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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Zarigue Nutter scored 22 points and secured the victory with a jump shot with two seconds remaining as Georgia State defeated Tulsa 74-71 on Wednesday. Nutter shot 9 of 15 from the field and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (4-3). Cesare Edwards scored 18 points and added 16 rebounds. Nicholas McMullen had 13 points and shot 4 of 9 from the field and 5 for 8 from the line. The Golden Hurricane (4-4) were led in scoring by Keaston Willis, who finished with 18 points. Tulsa also got 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists from Dwon Odom. Tyshawn Archie had 12 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Pauline Hanson runs past Lidia Thorpe in the Senate chamber (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) THORPE SUSPENDED Lidia Thorpe’s suspension from Parliament got significant coverage overnight, with AAP reporting the independent senator received the punishment after she threw pieces of paper at One Nation’s Pauline Hanson as a row over racism erupted. On Wednesday Hanson had attempted to refer Senator Fatima Payman to a parliamentary committee over her dual Afghan citizenship, questioning her eligibility to sit in the upper house. Payman said in response to Hanson’s actions yesterday morning: “You’re not just vindictive, mean, nasty, you bring disgrace to the human race. No dignity whatsoever as a senator,” the ABC reports. Thorpe, in supporting Payman, shouted “convicted racist” at Hanson and threw torn-up documents at her, AAP said. Labor Senate leader Penny Wong later moved a motion to suspend Thorpe due to “the gravity of the conduct”. The government, Coalition, Hanson, David Pocock and Ralph Babet voted in favour of the motion while the Greens voted against it. Coalition Senate leader Simon Birmingham called the motion a “line in the sand” and accused the Greens of a “shameful double standard”. While that was going on, WA Premier Roger Cook was saying in a press conference he was confident the government’s “nature positive” legislation would not be progressed in its current form. Turns out he wasn’t wrong, with Guardian Australia among others flagging how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stepped in to kill it at the 11th hour even though negotiations between Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens’ environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young “were progressing this week towards a compromise”. Elsewhere, the site flags Jacqui Lambie and Tammy Tyrrell are involved in an administrative spat over the typography and map of Tasmania they both use in their respective logos. Finally, the AAP highlights that up to half of the country’s adult population is “lining up for a share of $100 million in the sixth largest lottery jackpot in the nation”. The draw closes at 7.30pm AEST. FINAL MAD SCRAMBLE Another calm and sensible day awaits us in Canberra with the government attempting to ram almost 40 bills through the Senate in the last scheduled sitting day of the year. Guardian Australian reports the Albanese government hopes to pass key legislation on migration, electoral reform, privacy, the social media ban for under 16s, and to implement a new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) structure. The site reckons at least 37 bills will be attempted to be pushed through the Senate on Thursday. Yesterday’s scenes in the chamber, which saw independent senator Lidia Thorpe suspended for the remainder of the parliamentary sitting week, could have an impact on the government’s plans. Guardian Australia flags Thorpe’s suspension leaves the government “short of the numbers required for the guillotine motion which would truncate the usual debate time and bring on rapid-fire votes”. Apparently independent Senator David Pocock has offered his support “but at a high price”, the site says and reports crossbenchers are considering voting as a bloc to oppose all of the government’s legislative wishlist in protest at the frantic end to the sitting week. The ABC had led overnight on the suggestion the government’s election finance reforms are potentially in trouble after a breakdown in negotiations with the Coalition at the last minute. The broadcaster said sources claim the opposition has concerns over the proposal to limit election donations and spending. The apparent concerns are regarded by some as a tactic to drag talks beyond the end of the week and therefore potentially the end of the parliamentary term, if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls the election for early next year. If unable to come to an agreement with the opposition, the government will try to pass parts of the legislation with the help of the crossbench, the ABC adds. With that said, the Nine papers reckon that the reforms actually look set to pass the Senate “after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton held informal talks with Labor powerbroker Don Farrell to negotiate the deal”. The papers add Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court has held last-minute talks with Farrell to warn against the plans, while mining billionaire Clive Palmer raced to Canberra to try and intervene. In another example of mixed messaging, the ABC reckons the government is still negotiating over its earnings tax on super funds with balances over $3 million. At the same time, Guardian Australia has led overnight with the reform being “all but abandoned” while (as flagged in Tuesday’s Worm ) the AFR said at the weekend it looks unlikely to pass before the next election, even if this Parliament does return on February. So who knows, everything is changing all the time. For example, the AFR flags the plans to reform the Reserve Bank of Australia’s board were declared “effectively dead” back in September but are now back in contention after the government reopened discussions with the Greens yesterday as part of the plans to push through as much legislation as possible today using the guillotine motion. Brace for endless twists and turns with plenty of blatant tactics playing out in Parliament House over the next 24 hours. ON A LIGHTER NOTE... A cat that got lost in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park has made it back to its home in California after an epic 900-mile journey. The Associated Press reports Benny and Susanne Anguiano took their two pet cats to Yellowstone’s Fishing Bridge RV Park on June 4. Not long after arriving one of the felines, Rayne Beau, got startled and ran into the trees. After a fruitless four-day search Benny and Susanne had to return home to Salinas, California, without him. A whole two months later in August, the couple were informed by a microchip that Rayne Beau was at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Roseville, California, almost 900 miles from Yellowstone, the newswire said. A woman had spotted the cat wandering the streets of the northern California city and taken him to the local SPCA after feeding and watering him. The Anguianos then went and picked him up. The couple say they have no idea how Rayne Beau travelled the 900 miles and are hoping people will come forward and provide details if they saw him on his odyssey. Say What? LinkedIn simply does not have content interesting and appealing to minors. LinkedIn The career networking site told the Senate inquiry it is too boring to be included in the government’s plans to ban under-16s from certain social media. CRIKEY RECAP Marles the mediocre floats free of media scrutiny BERNARD KEANE Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) Two scandals continue to bubble away that reflect poorly on Richard Marles , the deputy prime minister and, as head of the Defence portfolio, both the biggest spending minister and most important manufacturing figure in the government. Neither, however, looks set to damage him. Marles has led a charmed life over the past two parliamentary terms. He is only Labor’s deputy leader because, due to Anthony Albanese’s ascendancy, the deputy leader couldn’t be from the Left faction or from NSW. He has sailed through numerous problems in his portfolio that would have bogged down other ministers. Renewables are exceeding expectations — but so are emissions. Why? KETAN JOSHI It is bad enough that 2024 was a record high for global greenhouse gas emissions. It is extra bad because the number we’ve ended up at is higher than all of the old projections of what this year would end up at. That is to say: we are overestimating our ability to stop using fossil fuels. There have been incredible advances in renewables and climate policies, but also, “fossil fuel subsidies remain at an all-time high and funding for fossil fuel-prolonging projects quadrupled between 2021 and 2022”. Why? What is justifying this weird refusal to back away from the fossil fuel economy? It’s many things, but a big one is the false promise of a machine that cleans up fossil fuels, rather than us needing to find a replacement for them. Back in 2022, I contributed an essay to Greta Thunberg’s Climate Book . It was about the weaponised false promise of carbon capture and storage (CCS). I wanted to talk about it not as a technological phenomenon but a rhetorical one. A tactically deployed promise that is never meant to come true . Failure as a feature, not a bug. The secret to a million-dollar newsletter in a feeble news market? Admitting when you mess up CHARLIE LEWIS The subject line of the November 25 edition of US politics newsletter Tangle , which came out a few hours before I spoke to founder Isaac Saul , was “A trans bathroom controversy in Congress”. But that was not the subject of the lead item. The first thing a subscriber would read that day were two corrections to the publication’s recent coverage, featuring not just the facts that had been printed erroneously, but a candid explanation as to how those errors came about. The correction ends by noting that these represent the “120th and 121st corrections in Tangle’s 277-week history”. This is as good an introduction to Tangle — which calls itself “an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported politics newsletter” — as one is likely to get. “It all comes to the question, ‘how do we improve trust in media?’” Saul told Crikey . “We show our work. If we screw something up, putting it as a footnote and ghost-editing the piece is not a way to build trust.” READ ALL ABOUT IT As Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes hold, Biden heralds new push for truce with Hamas in Gaza (CBS News) Two presidents, two policies, one superpower: America in transition ( The New York Times ) ($) China’s CO2 emissions have peaked or will in 2025, say 44% of experts in survey ( The Guardian ) Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travellers demand answers (CNN) The rest is not even close: Inside Gary Lineker’s goalhanger revolution ( Esquire ) Drake takes legal action over song’s ‘sex offender’ claim (BBC) THE COMMENTARIAT Why I’ve changed my mind about the social media bill — Andrew Wilkie ( Guardian Australia ): There is also the fact that, despite all the histrionics about protecting children from harm, the government has dropped plans to ban gambling advertising, shelved their Environmental Protection Agency, kicked environmental law reform into the long grass and continues to cheer on fossil fuels. Surely our kids deserve protection from predatory gambling companies and the climate emergency too. If we truly want to get serious about protecting our kids online we could better regulate social media companies and their algorithms. We could put the onus on them to implement safety by design. And we could steer kids towards more respectful behaviour. This proposed ban is a blunt instrument being rushed through before an election. It ignores the nuances and restricts young people rather than focusing on those responsible for the harm. There are any number of things the government could be doing if they were serious about preventing harm, but I reckon in this case they are just playing pre-election games and the opposition is more than happy to go along for the ride. Karen Webb’s response to Clare Nowland verdict shows some lessons have been learned — Lia Harris (ABC): “Hindsight is a wonderful thing.” That was the response from NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb when asked if she wished she had handled things differently after 95-year-old Clare Nowland was tasered by a police officer last year. And based on the speed with which she fronted the media on Wednesday afternoon, less than four hours after senior constable Kristian White was convicted of Mrs Nowland’s manslaughter, it certainly seems some lessons have been learned. It was a pivotal moment in a case that has plagued the last 18 months of commissioner Webb’s leadership.The Volkswagen Phaeton launched in 2002 was a good car that bombed in sales because it had the wrong badge, as well-heeled customers weren’t ready to accept a “Volksie” in the luxury sedan ranks of the Mercedes S-Class and Audi A8. The Touareg that premiered the same year has been more successful at positioning the VW badge in the executive SUV league and it competes favourably in sales against blue-chip rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz GLE and Audi Q7. The Touareg shares a platform with the Q7 and the Porsche Cayenne. In August the large VW landed in South Africa with a facelift and an injection of hi-tech as the first refresh since the third-generation Touareg was launched in 2018. The updated Touareg 3.0 V6 is available in two grades: the Elegance, priced at R1,457,900, and the R-Line for R1,763,900, both inclusive of a five-year/100,000km maintenance plan and a three-year/120,000km warranty. A facelift sees the Touareg getting a sharpened design with a new radiator, headlights and front apron, while the rear end acquires a continuous horizontal LED strip for the tail light clusters and a Volkswagen logo illuminated in red. The latest tweaks include IQ.Light HD matrix headlights that use interactive LEDs to provide maximum road illumination without blinding other vehicles. Inside, VW’s executive SUV has an enhanced level of standard equipment, including USB-C connections with charging capacity increased from 15W to 45W for quicker charging of smartphones and other gadgets. The Innovision Cockpit, comprising a 12” digital instrument panel and 15” infotainment system, has been updated with lane-level navigation and HD map data. The leather-lined cabin has a more premium feel with softer centre console trims and adjustable ambient lighting offers 30 colours. The Touareg’s high-quality cabin ambience is a match for its more premium-badged German rivals. It has a clean and classy look with an uncluttered dashboard that employs mostly digital — and mostly user-friendly — controls. The giant infotainment touchscreen has large icons and intuitive menus and the haptic feedback controls on the steering wheel are not as finicky as in some other cars. The nearly R1.8m price includes a well-stocked list of standard luxuries, including adaptive cruise control, panoramic sunroof, navigation, wireless smartphone charger, four-zone climate control and a parking camera. The sporty R Line has decorative aluminium inserts, brushed stainless steel pedals, black headliner and diamond turned 20” alloy wheels. The front two seats are electrically adjustable and have heating and cooling functions as part of the highly specced package. The large cabin comfortably takes four to five adults with rear seats that have manually adjustable backrests for comfort and can be slid forward to increase boot space. The 810 l boot is enormous with the aid of a space-saver spare tyre, and the rear seats flip down for bulkier items. The Touareg is no soft roader and has respectable adventure capabilities by virtue of permanent 4Motion all-wheel drive, hill descent control, a slip-control differential and driving modes for off-road and snow. The 4Motion system maximises traction by continuously adjusting power distribution to the front and rear wheels based on driving conditions. While the Touareg Elegance rides on steel suspension with a fixed 215mm ground clearance, the more expensive R-Line has adaptive air suspension that can be adjusted for ride height with a rotary controller in the centre console. The car automatically lowers for better aerodynamics when cruising, but can be lifted to 258mm for improved ground clearance when off-roading. Another rotary controller selects the different road and off-road drive modes. The R-Line also has all-wheel steering that maximises high-speed stability but reduces the turning circle at low speeds to aid manoeuvrability and parking. It wafts with comfort on its air suspension, ironing out bumps that would spill the drinks in the cupholders of regular cars. The plush ride is one of the standout features of VW’s SUV and is accompanied by a solid feel and soft-spoken operation. Supplying the power is a hushed 3 l V6 turbo diesel that fits in perfectly with the Touareg’s refined nature. With burly outputs of 190kW and 600Nm, throttle inputs elicit a surge of swift and silky power, smoothly managed by an eight-speed auto transmission. The big SUV is brisk off the mark with a 0-100km/h time of 6.5 seconds and runs to a 228km/h top speed. The effortless performance is accompanied by impressive fuel economy with the test vehicle averaging 7.9 l /100km, which matched the factory claim. In an automotive market fast-tracking to EVs and petrol hybrids, diesel still has its day. The price puts the Touareg into prestige territory but justifiably so. The VW-badged SUV has earned its place in the premium league with its swift, silent and soft-riding driving experience and it isn’t afraid of getting its wheels dirty. VW Touareg vs rivals:BOISE, Idaho — While No. 11 Boise State’s spot in the Mountain West Championship game has been secured, the team's fate in the College Football Playoff still hangs in the balance as the Broncos host a scrappy Oregon State on Friday. Boise State (10-1), which is hosting Oregon State for the first time since 2012, needs a strong showing against the Beavers to show the College Football Playoff committee that the Broncos are not only deserving of a spot in the playoffs but also a first-round bye. Oregon State appears primed to play the role of spoiler. Fresh off a 41-38 upset over previously-ranked Washington State last week, the Beavers travel to Boise with a clearer understanding of who they are and with nothing to lose, according to first-year coach Trent Bray. “There’s not as many bodies available,” Bray said, “but at the same time you know who those guys are a little bit more than you did early in the year or mid-year, and we’re just rolling with them.” The challenge for Oregon State will be dealing with the Boise State running back everyone knows in Heisman hopeful Ashton Jeanty. Jeanty, who leads the nation in rushing with 2,062 yards, rushing touchdowns with 27 and all-purpose yards with 2,164, will yet again be the focal point of the opposing defense. The good news for the Broncos is that nobody has figured out a way to stop their star player. But Boise State coach Spencer Danielson knows if his team doesn’t play at its best, it could fall victim to an Oregon State team he believes is far better than its record indicates. “Our guys watch the film and they’re like, ‘Coach, this is a really good football team,’” Danielson said. “So, they see it. They see that we have a big test at hand. And so regardless of the rankings and what it is, we know we got to go earn the right to go play our best.” Madsen vs. dueling QBs When Boise State quarterback Maddux Madsen is at his best, the team's offense can be nearly unstoppable. But when he’s not, the Broncos become a vulnerable, one-dimensional team — even if that one-dimensional running game has the best player in the country. Madsen, who has passed for 2,361 yards and 19 TDs with a 62% completion rate, will have an opportunity to exploit an Oregon State pass defense that has been porous at times. Oregon State, which anointed Ben Gulbranson the starter at the end of October, found some good success mixing in duel-threat signal caller Gabarri Johnson last week against Washington State. And Bray sounds like he intends to utilize both players against the Broncos. “(Playing two quarterbacks) was definitely something specific for Washington State and things we saw that we could take advantage of,” Bray said. “But that’s something we want to do moving forward with Gabarri because he has that type of ability that makes him hard to defend.” More than just Jeanty While Jeanty’s extensive workload has been a concern for the Boise State coaching staff, Jambres Dubar is finally healthy again and will give the Broncos added depth at the position. Against Wyoming last week , Jeanty delivered 53 yards on four carries on the Broncos’ game-winning drive before Dubar finished it off with a 2-yard scoring run. “Dubar has battled through injuries from fall camp to now, and he has just continued to work in practice to get himself back to where he’s 100%,” Danielson said. “He’s a really good football player and hasn’t been able to show that the way we all wanted because of injuries. But last week he was ready for the moment. And I did not hesitate to put him in.” Third-down excellence Both teams are among college football’s upper echelon when it comes to converting on third downs. Boise State ranks seventh with a 49.6 conversion percentage, while Oregon State is 23rd, converting 45.6% of the time. The Broncos are even better at home, converting more than 59% of their attempts there. Beavers on the clock Oregon State can attack through the air but prefers to grind it out on the ground and chew up the clock in the process. The Beavers are fifth in the nation in time of possession, averaging 33:51 per game. But that doesn’t mean Oregon State gets short-changed in offensive plays. It is also averaging 71.5 plays per game, leaving its opponents with only an average of 59.5 plays.
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The ball bounced through KaVonte Turpin's legs and stopped at the 1-yard line. He picked it up, made a spin move and was off to the races. Turpin's 99-yard kickoff return touchdown was the highlight of the Dallas Cowboys' 34-26 win at Washington on Sunday that ended their losing streak at five. That came with just under three minutes left, and then Juanyeh Thomas returned an onside kick for a TD to provide a little happiness in the middle of a lost season. "Feels good to win," coach Mike McCarthy said. “It’s been a minute.” Chauncey Golston ripping the ball out of Brian Robinson Jr.'s hands for what counted as an interception of Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and Donovan Wilson forcing a fumble of John Bates earlier in the game helped put the Cowboys in position to make it a game, as did the play of Cooper Rush. Turpin's monster return after initially muffing the retrieval had everyone buzzing. "He did that for timing," McCarthy said. “That was part of the plan. He’s a special young man. Obviously a huge play for us.” Commanders safety Jeremy Reaves, the All-Pro special teams selection two seasons ago, was the first one down the field and blamed himself for not tackling Turpin when he had the chance. “I’ve made that play 100 times,” Reaves said. “I didn’t make it today, and it cost us the game.” Turpin's spin move will likely be replayed over and over — and not stopped by many. Receiver CeeDee Lamb called it “his escape move” because Turpin has been showing it off in practice. “I know I can just get them going one way and then spin back the other way,” Turpin said. "That’s just one of my moves when I’m in trouble and I've got nowhere to go: something nobody ever seen before.” In a wacky finish that McCarthy likened to a game of Yahtzee, Thomas' return was almost as unexpected. It came with 14 seconds left after Washington kicker Austin Seibert missed the extra point following Daniels' 86-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin to leave Dallas up 27-26. “I kind of waited a second and I was like: ‘Should I try? Should I try?’” Thomas said. “I said, ‘I think I’m gonna score the ball,’ so just ran and I scored.” The Cowboys' playoff odds are still incredibly long at 4-7, but with the New York Giants coming to town next for the traditional Thanksgiving Day game at Dallas, players are willing to dream after winning for the first time since Oct. 6. “Lot of games left,” said Rush, who threw two TD passes. “Pretty insane. ... I think both sides of the ball and special teams picked each other up all game. I think it was a full team effort. Finally picking each other up like we’re supposed to.” AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl'This drug gives us hope': Advocates call for Sask. Party to cover new epilepsy medicationBull surge coming soon on US stocks: Morgan Stanley says S&P 500 could jump as high as 7400
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At the largest fall commencement in Southern New Hampshire University history, living history sat among the graduates. Born November 13, 1934 in Hooksett during the Great Depression, Annette Roberge spent her early years on the family farm on Hackett Hill Road. She graduated from Manchester Central High School in June 1953, marrying later that year to Edmond Roberge. Initially enlisted in the New Hampshire National Guard, Edmond and Annette started their family in Manchester, where they had their first three children: Donna, Patty, and Karen. When Edmond became an active duty servicemember for the U.S. Army, the family began to move every couple of years to a different home, both domestically and internationally. Edward's son was born in Washington D.C., and daughter Michele was born in Germany. But a year-and-a-half after Michele's birth, Edmond was getting offered a special assignment to Vietnam as an Intelligence Officer. While overseas, he was killed in action, leaving Annette a Gold Star widow with five children. "When you've been married for a period of time and all of a sudden you find out that you're the only one, it's like you've just been cut in half," Annette said. "Your other half is no longer there." In order to find more employment opportunities, Annette received assistance through the G.I. Bill to continue her education after Ed's death. She enrolled at what was then New Hampshire College in 1972 to study computer technology and business, attending night and weekend classes with her children in tow. "I would bring my coloring books, and I would be in there coloring while she was taking class," said her youngest daughter, recalling the nights with her mom in the classroom. But enrollment while raising five children on her own was a challenge, and Annette decided to put a pause on her formal pursuit of education. "I had to make sure that the welfare of my children came first," she said. "So, I put my dream on the back bumper." Over the next several decades, Annette found work in the insurance industry, retiring at 72 and re-retiring at 75 after working for several years in the cafeteria with the Manchester School District. The arts, travel, and time with family filled Annette's life in the years following. But for her, there was still unfinished business to attend to. In 2017, Annette reached out to the admissions office with what had then become SNHU to see what was needed to finish her degree. Health issues and the pandemic obstructed her earlier on, until just before her 90th birthday this year, when she decided to renew her status as a student once more. When the admissions office replied, she was surprised by what they found. Not only did she had enough credits to receive her Associate's Degree as far back as 1989, but she had some extra credits as well. For Annette, there was only one thing left to do. "I wanted to get it done because if I start something, I have to finish it," she said. To do exactly that, the now-grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of 15 was walked up to the stage by her son Saturday morning at SNHU Arena. The mention of her name drew raucous applause, generations of students and families on their feet, witnessing the first-generation graduate mark a milestone, decades in the making. "I'm at a loss for words to describe my feelings right now," she said, when News 9 asked her to share her thoughts on the celebrity-level reception. "It's like you're walking on Cloud Nine." Annette is now considering getting her bachelor's degree online with the extra credits she now has. The entire process, she said, is one others with their own challenges can learn from: never give up on your dreams. "If you really, really want to do something, you'll get there. I did it, and if I can do it, I think anybody can," she said with a laugh.Elastic ( NYSE:ESTC – Get Free Report ) had its target price boosted by stock analysts at Bank of America from $94.00 to $120.00 in a report released on Friday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Bank of America ‘s target price would indicate a potential upside of 11.08% from the company’s current price. A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on ESTC. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on Elastic from $150.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 30th. TD Cowen decreased their price target on Elastic from $110.00 to $80.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Elastic from $120.00 to $98.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Baird R W lowered shares of Elastic from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, August 30th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price target on shares of Elastic from $125.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $122.00. Read Our Latest Research Report on Elastic Elastic Trading Up 14.8 % Elastic ( NYSE:ESTC – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 29th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.10. Elastic had a net margin of 4.39% and a negative return on equity of 13.54%. The company had revenue of $347.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $344.67 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.35) EPS. Elastic’s revenue was up 18.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that Elastic will post -0.92 EPS for the current year. Insider Activity at Elastic In other news, CFO Janesh Moorjani sold 6,941 shares of Elastic stock in a transaction on Monday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.25, for a total value of $487,605.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 195,550 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,737,387.50. The trade was a 3.43 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website . Also, CEO Ashutosh Kulkarni sold 19,649 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.25, for a total value of $1,380,342.25. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 432,648 shares in the company, valued at $30,393,522. This trade represents a 4.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last quarter, insiders sold 37,406 shares of company stock valued at $2,627,772. 15.90% of the stock is owned by insiders. Hedge Funds Weigh In On Elastic Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. 1832 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Elastic during the 2nd quarter worth about $248,335,000. FMR LLC grew its stake in Elastic by 25.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,475,297 shares of the company’s stock worth $420,284,000 after buying an additional 1,115,750 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Elastic in the second quarter worth $102,169,000. Atreides Management LP raised its stake in shares of Elastic by 57.2% in the 3rd quarter. Atreides Management LP now owns 1,687,791 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,555,000 after acquiring an additional 614,309 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Elastic by 32,630.2% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 615,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,129,000 after acquiring an additional 613,774 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.03% of the company’s stock. About Elastic ( Get Free Report ) Elastic N.V., a data analytics company, delivers solutions designed to run in public or private clouds in multi-cloud environments. It primarily offers Elastic Stack, a set of software products that ingest and store data from various sources and formats, as well as performs search, analysis, and visualization on that data. Featured Stories Five stocks we like better than Elastic What is an Earnings Surprise? Vertiv’s Cool Tech Makes Its Stock Red-Hot Are Penny Stocks a Good Fit for Your Portfolio? MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/18 – 11/22 Top Stocks Investing in 5G Technology 2 Finance Stocks With Competitive Advantages You Can’t Ignore Receive News & Ratings for Elastic Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Elastic and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .