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A search for a convicted murderer in a California town has put residents on edge, with schools closing and Christmas events being postponed Cesar Hernandez, who was sentenced in 2019 to 80 years to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, escaped Monday morning shortly after arriving at the Kern County courthouse in Delano, a city of around 50,000 in central California. As of Thursday, he had still not been found. He was being transported to appear in court after pleading no contest to manufacturing a weapon and possessing alcohol or drugs in prison when he evaded staff and jumped out of the van, officials said. Cesar Guzmán, 32, was only blocks away at his barber shop from the intersection where Hernandez escaped. It’s been the “number one topic at the shop” since. “Everyday we talk about it,” Guzmán said. “The clients are, they’re scared because they haven’t found him. We’re really close to where it happened.” Delano has been inundated with a heavy law enforcement presence since Hernandez’s escape, with police knocking on doors and helicopters whirring overhead. Guzmán said it’s the first time something like this has happened in the town, where he has lived his whole life. Several local schools locked down Monday, and they remained closed through Thursday as the search continued, local school districts posted on Facebook . The city postponed its tree-lighting ceremony originally scheduled for Wednesday, and the Delano Chamber of Commerce delayed its annual Christmas parade scheduled for Thursday night. Hernandez remaining at large puts a damper on the festivities, which Guzmán and his family have attended every year. “Honestly, now we’re kind of like, ‘How can he get away from them? What the heck happened?’" Guzmán said. Hernandez, 34, was last seen wearing an orange top and pants. He is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs about 160 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. He was transferred from Los Angeles County in June 2019. “Hernandez is considered dangerous,” Delano police said in a social media post. “If you see him, do not approach.” Anyone who sees Hernandez or has knowledge of his location is asked to contact law enforcement or call 911. On the other side of the country, another search was underway for the man who gunned down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York on Monday. Police were following tips related to his whereabouts, including searching two hostels where the man may have stayed.Latest update regarding Jets coaching and GM search is an absolute joke that is actually happening

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Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.An environmental law non-profit has filed intent to sue Cooke Aquaculture over the Saint John company’s salmon farming operations in the Gulf of Maine. The Conservation Law Foundation filed notice to Cooke Nov. 14 that it intends to sue under the U.S. Clean Water Act, claiming that Cooke is failing to satisfy its operating permit by allegedly discharging effluent from its salmon pens in the Gulf of Maine and affecting other water uses, including fishing and lobstering. In a statement Nov. 14, Cooke said it “vehemently denies” the allegations, saying that it is satisfying its regulatory obligations and that its Atlantic salmon operations do not negatively affect lobstering. Heather Govern, vice-president for the foundation’s Clean Air and Water Program, said the group has been investigating Cooke’s operations for two and a half years. It operates out of six New England states engaging in environmental advocacy, Govern said. “We began this investigation due to a number of local communities up and down the Maine coastline who were worried about the impacts of salmon net pen farms,” Govern said. “What we found out is the solid waste coming from these net pens ... smothers plants and ocean life, there’s also potential for disease outbreaks.” She said the Clean Water Act allows the foundation to “step into the shoes of the regulators” by filing a lawsuit, she said. “We’re able to investigate and bring actions against companies that are not abiding by their permit conditions,” she said. The lawsuit targets 13 sites around Swans Island, Eastern Bay, Machias Bay, which is about 50 kilometres west of Grand Manan Island, and Cobscook Bay, which is about 20 km west of Campobello Island. Each site has between six and 30 pens, according to the lawsuit, each holding tens of thousands of fish. The suit alleges based on “information and belief” that the pens pollute the surrounding waters by discharges of fish feces, dead and uneaten food, disease, sea lice, escaped fish and trash. Cooke’s net pen permit expired in 2019 but has been “administratively continued” since it expired, the suit said. Govern said that the pollution settles on the ocean floor, where it affects food sources for haddock and lobster, impacting the livelihood of those in fishing and lobstering. She said that the company’s permit doesn’t allow it to “impair other water users,” including commercial use or recreation. Cooke denied the allegations, saying that they are “false, misleading and lack any substantiating evidence,” saying it’s “proud of its contributions to Maine’s iconic seafood industry,” and that it employs 230 people in the state. The release says that it is in “full compliance with the laws set forth” by Maine’s department of environmental protection (DEP) and department of marine resources (DMR), as well as its operating permits. “Finfish aquaculture has coexisted with heritage fisheries, such as lobstering, in Maine waters for more than 40 years,” Cooke said in the release. “Lobster landings are not negatively affected by Atlantic salmon farms. In fact, lobster gear is set alongside and within aquaculture lease boundaries.” The lawsuit points to regulatory reports where it says some information is missing or would be different if the terms of Cooke’s permit were being followed. Govern also says the foundation has made freedom of information requests dating up to 2023 and part of the litigation will be developing expert reports detailing the environmental impacts. The lawsuit also mentions a discharge of 50,000 salmon in Machias Bay in 2023 after an alleged seal attack, a 10,000-fish “die-off” in 2021 at Black Island, and another large die-off in Eastern Bay in 2024. Cooke USA spokesperson Steven Hedlund said that in June, the company removed mortalities near Jonesport and Beals that were “a result of naturally occurring marine algae” which dissolved oxygen in the water and then dispersed after a few days. “All livestock farmers encounter and manage mortalities,” he said, saying Cooke took reasonable steps in accordance with its own procedures and notified the DMR. Brunswick News asked how many fish were involved in the mortalities and did not receive a response. Glenda Beal is a selectman on the governance body on Beals Island, Maine, population 450, which was working on an aquaculture ordinance and passed a moratorium in late July after concerns related to the die-off. She said that there was no notification to the select board to give them a heads up about the die-off and they had to hear it “from the grapevine.” “We got no notification from Cooke. It seems to me that if they were being good neighbours ethically, it would be something they would want the fishermen to know about,” she said. “It could affect the whole bay, depending on what caused it.” Beal said that the lobster catch in Maine is down but she said there’s “no way to tell” if finfish farming is impacting that or not, in response to Cooke’s claim. “If I can’t say if they are, neither can they,” she said. “You’d have to track it for decades ... it’s nothing you can really pin down because lobsters can be caught in one area and not in another.” She said that lobstermen from her area had reported issues in Eastern Bay including aquaculture vessels severing their traps, as well as mooring for the vessels creating a navigation hazard and free-floating cords getting tied up in engines. There were also concerns about plastic tubing from the pens washing up on nearby beaches. Govern alleged that there isn’t much oversight over the operation, and that regulation has been light since Cooke’s entry into the state 20 years ago. Cooke entered the market in 2004 by purchasing Atlantic Salmon of Maine, a subsidiary of Norway-based Fjord Seafood, according to its website. “There’s no 24-hour camera footage that anyone can get a hold of, so it’s hard to know what exactly causes these releases, these escapes,” she said, saying that they could get more information from the litigation. “The public deserves to know that, as well, this should be all public information. When Cooke can hide what’s happening, that’s never good for the environment and the communities.” DEP deputy commissioner David R. Madore said that the department has a “variety of enforcement actions” available to it when licence conditions are broken, and that in 10 years, Cooke has received six letters of warning, 20 notices of violations and entered into one administrative consent agreement. Madore said Cooke’s permit remains in effect until it is formally renewed, which the department intends to do but has not yet completed due to delays around staffing limitations. Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association, said the lawsuit was “surprising” because he said that the state or federal governments could have moved in and threatened to pull their permits, “and as far as I know, that hasn’t happened.” Belle says an operator in Maine has to abide by federal and state regulations, but the federal government delegates its authority to the state. He said that the federal government could step in and revoke Maine’s ability to regulate on its behalf if it was unhappy with the outcome. “It’s a very powerful system with a lot of cross-checks,” Belle said, saying the system was “refined” following Cooke’s entry to the state to target the most important metrics. He said environmental groups like the CLF were involved in developing best practices for the industry in 2002. Belle previously worked for Maine DMR before joining the association, an industry group that represents large and small producers who work with different species and has representation from Cooke on its board of directors. In Cooke’s release, it says it is “routinely audited and certified by third party programs,” including the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, which rates its Maine-farmed salmon as a “good alternative.” That rating, equivalent to yellow on a traffic light, is a recommendation to “buy if a green-rated option is not available.” Its report cited a lack of fish escapes since 2003 but was issued in 2021, prior to the 2023 fish escapes. Cooke also cited its participation in Global Seafood Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices program, which requires all of its facilities to be audited for “environmental responsibility, social accountability, animal health and welfare, and food safety.” In May, 76 environmental groups, including the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and Protect Maine’s Fishing Heritage Foundation, signed an open letter accusing the program of “greenwashing” by having basic requirements that are “too weak” to protect wild salmon. Cooke was forced out of the state of Washington after 300,000 Atlantic salmon escaped into Puget Sound after a net collapse in 2017. In 2022, the state’s department of natural resources banned finfish net pen aquaculture in state-owned waters and did not renew Cooke’s remaining licences. In March this year, the state said the “fight” was over after Cooke withdrew its remaining appeals, which Cooke said it did because the state had delayed necessary documents and it would be “futile” to proceed without them. Govern said that situation was different because of the environmental impact of releasing Atlantic salmon into the Pacific Ocean and because of the scale of the release. But she said that on the East Coast, “millions of dollars” have been spent on measures to bring back endangered wild Atlantic salmon. “What doesn’t make much sense is you’re allowing a commercial or industrial operation to be here and potentially damage what little Atlantic salmon population we’re trying so hard to bring back,” she said. “It happened out west, if you have an enormous storm or weather conditions that knock these pens over, it’s millions of these farmed salmon (across all sites) that would then infect and affect negatively this wild salmon population.” In June, B.C. announced a ban on net-pen salmon farms effective in 2029. Govern said that Canada is dealing with some of the same pollution issues but has stronger regulations. She also mentioned enforcement campaigns in Iceland and Norway. “We’re developing better understanding now, the scientists, the regulators, around the impact of having what is essentially a sewage pipe ... that is just allowed to drop into the ocean,” Govern said. Belle said that in the early days of Maine’s salmon farming, companies were “exceeding the carrying capacity of those sites, they were doing it because they didn’t know any better.” He said that with better regulation and monitoring, “everybody has learned that they have to farm to the carrying capacity of those sites.” “When that happens, the impacts on the bottom around the farm are minimal,” he said. He noted that the Clean Water Act’s lawsuit stipulation allows companies to settle, creating a chance for the plaintiff to financially benefit. Unlike what happened out west, Govern said the lawsuit is not intended to shut down Cooke’s operations, but compel it to meet its obligations. Of the 230 employees Cooke says it employs in Maine, Govern said far fewer work directly with the pens. Hedlund told Brunswick News the number is about two-thirds, or about 150. “People think, oh are you trying to shut down Cooke and shut our business here? That is not the point. In fact, Cooke will have to hire more employees,” Govern said, including expert monitoring and operators. “We’re not getting rid of jobs, in fact CLF wants to add jobs, but Cooke’s gotta pay ‘em, and be willing to affect their bottom line a little bit by protecting the environment.” The Clean Water Act requires a 60-day notice period before CLF can files the papers in U.S. federal court. Govern said that Cooke could approach the CLF to discuss a settlement, but that they would have to accept terms that would benefit the environment. Richardson declined a request for comment on whether Cooke would be open to settlement talks.Stock Market Today: Stocks Enjoy a Bessent BoostDaniel Jones Next Team Odds: Contenders jockeying for QB?

NoneLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams keep doing just enough to win, and a team that appeared to be rebuilding this season has climbed all the way to the brink of another playoff berth. The Rams improved to 9-6 and took control of the NFC West on Sunday with their fourth straight victory since Thanksgiving. Their 19-9 win over the New York Jets in sub-freezing temperatures was not dominant — they trailed 9-6 entering the fourth quarter, and they were outgained by nearly 100 yards — but Los Angeles still matched its largest margin of victory this season and continued to look like a looming nightmare for any postseason opponent. The Rams have now won eight of 10 since their bye week, when they were 1-4 and the NFL world wondered whether they would trade Super Bowl MVP receiver Cooper Kupp or even quarterback Matthew Stafford to spur their roster reboot. Los Angeles decided not to punt its season, and Sean McVay's team has driven from last to first. “You don’t want to ride the emotional roller coaster that these games can take you on,” McVay said Monday. “You do have the ability to stay steady, to stay the course and try to right the ship. Certainly that’s not complete by any stretch, but our guys have done an excellent job of not allowing the way that we started, especially in those first five games, to affect what we did coming off that bye.” The Rams also have clinched their seventh winning record in eight regular seasons under McVay — an achievement that shouldn’t get lost in the recent successes of a franchise that had 13 consecutive non-winning seasons before it rolled the dice and hired a 30-year-old head coach back in 2017. After winning it all in February 2022 and then having the worst season by a defending Super Bowl champion in NFL history, the Rams have made the most of their time in between true powerhouse status and a major rebuild. They also started slowly last year, entering their bye at 3-6 before a 7-1 finish. The Rams can become the first team in NFL history to make back-to-back postseason appearances after being three games under .500 each year. These Rams don't stand out on either side of the ball, although their talent level appears to be higher on offense than defense. Instead, they've mastered a delicate balance of complementary football — the offense and defense covering each other's weaknesses and setting up their teammates for success. The Rams have scored more than 30 points just once all season, and they managed only 31 points in their last two games combined. Their defense has allowed only one touchdown in the past two games — but right before that, Josh Allen and the Bills racked up 42 points and 445 yards in the most recent of a few defensive stinkers from LA this season. The Rams keep winning anyway, and now they can clinch McVay's fourth NFC West title by beating Seattle in two weeks. “Fortunately, we’re in a position where you don’t necessarily have to rely on other things to happen if you just handle your business,” McVay said. Kyren Williams and the offensive line are driving the Rams' offense. After a slow start caused partly by McVay being forced to abandon the running game when the Rams repeatedly fell behind early, the 2023 Pro Bowler has surged to career highs of 1,243 yards and 13 rushing touchdowns with his 122-yard performance in New York. Stafford's 110 yards passing were his fewest with the Rams and the second-fewest in his 16-year career from a full game. Sunday's weather was a major factor, but the Rams must throw the ball effectively to somebody other than Puka Nacua. Kupp has just 193 yards receiving in his past five games combined. Defensive back Jaylen McCollough made a career-high nine tackles in only 31 snaps. The undrafted rookie continues to be a remarkable find, earning playing time alongside veteran safeties Quentin Lake and Kam Curl and fellow rookie Kam Kinchens. CB Cobie Durant didn't play for the second straight week despite being cleared to return from his bruised lung. Veteran Ahkello Witherspoon got every snap in place of Durant, who started LA's first 13 games. McVay praised Witherspoon's recent play when asked why Durant didn't get on the field in New Jersey. The Rams' improved health, particularly on both lines, is the key to their surge. McVay reported no new injuries out of the road trip following Tyler Higbee's successful season debut. 12-1 — The Rams’ record in December with Stafford as their starter over his four years in LA. The Rams need to win at least one of their final two games to wrap up their first NFC West crown since 2021. They host eliminated Arizona on Saturday night, but can't clinch the division unless the Seahawks lose to moribund Chicago. The Rams are currently the NFC's third seed, but that doesn't matter a whole lot because both the third and fourth seeds will have to play one of the NFC North's two powerful wild-card teams in the opening round. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL

VOTERS IN DUBLIN Mid-West might think they’re seeing double when they open their ballot paper on 29 November. Two candidates with the same name – and similar taste in snazzy spectacles – are standing in the five-seat constituency. There’s Sinn Féin’s high profile housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin – and there’s Independent-turned-Social Democrats councillor for Clondalkin Eoin Ó Broin. Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin, on his second canvas of the day at teatime on Tuesday in freezing conditions, is taking no chances: every prospective Sinn Féin voter is warned about the Other Eoin. “Don’t forget, there will be a second Eoin Ó Broin on the ballot,” he explains to one older voter in an estate on the outskirts of Clondalkin village. “Is he with...?” the woman trails off, seemingly confused. “He’s with the Social Democrats. The way it will be on the ballot, my name will be first with my face and the logo. Just follow the face and the logo.” The two men know each other. They both live in this area – they’ve even received each other’s post. Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin first became aware of his fellow Eoin 20 years ago when, at a conference in Canada, the person introducing him included details in his potted biography seemingly found online in relation to another Eoin Ó Broin, then president of the University of Limerick students’ union. The two met a couple of years later, when Ó Broin (of Sinn Féin) joined a Shell to Sea protest, alighting a bus in Ballinaboy to see “this fella looking at me”. “And I’m look at him, and I’m going: ‘Are you Eoin Ó Broin?’ And he goes: ‘Are you Eoin Ó Broin’? So we had a big chat.” The Social Democrats’ Eoin is a fluent Irish speaker, having attended Irish-medium schools in Clondalkin; there is a large Irish-speaking community in the area, associated with the longstanding Áras Chrónáin cultural centre. Sinn Féin’s Eoin doesn’t speak Irish, but the Irish language surname is on his birth cert; his father attended a Gaelscoil. A few streets away, earlier that day, the Soc Dems’ Eoin Ó Broin doesn’t let the freezing rain stop him from going door to door. Like his fellow Eoin, he’s out twice a day as the election approaches. His biggest pitch to voters, apart from his own track record as a councillor (he got the council to fix a footpath in this particular estate), is his party’s commitment to – the plan to reform healthcare to end the current two-tier system, a policy with which Social Democrats founder Róisín Shortall has been particularly associated. He believes small parties need to be strategic, and the Social Democrats can position themselves as authoritatively on universal access to healthcare as his namesake has managed to do on housing. He adds that he believes Sláintecare would be “transformative” not only for healthcare but for citizens’ relationship with society and the state in Ireland. “I’ve seen a one-tier health system in Sweden, when I lived there. I didn’t need health insurance, and a trip to the doctor was a tenner,” the Soc Dems’ Ó Broin says. “It gives everybody a sense that they’re getting something back. They don’t have this unfortunate bitterness which exists [among] those who are above thresholds.” He believes the Irish system of means-tested thresholds for medical cards is a “Victorian charity” approach, whereas universal access would be “a game changer we need in Ireland for people to feel that we’re all in this together.” The Soc Dems’ Ó Broin completed a PhD in energy systems modelling in Sweden, before undertaking postdoctoral research in France. With his background in environmental science, he was a member of the Green movement when he lived in Sweden, but he believes the Green Party do not sufficiently prioritise housing and workers’ rights. In the estate he’s canvassing today, he meets some voters who say he’ll get their number one, and a few undecideds. Do people bring up the name much? “Yeah. Some people say, ‘this will be fun’. Some people say, ‘that’s confusing, you should change your name’.” He is not impressed by this suggestion. “You know, you don’t just change your name. I grew up in Clondalkin, I went to the all-Irish school here, so because I grew up here and it is my name, why should I change?” the Soc Dems candidate says. (Although Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin has been living in Clondalkin for many years with his partner, Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan, he is originally from Cabinteely and went to school in Blackrock. A blow-in Ó Broin, if you will.) Housing, waiting times for healthcare and access to supports for those with disabilities and additional needs are among the top issues that come up on the doorsteps in Clondalkin. Access to school places is also a big issue in this area, where public services do not seem to have kept pace with population growth. Both Eoin Ó Broins say the heat has somewhat gone out of the issue of immigration, relative to the local elections in June; this mirrors what heard However, immigration is definitely still on the agenda, and it’s raised a few times with Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin. He pushes back hard against the idea that immigrants are being prioritised on the housing list, as one Sinn Féin voter alleges, telling the man that that “every single one of those families” waited on the list for the same length of time as Irish families. “The only people who get council houses are people who have a legal right to reside and work with the state,” he says. However at another house (also voting Sinn Féin) he criticises the government for not consulting with the local community on a nearby accommodation centre for people seeking international protection. He tells a couple who say they’re concerned about the safety of women in the area that “a lot of concerns that you have, which are genuine concerns, can be addressed” through immigration being “properly managed”. “It’s the fear of not knowing what’s going on in your own community, and that’s why, for me, community engagement and consultation is key, right? People are gonna come, right? You can’t stop people coming, but what you have to make sure is when people arrive to claim international protection, there’s a proper process,” Ó Broin tells them. It is understood there have not been any incidents affecting the safety of local residents involving residents of this accommodation centre. Sinn Féin’s immigration manifesto, launched last week, promises to take the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants into complete state control, and pledges that new purpose built centres will not be located in deprived communities. Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin explains that to protect “community cohesion”, good quality accommodation has to provided in communities that “have capacity”, not in those that have been marginalised, and which are struggling already with a lack of basic infrastructure. He says these areas are identifiable using the produced by Pobal, the state’s social inclusion agency. By that metric, would areas in this constituency be suitable for new centres – in, say, Lucan, much of which is classified as “affluent” or “very affluent” by Pobal? Ó Broin seems to accept this could indeed by the case, telling that “the definition of ‘deprived’ is objective, and it has to be”, and adding that “large parts of Dublin city” would be deemed suitable for new centres under Sinn Féin’s plan. However, he adds that Sinn Féin would additionally require audits of local services to check whether there are enough school places and GP places before new accommodation for international protection applicants is approved. It sounds like you could rule out almost every area of Dublin with those additional criteria? “No, I don’t believe that,” Ó Broin says, reiteriating that he “absolutely” believes there are areas of Dublin that would right now be suitable for new asylum accommodation. He adds that while he advocates for more community consultation, he does not believe anyone should get a “veto” in the same way that nobody gets to veto Irish people moving into their area. “It’s about respect. It’s about engagement. It’s about talking to people, letting people know what the plan is,” he says. Sinn Féin wants to lead Ireland’s first left-wing government after the election, so if it gets enough seats there’s no doubt Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns will be getting a call from her counterpart, Mary Lou McDonald. For her part, Cairns has indicated she hasn’t ruled out taking that call and talking to Sinn Féin. What do the two Eoin Ó Broins think are the biggest points of difference between their parties? Sinn Féin’s Ó Broin says: “Sinn Fein is the only political party that can lead an alternative government of change. So if people want a change of government, they really need to think wisely as to where they give that vote.” He adds that there are “significant policy differences” between the two parties; the examples he gives are USC (Sinn Féin wants to reduce this tax and the Social Democrats don’t) and the fact that a united Ireland is a “key part of [Sinn Féin's] agenda”. He acknowledges that on healthcare and childcare the two parties’ policies “chime”, but claims Sinn Féin’s housing and other policies are more comprehensive. The other Eoin Ó Broin says the Social Democrats are a “coherent, centre-left party in an international left-wing tradition, whereas Sinn Féin struggle to define where they are politically”. “Migration is a good example,” he says, instancing Sinn Féin’s election literature ahead of the June local elections, which stated that the party was opposed to open borders. “That’s rhetoric borrowed from the United States. The EU has open borders by default. There’s an open border with Northern Ireland that they fought very hard to keep. So it’s that kind of inconsistency, I would say, which differentiates us,” the Social Democrats’ Ó Broin says. He adds that he believes it to be “disingenuous to people” for Sinn Féin “put it out there that we can have a society without property taxes or carbon taxes”. “We’re solid that we want healthcare, education, childcare, elderly care, to be available free at the point of use and paid for by tax, and we’re strong on the environment as well,” he adds. in this election, so Sinn Féin will be hoping it can once again return two TDs, Ó Broin and Mark Ward. Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins will also try to bring in a running mate, while Fianna Fáil, which lost its seat in 2020, is also running two candidates. People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny is running again. The Social Democrats aren’t the only party to have poached an Independent councillor – Labour has nabbed Clondalkin’s longstanding council poll-topper, Francis Timmons. Independent councillor and former Green Party TD Paul Gogarty, who topped the poll in the June elections in Lucan, could benefit from the fact that the incumbent TDs skew to the Clondalkin end of the constituency, while Independent Ireland councillor Linda de Courcey is running on an immigration platform. There are also candidates from the Greens and Aontú, as well as the anti-EU Irish Freedom Party and anti-immigration Irish People Party, along with other Independents.Daniel Jones Next Team Odds: Contenders jockeying for QB?

Shares of Chinese retailer MINISO Group Holdings Inc. ($MNSO) were up nearly 7% on Wednesday afternoon (1:40 pm ET) ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings and the holiday season, lifting retail sentiment. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenues of $631.04 million. The company has missed EPS estimates twice out of the last four quarters. For the last quarter, its EPS stood at $0.26, missing estimates. Retail sentiment has turned 'bullish' (72/100) from 'neutral' (50/100) a month ago. Message volumes have inched up to 'extremely high' from 'high.' China-based MINISO is a seller of lifestyle and pop toy products. Its brands include the namesake brand of Miniso, and Top Toy. "The year of 2024 marks the first year of our five-year strategic plan. I am pleased to see that in the past six months, all of our businesses have made firm progress in accordance with the five-year strategic plan and our performance has met the expectations at the beginning of the year," Guofu Ye, founder, chairman, and CEO of MINISO, said in a statement at the time of its last results. Earlier this month, the company said it would host an extraordinary general meeting of its shareholders on Jan. 17 for the purposes of seeking approval for its proposed acquisition of shares of Yonghui Superstores Co. In September, a wholly-owned PRC subsidiary had entered into share purchase agreements with certain existing shareholders of Yonghui to buy an aggregate of 29.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Yonghui, according to a company statement. MINISO had more than 6,868 stores as of June 30, 2024. MINISO stock is down 6% year-to-date.

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was limited with the right shoulder injury that sidelined him last week and there is growing concern about the long-term status of left tackle Trent Williams. Wednesday's practice was not the start to the NFL workweek head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped after Purdy was unable to bounce back from a shoulder injury in Week 11. Brandon Allen started at Green Bay and the 49ers (5-6) lost 38-10 with the backup-turned-starter committing three turnovers. Williams was reportedly spotted in the locker room with a knee scooter and is experiencing pain walking. He played through an ankle injury against the Seattle Seahawks Nov. 17. Defensive end Nick Bosa (hip, oblique) also missed practice Wednesday, leaving the 49ers to spend the holiday plotting to play the Buffalo Bills (9-2) without the three Pro Bowlers again. "I don't know anyone who gets Thanksgiving off unless maybe you have a Monday night game. You just start a lot earlier and get the players out," Shanahan said. "We cram everything in so the players get out, tries to be home with the family by 5. I usually get home by 7 and they're all mad at me, then get back to red-zone (installation)." The 49ers are in danger of a three-game losing streak for the first time since Oct. 2021. Injuries have been a common thread since September when running back Christian McCaffrey was a surprise scratch with an Achilles injury for the opener. Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (ACL) is out for the season at a position dinged from top to bottom. Star linebacker Fred Warner also is ailing and said Wednesday that he fractured a bone in his ankle on Sept. 29 against the New England Patriots. The game against the Bills will mark his eighth straight game playing with the injury. "It's something I deal with every game," Warner said. "I get on that table before every game and get it shot up every single game just to be able to roll. But it's not an excuse. It's just what it is. That's the NFL. You're not going to be healthy. You've got to go out there, you've got to find ways to execute, to play at a high level and to win every single week." Shanahan wasn't interested in injury talk. He said the 49ers have not played well in the past two weeks, and puts part of his focus on getting more out of the running game with snow in the forecast on Sunday night. He's not in agreement with pundits who doubt McCaffrey's ability early into his return from injured reserve, with a per-carry average of 3.5 yards compared to 5.4 in 2023. "The speculation on Christian is a little unfair to him," Shanahan said. "Christian is playing very well. He's playing his ass off. To think a guy who misses the entire offseason is going to come back and be the exact same the day he comes back would be unfair to any player in the world." San Francisco opened the 21-day practice window for linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who tore his Achilles in the Super Bowl in February. His return date is unclear. --Field Level MediaMonday Night Football: Jaire Alexander is inactive for Packers vs. Saints