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The Nigerian equities market closed on a bearish note on Friday trading on a bearish note, as the NGX All-Share Index (NGX-ASI) declined by 0.12%, closing at 101,129.09, down from 101,248.02 recorded in the previous trading session. Despite the profit taking in Aradel Holding and Wapco, the market achieved a year-to-date (YTD) return of +35.25%, to beat the prevailing runaway inflation today and fixed income market returns that deep in negative real returns ahead of Q1 2025 earnings reporting season which is the peak of earnings report in Nigerian stock market history. NGXASI Daily Chart As the composite NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalisation surged by 1.76% to close the week at 101,129.09 and N61.303 trillion respectively, with the market cap hitting its all time high. The Northward momentum was propelled by stocks in the oil and insurance sectors making the sector have a year-to-date return of 160% and 92.49% respectively to support the index. However, 61 stocks rose and 26 declined, as advancing issues outnumbered decliners by 2.53-to-1 ratio. NGXASI Weekly Chart MRS Oil Nigeria Plc. emerged as the top gainer for the week, with its stock price surging by 36.36% to close at N180.00 from N132.00. The company, a major player in the downstream oil and gas sector, has consistently shown strong performance due to its efficient operations in petroleum product marketing. Eterna Plc. followed closely, recording a 32.36% increase to close at N29.45, driven by its diversification strategy in the energy sector. Honeywell Flour Mill Plc., a leading food processing company, also posted impressive gains, with its stock appreciating by 31.52% to N6.05. Livestock Feeds Plc., a key player in the agricultural sector specializing in animal feed production, saw its stock rise by 30.16% to N4.10. Coronation Insurance Plc., known for its broad insurance offerings, rounded off the top five gainers with a 26.87% increase to N1.70. Mrs Oil Nigeria Plc Weekly Chart On the other hand, John Holt Plc. led the losers’ chart with an 18.67% decline in its share price, closing at N5.88 from N7.23. The company, involved in engineering and leasing services, appears to be facing operational challenges. Multiverse Mining and Exploration Plc. followed with an 18.58% drop to N4.60, reflecting pressures in the solid minerals industry. University Press Plc., a notable publisher in Nigeria, saw its stock decline by 16.27% to N3.50, highlighting the competitive challenges in the publishing sector. Tantalizers Plc., a prominent player in the fast-food industry, recorded a 13.04% decline, closing at N1.60, as it continues to contend with industry competition. PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc., a leading consumer goods company, completed the top five losers, shedding 8.00% to close at N23.00 due to persistent economic headwinds and operational inefficiencies. JohnHolt Weekly Chart Trend in the Economy: On Thursday, December 19, 2024, President Bola Tinubu presented Nigeria’s proposed N47.9 trillion budget for 2025 to the National Assembly. The government plans to generate N34.8 trillion in revenue by 2025, compared to a 2024 target of N18.32 trillion, of which N14.55 trillion was achieved by Q3. Projections for 2025 include a 4.6% economic growth rate, reduced inflation, and measures to address food insecurity. The budget features a N13 trillion deficit to be financed through borrowing, with crude oil production expected to rise to 2.06 million barrels per day. The President also emphasised priorities in security, infrastructure, health, and education. U.S. Markets: Wall Street rose on Friday, and the dollar weakened, as inflation data came in lower than expected, easing concerns over a potential government shutdown and new tariff threats from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. All three major U.S. stock indexes gained more than 1%, gold climbed, and U.S. Treasury yields eased from recent highs. The Commerce Department’s report showed that the PCE price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, was cooler than expected, suggesting inflation is moving toward the Fed’s 2% target. Equity markets had been under pressure during a busy week for central banks, with the U.S. Federal Reserve signaling a slower pace of rate hikes next year. Republican leaders in the House of Representatives stated they would vote to keep the government running and prevent a shutdown ahead of the Christmas holiday. The Dow rose 497.22 points (1.17%), the S&P 500 gained 63.93 points (1.09%), and the Nasdaq increased by 199.83 points (1.03%). European stocks posted their worst week in over three months, impacted by Trump’s tariff comments on the European Union. Global stocks, tracked by MSCI, rose 0.98%, while European indexes such as the STOXX 600 and FTSEurofirst 300 fell 0.88% and 0.96%, respectively. Emerging-market stocks dropped 0.68%, and Asian-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.97%, with Japan’s Nikkei losing 0.29%. Oil prices experienced a range of movements throughout the week. On Monday, Brent crude was priced at $73.50, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude stood at $70.20. Prices were stable as traders focused on global supply concerns and demand outlooks. Tuesday saw slight increases, with Brent crude rising to $73.80 and WTI reaching $70.50, driven by expectations of cooling U.S. inflation and a weaker U.S. dollar, which boosted demand for oil. On Wednesday, prices fluctuated, with Brent at $73.30 and WTI at $70.10, due to mixed data on Chinese demand and global economic conditions. Thursday brought further declines, as concerns over Chinese oil consumption and OPEC+ revisions to global demand growth took center stage, pushing Brent to $72.80 and WTI to $69.70. Finally, Friday saw oil prices settle little changed, with Brent crude closing at $72.94 and U.S. WTI at $69.46. Both benchmarks ended the week down about 2.5%, reflecting the balance between inflation data, interest rate expectations, and ongoing concerns over global demand. NGX Banking Index Weekly Chart NGX Industrial Goods Index Weekly Chart NGX Insurance Index Weekly Chart NGX Consumer Goods Index Chart NGX Oil & Gas Index Weekly ChartDuo arrested for stealing property worth ₹17.50 lakh from kitchen hardware shop in Mangalhat
KOC project transforms Kuwait’s oil industry with cutting-edge technologyLucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district over the survey of a mosque was “orchestrated” by the BJP, the government and the administration “to divert attention from electoral malpractice”. Police used tear gas and “minor force” in the face of stone pelting by locals in Sambhal on Sunday as tension escalated during a second survey of the Mughal-era mosque, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple. Ten people have been detained and a probe was launched into the violence, an official said. Tension has been brewing in Sambhal over the past few days after the Jama Masjid was surveyed last Tuesday on the orders of a local court following a petition that claimed that a Harihar temple stood at the site. A day after the Uttar Pradesh bypoll results were declared and the Samajwadi Party managed to win just two seats while the BJP and its ally RLD bagged the other seven, Yadav levelled serious allegations against the police and administration. “A serious incident occurred in Sambhal. A survey team was deliberately sent in the morning to disrupt discussions about the elections. The intention was to create chaos so that no debate on election issues could happen,” the Samajwadi Party chief claimed. Citing reports, he said several people were injured in the violence in Sambhal and asked when a survey of the mosque was already done, why was a new survey conducted again and “that too in the morning and without preparation?” “I don’t want to go into the legal or procedural aspects, but the other side was not even heard. This was intentionally done to provoke emotions and avoid discussions on election rigging,” Yadav said. “What happened in Sambhal was orchestrated by the BJP, the government and the administration to divert attention from electoral malpractices,” the former UP chief minister alleged. Asserting that in democracy, true victory comes from the people, not the system, he said, “The new democracy created by the BJP ensures that people cannot vote while the system dominates.” He added that whenever an impartial investigation takes place, and the truth comes out through booth recordings and CCTV footage, it will be evident that “voters did not cast their votes and someone else became the voter inside the booth”. Yadav claimed that on the polling day, the police and the administration removed the Samajwadi Party’s almost all booth agents and many supporters who wanted to vote. “If voters were prevented from voting, then who cast the votes? If Samajwadi Party votes didn’t reach those booths and our candidate didn’t get support, then who voted there? This is a serious issue,” he said. “Additionally, there were two types of slips, — one with a red mark and another regular slip. We raised this issue on the voting day itself, stating that the administration had created such arrangements, leading to discrimination,” Yadav alleged. The Samajwadi Party’s candidate for the Kundarki assembly bypoll Haji Rizwan too has alleged that his supporters were prevented from voting. The BJP’s Ramveer Singh won the bypoll in the Kundarki seat by a margin of over 1.45 lakh votes.
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A University of British Columbia PhD student has invented a new way to connect patients in rural and remote communities with ultrasounds without patients having to leave their communities. For this invention, David Black was given the Mitacs Innovation Award for Outstanding Innovation at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Tuesday. Mitacs is a non-profit national research organization that partners with Canadian post-secondary students, private industry and government to fund research and foster innovation. The award recognizes extraordinary talent from across Canada whose Mitacs-funded research has the potential to achieve larger societal and economic impacts, according to the organization. Mitacs is itself funded by the federal and provincial governments. Remote ultrasounds will allow health-care professionals to better triage patient care and help people living in remote communities avoid unnecessary travel, says Black, a PhD student in the department of electrical and computer engineering under the supervision of UBC professor Tim Salcudean. Currently, people in remote communities pay extortionate amounts to access ultrasounds, which tend to take only a few minutes, Black says. As an example Black points to Bella Bella, a remote community on British Columbia’s central coast. He says community members collectively spend around $500,000 per year to fly to Vancouver for ultrasound appointments. Research done by UBC Centre for Rural Health Research co-founder Jude Kornelsen in 2020 found that rural residents pay an average of $2,234 in out-of-pocket expenses per diagnosis, per individual, accounting for travel, meal, accommodation and lost wage costs. If an ultrasound could be done in a resident’s community, that would save people time and money and reduce carbon emissions, Black says. There’s also the added benefit of being able to access health care no matter the weather and giving the patient the ability to ask for a family member or trusted community member to perform the exam, he says. Black says his invention was tested this summer in Skidegate, on Haida Gwaii, where 10 healthy volunteers had abdominal ultrasounds done at the Skidegate Health Centre. The ultrasounds were led by two expert sonographers 750 kilometres away at UBC’s Vancouver campus and performed by volunteers in Skidegate. Normally people living in Skidegate have to take an eight-hour ferry to Prince Rupert for an ultrasound, which requires a full day of travel each way and a day to be in Prince Rupert, which means taking several days off work or arranging child care to access a single test, Black says. Depending on the season, weather can disrupt ferry sailings and extend travel time. Using Black’s system, sonographers see the ultrasound reading and a video of the patient in real time, connected over Wi-Fi or 5G, and manoeuvre the ultrasound probe using a type of lever that mimics the shape and manoeuvrability of the probe. In Skidegate, a volunteer wore a mixed reality headset and could see both the patient and a hologram image of where and how the expert had placed the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe has pressure sensors on it, allowing the volunteer to mimic the placement, angle and pressure that the expert wants. When the expert sees the ultrasound reading in real time, they are able to, for example, use their lever to push a little harder and lean the probe slightly to the right. The volunteer would see the hologram shift slightly to the right and that the colour of the hologram has shifted too. Blue means too little force, green means the right amount and red means too much. The volunteers “resoundingly” said that the system was easy to use and needed minimal time to learn, Black says. Black says the goal is to make tele-ultrasound “more accessible than video calling,” in a way that helps, but does not replace, doctors. Remote scans could help identify both patients who don’t need further medical care, saving them an unnecessary trip, and patients who do need further medical care, he said. “Ultrasound is becoming a main diagnostic tool in trauma calls,” Black said. One day his device could be used by paramedics or search and rescue teams to check patients for internal bleeding while still in the backwoods, he said. Rural barriers to health care Many British Columbians who live in urban settings have a hard time understanding some of the challenges people have accessing health care in more rural and remote settings, says Paul Adams, executive director of the BC Rural Health Network. These challenges started more than 20 years ago when B.C. split the province up into regional health authorities, which centralized health-care services in larger urban centres, Adams says. The last couple of decades have seen public and cross-provincial transportation diminish, adding to access challenges, he adds. “The development of the ultrasound piece from a remote diagnostic perspective is fantastic and we support those types of initiatives,” Adams said. The Rural Coordination Centre of BC is running a similar program called Real-Time Virtual Support, which is working to bring virtual care to Indigenous communities in the north and providing specialty consultations online, Adams says. “The challenge that we still face is that many of these communities still don’t have internet access and you can’t replace people with technology,” he said. “Care provision really is a human skill, and something is lost between you in the screen versus you and the person who is providing care to you.” Indigenous people may have valid reasons for not trusting Canadian medical institutions, and rebuilding those relationships is a really significant step, Adams said. He added, “You can’t necessarily do that remotely. You have to engage people in person in order to create those avenues of trust.” Black says he hopes his device can help build trust, because it would give people in remote communities the opportunity to have the ultrasound performed by someone they know. He says he is hoping to finish his PhD by mid-summer and start a company to continue developing his device and partnering with more communities. Robots can also be used in a similar way to provide remote ultrasounds. Robots are already being used in B.C., for example at a Victoria clinic offering dense-breast ultrasound screening. There are benefits to using robots, as they will do exactly what you tell them and are good at performing repetitive tasks, but they are also expensive and complex and require a lot of maintenance and setup, Black says. A robot may be useful when used in a busy hospital setting but isn’t practical in small communities, he says. Black points to a 2022 study from the University of Saskatchewan that compared the costs of using a robot, a robot and a travelling sonographer, just a sonographer, and having all patients travel to urban settings for ultrasounds, and found the combination of the robot and travelling sonographer was the most affordable option. The cost analysis set the cost of a telerobotic ultrasound system at $154,000 and an ultrasound system at $54,000. Annual equipment maintenance was estimated to be around 10 per cent of the purchase cost. Black’s device is even more affordable than the robot and could make for some big health-care savings, he says. A mixed reality headset costs around $500, and then you just need an ultrasound probe and a volunteer to run his test, he says. “It’s important to invest in innovation in order to build a more prosperous future,” Mitacs CEO Stephen Lucas told The Tyee in an emailed statement. “That’s why Mitacs is committed to bringing together researchers and enterprises and providing the critical talent needed for innovation.” Mitacs does not have a requirement for any of the projects it invests in to then be made available to the public or government at reduced cost.LONDON , NEW YORK , and SYDNEY , Dec. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DAZN , a world-leading sports entertainment platform, has today announced an agreement to acquire Foxtel Group (' Foxtel ') from its majority shareholder News Corp and minority shareholder Telstra at an enterprise value of US$2.2 billion , subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition establishes DAZN as a leader in sports entertainment in Australia – a highly attractive sports market – while also expanding DAZN's global footprint and enhancing the group's standing as the global home of sport. The addition of Foxtel to DAZN brings the Group's pro-forma revenues towards US$6 billion and provides the additional content, expertise, and expansion opportunities to accelerate DAZN's growth trajectory. Foxtel is one of Australia's leading media companies, with 4.7 million subscribers, who will benefit from DAZN's extensive portfolio of sports content, platform technology, and global reach. From its beginnings as Australia's original pay-TV innovator, Foxtel has evolved to become a digital and streaming leader in sports and entertainment and the proposed transaction positions Foxtel for continued expansion as a digital-first, streaming-focused business. Foxtel will maintain its local character, led by the CEO, Patrick Delany , and his world-class management team. DAZN, a sports streaming platform with a truly global reach, is committed to growing the global audience for domestic Australian sports across the 200 territories in which it is available. Under the terms of the transaction, News Corp and Telstra will become minority shareholders in DAZN, enabling them to retain an interest in Foxtel. Shay Segev , Chief Executive Officer of DAZN, said: "Australians watch more sport than any other country in the world, which makes this deal an incredibly exciting opportunity for DAZN to enter a key market, marking another step in our long-term strategy to become the global home of sport. Foxtel is a successful business that has undergone a remarkable digital transformation in recent years, and we are confident that our global reach and relentless pursuit of innovation will continue to drive the business forward and ensure long-term success. "We are committed to supporting and investing in Foxtel's television and streaming services, across both sports and entertainment, using our world-leading technology to further enhance the viewing experience for customers. We are also committed to using our global reach to export Australia's most popular sports to new markets around the world, and we will continue to promote women's and under-represented sports. "We're looking forward to working closely with Patrick Delany and his team, as well as News Corp and Telstra as shareholders in DAZN, to realise our ambitious vision for the future of sport entertainment." Siobhan McKenna , the Chairman of Foxtel , said the agreement with DAZN was international recognition of the transformation of Foxtel from an incumbent pay TV operator to a sports and entertainment digital and streaming leader. "Over the last seven years the Foxtel team, with the strong support of News, have achieved an extraordinary turnaround in an intensely competitive environment." Foxtel Group CEO, Patrick Delany , said: "Today's announcement is a natural evolution for the Foxtel Group, having reinvented the company over the past five years as Australia's most dynamic technology-led streaming company. "Kayo and Foxtel provide Australian sports fans with access to the best Australian and international sport and shows, including AFL, NRL and Cricket with 4.7 million subscribers. "We are excited by DAZN's commitment to the Australian market. They are experts in the sports media business and can play a significant role in supporting Foxtel as the business grows its streaming capabilities, bringing a bigger and better service to customers across entertainment, news and sport. They are a perfect match for us as we look toward this next era of growth. "We have been grateful for the support of News Corp while we reimagined the future of Foxtel. In 2019, when we merged Foxtel and Fox Sports we had many people questioning our future. "After launching Kayo later in 2019 and BINGE in 2020, today we are the largest Australian-based streamer of sport and entertainment, we have stabilised our Foxtel base and launched Hubbl to help consumers find all the streamed content they love all in one place. This wouldn't have been possible without the support and encouragement of News Corp." NOTES TO EDITORS About DAZN As a world-leading sports entertainment platform, DAZN streams over 90,000 live events annually and is available in more than 200 markets worldwide. DAZN is the home of European football, women's football, boxing and MMA, and the NFL internationally. The platform features the biggest sports and leagues from around the world – Bundesliga, Serie A, LALIGA, Ligue 1, Formula 1, NBA, Moto GP, and many more including the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. DAZN is transforming the way people enjoy sport. With a single, frictionless platform, sports fans can watch, play, buy, and connect. Live and on-demand sports content, anywhere, in any language, on any device – only on DAZN. DAZN partners with leading pay-TV operators, ISPs and Telcos worldwide to maximise sports exposure to a broad audience. Its partners include Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Sky, Movistar, Telenet, Vodafone, and many more. DAZN is a global, privately-owned company, founded in 2016, with more than 3,000 employees. The Group generated $3.2bn in revenue in 2023, having grown its annual revenues by over 50% on average from 2020 to 2023, through diverse revenue streams comprising subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship, and transactional. For more information on DAZN, our products, people, and performance, visit www.dazngroup.com . About Foxtel The Foxtel Group is one of Australia's leading media companies with 4.7 million subscribers. Its businesses include subscription television, streaming, sports production and advertising. The Foxtel Group is owned 65% by News Corp and 35% by Telstra. The Foxtel Group's diversified business includes Fox Sports, Australia's leading sports production company, famous for live sports and shows with the best commentators and personalities. It is also the home of local and global entertainment content and continues to be the partner of choice for the widest range of sports and international content providers based on established, long-term relationships, growing streaming audiences, and position as the largest Australian-based subscription television company. 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Alaska Permanent Capital Management to be acquired by holding company, Blue Umbrella, LLCJim Harbaugh and Chargers focused on accomplishing more after wrapping up playoff berthJennison Associates LLC acquired a new position in shares of Myriad Genetics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:MYGN – Free Report ) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 24,162 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $662,000. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of MYGN. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Myriad Genetics by 75.3% during the second quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,143 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 491 shares in the last quarter. Innealta Capital LLC purchased a new position in Myriad Genetics during the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in Myriad Genetics by 34.1% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd purchased a new stake in Myriad Genetics in the second quarter valued at about $60,000. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new stake in Myriad Genetics in the second quarter worth about $82,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.02% of the company’s stock. Insider Buying and Selling at Myriad Genetics In other Myriad Genetics news, Director Colleen F. Reitan sold 46,012 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.95, for a total value of $1,286,035.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 42,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,188,797.35. This represents a 51.96 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link . Also, CEO Paul J. Diaz sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.93, for a total value of $343,950.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 962,378 shares in the company, valued at $22,067,327.54. This trade represents a 1.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 71,012 shares of company stock valued at $1,900,485. 2.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Analyst Ratings Changes Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on MYGN Myriad Genetics Stock Up 2.4 % Shares of MYGN opened at $15.49 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.92 and a beta of 1.93. Myriad Genetics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $14.72 and a 52 week high of $29.30. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $22.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $24.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.73, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. Myriad Genetics Profile ( Free Report ) Myriad Genetics, Inc, a genetic testing and precision medicine company, develops genetic tests in the United States and internationally. The company offers molecular diagnostic tests for use in oncology, and women's and pharmacogenomics. It also provides MyRisk Hereditary Cancer Test, a DNA sequencing test for assessing the risks for hereditary cancers; BRACAnalysis CDx Germline Companion Diagnostic Test, a DNA sequencing test to help determine the therapy for patients with metastatic breast, ovarian, metastatic pancreatic, and metastatic prostate cancer with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA variants; and MyChoice CDx Companion Diagnostic Test, a tumor test that determines homologous recombination deficiency status in patients with ovarian cancer. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Myriad Genetics Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Myriad Genetics and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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By BILL BARROW, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors . He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners . He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian , would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. His statehouse initiatives included environmental protection, boosting rural education and overhauling antiquated executive branch structures. He proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the slain civil rights leader’s home state. And he decided, as he received presidential candidates in 1972, that they were no more talented than he was. In 1974, he ran Democrats’ national campaign arm. Then he declared his own candidacy for 1976. An Atlanta newspaper responded with the headline: “Jimmy Who?” The Carters and a “Peanut Brigade” of family members and Georgia supporters camped out in Iowa and New Hampshire, establishing both states as presidential proving grounds. His first Senate endorsement: a young first-termer from Delaware named Joe Biden. Yet it was Carter’s ability to navigate America’s complex racial and rural politics that cemented the nomination. He swept the Deep South that November, the last Democrat to do so, as many white Southerners shifted to Republicans in response to civil rights initiatives. A self-declared “born-again Christian,” Carter drew snickers by referring to Scripture in a Playboy magazine interview, saying he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times.” The remarks gave Ford a new foothold and television comedians pounced — including NBC’s new “Saturday Night Live” show. But voters weary of cynicism in politics found it endearing. Carter chose Minnesota Sen. Walter “Fritz” Mondale as his running mate on a “Grits and Fritz” ticket. In office, he elevated the vice presidency and the first lady’s office. Mondale’s governing partnership was a model for influential successors Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Biden. Rosalynn Carter was one of the most involved presidential spouses in history, welcomed into Cabinet meetings and huddles with lawmakers and top aides. The Carters presided with uncommon informality: He used his nickname “Jimmy” even when taking the oath of office, carried his own luggage and tried to silence the Marine Band’s “Hail to the Chief.” They bought their clothes off the rack. Carter wore a cardigan for a White House address, urging Americans to conserve energy by turning down their thermostats. Amy, the youngest of four children, attended District of Columbia public school. Washington’s social and media elite scorned their style. But the larger concern was that “he hated politics,” according to Eizenstat, leaving him nowhere to turn politically once economic turmoil and foreign policy challenges took their toll. Carter partially deregulated the airline, railroad and trucking industries and established the departments of Education and Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He designated millions of acres of Alaska as national parks or wildlife refuges. He appointed a then-record number of women and nonwhite people to federal posts. He never had a Supreme Court nomination, but he elevated civil rights attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the nation’s second highest court, positioning her for a promotion in 1993. He appointed Paul Volker, the Federal Reserve chairman whose policies would help the economy boom in the 1980s — after Carter left office. He built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. But he couldn’t immediately tame inflation or the related energy crisis. And then came Iran. After he admitted the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979 by followers of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Negotiations to free the hostages broke down repeatedly ahead of the failed rescue attempt. The same year, Carter signed SALT II, the new strategic arms treaty with Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union, only to pull it back, impose trade sanctions and order a U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Hoping to instill optimism, he delivered what the media dubbed his “malaise” speech, although he didn’t use that word. He declared the nation was suffering “a crisis of confidence.” By then, many Americans had lost confidence in the president, not themselves. Carter campaigned sparingly for reelection because of the hostage crisis, instead sending Rosalynn as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy challenged him for the Democratic nomination. Carter famously said he’d “kick his ass,” but was hobbled by Kennedy as Reagan rallied a broad coalition with “make America great again” appeals and asking voters whether they were “better off than you were four years ago.” Reagan further capitalized on Carter’s lecturing tone, eviscerating him in their lone fall debate with the quip: “There you go again.” Carter lost all but six states and Republicans rolled to a new Senate majority. Carter successfully negotiated the hostages’ freedom after the election, but in one final, bitter turn of events, Tehran waited until hours after Carter left office to let them walk free. At 56, Carter returned to Georgia with “no idea what I would do with the rest of my life.” Four decades after launching The Carter Center, he still talked of unfinished business. “I thought when we got into politics we would have resolved everything,” Carter told the AP in 2021. “But it’s turned out to be much more long-lasting and insidious than I had thought it was. I think in general, the world itself is much more divided than in previous years.” Still, he affirmed what he said when he underwent treatment for a cancer diagnosis in his 10th decade of life. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes,” he said in 2015 . “I’ve had a wonderful life. I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” ___ Former Associated Press journalist Alex Sanz contributed to this report.