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Mustangs look to complete unbeaten run through ACC in title gameNvidia Likely To Shift Focus to Robotics, May Launch Compact Computers for Humanoid Robots in 2025 Amid Rising of AI Chip CompetitionIntech Investment Management LLC cut its holdings in The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. ( NYSE:IPG – Free Report ) by 50.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 24,758 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 25,614 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Interpublic Group of Companies were worth $783,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IPG. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Interpublic Group of Companies by 9.6% in the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 426,349 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $13,485,000 after purchasing an additional 37,323 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG bought a new stake in shares of Interpublic Group of Companies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $294,000. LMR Partners LLP purchased a new stake in shares of Interpublic Group of Companies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $479,000. Quest Partners LLC increased its position in Interpublic Group of Companies by 418.7% during the 3rd quarter. Quest Partners LLC now owns 6,878 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $218,000 after buying an additional 5,552 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AM Squared Ltd increased its position in Interpublic Group of Companies by 63.2% during the 3rd quarter. AM Squared Ltd now owns 3,100 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $98,000 after buying an additional 1,200 shares in the last quarter. 98.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Interpublic Group of Companies Stock Performance Shares of NYSE IPG opened at $30.81 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $30.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $30.50. The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $26.88 and a 52-week high of $35.17. The company has a market cap of $11.48 billion, a PE ratio of 14.53 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. Interpublic Group of Companies Dividend Announcement The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be issued a $0.33 dividend. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 2nd. Interpublic Group of Companies’s payout ratio is currently 62.26%. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. BNP Paribas downgraded Interpublic Group of Companies from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 30th. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Interpublic Group of Companies from $32.50 to $32.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Interpublic Group of Companies from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $36.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Tuesday, October 1st. StockNews.com raised shares of Interpublic Group of Companies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “underweight” rating and set a $26.00 price target (down previously from $28.00) on shares of Interpublic Group of Companies in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.57. Read Our Latest Stock Report on IPG About Interpublic Group of Companies ( Free Report ) The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc provides advertising and marketing services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Media, Data & Engagement Solutions, Integrated Advertising & Creativity Led Solutions, and Specialized Communications & Experiential Solutions. The Media, Data & Engagement Solutions segment provides media and communications services, digital services and products, advertising and marketing technology, e-commerce services, data management and analytics, strategic consulting, and digital brand experience under the IPG Mediabrands, UM, Initiative, Kinesso, Acxiom, Huge, MRM, and R/GA brand names. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding IPG? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. ( NYSE:IPG – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Interpublic Group of Companies Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Interpublic Group of Companies and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Fijian COP29 delegates trade blows on social mediaStock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it notches a winning week and another Dow record Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, giving the market its fifth gain in a row and notching another record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Friday. The Dow added 1%, and the Nasdaq composite tacked on 0.2%. Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, The Associated Press Nov 22, 2024 1:09 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File) Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, giving the market its fifth gain in a row and notching another record high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Friday. The Dow added 1%, and the Nasdaq composite tacked on 0.2%. Retailers had some of the biggest gains. Gap soared after reporting quarterly results that easily beat analysts’ estimates. EchoStar fell after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company’s Dish Network unit. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. Crude oil prices gained ground. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Stocks rose on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday, keeping the market on track for its fifth straight gain. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% and was solidly on track for a weekly gain that will erase most of last week's loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 333 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite was essentially flat with a gain of less than 0.1% as of 3:07 p.m. Eastern. Markets have been volatile over the last few weeks, losing ground in the runup to elections in November, then surging following Donald Trump's victory, before falling again. The S&P 500 has been steadily rising throughout this week to within close range of its record. “Overall, market behavior has normalized following an intense few weeks,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, in a statement. Several retailers jumped after giving Wall Street encouraging financial updates. Gap soared 10.8% after handily beating analysts' third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, while raising its own revenue forecast for the year. Discount retailer Ross Stores rose 1.5% after raising its earnings forecast for the year. EchoStar fell 2.4% after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company's Dish Network unit. Smaller company stocks had some of the biggest gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.8%. A majority of stocks in the S&P 500 were gaining ground, but those gains were kept in check by slumps for several big technology companies. Nvidia fell 3.3%. Its pricey valuation makes it among the heaviest influences on whether the broader market gains or loses ground. The company has grown into a nearly $3.6 trillion behemoth because of demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Intuit, which makes TurboTax and other accounting software, fell 5.6%. It gave investors a quarterly earnings forecast that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Facebook owner Meta Platforms fell 0.8% following a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against the company. It stems from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Crude oil prices rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.42% late Thursday. In the crypto market, Bitcoin hovered around $99,000, according to CoinDesk. It has more than doubled this year and first surpassed the $99,000 level on Thursday. Retailers remained a big focus for investors this week amid close scrutiny on consumer spending habits headed into the holiday shopping season. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, reported a quarter of strong sales and gave investors an encouraging financial forecast. Target, though, reported weaker earnings than analysts' expected and its forecast disappointed Wall Street. Consumer spending has fueled economic growth, despite a persistent squeeze from inflation and high borrowing costs. Inflation has been easing and the Federal Reserve has started trimming its benchmark interest rates. That is likely to help relieve pressure on consumers, but any major shift in spending could prompt the Fed to reassess its path ahead on interest rates. Also, any big reversals on the rate of inflation could curtail spending. Consumer sentiment remains strong, according to the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index. It revised its latest figure for November to 71.8 from an initial reading of 73 earlier this month, though economists expected a slight increase. It's still up from 70.5 in October. The survey also showed that consumers' inflation expectations for the year ahead fell slightly to 2.6%, which is the lowest reading since December of 2020. Wall Street will get another update on how consumers feel when the business group The Conference Board releases its monthly consumer confidence survey on Tuesday. A key inflation update will come on Wednesday when the U.S. releases its October personal consumption expenditures index. The PCE is the Fed's preferred measure of inflation and this will be the last PCE reading prior to the central bank's meeting in December. Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, The Associated Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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Urban Meyer’s Reaction to Ohio State-Michigan Brawl is Turning Heads'Sonic 3' and 'Mufasa' battle for No. 1 at the holiday box office Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Sonic movie earned $38 million, while “Mufasa” brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada. The R-rated horror “Nosferatu” placed third with an unexpectedly strong $21.2 million. Thanksgiving release holdovers “Wicked” and “Moana 2” rounded out the top five. Christmas Day had several big film openings, including the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” the Nicole Kidman erotic drama “Babygirl” and the boxing drama “The Fire Inside.” Jet crash disaster in South Korea marks another setback for Boeing WASHINGTON (AP) — A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price. 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when one of the company’s jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and aviation experts were quick to distinguish Sunday’s incident from the company’s earlier safety problems. Alan Price, an airline consultant, said it would be inappropriate to link the incident Sunday to two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019. Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street slips, led by tech giants Asian shares are mixed after stocks fell broadly on Friday as Wall Street closed out a holiday-shortened week on a down note. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.9% as the dollar traded near 158 yen. U.S. futures were lower while oil prices were little changed. Shares of Jeju Air Co. lost 8.8% after an air crash on Sunday that killed 179 people. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Friday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.8%. The Nasdaq composite dropped 1.5%. The “Magnificent 7” stocks weighed on the market, led by declines in Nvidia, Tesla and Microsoft. Big Lots reaches deal to keep hundreds of US stores open The discount chain Big Lots has reached a deal that will keep hundreds of its stores open. Big Lots said it will be sold to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, which specializes in distressed companies. Gordon Brothers will then transfer Big Lots’ stores to other retailers. Variety Wholesalers, which owns more than 400 U.S. discount stores, plans to acquire between 200 and 400 Big Lots stores and operate them under the Big Lots brand. Big Lots filed for bankruptcy protection in September, saying inflation and high interest rates had cut back on consumer demand for its furniture and other products. Charles Dolan, HBO and Cablevision founder, dies at 98 Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98. Newsday reports that a statement issued Saturday by his family says Dolan died of natural causes. Dolan’s legacy in cable broadcasting includes founding HBO in 1972, Cablevision in 1973 and the American Movie Classics television station in 1984. He also launched News 12 in New York City, the first U.S. 24-hour cable channel for local news. Dolan also held controlling stakes in companies that owned Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and the New York Knicks and New York Rangers sports franchises. Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban so he can weigh in after he takes office President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue. Trump's request Friday came as TikTok and the Biden administration filed opposing briefs to the court. Oral arguments are scheduled for Jan. 10 on whether the law, which requires TikTok to divest from its China-based parent company or face a ban, unlawfully restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment. The brief said Trump opposes banning TikTok at this junction and “seeks the ability to resolve the issues at hand through political means once he takes office.” Stock market today: Wall Street slips as the 'Magnificent 7' weighs down the market NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower as Wall Street ends a holiday-shortened week on a down note. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Friday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 333 points, or 0.8%. The Nasdaq composite dropped 1.5%. The “Magnificent 7” stocks weighed on the market, led by declines in Nvidia, Tesla and Microsoft. Even with the loss, the S&P 500 had a modest gain for the week and is still headed for its second consecutive annual gain of more than 20%, the first time that has happened since 1997-1998. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.62%. 10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — As the calendar changes to 2025, you might be thinking about how to approach your relationship with money in the new year. Whether you’re saving to move out of your parents’ house or pay off student loan debt, financial resolutions can help you stay motivated. If you’re planning to make financial resolutions for the new year, experts recommend that you start by evaluating the state of your finances in 2024. Then, set specific goals and make sure they’re attainable for your lifestyle. Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th, in a letter sent to congressional leaders Friday afternoon. The department has taken such action in the past. But once those measures run out the government risks defaulting on its debt unless lawmakers and the president agree to lift the limit on the U.S. government’s ability to borrow. An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display. The argument previews fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — that is, wealthy members of the tech world who want more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law marks a new warning for the worldwide fragility of democracy, even in a country hailed as a model of political transformation. Yoon's overnight attempt to shut down political activity, censor media and lock out opposition lawmakers stunned South Korea's longtime ally, the United States, which said it had no advance warning and issued a statement of concern. South Korea's transition to elected rule since a mass uprising in 1987 had been seen as so thorough that the United States increasingly spoke of its ally as a global partner. Meanwhile, Seoul billed itself as a new, ideal hub for international media as China clamped down on Hong Kong. President Joe Biden had even chosen Yoon as the host in March of his final Summit for Democracy -- a signature initiative of the outgoing US leader, who sought to champion liberal values globally, in an unstated repudiation of Donald Trump, who returns to the White House next month. But observers, while stunned by Yoon, said there were warning signs. Danny Russel, a top US diplomat for Asia under former president Barack Obama and who earlier served in South Korea, pointed to the deadlock in parliament where the opposition repeatedly sought impeachments against Yoon's administration. Yoon's move "was a complete surprise to me (but) yes, there were very obvious structural forces at work," he said. "There is a radically polarized political scene in Korea. The opposition has been pursuing scorched-earth political obstruction tactics," he said. But he pointed to the quick, large-scale protests that erupted after Yoon's declaration as a sign of a vibrant civil society ready to defend democracy. "One certainly would hope that this would serve as a wake-up call to both the ruling conservative party and the progressive opposition that both sides have gone too far and that there needs to be some process of reconciliation, of dealing with legitimate differences and grievances." Yoon himself had earlier shown signs of authoritarianism. In a national address last year, Yoon raged against supposed communists who have "disguised themselves as democracy activists, human rights advocates or progressive activists." A prosecutor, Yoon narrowly won the 2022 election on a platform of economic reform and advocated close ties with the United States as well as historic rival Japan. But his popularity swiftly slid and the opposition won the National Assembly. Celeste Arrington, a Korea expert at George Washington University, noted that Yoon had never held elected office before and had become increasingly frustrated. "This is really an extreme move that may signal, I think, the president's lack of political experience," she said. She said that martial law showed "some cracks in democracy" but that the quick reversal "gives me hope in the health and strength and vibrancy of democracy in South Korea." Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, expected Yoon's career to be over after attempting martial law, which constitutionally can only be imposed for wars or other emergencies. "Yoon's action is a damning reversal to decades of South Korean efforts to put its authoritarian past behind it," he said. The number of democracies worldwide soared starting in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union collapsed and student-led uprisings brought reforms elsewhere. But globally, democracy has been in retreat for the last 18 straight years, according to the Washington-based group Freedom House, which promotes political liberty. Democratically elected leaders have taken increasingly authoritarian steps in countries as diverse as India, Turkey and Hungary. V-Dem, another closely watched democracy index, had most recently ranked South Korea third in Asia after Taiwan and Japan. In the United States, Trump has rejected long-held norms, refusing to accept he lost to Biden four years ago -- culminating in his supporters violently rampaging through the US Capitol. Trump's rejection of democracy ultimately worked out for him: campaigning on the rage of 2020, he won last month's election. But experts said Yoon's power play -- and its reversal -- could in fact show a victory for democratic values. "Yoon is a deeply unpopular and ineffectual leader, but there was nothing I saw of people being dissatisfied with the way government runs," Alan Yu, a senior vice president at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, said after a recent trip to Seoul. Darcie Draudt-Vejares of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said that with the swift response to Yoon, "this crisis may ultimately strengthen Korean democracy by reaffirming civilian control and demonstrating institutional resilience." sct/nro
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The Lions and 49ers meet in a rematch of last year's NFC Championship Game on Monday Night Football. With two games to go in the regular season, Detroit (13-2) controls its own destiny as it vies for the NFC North crown and the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The Lions are ticketed to the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time snice 1993-94. The NFL's highest-scoring offense looked domineering in last week's 34-17 win over the Bears . Quarterback Jared Goff continued his sensational season, throwing for 336 yards and three touchdowns. WATCH: Monday Night Football: 49ers vs. Lions LIVE on Fubo (free trial) San Francisco (6-9) will miss the playoffs for the first time in four years, amidst an injury-riddled campaign. Quarterback Brock Purdy put together a strong performance in last weeks' 12-point loss to the Dolphins . Last February, the 49ers erased a 17-point deficit to stun the Lions and advance to the Super Bowl, before ultimately falling to the Chiefs. The Sporting News has you covered with everything you need to know about Monday Night Football. Who plays on Monday Night Football tonight? Matchup: 49ers vs. Lions Location: Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California The 49ers host the Lions on Monday Night Football from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. What time is the NFL game on tonight? Date: Monday, Dec. 30 Time: 8:15 p.m. ET Kickoff for Monday Night Football is set for 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 30. What channel is Monday Night Football on tonight? TV channel: ABC | ESPN Live stream: Fubo (U.S.) | DAZN (Canada) Monday Night Football will be simulcast on ABC and ESPN, with Joe Buck (play-by-play) and Troy Aikman (analyst) on the call. Viewers in the U.S. can stream the game live with Fubo , which offers a free trial, so you can try before you buy. WATCH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LIVE. START YOUR FREE TRIAL TODAY. For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo for as low as $49.99, a $30 savings. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and 200+ top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.) Fans hoping to stream the game in Canada can do so on DAZN , which offers NFL Game Pass. Monday Night Football radio station Radio channel: SiriusXM Listen to Monday Night Football live on SiriusXM . The national call will air on NFL Radio, channel 88. For team-specific calls, head to channel 225 for the 49ers broadcast and channel 226 for the Lions call. Get SiriusXM for free for your first month . Listen to live NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL games, plus NASCAR, college sports and more. Stay updated with all the news and get all the analysis on multiple sport-specific channels. Related Links NFL news and rumors NFL scores this week Full NFL schedule for all 272 games in 2024 NFL Division Standings — Playoff Picture If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Learn more >Calgary Flames (12-8-4, in the Pacific Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (9-12-4, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Penguins -122, Flames +101; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The Calgary Flames enter the matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins after losing three in a row. Pittsburgh is 9-12-4 overall and 5-6-2 at home. The Penguins have conceded 96 goals while scoring 65 for a -31 scoring differential. Calgary is 12-8-4 overall and 3-5-4 in road games. The Flames have a 4-7-1 record in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents. The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams meet this season. The Flames won 4-3 in a shootout in the previous meeting. TOP PERFORMERS: Sidney Crosby has eight goals and 16 assists for the Penguins. Bryan Rust has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games. Rasmus Andersson has five goals and nine assists for the Flames. Mikael Backlund has scored three goals and added one assist over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 4-4-2, averaging 2.3 goals, four assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game. Flames: 5-3-2, averaging 2.1 goals, 3.4 assists, 3.9 penalties and 9.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game. INJURIES: Penguins: None listed. Flames: None listed. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Texas A&M signed the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class three years ago believing it had built a potential national title contender. Plenty of players from that heralded 2022 class could indeed be participating in the first 12-team College Football Playoff this month. They just won’t be doing it for the Aggies, who no longer have nearly half their 2022 signees. The list of 2022 recruits now with playoff contenders elsewhere includes Mississippi defensive lineman Walter Nolen, Oregon wide receiver Evan Stewart, Alabama defensive lineman LT Overton, SMU offensive tackle PJ Williams and injured Boise State receiver Chris Marshall. Texas A&M has done all right without them, going 8-4 as transfers filled about half the starting roles. Texas A&M represents perhaps the clearest example of how recruiting and roster construction have changed in the era of loosened transfer restrictions. Coaches must assemble high school classes without always knowing which of their own players are transferring and what players from other schools could be available through the portal. “It used to be you lost 20 seniors, you signed 20 incoming freshmen,” Duke coach Manny Diaz said. “You just had your numbers right. Now you might lose 20 seniors, but you might lose 20 underclassmen. You just don’t know.” Is high school recruiting losing value? Coaches emphasize that high school recruiting remains critical, but recent results suggest it isn’t as vital as before. The last two College Football Playoff runners-up – TCU in 2022 and Washington in 2023 – didn’t sign a single top-15 class in any of the four years leading up their postseason runs, according to composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports. This year’s contenders have shown there’s more than one way to build a championship-caliber roster. About half of No. 1 Oregon’s usual starters began their college careers elsewhere. No. 5 Georgia, which annually signs one of the nation’s top high school classes, has only a few transfers making major contributions. Colorado’s rise under Deion Sanders exemplifies how a team can win without elite high school recruiting. None of Colorado’s last four classes have ranked higher than 30th in the 247Sports Composite. Three ranked 47th or lower. “If anybody ever did the homework and the statistics of these young men – people have a class that they say is the No. 1 class in the nation – then five of those guys play, or four of those guys play, then the rest go through the spring and then they jump in the portal,” Sanders said. “Don’t give me the number of where you rank (in recruiting standings), because it’s like an NFL team," he added. "You always say who won the draft, then the team gets killed all year (and) you don’t say nothing else about it. Who won the draft last year in the NFL? Nobody cares right now, right?” The busy transfer portal Star quarterback Shedeur Sanders followed his father from Jackson State to Colorado in 2023, and Heisman Trophy front-runner Travis Hunter accompanied them. According to Colorado, this year’s Buffaloes team has 50 transfer newcomers, trailing only North Texas’ 54 among Bowl Subdivision programs. Relying on transfers comes with caveats. Consider Florida State's rise and fall. Florida State posted an unbeaten regular-season record last year with transfers playing leading roles. When those transfers departed and Florida State's portal additions this year didn't work out, the Seminoles went 2-10. “There has to be some type of balance between the transfer portal and high school recruiting,” said Andrew Ivins, the director of scouting for 247Sports. “I compare it to the NFL. The players from the transfer portal are your free agents and high school recruiting is your NFL draft picks.” A look at the composite rankings of recruiting sites compiled by 247Sports for the 2020-22 classes shows at least 40 of the top 100 prospects each of those years ended up leaving their original school. Coaches must decide which positions they’re better off building with high school prospects and which spots might be easier to fill through the portal. “The ones that have a ton of learning to do - tight end, quarterback, interior offensive line, inside linebacker, safety, where they are the communicators - they are the guys that are processing a lot of information,” Florida’s Billy Napier said. “Those are the ones in a perfect world you have around for a while. “It’s easier to play defensive line, edge, corner, receiver, running back, tackle, specialists. Those are a little bit more plug-and-play I’d say, in my opinion," Napier said. "Either way, it’s not necessarily about that. It’s just about we need a certain number at each spot, and we do the best we can to fill those roles.” Transfer portal ripple effects Power Four programs aren’t the only ones facing a balancing act between recruiting high schools and mining the transfer portal. Group of Five schools encounter similar challenges. “We’re recruiting every position and bringing in a high school class,” Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton said. “That’s not going to be maybe 24 scholarship guys like it used to be. It might be more like 16. It’s not four d-linemen necessarily, right? It might be three. It might not be three receivers. It might be two. And it might not be five offensive linemen. It’s two to three.” The extra hurdle Group of Five schools face is the possibility their top performers might leave for a power-conference program with more lucrative name, image and likeness financial opportunities. They sometimes don’t know which players they’ll lose. “We know who they’re trying to steal,” Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin quipped. “We just don’t know who they’re going to steal.” The obstacles facing coaches are only getting steeper as FBS teams prepare for a 105-man roster limit as part of the fallout from a pending $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement. While having 105 players on scholarship seems like an upgrade from the current 85-man scholarship limit, many rosters have about 125 players once walk-ons are included. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said last week his program would probably end up with about 30-50 players in the portal due to the new roster restrictions. Is there college free agency? All the added dimensions to roster construction in the college game have drawn parallels to the NFL, but Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck believes those comparisons are misleading. “When people talk about college football right now, they’re saying, ‘Oh, we have an NFL model,’ or it’s kind of moving toward the NFL,” Fleck said. “First of all, it’s nothing like the NFL. There’s a collective bargaining agreement (in the NFL). There’s a true salary cap for everybody. It’s designed for all 32 fan bases to win the Super Bowl maybe once every 32 years – and I know other people are winning that a lot more than others – but that’s how it’s designed. In college football, it’s not that way.” There does seem to be a bit more competitive balance than before. The emergence of TCU and Washington the last couple of postseasons indicates this new era of college football has produced more unpredictability. Yet it’s also created many more challenges as coaches try to figure out how to put together their rosters. “It’s difficult because we’re just kind of inventing it on the fly, right?” Diaz said.Budget Blinds Announces Strategic Changes to Executive Leadership TeamNEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 23, 2017: A vintage rotary dial telephone for sale at a flea market in the ... [+] Chelsea district of New York City. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) If you’ve been watching the emergence of artificial intelligence onto the scene in our societies, you probably agree that it’s happened at a pretty fast clip. Let’s start with this chart of GPT progress, showing what happened in just two years. As presented here, the first model of its kind, GPT-1, was released in 2018 in June. GPT-2 followed in February 2019, and GPT-3 went beta in May of 2020. At the same time, we had the coronavirus pandemic, and all of the resources of the world turned toward how to handle this disease. Quietly, though, GPT kept being iterated, with 3.5 in November 2022, and GPT-4 in March of 2023. Most recently we have the GPT-4o model released this past May – and we have the o1 preview with its chain of thought and reasoning capability, currently in limited release. We also have that model code named Orion that’s said to drop next year. The 130 Best Black Friday Deals You Can Still Shop Now Refresh Your Wardrobe And Home With Quince’s Black Friday Deals Putting GPT Into Our Telephone System How are we using these technologies? Recently, I read an example from a user who had figured out how to turn on ChatGPT into a bot for cold calling other smartphone users. You could think of this as one of the first of many ‘sneak attacks’ of the AI age, a shot across the bow, from oneenterprising soul to a multi-cast audience of other people who may or may not be susceptible to his marketing. This guy was talking about how to automate real estate calls to get people to sell their houses to his company. And according his testimony, ChatGPT worked better than human callers. Specifically, the numbers that this individual put out were around 12-15 actionable leads per 100 calls, as opposed to 2-3 before implementing ChatGPT. What is This? (Not, Who is This?) Major factors in the AI include the novelty factor, which was a focus in this post that I read (you can read it here ). People like new things, the poster suggested, and they’re likely to stay on the line just to figure out what’s going on. By the time they get used to talking to an AI, they may already be in the sales funnel,or considering the overall offer more closely. On the other hand, most of us hang up immediately when we get a call from a person that we don’t want to talk to. Everyone’s LLM This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how people are going to use AI when it’s distributed to every smartphone in America. Basically, the people who learn how to use it first will target the others in a big game of round robin selling. Money will change hands based on this proactive and creative approach,and then slowly, other people will start to catch up. What you’re likely to have is an era of annoying unwanted calls from everywhere, all at once. in other words, all of us are going to blow up everyone else’s cell phones with AI. Part of the response on Reddit to the new reality of LLMs had to do with how you handle this barrage of incoming calls. Many of us already don’t use our phones primarily as a telephone – it’s a small computer that helps us our lives. Slowly, we’re all going to learn that you don’t pick up the telephone when it rings – you let it go to voicemail, and have some kind of sorting technology to show you if there’s somebody you want to talk to or not. But text spamming is off the hook too, and I hardly ever talk to anyone who hasn’t had these annoying intrusions in their lives, sometimes dozens of them every day. The bottom line is we have to figure out a way to adapt quickly to a technology that has developed overnight, so to speak. That’s not even the whole picture: we have Anthropic’s Claude showing us how to use a computer, and other kinds of brand new models from places like China reinventing math and science testing (more on that later.) So in all of that discussion about training data, and logical ability, we have to think about the real practical ramifications for our societies. We’re going to have to learn to talk to each other in a new way, given this kind of automation.
Nitish Kumar Reddy came up with a sensational performance after the India national cricket team was looking in deep trouble during the IND vs AUS 4th Test 2024. Nitish played a blissful knock and scored his first international ton in the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Reacting to this, Indian all-rounder's sister Tejaswi Reddy shared her reaction after Nitish Kumar Reddy completed his maiden international century. Tejaswi Reddy said, "My brother had kept that promise and proved it himself. And I'm happy for it." Tejaswi also mentioned that she and all others in the family are really proud of Nitish. Nitish Kumar Reddy's Name Etched on Melbourne Cricket Ground Honours Board After All-Rounder Hits Maiden International Century During IND vs AUS Boxing Day Test 2024 (See Pic). "My brother had kept that promise and proved it himself. And I'm happy for it." 🥰 🏏A wholesome chat with Tejaswi Reddy, sister of Nitish Kumar Reddy, after an emotional maiden Test century for the family. 📻 Hear the full chat: https://t.co/HiWuh67Z9B #AUSvIND 📻 pic.twitter.com/KYCgL04LZN — ABC SPORT (@abcsport) December 29, 2024 (SocialLY brings you all the latest breaking news, viral trends and information from social media world, including Twitter (X), Instagram and Youtube. The above post is embeded directly from the user's social media account and LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body. The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
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