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Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! While Black Friday may technically be over, Amazon is still flush with winter essentials to stock up on before December hits — including anti-aging hand creams. Our hands are one of the first areas to show signs of aging, making a nourishing hand cream a total life-saver in extreme winter weather. Hydrating is key to preserving a youthful appearance, especially in the hands. Anti-aging hand creams banish wrinkles, dullness and dryness with i ngredients like ceramides, niacinamide and peptides. Bonus points for seeking ones with retinol and hyaluronic acid . To aid your search, we found picks from brands like Salt and Stone , CeraVe and Gold Bond. Don’t forget to grab a few hand creams to stash on your nightstand and in your purse and car! Best Anti-Aging Hand Creams on Amazon 1. Winter Winner: This hand cream is packed with nourishing ingredients like dead sea minerals and Allantoin, which heals dry, cracked skin and blemishes. Choose from three scents: original, sea-kissed and spring blossom— $25 at Amazon! 2. Affordable Price: There’s everything to love about this affordable hand cream . It’s packed with aloe to soothe dry hands. Gold Bond’s Cream has a lightweight finish that instantly blends into the skin. It’s also fragrance-free and dermatologist-tested, making it an excellent option for all skin types — $5 on Amazon! 3. Hyaluronic Acid Hero: Hyaluronic acid is one of skincare’s most potent ingredients for warding off signs of aging. The CeraVe Therapeutic Hand Cream nourishes fine lines and wrinkles while leaving a soothing softness you’ll feel all day long — $11 on Amazon! 4. Cruelty-Free Cream: Salt and Stone’s formula hydrates, nourishes and softens skin thanks to its blend of squalane, niacinamide and seaweed extracts. This combination of ingredients regenerates skin and smooths the overall texture — $20 on Amazon! 5. All Over Anti-Aging Cream: This bestselling cream comes in a large tub that can be used on your face, body and hands. Shoppers praise that the cream includes antioxidants that strengthen skin, improve elasticity and enhances skin tone — $20 on Amazon! Check our latest news in Google News Check our latest news in Apple News 6. Rejuvenating Retinol: This anti-aging hand cream with retinol is another product to keep on your nightstand or handbag. It includes anti-wrinkle ingredients like green tea and vitamins A, C and E, which exfoliate and reduce fine lines — $20 on Amazon!More than 72 million people are expected to shop during Cyber Monday, according to the National Retail Federation . The end-of-year shopping surge provides a major boost for retailers. "The last six weeks of the year makes a big difference," said Brian Miller, owner of Geppetto's Toys in San Diego. "It can make or break your year as a retailer." Retailers already got a major bump from Black Friday spending. Consumers spent a record $10.8 billion online on Friday, according to Adobe Analytics . That's up more than 10% from last year. "It's not only bonanza for the shoppers, but it's bonanza for the stores," said Professor Alan Gin of the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business. "People have just gotten a misconception of what was happening. Yes, prices are up, but in this recent time period here, what we've seen is that wages have risen faster than prices have increased. So, people's real incomes have gone up." Last month, consumer confidence hit its highest level in more than a year, according to the Conference Board, a nonprofit that tracks business and consumer sentiment. RELATED STORY | 'Essentially, I just gifted a scammer $100': Gift card draining costing shoppers and retailers Americans are paying with plastic for a lot of their shopping. According to a survey from the National Retail Federation, 39% of shoppers said they plan to use credit cards for their holiday spending. More than one in four shoppers say they plan to take on some debt during the holidays — either by carrying a credit card balance or using a buy now, pay later service, according to Bankrate . American credit card debt hit a record $1.17 trillion in the third quarter of this year. Experts say setting a budget and sticking to it can help people from overspending and taking on debt during the holidays.
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The Voice’s Sasha Allen & Drag Race Alum Adore Delano Are DatingSIR Mo Farah has allegedly been hounded for money by the man whose name he took. The Olympic hero, 41, offered to help the other Mo, after a 2022 TV show but it ended in emotional blackmail, it is claimed. A source said: “It’s so sad.” Sir Mo claims he has had to change his phone number after “incessant demands” for cash from his namesake. The four-time Olympic gold medallist took the name of a child called Mo Farah when he was illegally trafficked to the UK aged nine. Sir Mo promised to stay in touch, and it is understood he has sent up to £5,000 to his namesake. READ MORE ON SIR MO FARAH But the other Mo, 40, and around ten others are alleged to have hassled him for money after getting hold of the long-distance star’s mobile number. Sources say Sir Mo sees it as emotional blackmail, and has not spoken to his namesake for months. A source said: “Sir Mo felt he was being harassed and hounded. “He has taken a step back. He didn’t want to make a big fuss but thought it better to not engage. Most read in Athletics “He has had to change his phone number. It’s unfair Sir Mo is having to deal with this. “He feels he’s the victim. He is just tired, and thinks it’s so sad.” The pair were brought together in BBC’s The Real Mo Farah in which Sir Mo revealed he was trafficked to the UK after his dad died in Somalia’s civil war and his mum sent him and twin Hassan to live with family. The athlete revealed his name is actually Hussein Abdi Kahin and that he took “Mo Farah” from a child’s passport used to fly him to Heathrow in 1993 . He has had to change his phone number. It’s unfair Sir Mo is having to deal with this. He feels he’s the victim Later in the show, Sir Mo tracked his namesake to Istanbul, Turkey, where he was studying. But the real Mo now says they have not spoken since December 2023 and claims Sir Mo reneged on a promise to get him a visa. Speaking from his home in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the other Mo said: “Mo got what he wanted and now he doesn’t care whether I live or die. He made a lot of promises and said he would stop using my name and give me my name back. “He told me he wanted to stop living a lie, but he is still living a lie. “He said he would help me get a tourist visa so I could visit my mum in England , but I’ve spent two years waiting and nothing has happened.” Sir Mo became the world’s greatest long-distance runner winning double golds in London 2012 and Rio 2016, and shares four children with wife Tania. But his namesake’s life has been beset with tragedy. The other Mo said: “My mother left, I was left with her older sister Amina in Nairobi, and when she died from kidney failure in 2005, my world fell apart. “I wanted to become a cricketer. I went for trials for Kenya under-19s and would have had much more opportunity if I’d taken the visa and moved to England .” The other Mo only discovered his link with Sir Mo after the 2012 Olympics. He said: “Some uncles were visiting from the UK, they said, ‘Do you know the athlete, Mo Farah? Do you know he is using your name?’ I couldn’t believe it. “I’d watched him on TV and clapped for him when he was heading to the finish saying, ‘Go, Mo’. “I was a big fan. But even then I didn’t try to get in touch with him. “The first time we spoke was when Sir Mo’s adopted aunt Kinsi contacted me on Facebook and said, ‘‘Mo is looking for you. He is going to give you everything. He’s going to give you back your name and take you abroad’. It is not Mo’s responsibility to be looking after the son of people who mistreated him and trafficked him to the UK “We kept in touch by phone after that and, after the documentary came out the TV crew kept me hidden in a hotel for six weeks to make sure no one could find me. “One BBC producer even discussed making a second documentary in which I would get to meet Sir Mo in London, but that didn’t happen.” Last night sources close to Sir Mo painted a different picture of why the relationship has broken down. An insider said: “Sir Mo has sympathy. This man was also a casualty of events out of his control as a child. But it is not Mo’s responsibility. The people who were adults and responsible for them clearly didn’t do their jobs properly. “But it certainly wouldn’t be appropriate for Mo to use his influence on any UK immigration policy or process. Quite the opposite. “This isn’t Mo’s job to sort out. That said, on a personal level, Mo has been in contact with Somali Mo for a number of years. “Communication ceased in the summer when Mo had to distance himself. Anytime there’s something on Mo’s socials, when it might look like he has had some kind of financial gain, a deal with Nike or whatever, they are demanding why has he not sent money.” Last night the other Mo insisted: “I’m not a bad person. There is no way I would tell anyone to hound him. I didn’t give anyone his number so I don’t know who has been doing this. It’s not anyone in my family. Read More on The US Sun “The last time I messaged him I said, ‘If you don’t want to answer my call, it’s OK. You do what is best for you, I’ll do what’s best for me’.” Sir Mo was approached for comment. By Joe Morgan NATIONAL treasure Sir Mo Farah shocked the country when he admitted lying about his identity all his life, saying: “The truth is I’m not who you think I am.” He revealed on TV two years ago that his real name was Hussein Abdi Kahin and he was trafficked into the UK as a child after his dad was killed in Somalia’s civil war. The running great and father of three told BBC1 documentary The Real Mo Farah: “I want to feel normal and not feel like you’re holding on to something.” The Sun, right, reported Sir Mo feared being stripped of his citizenship for lying on his application but politicians joined celebrities in rallying round.
Let’s be honest for a second: Sure, President-elect Donald Trump ’s decision to nominate his daughter Ivanka’s father-in-law, Charles Kushner, to be ambassador to France has raised eyebrows . But that decision almost certainly won’t have any notable impact on your life. Welcome to the presidential inauguration waiting game: Gaming out what Trump will actually do when he takes office, how his choices for top White House and Cabinet jobs will translate into policy and how much and how quickly all of this will affect you, if at all. Most of this is educated guesswork, based on things like Trump’s recent public utterances and his first-term record. It hinges on dynamics like the prospects of Senate confirmations and, if a given candidate is rebuffed, how far the incoming president will go to install them (hint: Get used to the title “acting.”) We take the position that there are no unimportant presidential decisions or nominations. But Trump nominating Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, while setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with that organization, is unlikely to mean much to your daily life. Not only are these two policy areas that Trump obviously cares about, they also don’t require congressional action. The president has wide latitude to raise tariffs and launch the vastest deportation plan in American history – both of which he has labeled Day One priorities . So when he says, as he did recently, that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Canada and Mexico, people sit up and take notice. (His stated aim was to coerce greater cooperation from them on blocking immigration and fentanyl flows into the United States.) Economists broadly agree that consumers bear the brunt of the financial burden tied to tariffs. The duties are not paid by the country being targeted but by the importer, which regularly passes along those costs. You’d feel the pinch at the gas pump and the grocery store . But will he do it? Trump had a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago. After the former, Trump declared victory on immigration across the southern border, but Sheinbaum pointedly noted that the president had extracted no new concessions . Trump and Trudeau both described their talks as “productive” but did not provide details. Does this signal Trumpian resolve to use tariffs? Or did this serve as a steam-valve of sorts that makes them less likely? We had previously noted that the incoming president would claim credit for existing policies, and that appears to be what has happened. Trump’s mass deportation plan (the details are sketchy) would also almost certainly have immediate economic and social impacts – and could put blue localities and the red federal government on an unprecedented collision course. Many American economic sectors depend on immigrants in the country legally and illegally – think agriculture , building maintenance and groundskeeping, construction and food prep. The five states with the largest populations are California, Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey. Even if Trump prioritizes deporting gang members and criminals at first, the prospects for a mass roundup are sure to have an effect on the millions of non-violent immigrants here illegally – not to mention those here legally who are afraid of being caught up in such an unprecedented dragnet. And what about “mixed” households that include both people here illegally and people here legally (including children with U.S. citizenship)? Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, is a MAGA diehard who has promised to target domestic political critics of the president-elect and go after journalists. This has enormous ramifications for rule of law and democracy in America. ( There’s scant evidence for Trump’s claim that President Joe Biden used the Justice Department to pursue him.) The president-elect’s vow to fire “woke generals” ( something he can absolutely do , by the way) could have repercussions for military recruitment. Trump’s policies towards Ukraine and Russia, towards Israel and the Middle East as a whole, towards climate, towards public health ? Very important for the future of the country and the planet. Improbable plans to slash federal spending (his advisers have endorsed $2 trillion cuts that are larger than annual discretionary spending )? I would bet that pushing out federal workers and rolling back (or simply refusing to enforce) regulations are more likely, and that could affect millions of Americans (and U.S. businesses) in the near term. But in each case, questions abound: How many Americans will tune these in? Will they see an impact on their daily lives? How will that shape their response? This is not to minimize any aspect of this. It’s to highlight the relationship between policy and politics.Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking goal during a four-minute power play with 23 seconds left as the New York Rangers ended their first five-game losing streak in over three years with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Saturday afternoon. The Rangers, who had squandered a two-goal lead early in the third period, had the lengthy power play after the Canadiens' Kirby Dach high-sticked Mika Zibanejad behind the New York net. The Rangers cashed in after Montreal could not clear the defensive zone. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jahmal Banks let out deep breath that would have been visible a few minutes earlier on the Kinnick Stadium field as the pom-pom atop his red stocking cap bobbed. What’s left? The Nebraska senior receiver hadn’t really considered it yet. His spirits — not to mention body temperature — were too down in the moments after another walk-off loss to Iowa. Regular season over, with this fifth defeat in six games stinging more as the numbness began to wear off. “Get better,” Banks said finally. “Craft. At the end of the day, it’s still football. For the people who are going to be with us, we’ll give everything we have. And just keep going.” The day after the Iowa game has been Blacker Saturday for Nebraska for most of the last decade. It usually marks the end of games and beginning of an offseason of reflection and roster change while other teams play in December and January. These Huskers will be busier. Early signing day moved up even earlier this cycle from mid-December to Wednesday and NU — at 19 known commits into the weekend and potential targets still in the balance — will try to close better than it did in Iowa City. The transfer portal opens Dec. 9 and coach Matt Rhule has said he expects upwards of 50 players to enter as the program begins to trim its roster from 150-plus on the way to next year’s mandated maximum size of 105. Of course, Nebraska will be an active shopper in the free-agent market, too. Unlike the past seven seasons, though, bowl season will also include a Nebraska bowl game. A year ago the matchups for possible bowls the Huskers are contenders for now — including the Music City, Guaranteed Rate, Pinstripe, GameAbove Sports and Duke’s Mayo — were announced the Sunday after conference championship weekend. That gives NU a full week to chew on yet another one-score loss before it has an opponent for which to prepare. While a crowd of Iowa players reveled in boisterous extended postgame interviews, only a few Huskers spoke. Those brief sessions — for just a few minutes each as the team hurried to pack up and return to Lincoln — were more about the future than the painful immediate past. Quarterback Dylan Raiola — like his new offensive coordinator, Dana Holgorsen — said he knew he would take at least a day or two off. “I’m not really sure what’s going to happen next, what bowl we’re going to or what’s going on,” the freshman said. “We’ll figure that out soon.” Senior defensive lineman Ty Robinson wore a straight face as he considered that his sixth and final college season would last longer than any of the others. Even with a likely NFL future coming, don’t count him as part of the modern trend of postseason opt-outs “Come back on Monday,” Robinson said. “It’s new for me so I don’t really know what to expect. I’m excited to be a part of it, though. I love this program. I love that I get to be able to practice and play football for the next few weeks and get to go to a bowl game.” Rhule — as angry as he was upset late Friday — said the Iowa result should “probably bother people” for a while. It should fester with younger players who will be back in red inside Kinnick Stadium in 2026. At some point, he said, Nebraska needs to finish. Chasing three points was the program’s season-long motto and ultimately the Hawkeyes were the ones who caught the triple. “It’s just where we’re at, you know what I mean?” Rhule said. “As dumb as that sounds, we have to get better. Have to get better.” Nebraska has objectively improved in areas from the beginning of the year. The defense was dominant save for one disastrous sequence on the 72-yard touchdown that began with a swing pass to Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson and included five missed tackles. The offense under Holgorsen moved and controlled the ball. But the shortcomings were on display, too. The Huskers forced no takeaways for a second time in November. Too many potential big plays on offense went unmade or unseen. Special teams featured another catastrophic moment on the muffed punt and a series of lesser miscues that consistently tilted field position toward the Hawkeyes. Friday wasn’t the season finale this time. Even it felt like it in the cold. “Losing this game doesn’t do justice to see all the success and the strides we’ve made as a team,” Raiola said. “But that’s what it is right now.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!Ange Postecoglou has downplayed his furious confrontation with Tottenham Hotspur supporters after the loss to Bournemouth. The former Celtic manager exchanged words with angry fans at the Vitality Stadium after the 1-0 loss in the Premier League. Postecoglou had walked over to the away section at the conclusion of the match where he was met with a chorus of boos from the travelling support . "I got some pretty direct feedback..." Ange Postecoglou on the reaction from Spurs fans to their defeat to Bournemouth... #PLonPrime #BOUTOT pic.twitter.com/tZsw0x0y9N — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) December 5, 2024 However, Postecoglou downplayed the exchange with fans after the match as he opened up on the "pretty direct feedback". "I wasn't having a word," he told Amazon Prime Sport. "They are pretty disappointed and rightly so. "I got some pretty direct feedback as to how we are going, and that's fair enough." Read more: I didn’t bottle Celtic manager job offer - some things weren’t right Reo Hatate shouts out travelling Celtic support for singing his song The Australian coach appeared to exchange words with a number of supporters before pointing at the Spurs badge on his jacket. As supporters continued to vent their frustrations, Postecoglou then quickly applauded fans before walking back across the pitch. The loss leaves Tottenham in 10th place in the Premier League with six wins, two draws and six losses in their 14 outings so far. Postecoglou later added in his post-match press conference: "They are disappointed, rightly so. They gave me some direct feedback which I guess is taken on board." On what was said, he stated: "Yeah probably not for here mate." He continued: "I've got no issue with it. I didn't like what was being said because I'm a human being but you've got to cop it. "I've been around long enough to know that if things don't go well, you've got to understand the frustration and disappointment. "They're right disappointed tonight because again we've let a game of football get away from us. "That's ok, I'm ok with all of that."
B.C. Premier David Eby is promising to seek new export opportunities for the province after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25-per-cent tariff on all Mexican and Canadian goods. British Columbia exports billions of dollars’ worth of commodities and products – coal and lumber, plastics and machinery – every month, with just over half bound for the United States. It could be worse. Canada as a whole sends three-quarters of its exports to the U.S. B.C. has less exposure to that single market thanks to a long-running policy, embraced by political parties of every stripe, of maintaining a diversified trade portfolio. “We’re going to continue to do our work to expand those trading opportunities,” Mr. Eby told reporters Wednesday. In the 1980s, B.C.’s political leaders set their economic sights on Asia, opening trade offices in Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan with the intent of reducing the province’s dependence on its dominant customer to the south. The province has bankrolled countless trade missions and now maintains 19 overseas trade offices. Yet the U.S. has consistently remained its most important trading partner over the past four decades. At best, the diversification strategy has dampened the siren call of the behemoth at its doorstep. “Canada is so privileged to be next door to this giant economic engine of the United States,” noted former B.C. premier Glen Clark in an interview. “We understand the laws there, we understand the language, we understand the people, and it’s very close, so it’s a natural.” But too much dependence on a single market – no matter how big, no matter how easy – comes with risk. Mr. Trump’s tariff threat should be a catalyst for a fresh commitment to cultivate new markets, said Mr. Clark, who led 13 trade missions to China alone during his term as premier, from 1996 to 1999. “Reviving that trade policy, only with different focus on parts of the world, makes a lot of sense as we move forward in this kind of dangerous time.” In 1987, Mike Harcourt, then the NDP opposition leader, stood up in the legislature and endorsed the Social Credit government’s early trade missions. Even as some Socred backbenchers dismissed the trips as “boondoggles,” Mr. Harcourt pressed for a more aggressive strategy. “We support those initiatives, but we’re not bold enough,” he said, insisting that the province needed to establish outposts in China and India. At the time, the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute was demonstrating the ability of the U.S. to cripple the province’s forest sector. That conflict continues today – a textbook example for Canada of how U.S. protectionism can supersede good trade relations. British Columbia’s position as a trade gateway for Pacific Rim countries was already a reality before politicians tried to help. The year Mr. Harcourt was calling for trade offices in China, just 46 per cent of the province’s exports went to the United States. When he became Premier in 1991, Mr. Harcourt took the opportunity to pursue new markets aggressively. “I started talking about Vancouver being, not the last stop of the CPR railway, but the front door to Asia for Canada,” he said in an interview. But today he believes the province’s trade strategy needs an urgent update to prepare for 2025, when Mr. Trump returns to office. B.C.’s Trade Diversification Strategy was updated in 2023, but much has changed since. The value of softwood lumber exports has stagnated and is now rivalled by sales of machinery and equipment. Meanwhile, energy exports – especially coal – are climbing in value. Mr. Trump’s tariff threats aside, global trade relations are also more complex, particularly with China and India. The two countries are host to almost half of B.C.’s international trade offices outside the U.S. David Emerson helped steer Canada toward trade diversification. As deputy finance minister under then-Premier Bill Bennett and deputy minister to Premier Bill Vander Zalm, he crafted B.C.’s Asian Pacific trade strategy and later introduced the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative as the federal Minister of International Trade. He also was the minister who negotiated the one and only settlement on softwood lumber, in 2006. That agreement expired in 2015. Mr. Emerson says this is not a good time for British Columbia – and Canada – to face a strong protectionist leader in the U.S., because the alternatives are limited. “I do believe we need to grow market penetration in markets other than the U.S., but the greatest potential is in markets where we now have terrible relations,” he said. “Today, relations with China and India are a mess, and the great trade diversification strategy has run into serious trouble.” China is B.C.’s second-largest export destination – one that is growing in value. But Canada and China are in the midst of a trade spat. In August, Ottawa announced a 100-per-cent import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles and a 25-per-cent tariff on steel and aluminum products from China, after the U.S. and the European Union introduced similar measures. The following month, Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of rapeseed from Canada. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has signalled he is prepared to reignite trade tensions between the U.S. and China, which could put other trading partners in the crossfire. Canada’s relations with India soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year that there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. Canada has since alleged that India’s Home Affairs Minister, Amit Shah, ordered the targeting of Sikh activists in Canada. Both countries have now expelled each other’s top diplomatic officials. Mr. Trump’s rationale for slapping tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports is to punish both countries for lax border security, allowing illegal migrants and illicit drugs to slip through into the U.S. On Wednesday, Mr. Trudeau met with the premiers to strategize and emerged with a promise to strengthen border security by pumping more money into the Canada Border Services Agency and the RCMP. Mr. Eby, who advocated for that investment as an answer to Mr. Trump’s complaints, said Canada should put up a united front to take on the U.S. trade threat. But in the meantime, he said, he’ll renew his government’s commitment to diversification. “This was definitely the right direction, obviously, in hindsight, and we do have to redouble those efforts, given the instability south of the border.” The decades of previous efforts have shown, however, that changing those trade patterns will be exceptionally difficult.
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By Tom Hals and Jonathan Stempel WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk still is not entitled to receive a $56 billion compensation package despite shareholders of the electric vehicle company voting in June to reinstate it. The ruling by the judge, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery, follows her January decision that called the pay package excessive and rescinded it, surprising investors, and cast uncertainty over Musk's future at the world's most valuable carmaker. Musk did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Tesla in a statement on X said, "The ruling is wrong, and we're going to appeal," saying that the judge had overruled a supermajority of shareholders. Musk and Tesla can appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court as soon as McCormick enters a final order, which could come as soon as this week. The appeal could take a year to play out. Tesla has said in court filings that the judge should recognize a subsequent June vote by its shareholders in favor of the pay package for Musk, the company's driving force who is responsible for many of its advances, and reinstate his compensation. McCormick said Tesla’s board was not entitled to hit “reset” to restore Musk’s pay package. “Were the court to condone the practice of allowing defeated parties to create new facts for the purpose of revising judgments, lawsuits would become interminable,” she said in her 101-page opinion. She said a ratification vote like the one used by Tesla had to be conducted before the trial and a company cannot ratify a transaction involving a conflicted controller. She had determined Musk controlled the pay negotiations. She also said Tesla made multiple material misstatements in its proxy statement regarding the vote, and could not claim the vote was a “cure-all” to justify restoring Musk’s pay. Tesla shares fell 1.4% in after hours trade, after the ruling. Gary Black, managing partner of The Future Fund, which owns Tesla stock, said on X that he believed the Delaware Supreme Court was more pragmatic than McCormick. "I doubt this ruling will be resolved anytime soon, and it will likely be overturned by a more moderate court along the way," he wrote. The pay package had awarded Musk stock options if the company hit performance and valuation goals. While the award originally was valued at up to $56 billion, Tesla's shares have surged 42% since Nov. 5, when Republican candidate Donald Trump, supported by Musk, won the U.S. presidential election. Following that rally, the pay package is worth about $101 billion. The ruling comes as Musk has been tasked by Trump with creating a more efficient government by slashing spending. The role as co-lead of the new Department of Government Efficiency would be informal rather than a government position, allowing Musk to keep his job at Tesla as well as leading other companies including rocket maker SpaceX. Musk threw himself behind Trump's election campaign and has become a close adviser in the process. PAY DAY FOR PLAINTIFF'S LAWYERS McCormick also ordered Tesla to pay the attorneys who brought the case $345 million, well short of the $6 billion they initially requested, but still one of the largest fee awards ever in securities litigation. She said the fee could be paid in cash or Tesla stock. “We are pleased with Chancellor McCormick’s ruling, which declined Tesla’s invitation to inject continued uncertainty into Court proceedings," said a statement from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, one of the three law firms for the plaintiff. The law firm also said it looked forward to defending the court's opinion if Musk and Tesla appealed. After the January ruling, Tesla shareholders flooded the court with thousands of letters arguing that rescinding Musk's pay increased the possibility he would leave Tesla or develop some products like artificial intelligence at ventures other than Tesla. Mom-and-pop investors and Musk's influential fans helped Tesla and Musk win the June shareholder vote and many were speaking up on social media against Monday's decision. "Beyond the pedantic details of legal procedure, the bigger issue here is that the voice of shareholders is being overruled," Omar Qazi said in a post on X from the handle @WholeMarsBlog after Monday's ruling. "If they can't consider the vote in this case, hopefully they'll consider it on appeal," said Qazi who has more than 551,000 followers. McCormick in January found that Musk improperly controlled the 2018 board process to negotiate the pay package. The board had said that Musk deserved the package because he hit all the ambitious targets on market value, revenue and profitability. After the January ruling, Musk criticized the judge on his social media platform X and encouraged other companies to follow the lead of Tesla and reincorporate in Texas from Delaware, although it is unclear if any companies did so. The judge in her January ruling called the pay package the "biggest compensation plan ever - an unfathomable sum." It was 33 times larger than the next biggest executive compensation package, which was Musk's 2012 pay plan. Musk's 2018 pay package gave him stock grants worth around 1% of Tesla's equity each time the company achieved one of 12 tranches of escalating operational and financial goals. Musk did not receive any guaranteed salary. Tornetta argued that shareholders were not told how easily the goals would be achieved when they voted on the package. (Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; additional reporting by Abhirup Roy and Noel Randewich in San Francisco; Editing by Bill Berkrot, Amy Stevens, Peter Henderson and Sonali Paul) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters .Milan did well in breaking through Empoli's aggressive defence, says Fonseca
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Pep Guardiola makes 'delusional' point after noticing something in Liverpool game - Liverpool.comFrom left: Oranga Tamariki's chief social worker Nicolette Dickson, chief executive Andrew Bridgeman and deputy chief executive youth justice Tusha Penny at today's select committee meeting. Photo: RNZ Yesterday, it was reported that one of the young men taking part absconded after attending the funeral of another who had died. Oranga Tamariki deputy chief executive of youth justice services and residential care Tusha Penny told the select committee this morning that two participants were actually on the run. One escaped from the tangi and another a day later, she said. Penny acknowledged the death of one of the boot camp's participants and their whānau. Oranga Tamariki and Waikato police both confirmed the 15-year-old, who was granted bail on compassionate grounds to attend the funeral by the Youth Court, had absconded. Police were looking for him. The New Zealand Herald reported it understood the young man who died was the fatality in a crash on State Highway 1 near Tīrau on Wednesday last week between three vehicles, including a tourist bus, which injured 14 others. Those taking part in the pilot were released from the youth justice facility in Palmerston North in October, and have been in the community phase of the boot camp programme.
Two of the GAA’s biggest dual counties invested heavily on their inter-county teams in 2024 with Galway spending a record €2.7 million and Wexford shelling out just under €1.5 million. Galway GAA’s spend is slightly up on last year when they invested just under just under €2.65 million on all their county sides in both codes across all age grades - a record at the time. The year before Galway became the first county to crash through the €2 million barrier for spending on inter-county teams. Read More: Our Top 10, two point scoring arc kings: Where David Clifford, Paul Mannion and co rank Read More: Venues, dates, times and TV latest on All-Ireland club hurling semi-finals This year’s slight rise in spending takes account of the senior football side's preparations for the All-Ireland final, and also a team holiday afterwards. Despite their huge investment in their sides the good news for Galway GAA is that they still reported a healthy surplus of over €730,000 - doubling last year’s figure. This was largely due to almost doubling their fundraising income to just over €1.5 million, with commercial income rising to just under €1 million, with overall income a record €6 million for the county. Meanwhile, Wexford were also well in the black with an operating surplus of almost €355,000 and an income of €3.2 million. The net surplus after depreciation was just under €50,000. Their spend on inter-county teams was up 22% to €1.47 million, but commercial income also rose, coming in at €1.47 million, with almost €500,000 spent on coaching and games. Outgoing County Chairman Micheál Martin told delegates at the Clayton Whites Hotel that the increased spend on county teams was down to several factors, including increasing medical costs and more underage games. Martin also confirmed that Revenue are conducting audits into a number of counties and intend to move into all counties and then onto clubs. Galway GAA, supported by their independent auditors, have decided not sign off on their accounts until after the Revenue commissioners complete their own audit. To keep up to date with all the latest GAA news, sign-up to our GAA newsletter here.None
President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Monday his choice of businessman Warren Stephens as the U.S. ambassador to Britain. The announcement was made public through a social media post. Warren Stephens currently serves as chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc., a private financial services company located in Little Rock, Arkansas, as noted on the firm's website. His appointment marks one of the several high-profile positions being filled by members with business backgrounds in the incoming Trump administration. (With inputs from agencies.)World News | Turkey Calls for Reconciliation Between Syria Government and Opposition to End Conflict
Lions vs. Packers where to watch: NFL kickoff time, live stream, odds, pick for NFC North showdownUConn head coach Dan Hurley insists he's not overvaluing Wednesday night's game between his 25th-ranked Huskies and No. 15 Baylor in Storrs, Conn. Sure, it comes on the heels of the two-time reigning national champion Huskies (5-3) responding to losing all three games during the Maui Invitational with a blowout victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday. UConn, which had won 17 consecutive games entering the Maui tournament, fell 23 spots from No. 2 to nearly out of the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday. "I think it's such a long season and we're eight games in," Hurley said when asked about facing the Bears. "Our performance in Maui shocked the college basketball world and the sports world, and obviously a lot went on there." "I don't think it's a must-win game in Game Nine of the season, but it's an opportunity to play in Gampel (Pavilion), where we play great and are very comfortable, and we know we're gonna have a great crowd." "We also know we're playing a top-level team, so it's a big game for us and it's a big game for them." Wednesday's game signifies the start of a tough stretch in UConn's schedule. The Huskies will visit Texas on Sunday and challenge No. 7 Gonzaga in New York on Dec. 14 before beginning Big East play on Dec. 18 against Xavier, which fell from No. 22 to out of the poll on Monday. But let's go back to Saturday's 99-45 dismantling of the Hawks. Jaylin Stewart started in place of the injured Alex Karaban (head) and joined Liam McNeeley by scoring 16 points to put UConn back in the win column. Solo Ball contributed 12 points, Aidan Mahaney had 11 and Tarris Reed Jr. (10 points, 12 rebounds) and Jayden Ross (10 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded a double-double. "This experience they're getting, (Stewart), Jayden Ross, Solo Ball, these guys are going to keep getting better and better," Hurley said. "Jaylin Stewart has flashed. That Memphis game (in which he scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting), he flashed a lot in that one. "... These sophomores are just going to keep getting better and better. That's why I do think we do need the grace and support of our people here at UConn. Because they're going to be such different players in January and February." Coming off a split in the Bahamas, Baylor (5-2) bounced back from a 77-62 setback to then-No. 11 Tennessee on Nov. 22 with a decisive 91-60 victory over New Orleans last Wednesday. "I know we're all a little tired," Bears coach Scott Drew said. "Whenever you come back from the Bahamas and a trip like that, the first game, you can be playing in mud. And I think the guys did a pretty good job, for the most part." Jayden Nunn drained six of his seven 3-pointers in the first half and finished with a season-high 23 points to power Baylor past the Privateers. Robert Wright III scored 18 points, Jeremy Roach had 17 and Miami transfer Norchad Omier recorded his third consecutive double-double after finishing with 12 points and a season-high 13 rebounds. --Field Level MediaNone