'Forbidden Planet' is one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time, and it's getting a remakePHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts remained in the NFL's concussion protocol on Monday, limiting his ability to practice this week for the Philadelphia Eagles and casting doubt on his availability for Sunday's game against Dallas. If Hurts can't play, the Eagles would turn to backup Kenny Pickett — who suffered a rib injury and couldn't protect a big lead in a 36-33 loss to Washington — with third-stringer Tanner McKee on deck. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, obituaries, sports, and more.Calgary Flames (12-8-4, in the Pacific Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (9-12-4, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Penguins -122, Flames +101; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames enter the matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins after losing three in a row. Pittsburgh is 9-12-4 overall and 5-6-2 at home. The Penguins have conceded 96 goals while scoring 65 for a -31 scoring differential. Calgary is 12-8-4 overall and 3-5-4 in road games. The Flames have a 4-7-1 record in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents. The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams meet this season. The Flames won 4-3 in a shootout in the previous meeting. TOP PERFORMERS: Sidney Crosby has eight goals and 16 assists for the Penguins. Bryan Rust has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games. Rasmus Andersson has five goals and nine assists for the Flames. Mikael Backlund has scored three goals and added one assist over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 4-4-2, averaging 2.3 goals, four assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game. Flames: 5-3-2, averaging 2.1 goals, 3.4 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game. INJURIES: Penguins: None listed. Flames: None listed. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Washington: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, the Carter Centre said. He was 100. Former US president Jimmy Carter in 1993. “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love,” said Chip Carter, the former president’s son. “My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honouring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.” A Democrat, he served as president from January 1977 to January 1981 after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 US election. Carter was swept from office four years later in an electoral landslide as voters embraced Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, the former actor and California governor. Carter lived longer after his term in office than any other US president. Along the way, he earned a reputation as a better former president than he was a president - a status he readily acknowledged. His one-term presidency was marked by the highs of the 1978 Camp David accords between Israel and Egypt, bringing some stability to the Middle East. But it was dogged by an economy in recession, persistent unpopularity and the embarrassment of the Iran hostage crisis that consumed his final 444 days in office. Former president Jimmy Carter celebrating his 85th birthday at the reopening of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in 2009. Credit: David Whitley/The Carter Centre In recent years, Carter had experienced several health issues including melanoma that spread to his liver and brain. Carter decided to receive hospice care in February 2023 instead of undergoing additional medical intervention. His wife, Rosalynn Carter, died on November 19, 2023, at age 96. He looked frail when he attended her memorial service and funeral in a wheelchair. Carter left office profoundly unpopular but worked energetically for decades on humanitarian causes. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 in recognition of his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter had been a centrist as governor of Georgia with populist tendencies when he moved into the White House as the 39th US president. He was a Washington outsider at a time when America was still reeling from the Watergate scandal that led Republican Richard Nixon to resign as president in 1974 and elevated Ford from vice president.AP News Summary at 5:41 p.m. EST
( MENAFN - media OutReach Newswire) MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 December 2024 - Wildberries, a leading e-commerce platform in Eurasia, will increase its warehouse capacity by more than twofold in 2025 to support its dynamic growth. The Company is currently finalizing the construction of warehouse complexes with a total area of more than 2.3 million square meters (equivalent to over 320 football fields) in its regions of operation. Most of these facilities will be operational in the first half of 2025. In addition, Wildberries is building or planning new warehouses in 11 cities across Russia, as well as two logistics hubs in Kazakhstan and up to three in Uzbekistan, with a total area of more than 2.5 million square meters. At the beginning of 2024, Wildberries' warehouse capacity stood at 1.5 million square meters. The new logistics centers will enable local sellers to expand their assortment on the Wildberries platform and boost their sales across all markets where the Company operates. Sellers will benefit from a growing number of options for storing and shipping their goods, as well as the ability to effectively manage their stocks and seasonal product supplies. Wildberries currently operates in eight countries in Eurasia, with plans to expand to new markets. In 2023, goods sold through its marketplace amounted to the equivalent of $25 billion, with a projected 60% increase in sales by the end of 2024. The platform hosts more than 1 million sellers, over 85% of which are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Wildberries' rapid growth is supported by its own infrastructure for fast delivery, including a fleet of over 1,700 vehicles and a network of over 50,000 pick-up points. These pick-up points enable customers to collect their orders close to home at the time of their choosing, as well as to try on or examine ordered items prior to confirming their purchase. MENAFN23122024003551001712ID1109025779 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.
Jimmy Carter, the United States’ longest-lived president, was never afraid of speaking his mind. Forthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winner took pot-shots at former prime minister Tony Blair and ex-US president George W Bush among others. His death came after repeated bouts of illness in which images of the increasingly frail former president failed to erase memories of his fierce spirit. Democrat James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr swept to power in 1977 with his Trust Me campaign helping to beat Republican president Gerald Ford. Serving as 39th US president from 1977 to 1981, he sought to make government “competent and compassionate” but was ousted by the unstoppable Hollywood appeal of a certain Ronald Reagan. A skilled sportsman, Mr Carter left his home of Plains, Georgia, to join the US Navy, returning later to run his family’s peanut business. A stint in the Georgia senate lit the touchpaper on his political career and he rose to the top of the Democratic movement. But he will also be remembered for a bizarre encounter with a deeply disgruntled opponent. The president was enjoying a relaxing fishing trip near his home town in 1979 when his craft was attacked by a furious swamp rabbit which reportedly swam up to the boat hissing wildly. The press had a field day, with one paper bearing the headline President Attacked By Rabbit. Away from encounters with belligerent bunnies, Mr Carter’s willingness to address politically uncomfortable topics did not diminish with age. He recently said that he would be willing to travel to North Korea for peace talks on behalf of US President Donald Trump. He also famously mounted a ferocious and personal attack on Tony Blair over the Iraq war, weeks before the prime minister left office in June 2007. Mr Carter, who had already denounced George W Bush’s presidency as “the worst in history”, used an interview on BBC radio to condemn Mr Blair for his tight relations with Mr Bush, particularly concerning the Iraq War. Asked how he would characterise Mr Blair’s relationship with Mr Bush, Mr Carter replied: “Abominable. Loyal, blind, apparently subservient. “I think that the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.” Mr Carter was also voluble over the Rhodesia crisis, which was about to end during his presidency. His support for Robert Mugabe at the time generated widespread criticism. He was said to have ignored the warnings of many prominent Zimbabweans, black and white, about what sort of leader Mugabe would be. This was seen by Mr Carter’s critics as “deserving a prominent place among the outrages of the Carter years”. Mr Carter has since said he and his administration had spent more effort and worry on Rhodesia than on the Middle East. He admitted he had supported two revolutionaries in Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, and with hindsight said later that Mugabe had been “a good leader gone bad”, having at first been “a very enlightened president”. One US commentator wrote: “History will not look kindly on those in the West who insisted on bringing the avowed Marxist Mugabe into the government. “In particular, the Jimmy Carter foreign policy... bears some responsibility for the fate of a small African country with scant connection to American national interests.” In recent years Mr Carter developed a reputation as an international peace negotiator. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, his work with human rights and democracy initiatives, and his promotion of economic and social programmes. Mr Carter was dispatched to North Korea in August 2008 to secure the release of US citizen Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labour after being found guilty of illegally entering North Korea. He successfully secured the release of Mr Gomes. In 2010 he returned to the White House to greet President Barack Obama and discuss international affairs amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Proving politics runs in the family, in 2013 his grandson Jason, a state senator, announced his bid to become governor in Georgia, where his famous grandfather governed before becoming president. He eventually lost to incumbent Republican Nathan Deal. Fears that Mr Carter’s health was deteriorating were sparked in 2015 when he cut short an election observation visit in Guyana because he was “not feeling well”. It would have been Mr Carter’s 39th trip to personally observe an international election. Three months later, on August 12, he revealed he had cancer which had been diagnosed after he underwent surgery to remove a small mass in his liver. Mr Obama was among the well-wishers hoping for Mr Carter’s full recovery after it was confirmed the cancer had spread widely. Melanoma had been found in his brain and liver, and Mr Carter underwent immunotherapy and radiation therapy, before announcing in March the following year that he no longer needed any treatment. In 2017, Mr Carter was taken to hospital as a precaution, after he became dehydrated at a home-building project in Canada. He was admitted to hospital on multiple occasions in 2019 having had a series of falls, suffering a brain bleed and a broken pelvis, as well as a stint to be treated for a urinary tract infection. Mr Carter spent much of the coronavirus pandemic largely at his home in Georgia, and did not attend Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, but extended his “best wishes”. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Mr Carter during his term as US president, died in November 2023. She had been living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Mr Carter said in a statement following her death. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”Vernon band looking to bring blues to Memphis
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts is in the NFL’s concussion protocol. His status for Sunday is uncertainThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said that it is not possible to alter the actual voter turnout figures, as detailed information about voter turnout is documented in statutory form 17-C, which is available to the authorised agents of candidates at the time the polls close at each polling station. “The Commission is not legally bound to publish any voter turnout data at aggregate level of a constituency, state or phase of election because voter turnout is recorded at polling station level in statutory form 17-C prepared by the presiding officer and signed by polling agents of candidates. The presiding officer provides a true copy of account of votes recorded” in form 17-C (part-1) to each polling agent,” the Commission said. Also read | Congress fact-finding panel alleges mismatch in vote data, EVM tampering The ECI's response which came on a Congress party representation regarding concerns over voter data anomalies for 2024 Maharashtra assembly polls is also relevant for Haryana considering allegations of “gross mismatch” in the figures of votes polled and counted for the 2024 Haryana assembly polls by a committee headed by Congress leader, Karan Dalal. Dalal, who heads the party committee set up to investigate alleged malpractices and manipulations in polls, had on Monday accused the EC of not being transparent. “The figures and trends appearing in the voter turnout app were by design or by genuine misunderstanding being utilised to create doubts about credibility of the statutory poll stages and processes,” ECI said in a statement. Errors can lead to mismatch in data: ECI The Commission though admitted that there could be a mismatch between the number of votes polled and the votes counted in an election due to standard protocol of non-counting of control units of a polling station when the victory margin is more that the votes polled in that polling station, inclusion of mock poll data if not deleted from EVM, non-deduction of test vote data from EVM count, wrong reporting of data and data entry errors. Also read | Oppn slams Election Rules amendment; Kharge says ‘another assault’ by Modi govt Explaining the voter turnout data, the ECI said data entered in the system between 5 pm to 5.30pm is an interim data of approximate voter turnout. This 5pm data is bound to increase because the voters in queue up to 5pm or the notified time of close of poll are allowed to cast their vote. After 5pm, the polling parties have to perform multifarious duties related to the close of polls. Thereafter, updated turnout data starts reflecting on the app again from 7pm onwards. These votes will be reflected in the data only when the polling parties arrive at the receiving centre and submit the machine and election papers and actual data is fed, the EC clarified. The purpose of publication of voter turnout data at aggregate level is to bring more transparency in elections through public disclosures. The voter turnout is the sum of electors who have voted in an election in a constituency and is represented as a percentage of total electors in a constituency, the ECI said. The Commission said the publication of data of voter turnout during the course of election is one of the suo-moto facilitative transparency measures in addition to the sanctity of the decentralised statutory design at constituency level to collect, maintain voter turnout data, share it with candidates and matching of the same during the counting process. “The voter turnout app captures two-hourly approximate turnout trend in percentage terms gathered by the returning officer on the poll day through the sector officers. The app is a non-statutory measure which displays the approximate voter turnout in percentage terms for a constituency, district, state, phase etc., purely for facilitative purpose to understand a broad trend of electoral participation in a particular geographical area,” the ECI said. The ECI said that the accuracy of voter turnout data was purely dependent on the information received from polling stations from time to time on poll day by returning officers. The mode of collection of data in different states is different depending on technology, connectivity, terrain, movement plans etc.
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Advisors Asset Management Inc. lessened its position in Robert Half Inc. ( NYSE:RHI – Free Report ) by 31.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,827 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 1,270 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Robert Half were worth $191,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in RHI. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in Robert Half by 27,895.0% during the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,244,939 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $79,652,000 after buying an additional 1,240,492 shares during the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Robert Half by 28.9% in the third quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 4,681,340 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $315,569,000 after acquiring an additional 1,049,005 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Robert Half by 101.0% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,564,247 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $99,439,000 after acquiring an additional 786,031 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its position in Robert Half by 54.7% during the 2nd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,628,919 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $104,218,000 after acquiring an additional 575,879 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY acquired a new stake in Robert Half during the 2nd quarter valued at $35,357,000. Institutional investors own 92.41% of the company’s stock. Robert Half Price Performance Shares of Robert Half stock opened at $74.61 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $70.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $66.02. Robert Half Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $57.05 and a fifty-two week high of $88.39. The firm has a market cap of $7.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.23 and a beta of 1.23. Robert Half Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.53 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 25th. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.84%. Robert Half’s dividend payout ratio is currently 77.37%. Insider Buying and Selling at Robert Half In other Robert Half news, Director Dirk A. Kempthorne sold 1,032 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.35, for a total transaction of $76,729.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 12,310 shares in the company, valued at approximately $915,248.50. The trade was a 7.73 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink . Corporate insiders own 3.00% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Robert Half from $70.00 to $69.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $69.00. Read Our Latest Research Report on RHI Robert Half Profile ( Free Report ) Robert Half Inc provides talent solutions and business consulting services in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operates through Contract Talent Solutions, Permanent Placement Talent Solutions, and Protiviti segments. The Contract Talent Solutions segment provides contract engagement professionals in the fields of finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal and administrative, and customer support. Read More Five stocks we like better than Robert Half What is the S&P/TSX Index? The Latest 13F Filings Are In: See Where Big Money Is Flowing Upcoming IPO Stock Lockup Period, Explained 3 Penny Stocks Ready to Break Out in 2025 Following Congress Stock Trades FMC, Mosaic, Nutrien: Top Agricultural Stocks With Big Potential Receive News & Ratings for Robert Half Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Robert Half and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .None