By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people to life in prison without parole, arguing that it was senseless and insulted the families of their victims. Biden said converting their punishments to life imprisonment was consistent with the moratorium imposed on federal executions in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. “Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country,” he wrote on his social media site. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!” Presidents historically have no involvement in dictating or recommending the punishments that federal prosecutors seek for defendants in criminal cases, though Trump has long sought more direct control over the Justice Department’s operations. The president-elect wrote that he would direct the department to pursue the death penalty “as soon as I am inaugurated,” but was vague on what specific actions he may take and said they would be in cases of “violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.” He highlighted the cases of two men who were on federal death row for slaying a woman and a girl, had admitted to killing more and had their sentences commuted by Biden. On the campaign trail, Trump often called for expanding the federal death penalty — including for those who kill police officers, those convicted of drug and human trafficking, and migrants who kill U.S. citizens. “Trump has been fairly consistent in wanting to sort of say that he thinks the death penalty is an important tool and he wants to use it,” said Douglas Berman, an expert on sentencing at Ohio State University’s law school. “But whether practically any of that can happen, either under existing law or other laws, is a heavy lift.” Berman said Trump’s statement at this point seems to be just a response to Biden’s commutation. “I’m inclined to think it’s still in sort of more the rhetoric phase. Just, ‘don’t worry. The new sheriff is coming. I like the death penalty,’” he said. Most Americans have historically supported the death penalty for people convicted of murder, according to decades of annual polling by Gallup, but support has declined over the past few decades. About half of Americans were in favor in an October poll, while roughly 7 in 10 Americans backed capital punishment for murderers in 2007. Before Biden’s commutation, there were 40 federal death row inmates compared with more than 2,000 who have been sentenced to death by states. “The reality is all of these crimes are typically handled by the states,” Berman said. A question is whether the Trump administration would try to take over some state murder cases, such as those related to drug trafficking or smuggling. He could also attempt to take cases from states that have abolished the death penalty. Berman said Trump’s statement, along with some recent actions by states, may present an effort to get the Supreme Court to reconsider a precedent that considers the death penalty disproportionate punishment for rape. “That would literally take decades to unfold. It’s not something that is going to happen overnight,” Berman said. Before one of Trump’s rallies on Aug. 20, his prepared remarks released to the media said he would announce he would ask for the death penalty for child rapists and child traffickers. But Trump never delivered the line. One of the men Trump highlighted on Tuesday was ex-Marine Jorge Avila Torrez, who was sentenced to death for killing a sailor in Virginia and later pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old girl in a suburban Chicago park several years before. Related Articles The other man, Thomas Steven Sanders, was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of a 12-year-old girl in Louisiana, days after shooting the girl’s mother in a wildlife park in Arizona. Court records show he admitted to both killings. Some families of victims expressed anger with Biden’s decision, but the president had faced pressure from advocacy groups urging him to make it more difficult for Trump to increase the use of capital punishment for federal inmates. The ACLU and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops were some of the groups that applauded the decision. Biden left three federal inmates to face execution. They are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 , the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history. Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Michelle L. Price and Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
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Lemonade ( NYSE:LMND – Get Free Report ) had its price objective raised by Piper Sandler from $25.00 to $44.00 in a research note issued on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Piper Sandler’s price target would indicate a potential downside of 10.73% from the stock’s current price. Several other analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered shares of Lemonade from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $18.00 to $21.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Lemonade from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $23.00 to $42.00 in a research note on Wednesday. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Lemonade in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on Lemonade from $15.00 to $14.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $30.43. Read Our Latest Analysis on LMND Lemonade Price Performance Lemonade ( NYSE:LMND – Get Free Report ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported ($0.95) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.02) by $0.07. The business had revenue of $136.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $129.10 million. Lemonade had a negative return on equity of 32.85% and a negative net margin of 43.51%. Lemonade’s revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.88) earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Lemonade will post -3.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. Insider Activity at Lemonade In related news, COO Adina Eckstein sold 23,644 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.00, for a total transaction of $1,182,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 189,653 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,482,650. This represents a 11.09 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website . Also, CFO Timothy E. Bixby sold 2,050 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.24, for a total value of $37,392.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 271,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,953,108.48. This trade represents a 0.75 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders have sold 102,892 shares of company stock worth $3,783,045 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 12.50% of the company’s stock. Institutional Inflows and Outflows A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Lemonade by 292.5% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 87,414 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,443,000 after acquiring an additional 65,144 shares in the last quarter. Main Management ETF Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Lemonade in the third quarter valued at approximately $614,000. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Lemonade by 1.2% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,233,662 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,343,000 after buying an additional 14,028 shares during the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. grew its holdings in Lemonade by 321.3% during the third quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. now owns 4,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 3,403 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verition Fund Management LLC purchased a new stake in Lemonade in the 3rd quarter valued at $1,571,000. 80.30% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. About Lemonade ( Get Free Report ) Lemonade, Inc provides various insurance products through various channels in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Its insurance products include stolen or damaged property, and personal liability that protects its customers if they are responsible for an accident or damage to another person or their property. Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Lemonade Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Lemonade and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The Hartman Group, a prominent business in Grenada, is dedicated to supporting charitable causes and giving back to the community. As part of our corporate social responsibility efforts, we make end-of-year donations to various charities each year. This marks the 5th consecutive year that we have carried on our annual tradition of donating Christmas hampers to 3 local institutions: The Belair Home for Children and Adolescents, and the SPICE Residential Care Facility for the Elderly. These hampers are intended to bring holiday cheer to the children and elderly residents of these homes, many of whom require companionship and support. For the first time, we are collaborating with the Ministry of Social Development to contribute to the Cedars Home, which aims to improve the lives of women who are victims of domestic violence in Grenada. We believe that investing in the well-being of these individuals is critical to fostering strong families and enhancing the overall welfare of our communities. At the Hartman Group, we are committed to working closely with these institutions to provide vital caregiving tools for the elderly and children, which will have a positive social impact on their lives. We believe our business holds a profound responsibility to positively impact and uplift the vibrant Grenadian community through meaningful social and economic contributions. 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After Four Years of Hiding Biden's Disaster, Eugene Robinson Thinks the Media Must Grow a SpineAt SHI Stadium at Rutgers University, advertisements for Eric LeGrand Whiskey flashed across the Jumbotron and on digital billboards during football games this season as bartenders used it to whip up old-fashioned cocktails in premium seating areas. Last year, Rutgers University Athletics partnered with the whiskey, its first partnership with a spirits brand. Now during home games, it’s everywhere. Fans have started tailgating with it, said Bill Tankiewicz, 48, a Rutgers football fan who works in finance and lives in South Plainfield, New Jersey. “We take the bottle and have shots of it before the game,” he said, laughing. “Tailgating is the best part of football anyway, and this makes it more fun.” No one is more tickled by it than Eric LeGrand, the former Rutgers football player who was paralyzed during a game in 2010 and went on to create a namesake bourbon. LeGrand reached out to the Rutgers athletic department to see if it wanted to work together. “This is my home away from home,” he said. Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee Land Deals In the past couple of years, alcohol brands have begun directly sponsoring college athletic departments. A number of teams competing in the College Football Playoff, which kicked off last week, have recently partnered with spirit companies. Last year, Teeling Whiskey announced its four-year sponsorship of Notre Dame. In August, Buckeye Vodka became a sponsor of Ohio State Athletics, and Ole Smoky Distillery became the “exclusive moonshine of the Vols” at the University of Tennessee. These new partnerships come at a time when universities need more money than ever to shoulder the growing costs of running large football programs — including potentially compensating their players directly as a result of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA. As these needs become more urgent, colleges are tapping into revenue streams they may have steered clear of in the past. Alcohol “was always this taboo thing,” said Chris Bigelow, a food service consultant in Naples, Florida. Universities, after all, mostly work with underage populations who cannot drink. Most college stadiums wouldn’t sell alcohol during games — but that began to shift about a decade ago. “We started seeing universities say, ‘This is ridiculous, obviously there is a big market here,’” he said. The early adopters started to see fewer alcohol-related incidents. West Virginia, for example, reported a 35% decrease in game day arrests after it started selling alcohol in its stadium. “People wouldn’t sit in the parking lot all day and get drunk,” Bigelow said, adding, “Once they started and the results were positive, a lot of schools followed.” Now, selling alcohol in stadiums is the norm. According to an Associated Press survey conducted last year, 80% of schools in the five major college athletic conferences serve alcohol in public areas of their stadiums. The rest either sell alcohol in only luxury areas or still prohibit booze sales. College athletic programs need more revenue as they spend millions on coaching salaries and facilities. “College sports wasn’t this huge business, but now it is,” said Nicole Auerbach, a college football insider for NBC Sports and a former reporter for The Athletic. The settlement of the class-action lawsuit against the NCAA could set the stage for schools to pay out players through revenue sharing as early as next year. All of this means that college athletic programs are looking for additional ways to make money. “Anything that is new that has never been done before, people are batting around these ideas,” Auerbach said. Athletes Can’t Cash in on Booze Despite a 2021 name, image and likeness (NIL) ruling by the NCAA that allows athletes to make money from their fame, college athletes are still barred from accepting deals with brands in certain categories, including gambling and alcohol. The irony “has been pointed out for sure in conversations I’ve had,” Auerbach said, “but I’m not sure people care that much, since it’s still overall a positive and new thing that athletes can do NIL deals at all.” Even as they wade into alcohol partnerships, college athletic programs have different levels of comfort about what roles their boozy sponsors should play on and off campus. Some colleges, like Rutgers University, are comfortable with spotlighting alcohol brands on campus. “It makes Rutgers feel good to give back to Eric, and supporting something that ultimately supports him,” said Lisa Tirrell, who oversees merchandise and ticket sales for Rutgers Athletics. “We want to push as many bottles of whiskey for sale.” At Ohio State University’s Ohio Stadium, the logo for Buckeye Vodka flashes on dozens of screens. Specialty cocktails using the family-owned vodka brand are served at bars in select seating areas, and there is even a special Buckeye Vodka bar located in the club level: “We had it designed specially,” said Jim Finke, a co-founder of Buckeye Vodka. Buckeye Vodka is also served and advertised at sports bars across the state that show Ohio State games. “When I approach a liquor store to build a display, I’ve been getting a lot more yeses once I mention our contract with Ohio State,” said Zachary Heeney, regional sales manager at Buckeye Vodka. Fans Like to Drink Notre Dame, by contrast, is more hesitant to promote alcohol on its campus. Alcohol is served only in premium seating levels of its stadium. “We have to prioritize responsible drinking,” said Pete Bevacqua, Notre Dame’s director of athletics. “We are very cautious about that, and what we do on campus is very different from what we do with our fans around the world.” Teeling Whiskey therefore limits its activities to off campus. Far from campus, in Ireland, where its distillery is, it makes limited-edition bottles and merchandise for Notre Dame fans. Closer to home, the brand also throws watch parties and tailgating sessions around the United States when Notre Dame plays away games. “We call it Teelgating,” said Stephen Teeling, director of sales and marketing at Teeling Whiskey. “The university has a massive fan base.” The company can tap into an audience of 50 million people who feel connected to Notre Dame. “These are fans who like to drink,” he added. 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Contrasting First Business Financial Services (NASDAQ:FBIZ) & Metropolitan Bank (NYSE:MCB)HUYA Inc. ( NYSE:HUYA – Get Free Report ) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,540,000 shares, a decrease of 18.8% from the November 30th total of 3,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup cut their price target on HUYA from $5.90 to $5.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 14th. HSBC reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $4.70 target price on shares of HUYA in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Hsbc Global Res lowered shares of HUYA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 11th. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of HUYA from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $5.80 to $4.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $5.68. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on HUYA Institutional Trading of HUYA HUYA Price Performance Shares of HUYA stock opened at $3.05 on Friday. HUYA has a 1-year low of $2.89 and a 1-year high of $6.84. The company has a market capitalization of $710.90 million, a P/E ratio of -33.89 and a beta of 0.60. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $3.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $3.95. HUYA ( NYSE:HUYA – Get Free Report ) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 12th. The company reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.53 billion. HUYA had a negative net margin of 2.51% and a positive return on equity of 0.30%. The company’s revenue was down 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.05 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that HUYA will post 0.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. About HUYA ( Get Free Report ) HUYA Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates game live streaming platforms in the People's Republic of China. Its platforms enable broadcasters and viewers to interact during live streaming. The company's live streaming content also covers other entertainment content, such as talent shows, anime, outdoor activities, live chats, and other genres. Read More Receive News & Ratings for HUYA Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for HUYA and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .India News | Rs 1200 Cr Bank Fraud Case: Court Issues NBW Against Three Accused in Money Laundering Case
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