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Recently, Tencent Video, one of the leading online streaming platforms in China, announced adjustments to its membership benefits, sparking discussions among both new and old users. The changes have led to different rules for new and existing members, raising concerns and questions about fair treatment.For new users, the adjustments bring a mix of excitement and confusion. Tencent Video has introduced several enticing offers, such as discounted subscription rates, exclusive access to popular TV shows and movies, and personalized recommendations based on viewing habits. These benefits are aimed at attracting more users and enhancing the overall viewing experience. New members are also given priority when it comes to accessing the latest content and features, creating a sense of privilege and exclusivity.Franklin Resources Inc. purchased a new position in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending ( NYSE:MSDL – Free Report ) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 77,218 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,555,000. Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending by 4.4% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 15,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $315,000 after buying an additional 669 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP acquired a new position in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Muzinich & Co. Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $68,000. Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending by 11.6% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 38,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $764,000 after acquiring an additional 4,025 shares during the period. Finally, Centiva Capital LP acquired a new stake in Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in the 3rd quarter valued at $213,000. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Separately, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $22.00 price objective on shares of Morgan Stanley Direct Lending in a report on Friday, September 13th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Morgan Stanley Direct Lending presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $21.42. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Stock Up 0.8 % Shares of NYSE:MSDL opened at $21.35 on Friday. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending has a 52-week low of $19.05 and a 52-week high of $24.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The business has a fifty day moving average of $20.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $20.23. The stock has a market cap of $1.90 billion and a P/E ratio of 8.37. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Cuts Dividend The company also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a yield of 10.1%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 31st. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending’s payout ratio is currently 78.43%. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Profile ( Free Report ) Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is a business development company. It is a non-diversified, externally managed specialty finance company focused on lending to middle-market companies. Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund is based in NEW YORK. Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding MSDL? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending ( NYSE:MSDL – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Morgan Stanley Direct Lending and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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Tennessee’s longtime chief information officer has announced her retirement next year. “After almost 20 years of service with the state of Tennessee, Stephanie Dedmon has decided to retire, effective July 2025, to spend more time with her family,” Gina L. Long, director of communications for the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, told in an email Friday. The state for the senior-level position, with Monday set as the closing date. in October 2018 and leads the (STS) division of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration. Prior to becoming CIO, she was deputy CIO for nearly three years, working with then-CIO Mark Bengel as the state embarked on a number of technology consolidation and modernization efforts. That work has continued, with recent projects including overhauling the unemployment insurance system and health record projects. As with many states and public-sector agencies, Tennessee is exploring how and when to use artificial intelligence-enabled technology, developing policies to govern the use of AI while minimizing risks to systems. “Our role from a central IT standpoint is a fine line between progressing innovation and strategy,” Dedmon told Ashley Silver earlier this year, characterizing the timing as “early in our AI journey.” Cybersecurity remains an all-consuming issue for STS, and one to which Dedmon has remained devoted. She has advocated for more collaboration and partnerships with local government and others, to better understand risks and strategies for improvement. With cyber roles remaining challenging to fill, Dedmon the state has created a cybersecurity internship funded by federal American Rescue Plan Act money. It has proven, she said, “a beneficial way for us to bring in college students who are pursuing cybersecurity careers, and exposing them to still-exciting work that we're doing in the state.” Dedmon, who served as president of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) , is currently one of its 10 Executive Committee directors.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — CJ Donaldson had two short rushing touchdowns and West Virginia became bowl eligible with a 31-21 victory over UCF on Saturday. Garrett Greene threw a TD pass in his final home game and Jahiem White added a short rushing score for the Mountaineers (6-5, 5-3 Big 12). West Virginia avoided losing for the fifth time at home, which hasn’t happened since 1990. Whether the win was enough for embattled coach Neal Brown to keep his job remains to be seen. UCF (4-7, 2-6) is assured of its second straight losing season under coach Gus Malzahn. Donaldson, averaging 53 rushing yards per game, finished with 96 yards. He came out determined with 56 yards on his first four carries, including a 1-yard run on West Virginia's opening series. West Virginia cornerback Dontez Fagan then recovered a fumble by UCF quarterback Dylan Rizk, and Donaldson ran for 28 more yards on the next series that was capped by White’s 3-yard TD run. Greene struggled in the passing game for most of the first half, then went 4 of 6 for 65 yards just before halftime, hitting Rodney Gallagher with a 12-yard TD toss for a 21-7 lead. Rizk went 11 of 21 for 172 yards, including a 45-yard scoring strike to Kobe Hudson. RJ Harvey, the Big 12’s leading rusher, ran for 130 yards and two scores, including a 9-yard TD run that brought UCF within 31-21 with 5:20 left. But the ensuing onside kick didn't go the required 10 yards. Greene then converted a pair of fourth-down passes and West Virginia ran out the clock. Greene finished 13 of 21 for 118 yards. The takeaway UCF: The Knights outgained West Virginia 348 yards to 318 but now have lost seven of eight games following a 3-0 start. West Virginia: The Mountaineers won despite being stuck in many third-and-long situations on offense against a solid effort from UCF's defensive front. Up next UCF: Hosts Utah on Friday night. West Virginia: Finishes the regular season at Texas Tech next Saturday. Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout the season. Sign up here . 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DAMASCUS, Syria — Thousands of Syrians gathered in Damascus’ main square and a historic mosque for the first Muslim Friday prayers since former President Bashar Assad was overthrown, a major symbolic moment for the country’s dramatic change of power. The rebels are now working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday, pressing ahead with efforts to unify Middle East nations in support of a peaceful political transition in Syria. It’s part of Blinken’s 12th trip to the Mideast since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last year in Gaza but his first after Assad was ousted. Turkey’s embassy in Damascus will reopen Saturday for the first time in more than a decade, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday. The embassy in Damascus suspended operations in 2012 due to the escalating security conditions during the Syrian civil war. The U.S. also made a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the war has plunged more than 2 million Palestinians into a severe humanitarian crisis. Israel’s war against Hamas has killed more than 44,800 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants. The October 2023 attack by Hamas in southern Israel that sparked the war killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and about 250 others were taken hostage. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks in and around a hospital in northern Gaza wounded three medical staff overnight into Friday and damaged the isolated medical facility, according to its director. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said Israeli quadcopter drones carrying explosives deliberately targeted the emergency and reception area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, where one doctor was wounded for a third time. Abu Safiya said “relentless” drone and artillery strikes throughout the night exploded “alarmingly close” to the hospital, heavily damaging nearby buildings and destroying most of the water tanks on the hospital’s roof and blowing out doors and windows. Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya has been hit multiple times over the past two months since Israel launched a fierce military operation against Hamas in northern Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Even as a storm brought freezing temperatures and a foot of snow to Santa Fe on Nov. 7, Margaret Acton knew she couldn't wait a single day more. After six long years, her mother was moving back into the family home. “She left to go to church and she never came back until last week," Acton said in a November interview. It was 87-year-old Eloisa Bustos' dying wish to be able to move out of an assisted living facility and back into her home. She is now in hospice care. "We’re just going to be happy every day and share the love" for as much time as she has left, Acton said. Bustos, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, could still rattle off the full address of her home on Don Cubero Avenue when she walked up the ramp to the front door Nov. 7, supported by her son-in-law Doug Acton and a walker. She was able to return after renovations that came with high costs and some bureaucratic headaches. "I'm so happy to be here," Bustos said in a video Acton took to document the occasion. "You don't know how happy I am. Thanks be to God." For a long time, "happy" is a word the family didn't hear from Bustos very often. The devout Catholic went to Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi one day six years ago and had a medical emergency, tearing her aorta and collapsing in a pew. She was taken by ambulance to a hospital where she underwent intensive surgery, Acton said, and the family was told she had only three years to live. Bustos beat that prediction but cycled through several senior living facilities because she had become too frail to live in her historic home unaided. Bustos spent two years at Brookdale Senior Living, which cost the family $5,500 a month. They transferred her to Pacifica Senior Living, which at $4,500 was one of the most affordable facilities in the city — but, the family discovered, also was beset with problems. The troubled facility announced in the spring it was transitioning to a 55-plus independent living community — now called Sierra Blanca Apartments — giving most of its residents just a short time to find other housing arrangements. Bustos' family moved her to MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Santa Fe. Acton spoke highly of the center but said it was a steep jump in cost: "We went from paying $4,500 a month for a suite at Pacifica to $6,700 for a room." In the meantime, work was underway to make the home Bustos and her late husband had purchased in the early 1970s livable for her again, which took a tremendous amount of work. “I could have bought everyone in my family a brand-new car” for what it cost to remodel the house, Acton said, estimating the total at more than $300,000. She credited Doug Acton's work as a paramedic in the film industry for keeping the family afloat financially. "If it wasn't for him, none of this would be possible," she said. Work included fixing the basement after the radiator broke, causing flooding; installing a new HVAC system; converting the shower into a bathtub; installing a ramp; and redoing the stucco, which had begun to crack so much a gap in the front room was almost large enough to see through. Along with the cost, Acton said the family ran into problems with the city of Santa Fe's Historic Preservation Division, which she said initially refused to give the family permission to install a ramp because it would alter the facade of the historic home. Built in the 1950s, the home is designated as a "contributing" property under city ordinances regulating buildings in historic districts. "I was like, 'Can I charge admittance?' ” Acton recalled thinking at the time. The ombudsman for the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Service Department wouldn't allow Bustos to leave MorningStar unless a ramp was installed outside her home. Department spokesperson Joey Long said the ombudsman's office, previously housed in the Care Transitions Program, is now managed by Adult Protective Services. The program helps residents living in long-term care facilities safely transition back into community settings, Long said, or into another residential facility. Ombudsmen serve as "dedicated advocates for residents’ rights, ensuring that residents’ voices are heard and their needs are met," Long wrote in an email. Acton said the state ombudsman also wouldn't release Bustos from MorningStar unless the family could show they had around-the clock medical care, which would have cost more than keeping her at the center. However, because Doug Acton, a retired Santa Fe Fire Department deputy fire chief, is a licensed paramedic and the Actons are now living in the home with Bustos, the state agreed to release her after the ramp was finally installed. Acton said she was frustrated by the holdup the city created in moving Bustos back into her own home, which forced the family to spend thousands of dollars at MorningStar for each additional month of delay. "That isn't a call the city of Santa Fe should make," she said. The family eventually got permission to install the ramp, but Acton said the experience has soured her on the city's oversight of historic buildings. "Don't make it so hard that when you're elderly, that you can't get back home," she said. "Because that just defeats the purpose of working so hard to own your home.” A city official asked if the family planned to remove the ramp after Bustos died, she added, a question she found insensitive. Santa Fe Planning and Land Use Director Heather Lamboy said the request to install Bustos' ramp went through an administrative approval process in October. Staff determined the family did not need a construction permit to install it, but did require a safety inspection, which has yet to be scheduled. "We told them to go ahead and install it and schedule an inspection so we know everything is safe," she said. Enforcing historic regulations with consideration for accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act is a balancing act, Lamboy said, and city staff work to find solutions that meet everyone's needs. "With historic buildings, the intent is not to change what we call primary facades or the facades that have been designated by the [Historic Districts Review] Board as having the most historic interest," she said. The youngest of eight, Bustos worked for the National Park Service for 30 years and then worked 17 years as an office manager at the cathedral, retiring at 79. When this year’s Fiesta Court visited MorningStar in September, Acton said they immediately flocked to Bustos. "They all wanted a blessing; they all wanted hugs," Acton said. "All the people [at MorningStar] were like, 'Who's your mom?' And I said, 'She's someone special.' ” Despite all the challenges of moving her mother back home, Acton said she wouldn't trade it. One day in April, when Bustos was still living in a suite at the former Pacifica Senior Living, she had sat quietly, not appearing to have much awareness of her surroundings, while others spoke about their frustrations with the troubled facility. It was a far cry from her affect on a day in mid-November as she visited with family in her own home, occasionally interjecting into the conversation and smiling as Acton's dogs Mister and Shug scampered around the room. Once a week, a nurse and a social worker from the hospice care agency Compassus come by to check on Bustos, and another woman comes to shower her twice a week. A spiritual adviser also comes by every week, who prays with her and gives her Communion. The experience has brought a tremendous amount of peace to the family, Acton said. "It should be like that for every elder, if you ask me," she said. "They earned it." Now that her mother has entered hospice care, Acton senses she doesn't have much more time, something she said she's trying to prepare herself for emotionally. "I've been a little nervous because I know it's coming, and I know it's coming soon," Acton said, starting to tear up. "But at least I got her home, and that's what matters. I got my mom home."