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Percentages: FG .333, FT .706. 3-Point Goals: 7-26, .269 (Carpenter 2-6, McCubbin 2-6, Burries 1-2, Lax 1-2, Hammer 1-4, Gaines 0-1, Brookshire 0-2, Thomas 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 1 (Lax). Turnovers: 10 (Brookshire 3, Thomas 2, Carpenter, Gaines, Lax, Loos, McCubbin). Steals: 5 (Lax 2, McCubbin 2, Thomas). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .476, FT .647. 3-Point Goals: 8-21, .381 (Buggs 3-5, Sisk 2-3, Johnson 2-4, Boyd 1-3, Jones 0-1, Seymour 0-2, Peterson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 3 (Boyd, Seymour, Wheeler). Turnovers: 9 (Boyd 3, Buggs, Fasehun, Hughes, Peterson, Seymour, Sisk). Steals: 5 (Strothers 2, Seymour, Sisk, Wheeler). Technical Fouls: None. A_3,467 (6,149).
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( ) shares are catching the eye of investors on Wednesday morning. In early trade, the ASX All Ords stock is racing 15% higher to a 52-week high of $1.91. This latest gain means that the wealth management technology company's shares are now up 150% since this time last year. Why is this ASX All Ords stock jumping today? Investors have been fighting to get hold of the company's shares today after it made a that has got investors very excited. According to the release, the ASX All Ords stock has upgraded its guidance for FY 2025 following the successful transformation and execution of its business strategy over the past 18 months. Bravura Solutions revealed that it now expects its revenue to now be in the range of $240 million to $245 million for FY 2025. This is up from its previous guidance range of $235 million to $240 million. Things are even better for its earnings, with management lifting its cash guidance to be in the range of $33 million to $36 million. This compares to its previous guidance range of $28 million to $32 million. Finally, reported EBITDA is now forecast to be in the range of $41 million to $44 million, up from $36 million to $40 million. But the good news doesn't stop there. Far from it! Dividends to return As a result of its return to profitability and cash generation, the ASX All Ords stock intends to recommence the payment of in FY 2025. Its first dividend is expected to be announced in February with its half year results and then be paid in March after a two-year hiatus. This is in addition to the capital return of at least $0.163 per share to be paid on 30 January, which management believes reflects the company's improved financial performance and strong balance sheet. Commenting on the guidance upgrade and return of dividend payments, the ASX All Ords stock's CEO, Andrew Russell, said: We are pleased to inform shareholders that our Cash EBITDA, EBITDA and revenue performance is anticipated to be ahead of the guidance previously provided. This is further confirmation of the execution progress of our strategy to reset and energise the Bravura business. We have returned to profitability and have a healthy balance sheet. As a result, we intend to recommence the payment of dividends which will be announced as part of our half year results.Unwrap the latest AI features with Amazon Fire Tablets
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Mister Car Wash's general counsel sells $4,360 in stockJames Argent has given The Mirror a grand tour of his dazzling festive home. The 36 year old is all set to spend his first Christmas with new love, 31 year old Nicoline Artursson, and shared a glimpse into their Christmassy Essex retreat. "This is my Christmas tree - as you can see it is slightly wonky," he shared with a chuckle. "I actually cut this down myself with my bare hands believe it or not but I can't take credit for the decorations. That was my girlfriend Nicoline and my mum Patricia. They made it look beautiful. I am proud of it." The couple's romance blossomed after they first met in July on his way to a gig in sunny Marbella, and things have been looking up ever since. James, affectionately known as Arg, is now integrating Nicoline into his world , complete with her own stocking hung by the fireplace. READ MORE - Blood seen dripping from balcony after model involved in gruesome murder-suicide READ MORE - I'm A Celebrity's Dean branded 'pathetic' after stealing food from co-stars as viewers fed up "This is the first Christmas me and Nicoline are going to be spending together," Arg beamed. "We are going to make it a real special one to remember. I can't wait to make some amazing memories." Their home boasts a quirky yet stunning Christmas tree decked out with oversized red bows, luxury Christmas crackers and twinkling silver and white baubles, all set off by gleaming gold lights. Amid the backdrop sits an elegant white and black grand piano and a chic turquoise electric guitar. The dining table echoes the festive opulence with arrangements of gold, green and white floral displays amongst glass goblets, awaiting guests at the four-person setting. Beaming with pride, Arg shared: "The number one wedding singer and party event man in the country, this is where the preparation and magic happens." But Arg's home has even more unique touches. His beloved garden features a cosy hot tub area for those chilly evenings, which James admits is a personal highlight: "There is nothing better. It is like being in a roasting hot bath." Not just a winter retreat, his backyard transforms into a social hub in warmer weather, complete with chic outdoor furniture reminiscent of Love Island settings. He expressed his affection for this space: "The garden is probably my favourite place in the house. I love spending time out here especially in the summer months." Following his departure from The Only Way Is Essex , the TV show that brought him fame, Arg embarked on a transformative journey that included rehab and a gastric band surgery, resulting in an impressive 14-stone weight loss. Keeping fit is now more convenient than ever with his outdoor home gym. Reflecting on his lifestyle changes, Arg stated: "I'm three years clean and sober. I've managed to maintain a healthy weight and a good relationship with exercise and food. Nicoline is really good at tennis so we want to play doubles. She's going to get me into mindfulness and meditation." Radiating happiness about his current life, he said: "I'm feeling great. I have a job that I love, an amazing girl by my side – life couldn't get any better. I'm no longer embarrassed or ashamed. I'm proud that I've come through the other side." Hailey Bieber loves this Avene moisturiser for sensitive skin - and it's currently on sale for £10 . Join the Irish Mirror’s breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive breaking news and the latest headlines direct to your phone. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice .
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has rubbished suggestions of a rift with Kevin De Bruyne, insisting he is “desperate” to have the playmaker back at his best. A number of prominent pundits, including former City defender and club ambassador Micah Richards, have questioned why the Belgium international has not been starting games amid the champions’ dramatic slump. City have not won in seven outings in all competitions – their worst run since 2008 – with De Bruyne featuring only as a substitute in the last five of those matches after recovering from a pelvic injury. The latest came with a 12-minute run-out in Sunday’s demoralising 2-0 defeat at Premier League leaders Liverpool, a result which left City 11 points off the pace and fifth in the table. Richards said on The Rest is Football podcast it appeared “there’s some sort of rift going on” between De Bruyne and Guardiola while former England striker Gary Lineker added: “It seems like all’s not well.” Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said he felt “something isn’t right” and fellow Sky Sports analyst Gary Neville, the ex-Manchester United right-back, described the situation as “unusual, bizarre, strange”. Guardiola, speaking at a press conference to preview his side’s clash with Nottingham Forest, responded on Tuesday. The Spaniard said: “People say I’ve got a problem with Kevin. Do you think I like to not play with Kevin? No, I don’t want Kevin to play? “The guy who has the most talent in the final third, I don’t want it? I have a personal problem with him after nine years together? “He’s delivered to me the biggest success to this club, but he’s been five months injured (last season) and two months injured (this year). “He’s 33 years old. He needs time to find his best, like last season, step by step. He’ll try to do it and feel better. I’m desperate to have his best.” De Bruyne has not started since being forced off at half-time of City’s Champions League clash with Inter Milan on September 18, having picked up an injury in the previous game. Both the player and manager have spoken since of the pain he was in and the need to ease back into action, but his spell on the bench has been unexpectedly long. The resulting speculation has then been exacerbated because De Bruyne is in the final year of his contract but Guardiola maintains nothing untoward has occurred. He said: “I’d love to have the Kevin in his prime, 26 or 27. He would love it to – but he is not 26 or 27 any more. “He had injuries in the past, important and long ones. He is a guy who needs to be physically fit for his space and energy. You think I’m complaining? It’s normal, it’s nature. “He’s played in 10 or 11 seasons a lot of games and I know he is desperate to help us. He gives glimpses of brilliance that only he can have. “But, always I said, he himself will not solve our problems, like Erling (Haaland) won’t solve it himself. We attack and defend together. “We want the best players back. Hopefully step by step the confidence will come back and we’ll get the best of all of us.”
Giller protesters relieved to see charges dropped, vow to continue antiwar action TORONTO — Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year's Giller Prize have been withdrawn, antiwar organizers announced Friday as they pledged to keep fighting for an end to Israel's attacks on Gaza. Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press Dec 6, 2024 1:20 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Arrestee and writer Maysam Abu Khreibeh poses for a portrait in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. It was announced today that four of the five people arrested and charged at a protest at the 2023 Giller Prize awards ceremony have had their charges withdrawn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO — Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year's Giller Prize have been withdrawn, antiwar organizers announced Friday as they pledged to keep fighting for an end to Israel's attacks on Gaza. The group CanLit Responds announced the development at a press conference across from a Scotiabank Toronto branch on Friday, more than a year after protesters interrupted the literary award decrying the big bank — then a title sponsor — for its investment in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. Scotiabank is still a Giller sponsor, though it's no longer in the award's title. "As a Palestinian writer and organizer, I know that this act of protest is the bare minimum of what we can do when bunker-busting bombs are dropping on our families back home," said Maysam Abu Khreibeh, 26, who was arrested that night. She said the move to withdraw the charges was delayed for months, leaving her and her fellow protesters in legal limbo longer than necessary. "I do feel relieved to hear that the courts finally recognize that what we did is not something that should be criminalized, that the charges were withdrawn," she said after the press conference. Abu Khreibeh was one of three people arrested the night of the ceremony and charged with criminal mischief and using a forged document to gain entry to the ceremony, while CanLit Responds said two others were arrested later. The protest took place just over a month after the war began, when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 others hostage. In response, Israel launched an assault on Gaza killing at least 44,500 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were combatants. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. This week, Amnesty International called Israel's actions a genocide and said the Oct. 7 attacks did not justify it. Israel rejects the allegations. Abu Khreibeh's lawyer, Riaz Sayani, said in a written statement that the Giller protesters never should have been charged. "The Crown correctly withdrew the charges. It was not in the public interest to proceed, given the nature of this protest. In my view, there was also no reasonable prospect of conviction," he said. "To mislabel this kind of protest as a criminal act has a chilling effect and undermines everyone’s right to free expression." In an email, Toronto Police spokeswoman Stephanie Sayer said the Crown’s decision to drop the charges "does not negate the reasonable grounds upon which charges were laid or the validity of the charges." CanLit Responds said charges against the fifth protester are still before the court. Toronto police say charges were filed against her in May, and she was arrested in September 2024. Abu Khreibeh said she didn't expect the Canadian literary community to rally around the protesters in the way many of them have. The day after she was arrested, when she was still feeling paranoid and anxious, thousands of writers signed a letter calling for the charges against the protesters to be dropped. Since then, dozens of authors withdrew their books from consideration for the prize and many pledged to boycott the award. They're calling on the Giller Foundation to sever ties with Scotiabank, and for the financial institution's subsidiary to divest from Elbit Systems. Prize organizers have not ended any of those sponsorships but did drop Scotiabank from the name of the award. Giller Foundation Executive Director Elana Rabinovitch said the board made that change in order to keep the focus on the writers. Scotiabank representatives did not respond to requests for comment. Asked to comment on the charges being dropped, Rabinovitch said the literary non-profit "fully and unequivocally supports freedom of speech, expression, dissent and the right to protest." Fatima Hussain, who was also arrested last November, said the last year has been jarring. The 24-year-old wasn't able to travel to the U.S. to visit an ill grandparent. Nor was she allowed to speak with her co-accused while the charges were before the courts. She still can't communicate with the final protester who was arrested. But still, she doesn't regret getting involved in the protest. This sort of action is ingrained in her, she said. She was born in Iraq in the years between the Gulf War and Iraq War, and she said one of her earliest memories was at an antiwar protest. So while the arrests may have had a chilling effect on some, it won't work on her. "We keep fighting because the genocide doesn't end," Hussain said. "People don't stop dying. We keep going." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2024. Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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By Maggie Philpot One year ago, we made the perhaps-foolish decision to get a puppy. I had never raised a puppy before. But I had raised two babies. How hard could it be? Ah, Maggie of one year ago, how naive you were. But, here we are, one year later, with a fully grown goldendoodle. That’s why, if you happen to be passing through Mistletoe Heights, you may see me power walking with my oversized headphones and a large black fuzz-ball named Oreo trying not to walk beside me. You know what’s wonderful about seeing your neighborhood at the speed of a dog’s walk? You truly see it. You see it in all of its genuine beauty with gorgeous landscapes, historic homes and with all of its stray weeds and wildflowers. You see the regulars out mowing their lawns or on a walk of their own. And, if you’re lucky, you fall in love with your chosen neighborhood all over again. My husband and I moved into Mistletoe Heights nine years ago. We were pregnant with our first child and we were both in education. We could have afforded more square footage elsewhere. But we knew, having spent time in Fairmount, Ryan Place and even a stint in Victory Arts Center, that we wanted to be close to the heart of the city. When we toured the little two-bedroom, one-bath house on a tree-lined street in this peaceful, neighborly place, we felt certain it was meant to be ours. “What if we want another child?” my husband asked. It’s a normal question in this part of the world. Don’t we need a guest room or at least a third bedroom for a second child? I just shrugged. “Plenty of people around the world live in one room. We can do this.” And so we did. We loved every one of our five years in that home. Neighbors showed up singing Christmas carols just days after our son Schaeffer was born. We brought both our boys home from the hospital to that house. We met one of my best friends as she played with her son in the driveway across the street. My husband changed careers and entered the wild and wonderful world of real estate while we were in that house. He also served for several years as the neighborhood association president, which I still find hilarious and wonderful. And we hosted more people in that little house than it should have rightly held. Get essential daily news for the Fort Worth area. Sign up for insightful, in-depth stories — completely free. That’s why, when we felt the limits of our one small bathroom and our closet space during the pandemic — who didn’t want to move during the pandemic? — we prayed and searched daily for something with just a little more wiggle room to open up in our neighborhood. I was beginning to lose hope, beginning to dread having to look elsewhere. I won’t tell you the entire miraculous story of how we ended up just two blocks south in our forever home, a stately, warm 100-year-old house inspired by Prairie-style architecture. But if you want a glass of wine or a cup of tea on my porch, I’ll tell you all the details. Suffice it to say, this neighborhood is deeply embedded in our hearts. It is a place that is not perfect, but pure magic. Over the past two months regularly walking Oreo the doodle, I have noticed an increasing number of yard signs. I’d observe a Harris sign next door to a Trump banner and wonder if there was a not-so-secret rivalry at play here. But the thing is, as I watch the signs come down, and people in my neighborhood each come to terms with their own emotions surrounding various election outcomes, we find ourselves still neighbors. We are putting up our Christmas lights, raking our leaves, waving at parents as they walk their little ones to Lily B. Clayton Elementary and planning for our annual Christmas party. We will still show up at a neighbor’s house to tie red ribbons that will deck the light poles along our beloved streets. We will still arrive at the neighborhood meeting and sip a glass of wine at Wine Haus with neighbors we call friends. We will shake hands and wave at one another knowing that one of the things we love is our diverse, colorful, small yet mighty neighborhood. I was born and raised in Fort Worth. In fact, growing up here, I never appreciated how robust and lovely this town really is. I’m at least the fourth generation in my family to call Fort Worth home, and my gratitude for this rather remarkable fact has only recently captured my imagination. This special corner of Fort Worth is like a microcosm of what our city has to offer. We are grounded in a rich but complex history. We are resourceful pioneers and survivors. We are innovators, artists and freethinkers. But most of all, in Mistletoe Heights, we are neighbors. Maggie Philpot is a writer and former educator who grew up in Fort Worth, where she still lives with her husband, children and dog. 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EAST TENNESSEE STATE 79, AUSTIN PEAY 57U.S. stocks rose to records after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, just enough top the all-time high set on Wednesday, as it closed a third straight winning week in what looks to be one of its best years since the 2000 dot-com bust. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.8% to set its own record. Treasury yields eased after the jobs report showed stronger hiring than expected but also an uptick in the unemployment rate. On Friday: The S&P 500 rose 15.16 points, or 0.2%, to 6,090.27. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 123.19 points, or 0.3%, to 44,642.52. The Nasdaq composite rose 159.05 points, or 0.8%, to 19,859.77. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 12.83 points, or 0.5%, to 2,408.99. For the week: The S&P 500 is up 57.89 points, or 1%. The Dow is down 268.13 points, or 0.6%. The Nasdaq is up 641.61 points, or 3.3%. The Russell 2000 is down 25.73 points, or 1.1%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 1,320.44 points, or 27.7%. The Dow is up 6,952.98 points, or 18.4%. The Nasdaq is up 4,848.42 points, or 32.3%. The Russell 2000 is up 381.92 points, or 18.8%.