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BIS Unveils New Semiconductor Rules Against ChinaBrock Purdy and Nick Bosa are not available for the San Francisco 49ers when they enter Green Bay with designs on finding their finishing kick on Sunday afternoon. Purdy is out with a right shoulder injury and won't leave the sideline at Lambeau Field, head coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday, when he also declared Bosa out and confirmed journeyman Brandon Allen would make his 10th career start at quarterback. "Outside of here people haven't seen a lot of Brandon. But it's his second year (with the 49ers)," Shanahan said. "Obviously guys want Brock up, but guys are excited to see Brandon play." Shanahan said the 49ers are "a little surprised" Purdy experienced tightness and discomfort in his shoulder after an MRI exam on Monday that showed no long-term cause for concern. "The way it responded this week, it's really up in the air for next week," Shanahan said of Purdy's long-term prognosis. Allen's last NFL start on the road was with the Bengals at the Ravens in 2020. Allen completed 6 of 21 passes for 48 yards with two interceptions. He finished with a passer rating of 0.0 in a 38--3 loss. "It's definitely an opportunity for me to go out and play well and put our guys in a good position to win the game," Allen said Friday. "And obviously we want Brock back and healthy and all that, but for time being, it is an opportunity for me." Purdy took the practice field Thursday with the intent to participate. His shoulder tightened significantly, and the 49ers ushered him off the field to meet with trainers. Purdy beat the Packers in the NFC divisional playoffs at San Francisco in January, but Allen is familiar to Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. LaFleur was an assistant coach with the Rams during Allen's two-year run in Los Angeles. Allen broke into the NFL in 2016 with the Jaguars and is 2-7 in nine career starts. He went 1-2 with the Broncos in 2019 and 1-5 in six starts over two years with the Bengals in 2020 and ‘21. A victory against the visiting 49ers on Sunday would bolster the Packers' playoff chances, send a conference rival below .500 and avenge a bitter playoff defeat. Those seemingly rank in no particular order for the Packers (8-3), although they don't shy from living at least partially in the past ahead of a Week 12 showdown. San Francisco eliminated Green Bay 24-21 in the NFC divisional playoffs last season, scoring 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. "That's what you've got to sit with all offseason, is going back, watching the game, trying to see what you could have done better," Packers quarterback Jordan Love said. "What you could have done differently in that game. ... Just knowing that's the team that knocked us out, we're definitely hungry for this game." Ditto for San Francisco. The 49ers fell to 5-5 after last week's 20-17 home loss to Seattle, done in by Geno Smith's 13-yard touchdown run with 12 seconds to play. Still only a game behind NFC West-leading Arizona, the reigning conference champion 49ers are just 1-3 in division play and can ill afford to lose more ground. A visit to AFC East leader Buffalo awaits after the trip to Green Bay. While they're dealing with plenty of not-so-good news on the injury front, the 49ers do anticipate the return of other contributors. Cornerback Charvarius Ward, who missed the past two games following the death of his 1-year-old daughter, practiced Wednesday. Tight end George Kittle also is eager to play after a nagging hamstring injury sidelined him against the Seahawks. "Very excited," Kittle said. "Can't pass up playing the Packers, so no, I will be out there for sure." Allen was a three-year starter at Arkansas but has been a journeyman backup since entering the NFL in 2016 as the 201st overall pick of the Jaguars. Shanahan and LaFleur have been fierce competitors since twice working together, first as low-level assistants with the Texans in 2008, then on the so-called "dream team" staff in Washington that also included Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel and Raheem Morris; and two seasons with the Falcons (2015, 2016) where LaFleur was quarterbacks coach and Shanahan called the plays. Shanahan scored the most recent win over LaFleur in January. Green Bay has won seven of the past eight regular-season meetings between the franchises. But the familiarity and shared-brain approach to offense that has the coaches completed each other's play calls has led to some tight games. The past three at Lambeau Field were all decided by three points. Green Bay, which hosts a home game on Thanksgiving next Thursday, is starting a run of three games in 12 days. They'll play back-to-back Thursday games. Their Week 14 game is at Detroit. That might make it good news for LaFleur that surprising contributors have emerged of late. Packers wideout Christian Watson had a career-best 150 receiving yards on only four catches during last week's 20-19 road win against the Chicago Bears. His diving 60-yard reception in the fourth quarter put the Packers in position for Love's go-ahead, 1-yard scoring run with 2:59 to play. Watson entered the game with eight catches for 83 yards over his previous three contests, but LaFleur assured Watson remains a "big part" of the attack. "He's a guy who's got every measurable known to man in terms of the size, the speed, and it's not like those were easy plays he was making," LaFleur said. "He was making tough, contested catches." San Francisco will aim to generate more pressure against Love than the Bears, who sacked him just once. The 49ers collected four sacks against the Seahawks, with Bosa and Leonard Floyd contributing 1.5 apiece. Recent regular-season history between the Packers and 49ers at Lambeau Field has favored Green Bay. The Packers have won seven of their past eight home games against the 49ers and are 22-11 versus San Francisco at home all-time. Green Bay leads the series 34-28-1. --Field Level Media
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Joe Rogan was among the first to hear Elon Musk 's bold prediction about the fearful state of the US economy entering 2025 on his show earlier this year. On episode #2223 of the Joe Rogan Experience , Musk re-appeared on the program for nearly 3 hours to speak about business, design, engineering, Tesla, Space X, and more. With a net worth of $442 billion and always in the mix to be known as the world's richest billionaire, Musk predicted that the US could become bankrupt with the dollar not meaning anything due to the US national debt, which is reported by the US Department of treasury as $36.19 trillion. "The interest payments, which are already 23 percent of all government income, is just going to pay interest right now. And that number is continually rising," Musk said on the show. Joe Rogan shares insight into UFC 'killer' who is 'nicest guy you could meet' Joe Rogan states why Conor McGregor will never fight in UFC again "So if we don't do something, the entire government budget will be paying interest. There won’t be money for anything," he explained. "No, there won’t be money for Social Security, there won't be money for Medicare, nothing. That’s where we're headed. That's what bankruptcy means." In 2024, interest on US federal debt reportedly tallied up to approximately $1.1 trillion. The federal government collected $4.92 trillion in revenue. After Musk evaluated the issue through his own calculations, he said, "I'm looking at the numbers here and I'm like, if we don’t do something, America is toast." Musk's urged cuts amount to around 30 percent of the current federal budget, targeting discretionary spending as mandatory programs like Social Security [$1.46 trillion] and Medicare [$874 billion] account for significant overall costs. Senior Vice President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget , Marc Goldwein, voiced strong suspicion against Musk's ideas and said, "Such cuts would be borderline impossible without affecting politically sensitive programs or causing significant economic turmoil in the short term." President-elect Donald Trump hand-selected Musk to co-lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency with Vivek Ramaswamy , aiming to save the country more money. The specifics of their full plan remain unclear, and the group will act solely as an advisory body operating outside of the government. DON'T MISS Joe Rogan 'genuinely concerned' about drones in U.S. as new theory explored Terrified Joe Rogan thinks drones attempting to sniff out gas leak or radiation Tyson Fury blew Joe Rogan away with 'powerful' story ahead of Usyk rematch Musk and Ramaswamy have aligned with a vocal group of Republican lawmakers who have continued their push to slash federal spending, zeroing in on the $535 million annual budget allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB]. The proposed cuts target reducing funding for the public media company responsible for Sesame Street, NPR shows, and more, which has often been a point of disagreement in allocation debates. The idea was detested by several qualified government employees like President of the American Federation of Government Employees Everett Kelley, who view the cuts as harmful to the country. Rogan has previously criticized the Biden administration for the economy and that Trump's re-election puts it back in a strong position.
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Boeing advances safety and quality plan, FAA notesAsia-Pacific markets are set to open higher on Christmas Eve, tracking Wall Street gains before the holidays. Traders will monitor any developments related to the planned merger of Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda. Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher on Christmas Eve, after key U.S. benchmarks rose overnight helped by gains in tech stocks. Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a stronger open for the market, with the futures contract in Chicago at 39,305 and its counterpart in Osaka at 39,300 compared to the index's previous close of 39,161.34. The Bank of Japan is slated to release the minutes of its October meeting. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures were at 19,924, higher than the HSI's last close of 19,883.13. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 traded slightly above the flatline in a shortened trading day. Traders will monitor any developments related to the planned merger of Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda, which announced Monday that they had started formal discussions to merge, paving the pay to create the world's third-largest automaker by sales . Discussions are set to conclude in June 2025. Overnight in the U.S., stocks rose as strength in technology names helped the broader market. The S&P 500 gained 0.73% to 5,974.07. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.98% to 19,764.89, as Tesla and Meta Platforms added more than 2% and Nvidia climbed more than 3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased earlier losses and ended the day 66.69 points higher, or 0.16%, to 42,906.95. Trading was thin on Monday and is expected to remain muted during the week. The New York Stock Exchange closes early Tuesday for Christmas Eve at 1 p.m. ET, and the market is shut on Christmas Day. —CNBC's Yun Li contributed to this report.