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At just 27 years old, Rashford has already achieved a level of success and recognition that most players can only dream of. His weekly salary of £300,000 puts him among the highest-paid athletes in the world, reflecting his importance and value to Manchester United. With a market value of €60 million, Rashford is considered a valuable asset not just for his current club but for any potential suitors looking to acquire his services.
Arivalayam unleashes blitz against actor Vijay after 'monarchy' jibeRussell Westbrook Makes NBA History for the Denver NuggetsSaharaReporters learnt that the panel was "quietly disbanded" after it upheld the Rivers State Local Government elections conducted by the administration of Fubara. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nyesom Wike, who is in a protracted political war with his former godson and governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has ordered the secret dissolution of the Special Court of Appeal in the FCT that gave a favourable ruling on the Rivers State Local Government Elections. SaharaReporters learnt that the panel was "quietly disbanded" after it upheld the Rivers State Local Government elections conducted by the administration of Fubara. SaharaReporters had reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja nullified a judgement of the Federal High Court that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from releasing the voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the conduct of local elections in the state. The appellate court panel, led by Onyekachi Otisi, had held on Thursday that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The court had held that Section 28 of the Electoral Act does not accommodate elections conducted by state governments but only federal elections, governorships, and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory. "The Electoral Act does not apply to local government elections and the lower court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the appeal,” the panel had held. SaharaReporters had also reported that Governor Fubara approached the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to overturn the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from releasing monthly allocations to Rivers State. "The panel that sat to hear the new appeal was headed by Justice Hamah Barka and it also has Justice Adebukola Banjoko and Justice Peter C. Obiora. Wike got upset and reached out to Senior Judicial officers and fixers. He secretly disbanded the first panel that gave the favourable ruling," a top source informed SaharaReporters. "Ironically Justice Barka had recused himself from the Rivers State issue in the panel earlier set for the same purpose saying he was under attack by some forces claiming he was compromised," the source further revealed. "The new panel approved by Wike is litigating on the matter from Abuja Where Wike's wife is also a senior judge," it was furthe revealed. "Wike is also enraged over the decision of the accountant general to pay Rivers allocation based on what he claimed was a mere “stay of execution." SaharaReporters had noted that the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government backtracked after it first said it would halt the October monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) revenue payment to Rivers State, citing a court order as the reason. According to Bawa Mokwa, Spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the decision to stop the payment is in respect of the court order, which bars the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian government from disbursing monthly allocations to the Rivers State government. The court order was obtained by the factional Rivers State Assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, who had filed an originating summons against the Rivers State Executive, under the leadership of Simi Fubara. The Amaewhule faction had alleged that the Rivers State Executive was yet to comply with the order of a Federal High Court directing it to re-present the 2024 appropriation bill to the faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly. Mokwa, who spoke on Friday, emphasised that the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) would respect the court order, following due diligence until a contrary order is issued. She later on cited a subsisting appeal saying that the allocation could not be stopped. The FAAC typically disburses revenue to the three tiers of government, including states, local governments, and the federal government. Governor Siminalayi Fubara had approached the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja to overturn the judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from releasing monthly allocations to Rivers State. The governor, through his team of lawyers led by Mr. Yusuf Ali, SAN, prayed to a three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Hamma Barka, to set aside a subsisting order of the High Court that compelled CBN from his state’s monthly allocation. The governor claimed the High Court judgement was given in bad faith. He urged the appellate court to allow his appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/1303/2024, and nullify adverse orders that Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court made against the state in the judgement she delivered on October 30.
Robin Miller, a fixture in the Vacaville community for years, is back home with the Reporter. Miller has rejoined the team at The Reporter as News Editor, bringing a wealth of experience in communications to the position. “We have hoped for years to have Robin back home with us,” said Reporter Executive Editor Jack F.K. Bungart. “Robin knows this community and Solano County like the back of her hand. Her return is great news for us, and even better news for the residents of this city.” Miller completed a double major in Government and Journalism, earning her bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento. For the past nine years, she worked in Marketing and Communications as a social media/online specialist with a local nonprofit healthcare organization. Prior to that she worked 30 years in newspapers, including a six-year stint as Managing Editor of The Reporter. Through those years she never lost her passion for community journalism. “It’s important work and my passion for community journalism drives me to enthusiastically cover local stories, give a voice to those who might otherwise go unheard, and strengthen the bonds in our community through truthful, fair and balanced reporting,” said Miller. On a personal note, Miller and her husband, Matt, raised both of their sons in Vacaville and are thrilled to be brand new grandparents.ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Maddie Zimmer and Ilse Tromp both had two goals and an assist in the first half and Northwestern beat Saint Joseph's 5-0 in the championship match of the NCAA Division-I women's field hockey tournament at Phyllis Ocker Field on Sunday. It was the second championship for the second-seeded Wildcats (23-1-0), who have played for the title in four straight seasons. Northwestern beat Liberty 2-0 in 2021 before losing to North Carolina the past two seasons. No. 4 seed Saint Joseph's (20-4-0) was in uncharted waters with its first trip to the final. The Hawks eliminated top-seeded North Carolina in the semifinals to advance. The Tar Heels have won the championship in half of their 22 trips to the final. Northwestern grabbed the lead 6:25 into the first quarter when Zimmer used an assist from Tromp to score. Zimmer had an assist on Olivia Bent-Cole's eighth goal of the season for a 2-0 advantage, and Tromp found the net with 25 seconds left with assists from Lauren Hunter and Ashley Sessa for a 3-0 lead. Hunter and Sessa again had the helpers on Zimmer's 10th goal of the campaign, and Hunter and Regan Cornelius assisted on Tromp's 11th goal of the season 2:42 later for a 5-0 lead at halftime and that was that. Annabel Skubisz finished with her school-record 14th shutout of the season for Northwestern. Zimmer and Tromp are the second duo to score multiple goals for their school in a championship match. Zimmer was named the tournament MVP. It was the second championship for Wildcats coach Tracey Fuchs. Northwestern joins North Carolina and Old Dominion as the only schools to reach the championship match in four straight seasons. Six schools have won multiple titles.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Brandon Nunez threw just two passes, each for a score, and New Mexico State beat Middle Tennessee 36-21 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak. Nunez tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Seth McGowan to give the Aggies a 20-7 lead midway through the third quarter. After Middle Tennessee pulled to 26-21 early in the fourth, Nunez tossed a 4-yard TD pass to Cooper Sheehan that made it 33-21 with 7:43 left. Parker Awad completed 12 of 16 passes for 221 yards for New Mexico State (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA). McGowan finished with 83 yards rushing. Mike Washington also had a touchdown run and Dylan Early a 30-yard pick-6 for the Aggies. Nicholas Vattiato was 30-of-45 passing for 277 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Middle Tennessee (3-8, 2-5), which has lost three of its last four. __ Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout the season. Sign up here ___ AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
NoneHe is not yet in power but President-elect Donald Trump rattled much of the world with an off-hours warning of stiff tariffs on close allies and China -- a loud hint that Trump-style government by social media post is coming back. With word of these levies against goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China, Trump sent auto industry stocks plummeting, raised fears for global supply chains and unnerved the world's major economies.
US stocks surged on Friday with the Dow Jones rising 426 points amid risk-on trade momentum. Bitcoin neared $100,000, driving speculative asset interest alongside stock market gains. Nvidia's earnings and a low-volatility week contributed to the positive market outlook. US stocks jumped on Friday, with the Dow Jones surging 426 points to a record close as investors' risk-on trade gained steam. All three major averages were up about 2% for the week, rebounding from last week's decline. The stock market surge came amid an ongoing risk-on frenzy for speculative assets, namely bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The price of bitcoin is on the verge of cracking the $100,000 milestone, hitting a record high of $99,772 on Friday. With Nvidia's third-quarter earnings results out and a low-volatility week ahead with the Thanksgiving holiday, stocks are gravitating higher. Here's where US indexes stood at the 4:00 p.m. closing bell on Friday: S&P 500 : 5,969.34, up 0.35% Dow Jones Industrial Average : 44,296.39, up 0.97% (+426.16 points) Nasdaq composite : 19,003.65, up 0.16% Fundstrat's Tom Lee called Nvidia's earnings release a "clearing event" for the stock market. Investors now have the opportunity to focus on other factors, like the Fed cutting interest rates and the incoming business-friendly Trump administration. Lee said in a Friday note that there are "general 'animal spirits' given Republican White House and Senate" in January. That should be supportive for further gains in the stock market, according to Lee. With Nvidia the last remaining high-profile firm to report results earlier this week, investors can now assess the big takeaways from earnings season. With 96% of S&P 500 companies having reported earnings, 77% beat profit estimates by a median of 6%, while 59% beat revenue estimates by a median of 4%, according to data from Fundstrat. Here's what else happened today: These 6 stocks will benefit from the next wave of AI developments, according to BofA. CHART: Nvidia's revenue has exploded to just over $35 billion in the third quarter. The Fed should sell its gold reserves and buy bitcoin, Sen. Cynthia Lummis said. Here's why Michael Saylor expects bitcoin to hit $13 million by 2045. The odds of a pause in Fed interest rate cuts next month is rising. In commodities, bonds, and crypto: West Texas Intermediate crude oil jumped 1.50% to $71.15 a barrel. Brent crude , the international benchmark, was higher by 1.06% to $75.02 a barrel. Gold increased 1.28% to $2,708.90 an ounce. The 10-year Treasury yield was flat at 4.42%. Bitcoin increased 0.70% to $99,126.Defensively, the Best XI features the solid presence of Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich, and Manchester City's Ruben Dias, all of whom have been instrumental in their teams' defensive stability and success. Their leadership, composure, and ability to thwart opposition attacks have been key in establishing them as some of the best defenders in the world.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Brandon Nunez threw just two passes, each for a score, and New Mexico State beat Middle Tennessee 36-21 on Saturday to end a three-game losing streak. Nunez tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Seth McGowan to give the Aggies a 20-7 lead midway through the third quarter. After Middle Tennessee pulled to 26-21 early in the fourth, Nunez tossed a 4-yard TD pass to Cooper Sheehan that made it 33-21 with 7:43 left. Parker Awad completed 12 of 16 passes for 221 yards for New Mexico State (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA). McGowan finished with 83 yards rushing. Mike Washington also had a touchdown run and Dylan Early a 30-yard pick-6 for the Aggies. Nicholas Vattiato was 30-of-45 passing for 277 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Middle Tennessee (3-8, 2-5), which has lost three of its last four. __ Get alerts on the latest AP Top 25 poll throughout the season. Sign up here ___ AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballMPS Loria Financial Planners LLC cut its stake in shares of Amazon.com, Inc. ( NASDAQ:AMZN – Free Report ) by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,906 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after selling 285 shares during the quarter. Amazon.com accounts for about 0.6% of MPS Loria Financial Planners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest holding. MPS Loria Financial Planners LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $2,032,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Amazon.com by 1.9% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 785,811,114 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $141,744,609,000 after acquiring an additional 14,724,687 shares during the period. Swedbank AB bought a new stake in shares of Amazon.com in the first quarter worth about $2,239,757,000. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in Amazon.com by 64.6% during the 1st quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 29,359,677 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $5,295,899,000 after purchasing an additional 11,524,463 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 8.5% in the 1st quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 86,982,857 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $15,689,968,000 after buying an additional 6,810,145 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in Amazon.com by 13,606.7% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 3,932,580 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock worth $759,971,000 after buying an additional 3,903,889 shares during the period. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of brokerages recently commented on AMZN. Telsey Advisory Group upped their target price on Amazon.com from $215.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 1st. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $197.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Amazon.com from $265.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Benchmark increased their price target on shares of Amazon.com from $200.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $235.77. Insider Buying and Selling at Amazon.com In other news, SVP David Zapolsky sold 2,190 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.00, for a total value of $427,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 62,420 shares in the company, valued at $12,171,900. This represents a 3.39 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link . Also, Director Jonathan Rubinstein sold 4,766 shares of Amazon.com stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $209.85, for a total value of $1,000,145.10. Following the transaction, the director now owns 94,630 shares in the company, valued at $19,858,105.50. This trade represents a 4.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 6,011,423 shares of company stock valued at $1,249,093,896. Insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock. Amazon.com Stock Performance Shares of AMZN opened at $197.12 on Friday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a one year low of $142.81 and a one year high of $215.90. The business has a fifty day moving average of $193.00 and a 200 day moving average of $186.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 42.21, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.14. Amazon.com ( NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.43 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.29. Amazon.com had a net margin of 8.04% and a return on equity of 22.41%. The firm had revenue of $158.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.28 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.85 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 5.27 EPS for the current year. 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November 26, 2024 This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlightedthe following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread by Andreas Rothe, Institute of Science and Technology Austria Virus. When you hear the word, you probably shudder. But not all viruses are bad or cause disease. Some are even used for therapeutic applications or vaccination. In basic research, they are often employed to infect certain cells, genetically modify them, or visualize neurons in the organism's central nervous system (CNS)—the command center made up of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. The highlighting process now finally works in amphibians. This has been shown in a new study published in Developmental Cell by an international EDGE consortium jointly led by the Sweeney Lab at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and the Tosches Lab at Columbia University. The researchers established a new technique that uses adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) to track a frog's nervous system throughout its metamorphosis—a developmental transition from the early tadpole stages to its adult form. A breakthrough that can help usher amphibian neurobiology into a new era. Swimming vs. walking David Vijatovic and Lora Sweeney enter a laboratory full of water tanks. Vijatovic taps on one of them. Inside, a small mottled greenish-brown African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) appears. Its limbs are prominent, gracefully maneuvering and gripping its surroundings. In another tank, tadpoles are swirling around using simple swimming motions. It is remarkable to think that one transforms into the other. "Frogs undergo metamorphosis," Sweeney says, "making them a great model organism for studying the transition between two movement modes—swimming and walking." A frog's development spans over 12 to 16 weeks, giving scientists time to study each stage. During these weeks, a frog embryo develops to a young tadpole, a tadpole with two legs, and a young froglet with four legs before reaching the adult stage. "By looking at the several stages of development, we can investigate these locomotive behaviors and the underlying changes in the nervous system," Vijatovic adds. Just like an electrical circuit: How frogs are wired An organism's nervous system is referred to as the neural circuit because it resembles an electrical circuit . "Nerve cells (neurons) are connected to other neurons, transmitting electrical information. How we behave, what we sense, and how we interact with the world are the product of the way our neurons communicate with each other within these circuits," explains Sweeney. The critical piece is how the circuit is wired. We know that neurons are connected but which neuron connects to which? Which other cells does a single cell talk to, and what messages does it convey? To learn more about this wiring, researchers have been using viruses, proven to be a powerful tool. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are ideal in that regard. They are non-pathogenic while being able to infect a wide range of cell types, including neurons. AAVs can be modified to glow in bright green fluorescent colors under the microscope as they travel along neurons, whether in retrograde (backward, from the synapse toward the cell body) or anterograde (forward, from the cell body toward the synapse). In other words, AAVs can be used to illuminate the neural circuit from the broadcasting end to the receiving end or vice-versa. "This is a common technique used in neuroscience, especially in well-studied organisms like mice. For amphibians, it was thought that it could not be done," says Vijatovic. That was the general belief until now. Discover the latest in science, tech, and space with over 100,000 subscribers who rely on Phys.org for daily insights. Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates on breakthroughs, innovations, and research that matter— daily or weekly . The power of scientific collaboration To make AAV labeling work in amphibians, Sweeney and Vijatovic joined forces with an international team of scientists from Maria Tosches' group at Columbia University, where the study's other two co-first authors Eliza Jaeger and Astrid Deryckere are based. The consortium also included researchers from Tel Aviv University, the University of Utah, the Scripps Research Institute, and the California Institute of Technology. The researchers put their heads together, drew expertise from each other, visited conferences, had countless Zoom calls, and came up with different perspectives and ideas. "When you start researching an organism that is not yet well understood, it is great to have a community where you can share information," says Sweeney. They screened existing AAVs to find what was suitable for amphibians and optimized the infecting strategy eventually developing a "how-to guide" for frogs and newts. Vijatovic summarizes his Ph.D. journey, "We started with young tadpoles, made our way to older tadpoles, and finally moved to juvenile and then adult frogs as well as adult newts. We tailored the tool to each life stage." Comparing frogs to humans: What this research says about us With this new technique, the scientists managed to apply AAVs for tracing neuron connections in amphibians. This will help them find out more about how the amphibian brain compares to that of mammals. Besides that, the new approach also opens doors to further analyzing neuronal development. With some of the screened AAV variants, the researchers can label progenitor cells at a specific point in time during the circuit's development and follow them to see what neurons they become. "This way, we can resolve the whole circuit by its development, see how it changes over time, and how the whole nervous system is built," Sweeney says. Although amphibians and mammals last shared a common ancestor about 360 million years ago, they share common traits. "By comparing the details of a frog's nervous system to a human's, we can see what we don't have and what we have," Sweeney continues. This knowledge can help us understand how the human nervous system became specialized over time. "The better we understand the basic building blocks of the nervous system, the more we understand how we can replace them during disease and injury." More information: Eliza C.B. Jaeger et al, Adeno-associated viral tools to trace neural development and connectivity across amphibians, Developmental Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.10.025 Journal information: Developmental Cell Provided by Institute of Science and Technology Austria