
- civic centers
- courthouses
- government facilities (both administrative and public safety)
- post offices
- agriculture facilities
- recreational facilities
Key Topics Covered:
Overview
- Historical Market Trends
- Single-Ply Roofing Types
- Demand by Type (million squares)
- Demand by Type (market value)
- Demand by Installation Method
- Markets Overview
- Pricing Trends
- Competitive Products
Factors Impacting Roofing Demand
- Building Construction Activity
- Age of Building Stock
- Weather & Climate
- Installation Issues
- Comparative Installation Costs
- Availability of Trained Labor
- Jobsite Safety
- Evolving Building Codes
- Adoption of Roof Maintenance Programs
- Insurer Requirements
- Sustainability Initiatives
- Recycling & Recycled Content
- Cool Roofing
- Energy Efficiency (LEED & Energy Star)
- Product Lifespans
Plastic Single-Ply Roofing
- Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- Other Plastic Single-Ply Roofing
- Markets & Applications
- Regional Data
Rubber Single-Ply Roofing
- Ethylene-Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM)
- Other Rubber Single-Ply Roofing
- Markets & Applications
- Regional Data
Commercial Market
- Building Type
- Office, Retail, & Lodging
- Institutional
- Industrial
- Other Commercial Buildings
- Product Trends
- Regional Data
8. Residential Market
- New Construction
- Reroofing
- Product Trends
- Regional Data
9. Regional Trends
- Northeast
- Midwest
- South
- West
10. Key Suppliers & Market Share
- Industry Composition
- Market Share
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/20o6nw
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Stock market today: Wall Street edges back from records as oil prices tumble
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is edging back from its records on Tuesday as the price of crude oil tumbles and technology stocks weaken.
The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in afternoon trading, a day after setting an all-time high for the 46th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 116 points, or 0.3%, as of 1:06 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.8% lower.
Exxon Mobil dropped 2.2%, and energy stocks fell to some of Wall Street’s sharpest losses after oil prices tumbled roughly 4%. A barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, has fallen back below $75 from more than $80 last week.
Crude has weakened as China’s flagging economic growth raises concerns about weaker-than-expected demand for oil. At the same time, worries have receded about Israel possibly attacking Iranian oil facilities as part of its retaliation against Iran’s missile attack early this month. Iran is a major producer of crude, and a strike could upend its exports to China and elsewhere.
Nvidia was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 and fell 4.8%. It’s a cooldown for the chip company, whose stock is still up 166.3% for the year so far on euphoria about the profits created by the boom around artificial-intelligence technology.
Dutch chip supplier ASML fell, with its U.S.-traded shares down 16.7%, after CEO Christophe Fouquet said AI continues to offer strong upside potential but “other market segments are taking longer to recover.”
Also dragging on the U.S. stock market was UnitedHealth Group. The insurer fell 7.2% despite reporting better results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It lowered the top end of its forecasted range for profit over the full year.
Helping to keep the S&P 500 and Dow close to their records set on Monday were gains for several financial companies following better-than-expected profit reports for the summer.
Bank of America rose 1.7%, and CEO Brian Moynihan said his company benefited from higher average loans and fees for investment banking and asset management. Charles Schwab jumped 7% after likewise delivering better results than expected. More customers opened brokerage accounts at the company, helping to bring its total client assets to a record $9.92 trillion.
Walgreens Boots Alliance was another winner, up 12.9%, after topping analysts’ forecasts. The drugstore chain also said it will close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as it tries to turn around its struggling U.S. business.
Chipmaker Wolfspeed jumped 22.5% to trim its loss for the year to 68% after the Biden-Harris administration announced Tuesday that it plans to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to the company. The money will support its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips.
In the bond market, trading of Treasurys resumed after a holiday on Monday, and yields slipped following a weaker-than-expected report on manufacturing in New York state.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.05% from 4.10% late Friday. Manufacturing has been one of the areas of the U.S. economy hurt most by high interest rates caused by the Federal Reserve in its efforts to slow the economy enough to stamp out high inflation.
Now, though, the Fed has begun cutting interest rates as it’s widened its focus to include keeping the economy humming instead of just fighting high inflation.
Recent reports showing the U.S. economy remains stronger than expected have also raised optimism that the Fed can pull off a perfect landing where it gets inflation down to 2% without causing a recession that many had thought would be necessary.
In stock markets abroad, Chinese stocks fell sharply as doubts continue about whether the government will offer enough fiscal stimulus to prop up the world’s second-largest economy.
Stocks in Shanghai fell 2.5%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 3.7%.
Indexes were mixed elsewhere in Asia and in Europe.
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AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.
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TORONTO — Canada said it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday, in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killing and allegations of other crimes.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was expelling the Indian high commissioner and the others — all persons of interest, as Canada's foreign minister said police had uncovered evidence of a worsening campaign against Canadian citizens by agents of the Indian government.
“We will never tolerate the involvement of a foreign government threatening and killing Canadian citizens on Canadian soil," Trudeau said. He alleged that diplomats were collecting information about Canadians and passing it on to organized crime to attack Canadians, and said “India has made a monumental mistake."
India has rejected the accusations as absurd.
India's foreign ministry in turn said it was expelling Canada's acting high commissioner and five other diplomats, adding that they were told to leave by the end of Saturday.
Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations that India’s government had links to the assassination in Canada of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Canada's foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had gathered “ample, clear and concrete evidence which identified six individuals as persons of interest in the Nijjar case.”
She said India was asked to waive diplomatic and consular immunity and cooperate in the investigation but refused. She asked that India's government support the ongoing investigation “as it remains in both our countries’ interest to get to the bottom of this.”
She noted that violence “actually increased” following the allegations a year ago.
RCMP Mike Duheme said police have evidence allegedly tying Indian government agents to other homicides and violent acts in Canada.
“The team has learned a significant amount of information about the breadth and depth of criminal activity orchestrated by agents of the government of India, and consequential threats to the safety and security of Canadians and individuals living in Canada,” he said.
Duheme declined to provide specifics, citing ongoing investigations, but he said there have been well over a dozen credible and imminent threats that have resulted in police warning members of the South Asian community, notably the pro-Khalistan, or Sikh independence, movement. He said attempts to have discussions with Indian law enforcement were unsuccessful.
Nijjar, 45, was fatally shot in his pickup truck after he left the Sikh temple he led in Surrey, British Columbia. An Indian-born citizen of Canada, he owned a plumbing business and was a leader in what remains of a once-strong movement to create an independent Sikh homeland.
Four Indian nationals living in Canada were charged with Niijar's murder.
India designated Nijjar a terrorist in 2020, and at the time of his death had been seeking his arrest for alleged involvement in an attack on a Hindu priest.
India has repeatedly criticized Trudeau's government for being soft on supporters of the Khalistan movement who live in Canada. The Khalistan movement is banned in India but has support among the Sikh diaspora, particularly in Canada.
India has been asking countries like Canada, Australia and the U.K. to take legal action against Sikh activists. India has particularly raised these concerns with Canada, where Sikhs make up nearly 2% of the country’s population.
In response to Canada’s earlier allegations, India told Canada last year to remove 41 of its 62 diplomats in the country. Relations between the countries have been frosty since then.
The Indian foreign ministry said Monday that “India reserves the right to take further steps in response to the Trudeau government’s support for extremism, violence and separatism against India.”
The ministry also summoned Canada's top diplomat in New Delhi and told him that “the baseless targeting” of the Indian high commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada “was completely unacceptable.”
One of the diplomats, Stewart Wheeler, told reporters after being summoned that India must investigate the allegations and that Canada “stands ready to cooperate with India.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said in a statement that an Indian inquiry committee set up to investigate a plot to assassinate another prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York would travel to Washington on Tuesday as part of its ongoing investigations to discuss the case.
“Additionally, India has informed the United States they are continuing their efforts to investigate other linkages of the former government employee and will determine follow-up steps, as necessary," it said.
Last year, U.S. prosecutors said an Indian government official directed the plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil and announced charges against a man they said was part of the thwarted conspiracy.
The official was neither charged nor identified by name, but was described as a “senior field officer” with responsibilities in security management and intelligence, and was said to have previously served in India’s Central Reserve Police Force.
New Delhi at the time expressed concern after the U.S. raised the issue and said India takes it seriously.
Canada’s foreign minister on Monday noted that India is cooperating with U.S. officials and can do it with Canada as well.
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In our society, one persistent issue women face is the inappropriate behavior they encounter in workplaces. Often, only those women who are deemed attractive, fashionable, and do not wear an abaya (veil) are hired. Initially, I didn't believe these claims since I hadn't personally experienced such bias. I used to dismiss such complaints, thinking they were baseless. However, I came to realize this harsh reality when it happened to me.
I had always worked without facing any such issue. However, during an interview with an NGO, I spent an hour discussing my skills and experience. The chairman spoke about religious values and the balance between worldly and spiritual success, which made me feel I was in the right place. I was selected and joined two days later. There was a separate workspace for women, and another girl was hired alongside me.
The first day went smoothly, but that evening, I received a message from the chairman, telling me I had great potential but needed to make some changes to advance further. Curious, I asked what kind of changes he meant. His response was unsettling-he suggested that I stop wearing the abaya, citing that no one in the office would notice since there was a separate space for women. Shocked, I asked how removing my abaya would make any difference to my work.
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He bluntly said that women who are attractive, smart, and don't wear the abaya are preferred in offices. These three qualities, he insisted, are essential for women to move forward in their careers. I couldn't believe my ears. I asked him why a woman's capability should be judged by her appearance or whether she wears an abaya. What about women who choose modesty or are not conventionally beautiful-don't they have the right to work?
The chairman further claimed that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is a law stating women cannot work in an office while wearing an abaya. I demanded to see the law, but his response was dismissive, accusing me of having the wrong mindset and saying that only open-minded women progress in life.
Deeply saddened, I told him that if I had to choose between removing my abaya or losing my job, I would choose my values. If my potential was being undermined due to my appearance, then this job wasn't for me. I couldn't help but reflect on how many vulnerable women are exploited by men who misuse their power and status.
After searching extensively, I found no law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or elsewhere in Pakistan that mandates women to work without an abaya. To women facing such situations, I urge you not to compromise on your dignity. Respect comes first, even before a job. If you encounter someone who questions your modesty and disregards your skills, stand your ground. If they deny you the right to wear an abaya today, they might demand even more drastic changes tomorrow under the guise of "advancement."
True progress isn't measured by appearance but by intelligence, hard work, and experience. Let's break these harmful stereotypes and strive for a society where women are judged by their capabilities, not their attire.
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I have a friend who is a vegetarian and very entitled. She believes that her money is hers, and my money is ours.
I LOVE sharing food with friends, I eat almost exclusively family style, but I hate sharing food with this friend because she does not share food with me.
To avoid confrontation, I have started exclusively ordering meat items whenever we eat together.
Recently, we went out to eat and I ordered chili cheese fries and I added steak. My friend interjected and asked if we could get the steak on the side so we could share. The waiter was like sure, and I kind of just stared blankly, silently fuming. But then when the fries came I immediately dumped all the steak on the fries and started mixing.
She was like "wait!" and I said "Oh oops sorry" and continued eating. She said she would have ordered more food if we weren't sharing, and I said "well then order it". But she didn't because she was trying to save money.
She ate her sad salad and kind of passive aggressively said "man I wish I had some fries with this too" I ignored the tone and just responded cheerily "you should get some they're good!"
Hopefully she gets the hint soon.
Edited: okay I'm sick of saying this but THIS PERSON DOES NOT RESPOND WELL TO CRITICISM. friends have tried and failed to bring up issues about money with this person before. IT DOES NOT END WELL. I am prioritizing my own mental health over "being mature and doing the right thing". Go watch an after school special. How do I add a flair? No more advice plz, this is a vent.
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Jojos_Universe_
Genuine question: has anyone ever expressed that it annoys them when she does this? Sometimes people don’t realize they’re being annoying. If you haven’t already, I would try to set the boundary that you don’t mind sharing food if she also shares food.
Tell her that you understand she needs to save money, but that it doesn’t mean that you can afford her to keep eating your food too. If she doesn’t take it well, that’s a sign to distance yourself. If she apologizes and works on it, it could be genuine ignorance.
OOP Yes there have been multiple attempts at boundary setting in the past all the way from when we were little. That is when I learned that most people would rather keep the peace by placating the dramatic person rather than hold the dramatic person accountable.
She is manipulative. There was a whole issue at prom where she didn't pay her share for the limo, the kid who did would not let her on, she cried, the kid's parents felt bad and covered for her, made the kid apologize. She always has a sob story, she is always the victim.
i have even offered her to apply for a job in the past where i work (as a busser) because i too thought she just needed help (bc again she is manipulative) before my eyes were opened. she said, to my face, "i could never bus tables, is there a host position open?"
this isn't her only thing, she is manipulative and selfish in every single way. some poeple see it, some people dont. and until everyone sees it, i'm not going to be the hero that calls her out on it.
My post blew up and lots of people asked for an update, nothing too interesting happened until last week so here it goes...
TLDR of last post: "Mooch" vegetarian friend who likes to steal food but doesn't like to share keeps stealing my food so I purposefully order meat items to not share
Another instance happened that was the catalyst for me, but I didn’t make a dramatic show of anything, I just slowly stopped going on outings where Mooch was invited.
All of my friends seem to think Mooch isn’t THAT bad so they weren’t really wanting to ice her out for me which is totally understandable. But unfortunately means I stopped hanging out with most of my friends.
That is until last week. My friends had planned a short spring break trip to Mexico. I didn’t go because Mooch was invited. I even warned them that Mooch was going to make it miserable but no one listens to me. And shocker to everyone except for me, the trip was awful.
She didn’t pay for a single thing. She still owes people her portion of the airbnb and gas money for the drive. Additionally, she had a sour mood anytime plans didn’t go her way. (Example: group wants to go to the markets, mooch wants to go to rent a boat, majority rules they go to market, mooch has a giant frown and makes sure everyone is aware she is having a bad time)
One night, everyone went clubbing. She got tired and wanted to go home, no one wanted to go with her. She was waiting around with her giant frown, clearly wanting someone to leave with her so she didn’t have to pay for the Uber.
She finally orders an Uber for herself, after the Uber arrives, 2 girls decide actually they are tired too so they take the Uber with her. She had the AUDACITY to Venmo request them money for the uber after having not paid for anything else the entire trip.
And one of the girls she Venmo requests was the one that paid for the Airbnb that she STILL had not paid her back for. (for the record everyone else took turns paying for ubers, no one venmo requested each other for that, this was the first and only uber Mooch ever paid for)
That girl immediately starts a group chat with a couple of people on the trip and me with my favorite thing to hear “omg OP, you were right!” Then I got to sit back and just watch as everyone word vomits to me everything terrible that happened on the trip.
So it sounds like these 5 people plus me is done with her. Not sure how the rest of the group feels, but at least I have 5 people I can hang out with regularly again!
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bakugouspoopyasshole (responding to a deleted comment)
Clearly you've never had a long-term toxic friend or relationship before, because you'd know how hard these habits are to break. They've known each other since childhood and it's hard to set boundaries with someone like this when they are repeatedly broken. Plus she never said that not going on that trip made her miserable, quite the opposite actually.
Also did you ever consider that OP might be the one with money problems? Maybe, just maybe, she doesn't want to hang out with someone who thinks OP's money is also hers.
OOP Its not even the money problems, even though yes thats at the forefront. It's that she expects everyone to serve her and cater to her feelings all the time! She wants final decision making for all activities WHILE not paying. It's the fact that I have to drive her everywhere, but I'm also not allowed to leave until she's ready! Like f if not wanting to spend time with her makes me mean, I'd rather be mean than continue being a doormat
OkMarrionberry4132
Ah, karma is a dish best served with meat if you asked me. I’m glad they all woke up. I hope she’s lonely with her sad salads.
The incident that made OOP cut off the friendship
I was her ride to a group activity. Right before I was about to leave, my mom decided to pick a fight with me about my room being a mess. When my mom and I fight, she can be kind of mean, so I was sobbing. (And my friends know this)
I texted my friends that I couldnt come anymore because my mom grounded me. Mooch said "but you were my ride". And I ask the group if someone else can pick her up. Everyone else lives kind of far and no one wants to go out of their way to pick Mooch up.
She calls me and asks that if I can't come hang out can I at least come pick her up, drop her off at the hangout location and then pick her up again at the end of the night.
She even said "I feel like your mom would understand you made the commitment to drive me". I just said no, and to her credit she accepted it and then ends with "well that sucks, I hope you feel better" bc she can tell I've been crying. That was just the final straw for me.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – The International Surface Event (TISE) will once again offer a complimentary tabletop space in the “StartUp Station” Pavilion to companies new to the floor covering, stone and tile markets. To qualify, companies must have been in the industry for two years or less and have not previously exhibited at TISE. If both qualifications are met, the application can be completed and submitted today. A selection process will follow, and TISE show management will notify participants by email if they are among the six chosen applicants.
The complimentary turnkey exhibit package includes:
- Key-location in the Startup Station Pavilion
- 5' x 10' exhibit space with 8’ Back Drape
- Standard carpet
- 4’ bar height skirted table (black)
- Two bar-height stools
- Wastebasket
- Signage in booth (designed by the TISE show team using your materials)
- Lead Retrieval Device for lead capturing on-site
The StartUp Station opportunity also includes a complimentary marketing package, which consists of:
- Press release inclusion promoting StartUp Station participating companies
- Inclusion in Pre-show ‘Don't Miss StartUp Station’ email
- Inclusion in TISE Event show floor Theatre StartUp Station session
- Highlighted on floor plan and online directory in StartUp Station
- Social media highlight
- Enhanced listing package, including online lead generating
The 2025 event takes place, January 28th to 30th at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. Utilizing more than 400,000 square feet and culminating over 700 exhibiting brands from around the world, TISE is a North American premier event dedicated to sourcing materials and discovering the latest products, innovations and design trends all in one place. Top industry leaders spanning 25 categories will showcase new products, build new relationships and provide a platform for business growth and advancement.
Apply to be one of six companies chosen for the StartUp Station at www.intlserfaceevent.com.
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Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO – Get Free Report) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,520,000 shares, a decrease of 11.1% from the September 15th total of 1,710,000 shares. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 196,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.7 days.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $120.00 target price (up from $100.00) on shares of Exponent in a research report on Friday, July 26th.
View Our Latest Stock Report on EXPO
Exponent Stock Up 1.5 %
Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $132.43 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $130.83 million. Exponent had a return on equity of 28.39% and a net margin of 19.35%. The firm’s revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.50 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Exponent will post 2.04 earnings per share for the current year.
Exponent Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 6th were issued a dividend of $0.28 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 6th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.98%. Exponent’s payout ratio is currently 56.57%.
Insider Activity at Exponent
In other news, VP John Pye sold 3,956 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.00, for a total transaction of $415,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 28,422 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,984,310. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 2.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Comerica Bank grew its holdings in Exponent by 8.7% in the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 231,131 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $19,112,000 after purchasing an additional 18,429 shares during the period. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC raised its stake in Exponent by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC now owns 276,500 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $22,864,000 after buying an additional 17,496 shares during the period. Congress Asset Management Co. MA boosted its holdings in Exponent by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA now owns 52,157 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,592,000 after acquiring an additional 12,138 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in Exponent by 601.1% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 12,866 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,064,000 after acquiring an additional 11,031 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its position in shares of Exponent by 4.1% during the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 487,035 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $46,327,000 after purchasing an additional 19,051 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Exponent
Exponent, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering.
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NEWARK, NJ, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE: GNE), a leading retail energy and renewable energy solutions provider, will announce financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2024 on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024.
Genie Energy will issue an earnings release over a wire service and post it in the “Investors” section of the Genie Energy website (https://genie.com/investors/quarterly-earnings/) at 7:30 AM Eastern. The release also will be filed in a current report (Form 8-K) with the SEC.
At 8:30 AM Eastern, Genie Energy’s management will host a conference call to discuss financial and operational results, business outlook, and strategy. The call will begin with management’s remarks followed by Q&A with investors.
To participate in the conference call, dial 1-877-545-0523 (toll-free from the US) or 1-973-528-0016 (international) and provide the following participant access code: 644435.
Approximately three hours after the call, a call replay will be accessible by dialing 1-877-481-4010 (toll-free from the US) or 1-919-882-2331 (international) and providing the replay passcode: 51441. The replay will remain available through Wednesday, November 20, 2024. In addition, a recording of the call will be available for playback on the “Investors” section of the Genie Energy website.
In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate, “target” and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described in our most recent report on SEC Form 10-K (under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”), which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-Q and 8-K. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Genie Energy Ltd.:
Genie Energy Ltd., (NYSE: GNE) is a leading retail energy and renewable energy solutions provider. The Genie Retail Energy division (GRE) supplies electricity, including electricity from renewable resources, and natural gas to residential and small business customers in the United States. The Genie Renewables division (GREW) is a vertically-integrated provider of community and utility-scale solar energy solutions. For more information, visit Genie.com.
Contact:
Genie Energy Investor Relations
Bill Ulrey
E-mail: wulrey@genie.com
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