Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce doubles down on what he said and did that ruined 2024 for fansTORONTO — Canada's main stock index pushed higher to end Monday up almost 150 points on light trading action, while U.S. stock markets also gained ahead of the Christmas break. "Today is a quiet pre-Christmas Day of trading," said Kevin Burkett, a portfolio manager at Victoria, B.C.-based Burkett Asset Management. While markets in both Canada and the U.S. were mild, Burkett suggests watching the markets closely during the holiday season, a contrast to what's typically a sleepy period for markets. "We're continuing to watch markets very closely here because you've got some tectonic plate shifting in terms of the macroeconomic backdrop," he said. "It's all the political conversations both in Canada and in the U.S." Burkett added fiscal policy seems to be disconnected from monetary policy in the post-pandemic period. "The fiscal policy may shift and that shift absolutely has market implications both in the short and long term," he said. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 149.50 points at 24,748.98. Statistics Canada released its latest numbers on Canada's economic growth, up 0.3 per cent in October — driven by the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector. The loonie continued its slide, trading for 69.47 cents US compared with 69.61 cents US on Friday. The telecom sector was the biggest loser at the closing on TSX, which Burkett attributed to "tax loss selling happening at the end of the year." Competition Bureau Canada announced on Monday it was suing Rogers Communications Inc. for allegedly making misleading claims about its infinite wireless plans. The stock price for Rogers, which is hovering near 52-week lows, fell 0.7 per cent on Monday. Meanwhile, BCE was down almost 1.4 per cent and Telus dropped 0.9 per cent. Burkett suggested the day's poor performance among telecom companies was likely tax loss selling since it's almost the end of the year. "It's been a tough year for the communication services sector," he said. South of the border, communications services was the top-performing sector, led by large-cap tech companies. Several big technology companies helped support the gains, including chip companies Nvidia and Broadcom. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 66.69 points at 42,906.95. The S&P 500 index was up 43.22 points at 5,974.07, while the Nasdaq composite was up 192.29 points at 19,764.89. The February crude oil contract was down 22 cents at US$69.24 per barrel and the February natural gas contract was down six cents at US$3.35 per mmBTU. The February gold contract was down US$16.90 at US$2,628.20 an ounce and the March copper contract was down one cent at US$4.09 a pound. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2024. Companies in this story: (TSX: GSPTSE, TSX: CADUSD, TSE: BCE, TSE: RCI. B) Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press
Blake Lively's brother-in-law claims the "public got played" by Justin Baldoni's PR team. The 37-year-old actress recently launched a lawsuit against her 'It Ends With Us' director and co-star, accusing his PR team of trying to "destroy" her reputation, and Bart Johnson has now taken to social media to throw his support behind Blake. Bart - who is the husband of Blake's half-sister, Robyn Lively - said in response to an Instagram post from The New York Times about the complaint: "Her complaints were filed during the filming. On record. Long before the public conflict. The cast unfollowed him for a reason. Read this article before spiting ignorance." Bart accused Justin's PR team of trying to "bury" his sister-in-law. Bart wrote: "His PR team was stellar. Gross and disgusting but highly effective. Read the article, their text message exchanges and his PR campaign strategy to bury her by any means necessary. No one is without faults. But the public got played." Meanwhile, Justin's lawyer has accused Blake of making "categorically false accusations" against his client. Bryan Freedman, who is acting as a lawyer for the actor and his Wayfarer Studios production company, recently told Variety: "It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives, as yet another desperate attempt to ‘fix’ her negative reputation which was garnered from her own remarks and actions during the campaign for the film; interviews and press activities that were observed publicly, in real time and unedited, which allowed for the internet to generate their own views and opinions." Freedman also accused the Hollywood star of trying to "publicly hurt" his client. He said: "These claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media."Flyers can't hold 3-0 lead, fall to the Golden Knights in shootoutGrowing Demand for Biological Product Storage: A Key Driver Transforming the Medical Refrigerators Market 2024
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Braun inauguration celebration to span three days in JanuaryNo. 2 UConn entered the Maui Invitational as the favorite in a stacked field to win the Feast Week showcase. Instead, it has a date for the seventh-place game. Unranked Colorado over UConn on Tuesday. The loss was the second in two games for the Huskies in Maui. UConn . The game featured an outburst from head coach Dan Hurley directed at officials that resulted in a costly technical foul in overtime. Hurley doubled down against the officials in that didn't take responsibility for his technical foul. Tuesday brought further disappointment for a UConn team that's off to a rough start in its quest for a third consecutive national championship. The Huskies are now 4-2 without having played a ranked team. UConn held the lead on Tuesday for the entirety of the first half that it led 40-32 at the break. But hot 3-point shooting allowed the Buffaloes to rally after halftime. Colorado took its first lead on a Julian Hammond 3-pointer at 48-46. It then retook the lead at 57-56 on an RJ Smith 3. UConn repeatedly answered the Colorado runs and held a 72-69 lead with 1:29 remaining. But Colorado scored the last four points of the game including a go-ahead layup in traffic by Andrej Jakimovski. ANDREJ JAKIMOVSKI WINS IT FOR THE BUFFS 🤯 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) UConn had a last look at the basket following a timeout with 5.9 seconds remaining. But Hassan Diarra's go-ahead 3-point attempt clanged off the rim just before the final buzzer sounded. For the game, Colorado shot 51.1% from the field including a 9-of-16 (56.3%) effort from 3-point distance. Hammond led the way with a 4-for-5 effort from long distance en route to 16 points. Jakimovski hit 2 of 4 3-point attempts en route to 12 points and 10 rebounds. Elijah Malone tied Hammond for the team scoring lead with 16 points on a 6-for-10 shooting effort from the field. The Huskies finished the game without starting center Samson Johnson and backup center Tarris Reed Jr., both of whom fouled out. They countered Colorado's efficient shooting with a 48.1% rate from the field and a 12-of-31 (38.7%) effort from long distance. Liam McNeely led the way with 20 points while shooting 4 of 6 from 3. But it wasn't enough to overcome Colorado's second-half rally. Hurley got heated again when officials declined to call a loose-ball foul on Colorado on a physical offensive rebound that set up the game-winning shot. Dan Hurley is fuming. UConn on the ropes right now. — Kyle Boone (@kyletheboone) An over-the-back call against UConn on another contested rebound was the source of Hurley's anger against officials on Monday. "Sometimes you’re not getting a great whistle, and I don’t think out here per CBS Sports' Matt Norlander. "It just hasn’t bounced our way out here that way. It killed us to have so many guys in foul trouble during the game." He also directly addressed the no-call at the end of Tuesday's game. Dan Hurley postgame: "Today's (no-call) felt more egregious. The kid pulled Liam McNeeley's arm down. I saw the replay of it. It's obviously ironic. But that's not why I think we lost. Our defense has been just, so dreadful. Just so dreadful." — The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) "Yesterday, the biggest play of the game was an over-the-back that was called against us," Hurley said. "And then today, it was more egregious because the kid pulled Liam’s arm down." This week was supposed to be UConn's first test against a fellow contender in a Maui field that also features No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 12 North Carolina. There's still a chance to face a ranked foe if No. 5 Iowa State loses its second game of the tournament to Dayton later Tuesday. If Iowa State advances, UConn will leave Maui still in search of its first test against a top-25 team. Colorado advances to face the winner between Iowa State and Dayton in the fifth-place game on Wednesday. UConn will face the loser. Auburn will take on North Carolina and Memphis will take on Michigan State in the semifinals of the winners' bracket.