CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Kobe Sanders scored 27 points, including five of six from the free throw line in the closing minutes, and Nevada pulled away late to beat Oklahoma State 90-78 for a fifth-place finish at the Charleston Classic on Sunday. Nevada's lone loss in its first six games came in the tournament's opening round when the Wolf Pack fell to Vanderbilt 73-71. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.There are still barriers that are preventing fathers from taking up , even with progressive changes to legislation that was set to improve men’s access. Monash University’s Business School recently a study in the , exploring and analysing barriers to gender-equal access to paid parental leave. Led by Dr Amanda Selvarajah, the study drew up data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), interviews with human resources professionals and analysis of legislation. Dr Selvarajah found that while some progress has been made, fathers and partners are still running into obstacles when it comes to accessing paid parental leave. “Despite a professed intention to improve fathers’ parental leave usage, the PPL Act maintains several barriers that may compromise its gender equal utilisation,” Dr Selvarajah said. “This is largely because the PPL Act continues to require parents in coupled households to share their payments between them to have an equal entitlement.” In July 2023, changes to the Paid Parental Leave Act (PPL Act) came into effect that removed gendered assumptions on who, in a parenting couple, is the primary and the secondary carer of a child, which therefore determines the amount of paid parental leave they are eligible for. Before those changes took effect, it was usually the birth mother who was automatically assigned the primary carer, who received 18 weeks of payments at the national minimum wage, and the father or partner that was the secondary carer, who received two weeks of payments. The legislation changes in 2023 scrapped this practice. However, the study found parents are still expected to share all but two weeks of payments, as just two weeks of parental leave is non-transferrable. This finding reveals a disregard of the social, financial and biological reasons that birth parents take parental leave first and for longer periods. Further, in practice, there is still a “primary carer” requirement for parents in workplaces, even with the changes to legislation. And with payments only set to minimum wage, it discourages fathers from taking parental leave, and instead almost incentivises them to go back to work. According to data from WGEA, only about 68 per cent of organisations with more than 100 employees offer their own paid parental leave policies, meaning they receive full compensation, as opposed to minimum wage. What’s more, in workplaces that do offer their own policies, only 17 per cent of parental leave use was taken up by men, the WGEA data shows. The Monash Business School study also interviewed HR professionals, and these interviews found that organisations still define primary and secondary carers in their own workplace policies. Time limits on the use of parental leave were commonly at a maximum of 12 months, and the average length of employer-provided paid parental leave for primary carers was 12 weeks. The interviews revealed that there was rarely any flexibility from workplaces on how paid parental leave was used, and there is still a strong, cultural resistance from fathers and partners from taking up leave. “In the short term,” Dr Selvarajah said, “these findings emphasise the need for organisations to consider the structural and cultural barriers that may be preventing fathers from taking on more caregiving responsibilities. “If left unaddressed, these barriers will continue to perpetuate gender inequality in the workplace and at home. “The study reveals how the industry relies on legislation to take the lead in parental leave policy design. Further legislative reforms are crucial to help normalise equal caregiving by both parents, reducing the gender divide in unpaid labor. “This could lead to broader societal benefits, including improved gender equality in career opportunities and economic outcomes for women.”
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MUNICH, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The solar technology company Sono Group N.V. ( OTCQB: SEVCF ) (hereafter referred to as “Sono” or the “Company”, parent company to Sono Motors GmbH or “Sono Motors”) today announced its financial results for the first six months of 2024, highlighting a €60.6 million profit and its recovery following its exit from insolvency earlier this year. Key financial highlights €60.6 million profit: The profit primarily stemmed from the extinguishment of liabilities, parental guarantee reversal and recapitalization and reconsolidation of Sono Motors. Operational efficiency: General and administrative expenses decreased significantly from €8.1 million in H1 2023 to €2.9 million in H1 2024, reflecting leaner operations post-restructuring. Substantial reduction in development expenses: Cost of development expenses decreased by over 96% from €16.0 million in H1 2023 to €0.6 million in H1 2024, reflecting the streamlined focus on retrofitting solar technology onto third party vehicles and the discontinuation of the Sion passenger car program. Strengthened cash position: The Company maintained a cash balance of €2.2 million as of June 30, 2024, which was further enhanced by receipt of the second tranche of funding from YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”) in September 2024 in the amount of €3.0 million. This funding reinforced the Company's financial stability and supported its operational growth. Six-Month 2024 Milestone Achievements Exiting insolvency: The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sono Motors, successfully exited its self-administration proceedings in February 2024, marking what the Company believes is a crucial step towards the financial and operational stability of Sono. Additional funding: In H1 2024 Sono received funding commitments of up to €9 million, of which €4 million were received in February 2024 and €3 million in September 2024. Subject to compliance with the terms of the investment, the Company expects the commitments to position it to obtain sufficient funding for its business strategy and operations through June 2025. Commencement of OTCQB trading: On July 2, 2024, the Company's ordinary shares began trading on OTCQB under the symbol "SEVCF," enhancing access for investors and reinforcing shareholder transparency. Recent Updates Green Innovation Award: Sono received the prestigious Green Innovation Award at the Intermobility and Bus Expo (IBE) in Rimini, Italy. The Company believes this accolade highlights the innovative and transformative nature of Sono's solar technology and reinforces its strong position in sustainable mobility solutions. Partnership with Hofmeister & Meincke: Sono is leveraging Hofmeister & Meincke’s strong market presence in Germany and globally to distribute its Solar Bus Kit, Solar Kits for trucks and vans and other solar products to potential customers. A recently completed training program for 80 Hofmeister & Meincke’s sales representatives ensures they are equipped to effectively promote Sono’s innovative solutions, expanding the reach of sustainable mobility technologies. Expanded product portfolio: Sono expanded its portfolio with new options for its solar bus kit, new solar kits for trucks, vans and trailers, as well as high-voltage solar solutions for refrigerated vehicles. These innovative solutions are designed to help fleet operators reduce fuel consumption, lower emissions and cut operational costs, showcasing Sono’s commitment to sustainable and versatile solar applications across various vehicle types. Progress Toward Planned Nasdaq Uplisting: On November 7, 2024, at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, key measures to advance Sono's planned uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market were approved. These included appointing Owen May to the Supervisory Board, approving amendments to the Articles of Association to meet Nasdaq requirements, and authorizing preferred shares intended to enable potential future conversion of debt into equity. Debt-to-Equity Conversion Term Sheet Signed: Sono has entered into a non-binding term sheet with Yorkville to convert approximately $32 million in outstanding debt into equity through the issuance of preferred shares. This initiative, pending the signing of definitive agreements, strengthens Sono’s balance sheet, reduces default risk, and marks significant progress towards the Company’s planned Nasdaq uplisting. Looking Ahead Managing Director, CEO and CFO George O’Leary said, “We believe our results demonstrate the resilience of our business model and the effectiveness of our strategic pivot to solar retrofit solutions. We see the €60.6 million profit and successful exit from insolvency mark as a key turning point for Sono, setting the stage for sustainable growth.” The Company remains committed to advancing its solar integration technology, providing scalable solutions for the transportation sector and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. For more information about Sono Group N.V., Sono Motors GmbH and their solar solutions, visit sonogroupnv.com and sonomotors.com . ABOUT SONO GROUP N.V. Sono Group N.V. ( OTCQB: SEVCF ) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sono Motors GmbH are on a pioneering mission to accelerate the revolution of mobility by making every commercial vehicle solar. Our disruptive solar technology has been developed to enable seamless integration into all types of commercial vehicles to reduce the impact of CO2 emissions and pave the way for climate-friendly mobility. CONTACT: Press: press@sonomotors.com | ir.sonomotors.com/news-events Investors: ir@sonomotors.com | ir.sonomotors.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonogroupnv FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release may contain forward-looking statements. The words "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "estimate", "aim", "forecast", "project", "target", “will” and similar expressions (or their negative) identify certain of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are statements regarding the intentions, beliefs, or current expectations of the Company and Sono Motors (together, the “companies”). Forward-looking statements involve inherent known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future and could cause the companies’ actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to: our ability to access the unfunded portion of the investment from YA II PN, Ltd. (“Yorkville”), including our ability to successfully comply with the agreements related thereto and the absence of any termination event or any event of default; our ability to maintain relationships with creditors, suppliers, service providers, customers, employees and other third parties in light of the performance and credit risks associated with our constrained liquidity position and capital structure; our status as a foreign private issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; our ability to comply with OTCQB continuing standards, as well as our ability to have our shares admitted to trading on a national stock exchange, including the Nasdaq Capital Market, in the future; our ability to enter into a definitive agreement with Yorkville with respect to the conversion of outstanding debt into equity through the issuance of preferred shares; our ability to achieve our stated goals; our strategies, plan, objectives and goals, including, among others, the successful implementation and management of the pivot of our business to exclusively retrofitting and integrating our solar technology onto third party vehicles; our ability to raise the additional funding required beyond the investment from Yorkville to further develop and commercialize our solar technology and business as well as to continue as a going concern. For additional information concerning some of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our forward-looking statements, please refer to our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Annual Report on Form 20-F, which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our website at ir.sonomotors.com. Many of these risks and uncertainties relate to factors that are beyond our ability to control or estimate precisely, such as the actions of courts, regulatory authorities and other factors. Readers should therefore not place undue reliance on these statements, particularly not in connection with any contract or investment decision. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. FINANCIAL RESULTS (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) INCOME STATEMENT BALANCE SHEET
The possibility of some sort of major shakeup at Ubisoft grew a little more distinct today as Reuters reports that company shareholders are now looking at how to structure a buyout of the company that, ironically, would leave the founding Guillemot family in control. The possibility of a buyout was first reported in October , although at that point it seemed more of a kick-around idea than anything else: Ubisoft is in trouble, and something—just about anything—needs to be done. This new report, citing two people "familiar with the matter," sounds like more of a concrete step forward, in the sense that there is an active push toward making it happen. The sticking point, according to the report, appears to be over who's left in charge if a deal is done. Sources cited by Reuters say the Guillemot family, which founded Ubisoft in 1986, want to retain control of the company. Tencent, Ubisoft's second-largest shareholder and the Guillemot's presumptive partner in this boardroom boogie, wants more say in board-related matters, and is reportedly waiting for an agreement on that front—which, as I take it, essentially means capitulation—before committing to financing the deal. It's an interesting spot for the Guillemots. Ubisoft fought a protracted war several years ago to maintain its independence from Vivendi , the French media conglomerate that launched a hostile takeover bid in 2016, and CEO Yves Guillemot has been clear in subsequent years that he has no interest in being acquired by anyone. But Ubisoft is also struggling badly right now: Sales of Star Wars Outlaws, which should have been a sure-fire hit, were " softer than expected ," and Assassin's Creed Shadows, the next addition to Ubisoft's biggest and most popular series, was delayed for three months at the last minute, from November 15 to February 14, 2025. More recent news has not been better. Earlier this week, Ubisoft pulled the plug on XDefiant , its planned Call of Duty competitor—an especially ugly move because it happened less than three months after executive producer Mark Rubin insisted XDefiant " is absolutely not dying ." The end of XDefiant also resulted in the layoff of up to 277 employees, and the closure of two production studios. All of that is bad news for gamers, but the real issue is Ubisoft's financial position. The company's share price has slid from a high of more than $85 in early 2021 to just over $13 today. Whether anything ultimately comes from these negotiations is an open question for now, but pressure from shareholders is growing, and that puts a timer on things: If the Guillemots don't do something , they may soon find that something is done for (or to) them. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.AP Sports SummaryBrief at 6:35 p.m. EST
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Tributes pour in for Manmohan Singh, I have lost mentor and guide, says RahulNo Turbulence in Government Leadership, Charamba SaysMarshall Brickman, who has died aged 85, was a successful musician, writer and film director, but will be remembered best for his collaborations with Woody Allen on three of Allen’s best movies: Sleeper (1973), Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979). The pair won an Oscar for the original screenplay of Annie Hall, which also took the awards for best picture, best director for Allen and best actress for Diane Keaton . Allen skipped the awards ceremony, and when Brickman accepted the best writer statuette, he said: “Half of this little piece of tin, if not much more, belongs to Woody, who is probably the greatest collaborator anyone could ever wish for. He does a lot of brilliant work. He takes our script and makes it into what you saw. He picks up my lunch check for about five months, and today he refuses to come out of his apartment.” That apartment was in New York, which played a huge part in those films. Like Allen, Brickman grew up in Brooklyn, though he was born in Rio de Janeiro, where his father, Abram, a refugee from Poland, and his New York-born mother Pauline (nee Wolin) were leftists, who in 1943 returned to America and settled in Flatbush, where Abram ran an import-export business. They exposed Marshall to the Greenwich Village scene of politics and music; he learned to play folk music on the banjo and guitar. After high school at Brooklyn Tech, he went to the University of Wisconsin, intending to study medicine, but graduated in science and music, influenced by his room-mate and fellow New Yorker Eric Weissberg, who was also a banjo virtuoso. The city was the fermenting cauldron for the arts in postwar America. Weissberg joined a folk group, the Tarriers, an integrated quartet who had a big hit with Harry Belafonte ’s Banana Boat Song (Day-O). When Bob Carey left, Weissberg tabbed Brickman as his replacement. The Tarriers were playing at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village when Allen, a budding standup, opened for them. Brickman at first thought his jokey intros to the group’s songs might lead him to a comedy career, and he got a job writing for Candid Camera, sharing an office with Joan Rivers . He began writing jokes for Rivers and Allen, but kept a foot in the music world by recording an album with Weissberg, New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass (1963), for which he also wrote jokey liner notes. He then joined John and Michelle Phillips in the New Journeymen, but soon left. Denny Doherty replaced him, and with the addition of Cass Elliot they became the Mamas and Papas. More importantly, Brickman joined Jack Rollins, who represented Allen, and another joke-writer, Dick Cavett, who got him a gig with Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. He became Carson’s head writer, mostly because the other writers wanted to avoid responsibility for the “five spots”, the sketches Carson performed in addition to the monologue. When Cavett left to host his own talkshow, Brickman went with him. But in 1972, the record he had made with Weissberg was used as the soundtrack to John Boorman’s film Deliverance (although the famous Dueling Banjos was added by Weissberg and Steve Mandell). The royalties gave Brickman the chance to relax and join Allen in day-long sessions that, although they never actually wrote scenes together, produced the script for Sleeper. The fact that these were Allen’s films provided a structure for Brickman’s writing. “Jokes are easy,” he said. “Humour comes to me so easily I’m suspicious of it. I secrete jokes like the pancreas secretes ... whatever it is the pancreas secretes.” Like Allen, and Alvy Singer in Annie Hall , Brickman preferred New York to Hollywood; not least because he was invited to a party at Sharon Tate’s house the night of the Manson murders, but had another engagement that night in Santa Monica. Brickman was lead writer on The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975), which introduced the Swedish Chef. After Manhattan, he moved on to write and direct three films, all of which were edited by his wife, Nina Feinberg, whom he married in 1973. In Simon (1980), a psychology professor, played by Alan Arkin , is brainwashed in an experiment by bored scientists into believing he comes from outer space. Brickman wrote his most Allen-like film, Lovesick (1983) for Peter Sellers, but after Sellers’s death Dudley Moore starred as the psychiatrist in love with a patient, Elizabeth McGovern; Alec Guinness plays the ghost of Sigmund Freud. In The Manhattan Project (1986), about a high-school student who builds his own atomic bomb, John Lithgow stars alongside actors who became stalwarts in TV – Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), Jill Eikenberry (LA Law) and John Mahoney (Frasier). “I pick projects where I don’t mind having lunch with the people,” Brickman quipped, and in the 90s he wrote two adapted screenplays for the director Mark Rydell. For The Boys (1991) is a wartime variant of The Sunshine Boys, in which Bette Midler and estranged spouse James Caan reunite to entertain soldiers in the Korean war. The resemblance of the character (if not the story line) to the entertainer Martha Raye was noticed by many; her lawsuit against the film failed. Intersection (1994) remade Claude Sautet’s 1970 Les Chose de la Vie, but Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich failed to raise it from melodrama. In 1993 Brickman reunited with Allen, now immersed in scandal around his adopted family with Mia Farrow, to write Manhattan Murder Mystery, which began life as a false start to the Annie Hall script; Diane Keaton replaced Farrow as the star. Brickman’s final directing came in a 2001 TV movie version of Christopher Durang’s play Sister Mary Explains It All, which starred Keaton as the teaching nun in a sort of American take on Miss Brodie. He then shifted gears, writing the book for the musical Jersey Boys , about the Four Seasons vocal group; it opened on Broadway in 2005, won four Tony awards and ran for 12 years; Brickman also wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film. His Tarriers career helped him understand the quartet’s dynamics, while his musical ability helped his words match the harmonies of the music. He followed up with the book to the Addams Family musical in 2010. Brickman is survived by Nina and their two daughters, Sophie and Jessica. Marshall Jacob Brickman, musician, writer and film director, born 25 August 1939; died 29 November 2024
Arkansas State has extended coach Butch Jones' contract through the 2029 season after he led the team to consecutive bowl appearances. Jones, 56, is 13-12 over the past two seasons at Arkansas State, which will learn its bowl destination this weekend. His previous contract ran through the 2026 season, with him having received that extension in June 2022. "The commitment and investment Coach Jones has made to build a winning culture here at A-State has been exceptional, and it's reflected in the trajectory of our football program," athletic director Jeff Purinton said in a statement. "Our football team's record has improved each year under his leadership, we're heading to a bowl game for the second consecutive season and our recruiting classes continue to impress." EXTENDED ✍️ Head Coach Butch Jones has signed a contract extension through the 2029 season! #WolvesUp 🐺🤘🏻 https://t.co/K0U5tMZRT7 pic.twitter.com/RkaPBEXb0S "It truly is an honor and privilege to be the head football coach at Arkansas State University," Jones said in a statement. "I look forward to many great years to come and also look forward to seeing everyone at the bowl game." Jones is one of three FBS coaches to lead at least four programs to bowl appearances -- Lou Holtz holds the record with six; Tommy Tuberville also got to four. Jones previously was coach at Tennessee, Cincinnati and Central Michigan, winning two Big East titles at Cincinnati and two MAC titles at CMU. Jones is 102-85 overall as an FBS coach. He was hired at Arkansas State in December 2020.Your Future Just Got Creepier. Robots That Feel
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dez 12, 2024-- Shurick Agapitov, Gründer von Xsolla und Visionär in der Gaming-Branche, kündigt stolz die Veröffentlichung von „Once Upon Tomorrow Fortnite Island“ an. Diese immersive Fortnite-Creative-Karte versetzt die Spieler in die reiche Erzählwelt seines Romans. Das innovative Erlebnis, das in Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) entwickelt wurde, kombiniert meisterhaft Hochgeschwindigkeits-Parkour-Herausforderungen mit tiefgründigen thematischen Elementen aus Once Upon Tomorrow und lädt die Spieler ein, ihre Fähigkeiten auf einer Reise durch eine visuell fesselnde Landschaft zu testen, die die Widerstandsfähigkeit und das Abenteuer der Charaktere des Buches verkörpert. Diese Pressemitteilung enthält multimediale Inhalte. Die vollständige Mitteilung hier ansehen: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212437181/de/ (Graphic: Xsolla) „Once Upon Tomorrow in Fortnite Creative ist unsere Art, die Reichweite und Tiefe des Romans zu erweitern und den Spielern eine interaktive Reise zu bieten, die sowohl ihre Fähigkeiten als auch ihr Verständnis für die Themen der Geschichte herausfordert“, sagte Shurick Agapitov, Gründer von Xsolla. „Wir haben diese Karte entworfen, um Spieler zu fesseln, die sich nach einer guten Herausforderung sehnen, und sie in eine Welt eintauchen zu lassen, die visuell reichhaltig und stark vom Buch inspiriert ist. Es ist ein Abenteuer, das die technischen Stärken von UEFN nutzt, um das Storytelling in Fortnite auf eine Weise zu verbessern, die das Spielerlebnis wirklich verändert.“ Once Upon Tomorrow wurde entwickelt, um die Grenzen von Fortnite Creative zu erweitern, und bietet Spielern ein dynamisches, erzählungsgetriebenes Parkour-Abenteuer in einer sorgfältig gestalteten Umgebung, die von Agapitovs Buch und Vision inspiriert ist. Jeder Parcours bietet eine Reihe von agilitätsbasierten Herausforderungen, bei denen die Spieler präzise und schnell sprinten, springen und klettern müssen, während sie in eine Welt voller visueller Hinweise eintauchen, die die Themen Ausdauer und Entdeckung widerspiegeln, die im Mittelpunkt des Buches stehen. Agapitov hat ein Erlebnis geschaffen, das über traditionelle Parkour-Karten hinausgeht, indem er Gameplay mit Storytelling verwebt und so sowohl ein aufregendes Gameplay als auch eine bedeutungsvolle Verbindung zur Welt des Romans bietet. Once Upon Tomorrow ist ein Projekt im Rahmen von Fortnite Creative, das anspruchsvolles Parkour-Training mit erzählerischer Tiefe verbindet. Die Karte ist ein Beweis dafür, was mit UEFN erreicht werden kann, und bietet ein fesselndes und vielschichtiges Erlebnis, das die umfangreiche Spielerbasis von Fortnite und Fans von neuartigen und erzählerischen Spielerlebnissen anspricht. Jeder Aspekt der Karte – von der intensiven Spielmechanik bis hin zum fesselnden, atmosphärischen Design – wurde so gestaltet, dass sie einen neuen Standard in Fortnite Creative setzt. Weitere Informationen zu Once Upon Tomorrow und seiner immersiven Fortnite-Creative-Erfahrung finden Sie unter xsolla.blog/outf Über Shurick Agapitov Shurick Agapitov ist der visionäre Gründer von Xsolla, einem weltweit anerkannten Marktführer im Bereich Videospielhandel. Agapitov ist für seine Beiträge zu Gaming, Web3 und Metaverse bekannt und hat Xsolla zu einer unverzichtbaren Ressource für Spieleentwickler und -verleger weltweit gemacht. Sein Engagement für die Verbesserung digitaler und interaktiver Erlebnisse spiegelt sich in der Einführung von Once Upon Tomorrow wider, wodurch seine Vision über die Seite hinaus in die dynamische Welt von Fortnite Creative erweitert wird. Über Xsolla Xsolla ist ein globales Videospiel-Commerce-Unternehmen mit einem robusten und leistungsstarken Satz an Tools und Dienstleistungen, die speziell für die Branche entwickelt wurden. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2005 hat Xsolla Tausenden von Spieleentwicklern und -herausgebern jeder Größe dabei geholfen, ihre Spiele weltweit und über mehrere Plattformen hinweg zu finanzieren, zu vermarkten, zu starten und zu monetarisieren. Als innovativer Marktführer im Spielehandel besteht das Ziel von Xsolla darin, die systemimmanente Komplexität des globalen Vertriebs und Marketings sowie der Monetarisierung zu bewältigen, um unseren Partnern zu helfen, mehr geografische Gebiete zu erreichen, mehr Umsatz zu erzielen und Beziehungen zu Spielern weltweit aufzubauen. Xsolla hat seinen eingetragenen Hauptsitz in Los Angeles, Kalifornien. Darüber hinaus unterhält es Niederlassungen in London, Berlin, Seoul, Peking, Kuala Lumpur, Raleigh, Tokio, Montreal und Städten auf der ganzen Welt. Xsolla unterstützt führende Gaming-Partner wie Valve, Twitch, Epic Games, Take-Two, KRAFTON, Nexters, NetEase, Playstudios, Playrix, miHoYo und andere. Für weitere Informationen und Einblicke besuchen Sie bitte xsolla.com Die Ausgangssprache, in der der Originaltext veröffentlicht wird, ist die offizielle und autorisierte Version. Übersetzungen werden zur besseren Verständigung mitgeliefert. Nur die Sprachversion, die im Original veröffentlicht wurde, ist rechtsgültig. Gleichen Sie deshalb Übersetzungen mit der originalen Sprachversion der Veröffentlichung ab. Originalversion auf businesswire.com ansehen: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212437181/de/ CONTACT: Medienkontakt Derrick Stembridge Global Director of Public Relations, Xsolla d.stembridge@xsolla.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE METAVERSE ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FINTECH DATA MANAGEMENT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PAYMENTS TECHNOLOGY WEB3 FINANCE ELECTRONIC GAMES SOURCE: Xsolla Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/12/2024 05:46 PM/DISC: 12/12/2024 05:45 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241212437181/deFox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Joe Biden ends his presidency with voters by a 30-point margin saying they have been hurt rather than helped by his economic policies. In addition, a new Fox News national survey finds that most voters not only have negative views of the economy (77% negative) and their personal financial situation (62% negative) — they also feel things are getting worse (64%). Three-quarters say inflation has caused them financial hardship over the last six months, including about one-third who call it a "serious" hardship, and those numbers have held steady for more than two years. Views on the economy are in negative territory by 54 points (23% positive, 77% negative). That is worse than at the beginning of Biden’s term by 14 points, and that increase in pessimism comes a touch more from Democrats (16 points) than Republicans (13) and independents (11). While few Democrats say Biden’s economic policies have hurt them (17%), only one-third say they helped (33%), with half saying his policies didn’t make a difference either way (50%). Overall, nearly three times as many say the president’s economic policies have hurt (47%) rather than helped them (17%), while one-third say no difference (35%). FOX NEWS VOTER ANALYSIS: HOW TRUMP REGAINED THE WHITE HOUSE Big picture, 68% are unhappy with the direction of the country (up 3 points since August). That small increase comes mainly from a 20-point jump in dissatisfaction among Democrats, which is mostly offset by fewer Republicans being dissatisfied by 15-points — presumably both shifts can be attributed to Trump’s re-election. On the whole, only 1 in 4 think history will consider Biden an above-average president. One in 3 says he will be remembered as one of the country’s worst presidents, which is a touch better than the 4 in 10 who said the same about Trump at the end of his first term. Yet, in 2020, three times as many said Trump (22%) would be remembered as "one of the country’s greatest presidents" as feel that way about Biden today (7%). Looking ahead, 39% think the economy will get better in 2025. That’s up from 22% who felt that way a year ago. There is a significant partisan gap in views on the economy’s future, as Republicans (63%) are more than three times as likely as Democrats (17%) to say it will be better next year. "The election post-mortems have emphasized the role of the economy in shaping the outcome, and it’s obvious that bad economic vibes hurt the incumbent party," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who helps run the Fox News Poll along with Democrat Chris Anderson. "What we’re seeing is a predictable shift toward optimism among Republicans and independents. We’ll see if Trump can sustain and perhaps even expand on that momentum with policies that lower prices and decrease taxes." Biden leaves office with a 41% job approval rating, just one point above his record low. Fifty-eight percent disapprove, including about 1 in 5 Democrats and most independents (76%). Disapproval is at all-time highs among voters under age 45, Hispanics and urban voters. Biden’s 41% approval is lower than Trump’s 47% approval at the end of his first term, former President Barack Obama’s 57% when he left office and former President Bill Clinton’s 62% approval in 2000, but higher than former President George W. Bush’s 34% approval at the end of his presidency. Overall, the president received his record high of 56% approval in June 2021 — one of only five times more voters than not rated him positively. His approval rating hit a record low of 40% in July 2022, November 2023 and October 2024. FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS FEEL HOPEFUL POST-ELECTION, WANT TRUMP TO FOCUS ON INFLATION Biden ends his term with lopsided negative ratings on some key issues, as only about one-third approve of the job he’s doing on border security (31% approve-67% disapprove) and inflation (34%-64%). His marks on foreign policy are a bit better (37%-60%), but that is a record low, and he is still underwater by 23 points. Poll-pourri After repeatedly promising not to, Biden granted a presidential pardon to his son, Hunter, on Dec. 1 for multiple felony convictions. Sixty-three percent of voters disapprove of the pardon — about double the share who approve (32%). Six in 10 Democrats approve, while 7 in 10 independents and 9 in 10 Republicans disapprove. Overall, views are the same when voters are asked about Trump’s commitment to pardon people convicted for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol: 62% disapprove, 34% approve. The partisan dynamic here flips, as 9 in 10 Democrats and 7 in 10 Independents disapprove, while 6 in 10 Republicans approve. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Conducted Dec. 6-9 under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,015 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (125) and cellphones (699) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (191). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error associated with results among subgroup is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data. CLICK HERE FOR TOPLINES AND CROSSTABS Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report. As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Thursday that would create dozens of new federal district court judgeships for the first time in decades, although the Biden administration has threatened to veto it. Supporters of the legislation, which passed the House 236-173 on Thursday and the Senate via unanimous consent in August, say the bill is aimed at addressing case backlogs in the federal court system. The measure would add 63 permanent positions to the federal judiciary and three temporary positions. The permanent positions would be created in phases between 2025 and 2035. In total, 207 House Republicans and 29 House Democrats voted for the measure. Members of both parties agreed the federal judiciary needs more judges. But the timing of the vote drew opposition from the Biden administration and some House Democrats, who said Republicans were playing political games by refusing to bring the bill up for a floor vote until after the November general election. By waiting to vote on the bill until after the election, there is no longer uncertainty over which presidential candidate would get to appoint the first two tranches of judgeships, which would come in 2025 and 2027, Democrats argued. New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, argued that when the bill arrived in the House, Republican leadership refused to touch it. “If Republican leadership had brought the bill to the House floor in September, we could have passed it on suspension in no time,” Nadler said. “Back then, the president would still have been unknown, and the underlying promise of the bill was still present.” Speaking on the floor, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., acknowledged the bill would have passed by unanimous consent had it been brought up sooner. “I apologize to everyone here for the hour we’re taking for something that we should have done before” the election, he said. But Issa said it would only be “pettiness today if we were to not do this because of who got to be first.” He compared the situation to a coin flip at the start of a football game, where the flip winner gets to decide whether they kick or receive the ball. “Afterwards, it will go back and forth for a very long time. This is a very long time, and we should be the long thinkers on the most permanent body in government,” Issa said. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, said on the floor that sudden opposition to the bill from Democrats was “nothing more than childish foot-stomping.” The Biden administration threatened to veto the bill earlier this week, saying in a statement of administration policy that the bill is “unnecessary to the efficient and effective administration of justice.” The statement said the bill would add new judgeships in states where senators “have sought to hold open existing judicial vacancies.” “Further, the Senate passed this bill in August, but the House refused to take it up until after the election,” the statement read. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said when the bill arrived in the House, Republican leadership injected politics into the legislation. He argued bringing the bill to the floor until after the election isn’t fair. “You don’t get to pick the horse after that horse has already won the race, but that’s exactly what my Republican colleagues are seeking to do today,” he said. Issa weighed in after Johnson’s speech. “We often hear the term here in the House and throughout our country: ‘country before party.’ It’s clear we didn’t hear that here yet today on the other side of the aisle,” Issa said. Congress has added a relatively smaller number of district court judgeships since 1990, created using appropriations or authorization bills, but the federal courts say they need much more based on an increase in caseload over the years. The Judicial Conference in 2023 called for 66 new district court judges and seven temporary judges to be made permanent. Gabe Roth, the executive director of Fix the Court, said in press releases that Biden should reconsider his veto threat given “the bill’s bipartisan origins, its broad support among Democratic judicial appointees and its importance to Delaware, whose federal court would get two new judgeships — a 50 percent increase.” “As someone who’s worked for years on adding judgeships, I know how difficult it is to get to the right formula of which judgeships to add when, how much money is needed for appropriations and when in an election cycle to move legislation,” Roth said. “We finally had each of these things in place and now comes a veto threat? That’s a slap in the face to our overworked federal judges, Democratic and Republican appointees alike, who say they desperately need the help,” Roth said.