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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in Plains, Georgia. At age 52, Carter was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Carter left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. Here's the latest: The longest-lived American president died 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. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” The Carter Center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. In his 1975 book “Why Not The Best,” Carter said of himself: “I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former governor, a planner, a businessman, a nuclear physicist, a naval officer, a canoeist, and among other things a lover of Bob Dylan’s songs and Dylan Thomas’s poetry.” 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. After he left office and returned home to his tiny hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia, Carter regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world. Former Vice President Al Gore praised Jimmy Carter for living “a life full of purpose, commitment and kindness” and for being a “lifelong role model for the entire environmental movement.” Carter, who left the White House in 1981 after a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan. concentrated on conflict resolution, defending democracy and fighting disease in the developing world. Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, remains a leading advocate for action to fight climate change. Both won Nobel Peace Prizes. Gore said that “it is a testament to his unyielding determination to help build a more just and peaceful world” that Carter is often “remembered equally for the work he did as President as he is for his leadership over the 42 years after he left office.” During Gore’s time in the White House, President Bill Clinton had an uneasy relationship with Carter. But Gore said he is “grateful” for “many years of friendship and collaboration” with Carter. Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, remember Carter as a man who lived to serve others. “Hillary and I mourn the passing of President Jimmy Carter and give thanks for his long, good life. Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others — until the very end." The statement recalled Carter's many achievements and priorities, including efforts “to protect our natural resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, make energy conservation a national priority, return the Panama Canal to Panama, and secure peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David." After he left office, the Clinton statement said, Carter continued efforts in "supporting honest elections, advancing peace, combating disease, and promoting democracy; to his and Rosalynn’s devotion and hard work at Habitat for Humanity — he worked tirelessly for a better, fairer world,” the statement said.
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Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation. The Florida Republican made the announcement Thursday. Gaetz’s withdrawal is a blow to Trump’s push to install steadfast loyalists in his incoming administration and the first sign that Trump could face resistance from members of his own party. Trump said in a social media post that Gaetz “did not want to be a distraction for the Administration.” Gaetz said “it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work" of the transition team. He added, “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle.”Intech Investment Management LLC Takes $753,000 Position in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL)
The S&P 500 is set to end November well on pace for its best annual gain in a generation, powered by a robust economy, a supportive Federal Reserve and outsized gains for the megacap tech stocks that dominate the blue-chip benchmark. Wall Street analysts, giddy with the prospect of a regulation-burning and business-friendly administration under President-elect Donald Trump, see further gains well into the coming year as well, as the two year bull market gallops into 2025 and beyond. 🚨 Don’t Miss this amazing Black Friday move! Get 60% off TheStreet Pro. Act now before it’s gone 😲 Deutsche Bank analyst Bankim Chadha threw down Wall Street's furthest S&P 500 marker in a note published earlier this week, pegging his end-2025 price target at 7,000 points, a level that would suggest another 16.25% gain from Friday's close. Chadha and his team see "steady robust momentum continuing into 2025, with earnings-per-share growth in the low double digits." They forecast collective profits of $282 a share, $7 ahead of Wall Street's $275 consensus. "We see various aspects of the cycle still to come, including a move from de- to restocking; a pickup in [capital spending] outside tech; a manufacturing recovery; rises in consumer and corporate confidence; a recovery in capital markets and M&A activity; a pickup in loan growth; and rest of the world growth," Chadha and his team predicted in an outline that largely resembles Wall Street's lofty expectations for 2025 stock performance. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Threading that needle will be a complicated task, however, for a Trump administration that could be in conflict with the Fed, in trade wars with its largest partners, and mired in legal challenges to some of its key policy objectives tied to immigration and tariffs. Risks to Wall Street's bullish outlook While the economy is riding solid momentum into year-end, it is also susceptible to a pullback in government spending, as Trump has promised, and to a weakening labor market, which could add to concern that the recession risk it's been able to avoid for the past four years could soon resurface. The merger boom that banks are forecasting could also take time to develop, given that regulatory changes to the financial sector will take time to come into force and could face resistance in a Congress that will be controlled by only narrow Republican majorities. Big takeover deals could also be thwarted by the market's historically high valuations, which continue to suggest the need for a near-term correction should earnings in any of the upcoming quarters fall short of Wall Street's forecasts. Related: Goldman Sachs analyst sees starting point for year-end S&P 500 rally Another risk: Trump's trade policies, as evidenced by his selection of tariff hawk Jamieson Greer as U.S. trade representative and his threat to impose significant tariffs on goods imported from China and from allies in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada treaty. These factors have the potential to both stoke inflation and blunt global growth. Bank of America analysts suggest that Trump's 2018 tariffs clipped S&P 500 profit margins by around 60 basis points, or 0.6 percentage point. A similar impact in 2025 would add a 4% headwind to collective earnings growth. That could keep the Fed from following through on market bets for further 2025 interest rate cuts, removing an important tailwind for stock performance over the first half of the year. U.S. fund flows at record levels "We don’t think the Fed will cut rates as sharply as markets expect," said Jean Bolvin, who heads the BlackRock Investment Institute. "An aging workforce, persistent budget deficits and the impact of structural shifts like geopolitical fragmentation should keep inflation and policy rates higher over the medium term. " Wall Street's broader optimism, however, is not simply an insular view: Global investors are plowing cash into U.S. assets Bank of America's weekly Flow Show report, published Friday, said global investors are "all-in on Trump 2.0" and are positioned for further gains for U.S. assets into the January inauguration. Related: Analyst revamps S&P 500 target for 2025 U.S. stock funds, the report indicated, gathered $55.8 billion in new money last week, the most since March, with record flows into large-capitalization names and the best new allocation for small-cap funds this year. Broader growth forecasts, meanwhile, remain optimistic, with Goldman Sachs predicting a 2.5% advance for the U.S. economy next year. That above-trend forecast is tied in part to a resilient labor market, slowing inflation and robust consumer spending. Consumer confidence is surging In fact, the Conference Board's benchmark index of consumer confidence in November hit the highest levels in more than a year. Chief Economist Dana Peterson cited "more positive consumer assessments of the present situation, particularly regarding the labor market," from Americans participating in the benchmark survey, With consumers feeling flush and prepared to spend the largest amount on record over the holiday season, the economy's most-important driver is firing on all cylinders. The market's most influential sector, meanwhile, is confident enough to spend around $700 billion a year over the coming decade to build out artificial-intelligence data centers and capture the potential of what could be the most impactful technology since the steam engine. More Economic Analysis: Collectively, that should set the table for another leg higher in the current bull market, which began in October 2022 and has added around $20 trillion in value to the S&P 500 benchmark. U.S. valuations are elevated but not as stretched as traditional metrics imply," said Joe Davis, global head of Vanguard's Investment Strategy Group. "And more importantly, the market has been increasingly concentrated toward growth-oriented sectors, such as technology, that support higher valuations." "Ultimately, high starting valuations will drag long-term returns down. But history shows that absent an economic or earnings growth shock, U.S. equity market returns can continue to defy their valuation gravity in the near term," he added. Related: Veteran fund manager sees world of pain coming for stocksJavon Small scored 31 points to rally West Virginia to an 86-78 overtime upset of No. 3 Gonzaga in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, Wednesday in Nassau, Bahamas. The Mountaineers (4-1) trailed by 10 points early in the second half and by five in the final minute. But over the final 19 seconds of regulation, Tucker DeVries scored five straight points to send the game to overtime. In the extra session, Small scored five points and West Virginia held Gonzaga to a single field goal, which came after the outcome was decided with 19 seconds left. Amani Hansberry added a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds for West Virginia, which advances to the semifinals Thursday against another surprise first-round winner, Louisville, which stunned No. 15 Indiana. Braden Huff scored 19 points and Khalif Battle added 16 points for Gonzaga (5-1) which settles for a consolation-round game Thursday against Indiana. Nolan Hickman tallied 13 points. Ryan Nembhard delivered seven points and 12 assists for the Bulldogs. Huff put Gonzaga in position to win when he made three hook shots in the final 2:34 of regulation as the Bulldogs turned a one-point deficit into a 69-66 lead. Two free throws by Nembhard expanded the lead to 71-66 with 25 seconds left. But DeVries followed with a 3-pointer from the top of the key and then made a mid-court steal and drew a foul with 5.9 seconds left. His two free throws sent it to overtime. The Mountaineers never trailed in overtime. Sencire Harris wrapped it up with a steal and a breakaway slam that put West Virginia up 84-76 with 26 seconds left. Battle, a transfer from Arkansas, scored eight points in a span of 90 seconds late in the first half as the Bulldogs took control on their way to a 39-31 lead at the break. Gonzaga earned its biggest lead early in the second half when Graham Ike scored inside with an assist from Nembhard to make it 43-33. But West Virginia responded with a 17-2 run, fueled by Small as he hit two 3-pointers and two layups. Hansberry drained a trey and DeVries grinded for a putback layup to give the Mountaineers a 50-45 lead with 12:26 left. DeVries finished the game with 16 points and four blocks. --Field Level Media
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“I hope that I use my time wisely as a new retiree,” said M., when asked what her hope was for 2025. She spent her best years as a guidance counselor at a private school in Quezon City. “I hope to practice mindfulness by decluttering my space, gardening, and journaling.” In the light of the myriad of mental health sufferers among our students, her comment betrays the pressure counselors are under as well. M., however, belongs to a generation whose hope extends to the community. She quickly added: “On the macro level: I yearn for the election of honest, competent, service-oriented government officials. And that we Filipinos remember and honor the legacy of our heroic forebears, taking pride in our identity.” Recent literature in hope studies indicates that most people “have become accustomed to dreaming big at the individual scale. On the collective level, however, our hope is failing us.” As interest rates go down and election season begins, people’s hopes are palpably high. The promise of money, fame, and self-realization will be fulfilled once more. But what about collective hope? Are we seeing a brighter future for our communities and nation as a whole? I asked two political scientists if they had high hopes for the coming year. Hansley Juliano, who is currently working for his PhD from Nagoya University, said: “Personally, my hope lies in my engagement with my students and the organizations and advocates who still persist in fighting for our rights and necessary policies even in hostile situations. Even the hardest and most hostile times were made lighter by those who stood by what they believe in, sometimes at great cost to themselves and those they care about — mostly because they are trying to protect the ones they love anyway.” I didn’t ask any more for the gory details of the rights and policies the students were fighting for nor what price they had to pay for protecting their loved ones. This means, however, that hope is not the optimism that things will turn out fine. One has to dig deep to find hope through concrete action. Must Read 90% of Filipinos hopeful for New Year, but that’s a 15-year low — SWS People run away from hope because it is dangerous. It requires a form of dissent which is not rebelliousness. It is not rebellious because it is realistic. It demands an honest-to-goodness look at the situation and an acknowledgment of facts. It is nonetheless dissenting, for one does not simply accept the things as they are and he or she becomes open to new solutions. Unlike optimism, hope exercises intellectual humility of not shaping reality as we see fit. As they say, “If they say there will be mass deportations in the US, we better believe them.” Arj Aguirre, assistant professor at Ateneo de Manila University, said: “I am hoping that our midterms will be peaceful and less violent.... In this election, I am excited to see how our opposition is trying to survive despite being out of power for many years. This is, to me, is an indication, that we are indeed maturing. As you can see, some politicians are sticking to their party. They stay despite the temptation of party switching just to win.” Essentially a warning that things will get worse before they get better, the midterm elections will most likely be violent. People buzz about “ foreign malign influence .” The opposition, while not completely dead, is in survival mode. Does this mean that democracy itself is in survival mode? Evidences from the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia force us conclude this. One gleans a hint of spiritedness in Aguirre’s words, though, perhaps fueled by inside information of what is going on in the opposition. Both Juliano and Aguirre observe that enough political actors are doubling down, sticking to their convictions, despite the great convenience of becoming a political opportunist. We can share their stories more than the dominant narrative that the political landscape is infested by turncoats and butterflies. Furthermore, a physician and a Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer, wishes “for stability in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and that the WPS be protected from marine destruction.” Father Ted Gonzales, president of the Center for Family Ministries, emphasizes: “Give jobs, not ayuda .... Identify corruption and codependency as another form of sin to the nation. Invest in quality and critical education instead of making people remain ignorant. Make education and healthy lifestyle with integrity a priority as a national value.” Both involved in active duty, their hope is having a sense of agency. Hope is acting with purpose and intentionality. Even more crucially, it is making sure actions align with one’s purpose. A nation of codependents and without agency will be weak, uncreative, and not ready for battle. Crucial in hope is the capacity to do something about the situation. Hope is the capacity to ask the question: Now that nothing can be done, what can be done? Must Read [REFLECTION] ‘Hope is not dead’ – Pope Francis Even if the enemies are literally hidden in plain sight and that government continues to sabotage its development plan, what can still be done? “Make good coffee!” A slogan that was born during Occupy Wall Street, it is a code for inviting people for a serious conversation. In isolation, the situation will seem bleak; with true comrades, anything is possible. One’s allies may not even be alive. As veteran journalist Howie Severino says: “Just before every new year we remember Jose Rizal on December 30. Sharing a nation with such a man reminds me that we’re a work in progress to something much better.” Finally, for Jesuit Father General, Arturo Sosa, in 2025 we are called for “a more interior knowledge of Jesus Christ.” This year we can go beyond piety and truly discover Christ in the living and breathing stories of our countrymen here and abroad. The hope of 2025 lies in our capacity to be galvanized by the call of our times. We just need to find the courage to refused to be engulfed by the darkness and say yes to the Yes! – Rappler.com Jovino G. Miroy teaches philosophy at Ateneo de Manila University. In 2018, he directed “Ang Apologia ni Sokrates salin ni R. Ferriols,” featuring Ron Capinding.Rwanda Premier League: Is rescheduling games affecting clubs?American retail giant Walmart is pulling back on its diversity and inclusion efforts following pressure from conservatives. It’s the latest big business in the United States to do so, promising to stop using the term ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” in its communications and running reviews of its support for inclusion programs. The shift follows pressure from activist Robbhy Starbuck, an anti-DEI campaigner who threatened Walmart with a boycott campaign, that would pull on his 700,000 followers on X. Walmart has bowed to the pressure, with the supermarket giant confirming it had had conversations with Starbuck. On the other side of the world, Australian mining company Rio Tinto has committed to “stay the course” on long-term cultural reform, despite its latest internal findings revealing a “backlash” against diversity efforts, alongside troubling reports of sexual assault, bullying and little to no improvement in terms of employees experiencing sexual harassment and racism. The internal report based on a survey of more than 12,000 employees globally found that eight employees said they had experienced actual or attempted sexual assault or rape this year, up from five people sharing such an experience in 2021. There were 32 reports of workers saying they had experienced pressure or requests for sex or sexual acts, down from 37 in the previous report. Seven per cent of survey respondents reported experiencing sexual harassment, including 16 per cent of women and four per cent of men. There has also been a concerning increase in women experiencing bullying, to 50 per cent in 2024. CEO for Rio Tinto Australia, Kellie Parker, acknowledged that the survey of more than 11,600 staff members has uncovered “a backlash” against diversity programs. Lawyer and former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick undertook the review. She, too, said on the findings that “specific resistance towards programs and strategies targeted at women and other marginalised groups such as leadership programs” had been uncovered. Rio Tinto has seen its workforce grow from being 18.4 per cent female in 2019 to 25 per cent female in 2024. Women reported being seen as “diversity hires”, with one commenting that diversity efforts are not resulting in inclusion. “The boys all go out for drinks, and I’m not invited. The boys message separately in a group chat during team meetings.” There’s clearly more work to do to better understand the ‘why’ behind such a backlash, as well as the ‘why’ behind individuals feeling they are being unfairly sidelined in diversity efforts and perceive it to be zero sum game. But pulling out of diversity efforts altogether, as Walmart has done in response to a conservative influencer, is cowardly, even with a new president-elect promising to ban DEI initiatives in workplaces and educational institutions on the . An alternative strategy could have been to communicate the opportunities for everyone in diversity better and continuously striving for stronger workplace cultures. This was something the CEO of Rio Tinto’s iron ore division. Simon Trott, acknowledged following the release of the company’s internal review. “We need to really be articulating the why, why is this important and why we want to drive this change,” he told reporters. “We’ve got to make sure that we take everyone with us and all change takes time. All changes sometimes also create resistance in some areas.” Rio Tinto has said they will focus on improving training for managers. Broderick also recommended this in her report to Rio, noting a need to better communicate “why differential treatment is necessary to level the playing field.” Globally, Rio Tinto’s CEO Jakob Stausholm has committed to “stay the course”. He apologised to the victims of sexual assault, harassment and bullying, declaring he was “greatly troubled” by such reports. But he did express that he believes . “The review also shows that while progress is being made, achieving the sustained change we want to see in our culture will require ongoing focus and effort,” he said in a statement. “My message today is that we will stay the course.”