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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Keller Boothby’s 16 points helped William & Mary defeat Navy 82-76 on Sunday. Boothby went 6 of 8 from the field (4 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Tribe (6-7). Gabe Dorsey scored 16 points and added three steals. Noah Collier went 7 of 9 from the field to finish with 14 points, while adding seven rebounds. Austin Benigni finished with 16 points for the Midshipmen (3-10). Jinwoo Kim added 15 points for Navy. Donovan Draper had 14 points and seven rebounds. The loss was the Midshipmen’s sixth in a row. Collier scored 10 points in the first half for William & Mary, who led 41-33 at the break. William & Mary took the lead for good with 3:03 left in the second half on a layup from Dorsey to make it a 73-71 game. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Emotion Analytics Market Unlocking Deeper Consumer Insights Through AIPotter 3-5 2-2 8, C.Welling 6-10 8-12 21, Leonhardt 4-5 2-2 11, Nelson 3-11 4-7 10, Toolson 1-8 2-2 4, Grady 4-9 0-2 8, Green 1-1 5-8 7, Wells 3-7 0-0 6, H.Welling 1-3 0-0 2, Taitz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 23-35 77. K.Griffin 5-14 0-0 11, Williams-Dryden 8-11 2-4 18, Davis 5-13 3-4 16, M.Griffin 1-1 0-0 2, D.Johnson 1-3 1-1 3, Ballard 1-3 1-2 3, Noel 4-7 4-4 14, Hardewig 2-3 0-0 5, Releford 1-2 0-0 2, Watson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-58 11-15 74. Halftime_Utah Valley St. 34-32. 3-Point Goals_Utah Valley St. 2-11 (Leonhardt 1-1, C.Welling 1-2, H.Welling 0-1, Grady 0-2, Nelson 0-2, Toolson 0-3), West Georgia 7-19 (Davis 3-4, Noel 2-3, Hardewig 1-2, K.Griffin 1-6, D.Johnson 0-1, Watson 0-1, Ballard 0-2). Fouled Out_Davis, Ballard. Rebounds_Utah Valley St. 37 (C.Welling 11), West Georgia 24 (K.Griffin 6). Assists_Utah Valley St. 13 (Leonhardt, Nelson 3), West Georgia 16 (D.Johnson 4). Total Fouls_Utah Valley St. 14, West Georgia 25. A_177 (6,500).
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Monday. Several big technology companies helped support the gains, including chip companies Nvidia and Broadcom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1%. Honda’s U.S.-listed shares rose sharply after the company said it was in talks about a combination with Nissan in a deal that could also include Mitsubishi Motors. Eli Lilly rose after announcing that regulators approved Zepbound as the first prescription medicine for adults with sleep apnea. Treasury yields rose in the bond market. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Major stock indexes rose on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday, after a choppy start to a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from an early slide to gain 29 points, or 0.1% as of 3:40 p.m. Eastern time. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. Gains in technology and communications stocks helped outweigh losses in consumer goods companies and elsewhere in the market. Semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose enormous valuation gives it an outsize influence on indexes, rose 3.3%. Broadcom climbed 5.5% to also help support the broader market. Walmart fell 2% and PepsiCo slid 1.2%. Japanese automakers Honda Motor and Nissan said they are talking about combining in a deal that might also include Mitsubishi Motors. U.S.-listed shares in Honda jumped 13.4%, while Nissan slipped 0.2%. Eli Lilly rose 3.5% after announcing that regulators approved Zepbound as the first and only prescription medicine for adults with sleep apnea. Department store Nordstrom fell 1.6% after it agreed to be taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group in a $6.25 billion deal. The Conference Board said that consumer confidence slipped in December. Its consumer confidence index fell back to 104.7 from 112.8 in November. Wall Street was expecting a reading of 113.8. The unexpectedly weak consumer confidence update follows several generally strong economic reports last week. One report showed the overall economy grew at a 3.1% annualized rate during the summer, faster than earlier thought. The latest report on unemployment benefit applications showed that the job market remains solid. A report on Friday said a measure of inflation the Federal Reserve likes to use was slightly lower last month than economists expected. Worries about inflation edging higher again had been weighing on Wall Street and the Fed. The central bank just delivered its third cut to interest rates this year, but inflation has been hovering stubbornly above its target of 2%. It has signaled that it could deliver fewer cuts to interest rates next year than it earlier anticipated because of concerns over inflation. Expectations for more interest rate cuts have helped drive a roughly 25% gain for the S&P 500 in 2024. That drive included 57 all-time highs this year. Inflation concerns have added to uncertainties heading into 2025, which include the labor market's path ahead and shifting economic policies under an incoming President Donald Trump. "Put simply, much of the strong market performance prior to last week was driven by expectations that a best-case scenario was the base case for 2025," said Brent Schutte, chief investment officer at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company Treasury yields rose in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.59% from 4.53% late Friday. European markets were mostly lower, while markets in Asia gained ground. Wall Street has several other economic reports to look forward to this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. will release its November report for sales of newly constructed homes. A weekly update on unemployment benefits is expected on Thursday. Markets in the U.S. will close at 1 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday for Christmas Eve and will remain closed on Wednesday for Christmas. Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga, The Associated PressJimmy Carter, the 39th president and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, has died at 100
The stink from the Nuggets’ performance Monday might linger in Ball Arena for a while. “We’re not flushing,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said of quickly moving on after Monday’s 145-118 loss to the Knicks. “You don’t flush when you get embarrassed. You don’t flush when you gave up 145 points. You don’t flush when you didn’t play hard, you didn’t play with effort, you didn’t play with physicality. I’m not flushing anything.” Maybe it’s a good thing the Nuggets didn’t formally hold practice before departing for Wednesday’s game in Utah. The Knicks came to Denver after a surprising loss to a Jazz team that took a 4-12 record into their game Tuesday. Denver returned home Sunday after spending Saturday night in Los Angeles following a win that moved Malone past Doug Moe for the franchise record. Jamal Murray confident consistency is coming | NBA Insider “Regardless of who’s in, who’s out, who do we want to be as a team? Leadership would be great. Toughness would be great. Physicality would be great. Playing like you actually care would be great. We didn’t do that tonight,” Malone said. “We played like we won a game in LA, and we could just show up tonight.” Malone pointed to two other recent performances that raised concerns. First was a 15-point loss to a Memphis team without Ja Morant on Nov. 17, a game that Nikola Jokic also missed. Then, there was the first half of Friday’s game against Dallas where the Mavericks led by 20 at halftime. Monday, the issue spanned all four quarters, resulting in Denver’s fourth home loss in nine games at Ball Arena to start the season. Last season, the Nuggets lost a total of eight games at home. “We didn’t show up tonight,” Jokic said. “It was one team today playing basketball.” There was no disputing the source of Monday’s struggles, as Jamal Murray and Jokic agreed there was nothing the coaches could do with that kind of effort from the players. Next the Nuggets go to Utah with plans of leaving Monday’s odorous performance in the past. “They just lost. They come back and win considerably. It’s the same thing we’re going to do next game,” Murray said. “It’s energy. It’s effort. It’s discipline. It’s how much you want it. It’s how much you care. We didn’t have that tonight.” Michael Malone leads Nuggets past Lakers, moves atop Denver's win list Monday’s loss dropped Denver into the play-in spots if the postseason started Tuesday. Fortunately for the Nuggets, there’s plenty of time to turn things around, but they’re clearly behind schedule. “Sixteen games in, and we’re talking about effort. We’re talking about toughness. We’re talking about physicality,” Malone said. “We’re just fooling ourselves. Yes, they’re a good team, but if that’s the effort we’re going to give forth, we won’t even be close to being a playoff team.” Nuggets' injury report Peyton Watson - probable (right adductor strain) Aaron Gordon - out (right calf strain) Vlatko Cancar - out (left knee sprain) DaRon Holmes II - out (right Achilles tendon repair) Jalen Pickett - out (G League) Spencer Jones - out (G League)
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A top cancer surgeon allegedly duped her Upper East Side relative struggling with dementia into changing her will to inherit her $749,000 Carnegie Hill co-op, according to a lawsuit. Ann Marie Egloff is trying to sell off Jo Ann Paganetti’s one bedroom pad, despite objections from Paganetti’s daughter, Georgia Lee Sarah Andrews, who sued the Boston doctor Nov. 27 in a bid to stop the sale. Paganetti began showing signs of severe dementia in 2018, after suffering a stroke, Andrews said in her Manhattan Supreme Court filing. Despite giving Andrews up for adoption in 1966, Paganetti had long pursued a relationship with her biological daughter, making her the beneficiary of her 1986 will, and left her the East 94th street co-op, Andrews contended in the legal papers. Egloff 58, a doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, got involved in July 2023, when Paganetti, a former Fashion Institute of Technology professor, landed in the Upper East Side Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. That month, a lawyer representing Egloff showed up and tried to get Paganetti to sign what appeared to be estate planning papers — over the objection of her doctors and while the older woman was “under the influence of psychotropic medication,” according to the lawsuit. “Dr. Egloff throughout her involvement in the decedent’s affairs took steps to isolate the decedent from the rest of her family,” Andrews said in court papers. A trust was established in March, and the co-op shares were transferred into it by April 18 by AKAM Living Services, a property management firm, who were also named as defendants. DNA testing showed all three women were related, but it’s unclear how. Egloff was Paganetti’s mother’s maiden name. Egloff, through her attorney, also challenged whether Andrews was biologically related to Paganetti soon after the woman’s death at 86 on April 30. Andrews wants a court to stop the sale of her mom’s apartment, which was put on the market last month and in contract by Nov. 8. Egloff, a neck and head cancer specialist who is also affiliated with Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, said she was unaware of the lawsuit before declining further comment.After loss, Packers eye new narrative vs. top teams
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Thiago Messi, the eldest son of the Argentina star, has made his debut in the “Newell’s Cup” tournament in the countryside city of Rosario. The 12-year-old Messi played with the No. 10 jersey of an Inter Miami youth team, which lost 1-0 on Monday to host Newell’s Old Boys in the traditional under-13 competition. The team also played Tuesday. Lionel Messi took his first steps as a footballer in the Argentinian club in Rosario, 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of capital Buenos Aires. Thiago's mother, Antonela Roccuzzo, and several members of his family, including grandparents Jorge Messi and Celia Cuccittini, were in the stands to watch him play. Lionel Messi did not attend. Thiago, who was substituted in the second half, played with his friend Benjamín Suárez, son of Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, Messi's teammate and close friend at Barcelona and now at Inter Miami. Messi and Suárez are in Rosario after Inter Miami’s early elimination in the MLS playoffs. On Sunday, they watched a friendly game of Inter Miami's U13 team against Unión at the same sports complex. The youth tournament in Argentina brings together eight teams from North and South America. AP soccer:Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. What to know about ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders. The truce that is set to take effect early Wednesday raised hopes and renewed difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict. Hezbollah leaders also signaled tentative backing for the U.S.-brokered deal, which offers both sides an off-ramp from hostilities But the deal does little directly to resolve the much deadlier war that has raged in Gaza since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel last October. Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime. WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada as he seeks to portray them as responsible for illegal immigration and drug smuggling. Over its tenure, the Biden administration has struggled with growing numbers of migrants arriving at the southern border. But this year, the number of people crossing the border without documents has actually been falling. That's due in part to stricter enforcement by Mexican authorities as well as asylum restrictions announced earlier this year by the Biden administration. When it comes to fentanyl smuggling, much of the deadly supply comes from Mexico though statistics show more than 86% of those sentenced for fentanyl trafficking crimes in the 12 months ending September 2023 were U.S. citizens. AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces. Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, wasn’t alone. The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page highlighted the same report as evidence that extremists in military communities were “phantoms” created by a “false media narrative.” The X account for Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee posted that the study showed the focus on extremism in the military was a “witch hunt.” But The Associated Press has found that the study relied on old data, misleading analyses and ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion. How Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump's political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. The move just weeks after Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are revaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business. The risk associated with some of programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed. Brazil’s Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their 884-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. Bolsonaro called a meeting in December 2022, during which he presented a draft decree to the commanders of the three divisions of the armed forces, that would have declared the vote fraudulent, to justify a possible military intervention. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. It would give millions of people access to weekly injectables that have helped people shed pounds so quickly that some people have labeled them miracle drugs. New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV. That's according to a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials. Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule takes effect Wednesday. It's expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status, by increasing the pool of available organs. The practice is supported by a decade of research, during which 500 transplants of kidneys and livers from HIV-positive donors have been done in the U.S. Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision.
India’s successful test of its newly inducted nuclear-powered INS Arighaat, equipped with a K-4 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), marks a significant milestone in its defence capabilities. The K-4 missile boasts an impressive range of 3,500 kilometres, significantly enhancing India’s nuclear deterrence strategy and bolstering its second-strike capability (SSC). This achievement, achieved just months after INS Arighaat’s commissioning in August 2024, underscores India’s growing military prowess in general and naval strength in particular in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The Indo-Pacific and IOR are becoming increasingly important in the global geopolitical arena, with competing interests from the international powers. India’s growing naval capabilities, particularly in the domain of nuclear-powered submarines and SLBMs, offer significant leverage in the ongoing balancing act between these powers while enhancing India’s deterrence capability and ensuring strategic stability in the region. The K-4 Test and Its Strategic Significance India’s nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat, which carries the K-4 missiles (developed by DRDO), is now the second vessel in India’s fleet to be equipped with these advanced ballistic missiles, following INS Arihant (commissioned in 2016). The successful test of the K-4 missile off the Visakhapatnam coast is crucial because it demonstrates India’s ability to conduct full-range tests of its strategic weapons from operational submarines, not just from submersible pontoons or other platforms. The missile, capable of striking targets up to 3,500 kilometres away, significantly enhances India’s nuclear triad , which comprises land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), air-launched weapons, and now, sea-based SLBMs. The K-4 missile system is key in India’s strategic deterrence doctrine. By providing India with a credible SSC, the K-4 ensures that the country can maintain a nuclear deterrent even in the face of a first strike by an adversary. This is crucial for India’s no-first-use (NFU) policy, which commits the country to using nuclear weapons only in retaliation to a nuclear attack. With a more extended range and the ability to be launched from a submerged submarine, the K-4 increases India’s atomic deterrent’s survivability and operational flexibility. It allows Indian nuclear-powered submarines (SSBNs) to remain in secure waters, such as the northern Bay of Bengal, far from potential adversaries’ detection and counter-strike capabilities. The K-4’s range expands India’s strike potential across large parts of both China and Pakistan, ensuring that the country can target high-value assets in these nuclear-armed neighbours while maintaining the operational advantage of its sea-based assets. By boosting the reach of its SSBN fleet, India significantly improves its ability to respond in the event of a nuclear conflict, reinforcing the credibility of its deterrence. Global Peers As India builds and refines its nuclear deterrence capabilities, its growing strategic footprint in the Indo-Pacific and IOR intersects with the interests of other global powers, particularly the United States, China, and Russia. Each nation maintains a unique approach to its respective defence postures and regional influence (Russia has zero or less influence in this region). Still, they also share some common objectives, such as ensuring regional stability and maintaining a robust naval presence in the strategically critical maritime routes that pass through the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea (SCS). The United States, as a global superpower with extensive naval capabilities, has long maintained a strategic presence in the Indo-Pacific. It views the region as critical to its broader geopolitical objectives, particularly in countering China’s increasing influence. The US Navy’s fleet is heavily deployed in this region, and its focus on freedom of navigation and the preservation of regional security has often put it in direct competition with China’s growing maritime assertiveness, particularly in the South China Sea. India and the US share common interests in ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, particularly as both nations seek to counterbalance China’s rising power. The US has been a vital partner in India’s defence modernisation efforts, with increased cooperation in naval exercises, arms sales, and technology sharing. The US recognises India’s burgeoning nuclear deterrence as a pivotal stabilising force in the region, serving as a counterbalance to China’s nuclear and missile capabilities. Nevertheless, the development of India’s K-4 missile and expanding submarine fleet underscores India’s growing independence in defence matters, even as it fortifies its security ties with the US. On the other hand, China perceives India’s advancements in submarine-launched missile systems as a direct challenge to its regional and global ambitions. China has invested heavily in its naval and missile capabilities, including developing its SSBN fleet equipped with long-range SLBMs capable of reaching deep into Indian sea territory. The K-4 missile’s range of 3,500 kilometres is especially significant because it extends India’s reach into China, including critical sites like Beijing , which are within striking distance from secure positions in the Bay of Bengal. This operational advantage significantly alters the security calculus in the region. China’s naval activities in the Indian Ocean have grown in recent years, driven partly by its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and increasing presence in crucial maritime chokepoints. With Chinese naval vessels frequently operating in the Indian Ocean, India views its growing nuclear capabilities as essential for ensuring its strategic autonomy and maintaining a balance of power in the region. India’s successful test of the K-4 missile from INS Arighaat has solidified its position as a critical player in the Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. The test not only strengthens India’s nuclear deterrent but also enhances its ability to project power and influence in an area where the interests of the major powers, such as the US and China, are intertwined. By ensuring its ability to launch nuclear strikes from the sea, India has bolstered its second-strike capability, making it a formidable force in regional security dynamics. As the security environment in the Indo-Pacific continues to evolve, India’s strategic autonomy, coupled with its growing defence capabilities, will ensure that the country remains an important and influential actor in the region. The K-4 missile test is just one of many steps India takes to safeguard its position as a regional power capable of deterring any adversary and maintaining peace and stability in the face of emerging challenges from global powers like China and the US. The author is a PhD candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The views expressed in the above piece are personal and solely those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect Firstpost’s views.
Chromosomal chaos promotes therapy resistance in leukemia cells and opens up new treatment approachesStock market today: Wall Street rises at the start of a holiday-shortened weekNone
A new year is on the horizon, so what better time to look at making some changes to your investment portfolio. But which ASX shares could be good options in 2025? Let's take a look at a couple that Bell Potter has named as best buys for the year ahead. They are as follows: ( ) Bell Potter thinks that a recent pullback in Life360's shares has created a buying opportunity in 2025. Life360 develops and operates a mobile app for families that provides a range of safety features. This includes communications, driving safety and location sharing. The broker highlights that the company has a significant opportunity to monetise its huge (and growing) subscriber base. It said: The app is used globally by over 75 million people and, of these, there are around 7 million paying subscribers. The penetration rate, therefore, is around 10% and the company has a stated long term target of 30% so there is the potential for the paying subscriber base to triple from here. Life360 is also adding new verticals – like advertising, pet and elderly tracking – which provide additional areas of growth. The next potential catalysts are when Life360 releases its Q4/2024 result in February – we expect a strong result towards the upper end of the guidance ranges – and the S&P/ASX index rebalance in March where we see a good chance Life360 will be added to the Top 100. Bell Potter has a buy rating and $26.75 price target on its shares. ( ) Another ASX share that could be a buy according to Bell Potter is Cedar Woods Properties. It sees huge upside in the Perth-based developer's shares at current levels. Particularly given its positive outlook in FY 2025. It said: CWP's pipeline is diversified by product type, price point and geography, enabling them to maintain smooth earnings throughout the cycle to ride the tailwind that is Australia's undersupply of housing. We believe CWP is being held down (trading in-line with NTA vs long-term 30% premium) by noise from larger residential peers, and not being appropriately rated by the market for its exposure (soon to be earnings) to stronger markets such as WA, SA and SEQ. The longstanding management have a track record of being conservative (and beating) guidance, so the 10% NPAT growth target set in August demonstrates the strong level of confidence in how things are going. The broker has a buy rating and $7.20 price target on its shares.Fairfield and Vacaville police several other law enforcement agencies from across the county to arrest 28 civilian protesters at Travis Air Force Base on Thursday morning. At about 6:30 a.m., approximately 50 protesters arrived at Travis Air Force Base to protest what the department described as “issues in the Middle East.” Protesters indicated they were there to protest U.S. involvement in the conflict in Gaza, according to multiple news outlets. The group is protesting the U.S. supply of weapons to the region. “Participants were advised that, while peaceful protests were entirely within the exercise of their constitutional rights, they could not block the roadway,” the department said. “Several protestors ignored this instruction, spilling out into the road and intentionally blocking access to the base.” Six citizens were arrested at the south gate, 20 were arrested at the main gate and two were arrested at the north gate. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Department were also involved with arrests.
Odisha’s Senior BJP Leader Jaynarayan Mishra Accuses Party Of Sidelining HimNo. 21 Creighton's Steven Ashworth doubtful for Players Era Festival opener against AztecsThe Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, weekend inaugurated a state-of-the-art electricity project in Onu-Orie, Obuno Autonomous Community in Akpugo in Nkanu West local government area of Enugu state. Inaugurating the multi-million naira electricity project executed by a leading industrialist, Dr Basil Ogbuanu, Nnaji assured the people of the community of more people-oriented projects. He stated that he would attract more human capital development projects in terms of employment to complement the existing ones he had attracted to the Akpugo axis of the state, which included the Obuno autonomous community. He said: “I do not have money to give, but I can provide human capital development, infrastructure and projects that will impact the people as I have already given more than 100 people from Akpugo axis employment. “I will encourage our people to keep supporting all federal government programmes and policies, always designed to make life easier, better and safer for them. “I want to thank Dr Basil Ogbuanu, chairman of Second Coming Nigeria Limited, for this 300 KVA transformer, energising it and doing electricity reticulation of the entire community. “I want to encourage other wealthy and philanthropic individuals to emulate him as this is a vital support/complement not only to the people but to the government as well as order to hasten up development of the community.” The minister said he had noted the complaint of lack of government presence in the community, adding that he would see what he could do to open up major access roads of the community and bring human capital development. Earlier, Ogbuanu, who is also a Pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, said he was motivated to embark on the project to make “an impact in the lives of his people since we are all pilgrims.”NBA Trade Rumors: Latest on Jonas Valančiūnas, Malcolm Brogdon, Jordan Clarkson, More
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. trimmed its position in Encompass Health Co. ( NYSE:EHC – Free Report ) by 0.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 640,419 shares of the company’s stock after selling 517 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned 0.64% of Encompass Health worth $61,890,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Encompass Health in the first quarter worth about $208,000. Cetera Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Encompass Health in the first quarter valued at approximately $291,000. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Encompass Health by 92.2% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $102,000 after buying an additional 568 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Encompass Health by 275.7% during the second quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 35,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,071,000 after buying an additional 26,270 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Encompass Health by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 6,388 shares of the company’s stock valued at $548,000 after acquiring an additional 379 shares in the last quarter. 97.25% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Encompass Health Trading Up 0.1 % Shares of EHC stock opened at $102.98 on Friday. Encompass Health Co. has a 52-week low of $63.78 and a 52-week high of $104.55. The business’s fifty day moving average is $98.16 and its 200 day moving average is $91.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.04. The company has a market capitalization of $10.38 billion, a PE ratio of 24.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.88. Encompass Health Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. Encompass Health’s payout ratio is 16.43%. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of analysts recently weighed in on EHC shares. Barclays increased their price objective on Encompass Health from $109.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $116.00 price objective (up previously from $108.00) on shares of Encompass Health in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Stephens reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Encompass Health in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Encompass Health from $115.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Encompass Health from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $107.11. View Our Latest Report on EHC Encompass Health Profile ( Free Report ) Encompass Health Corporation provides post-acute healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico. It owns and operates inpatient rehabilitation hospitals that provide medical, nursing, therapy, and ancillary services. The company provides specialized rehabilitative treatment on an inpatient basis to patients who have experienced physical or cognitive disabilities or injuries due to medical conditions, such as strokes, hip fractures, and various debilitating neurological conditions. See Also Five stocks we like better than Encompass Health Differences Between Momentum Investing and Long Term Investing The Latest 13F Filings Are In: See Where Big Money Is Flowing What Investors Need to Know to Beat the Market 3 Penny Stocks Ready to Break Out in 2025 How to Calculate Retirement Income: MarketBeat’s Calculator FMC, Mosaic, Nutrien: Top Agricultural Stocks With Big Potential Receive News & Ratings for Encompass Health Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Encompass Health and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 4,411.27 more points, a positive change of 4.03 percent, closing at 113,924.42 points as compared to 109,513.15 points on the last trading day. A total of 857,834,976 shares were traded during the day as compared to 754,917,969 shares the previous trading day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 50.549 billion against Rs.39.424 billion on the last trading day. As many as 463 companies transacted their shares in the stock market, 361 of them recorded gains and 62 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 40 companies remained unchanged. The three top trading companies were WorldCall Telecom with 71,053,052 shares at Rs 1.72 per share, Cnergyico PK with 66,471,663 shares at Rs 6.79 per share and Pak Elektron with 38,651,653 shares at Rs.40.73 per share. Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.69.00 per share price, closing at Rs 759.00, whereas the runner-up was Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited with Rs 59.87 rise in its per share price to Rs 9,250.00. Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs 299.80 per share closing at Rs 21,100.00 followed by Sapphire Textile Mills Limited with Rs 46.70 decline to close at Rs.1,88.30. Separately, Asian markets rose Monday after big gains on Wall Street, with traders welcoming below-forecast US inflation data that tempered worries that the Federal Reserve will take a more hawkish tone with interest rates next year. A holiday-thinned week got off to a healthy start after last week’s sell-off sparked by the US central bank’s outlook that suggested officials will not lower borrowing costs as much as previously hoped over the next 12 months. Sharp losses in reaction to the forecasts were pared after data showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation, came in at 2.4 percent on-year in November. While the reading was up slightly from October, it was lower than expected, providing some optimism that policymakers were winning the battle against prices and would have room to keep cutting rates. The figures led to a pullback in US Treasury bond yields that had jumped last week to their highest levels since May, helped by comments from Chicago Fed chief Austan Goolsbee, who expressed confidence that inflation was returning to the bank’s two percent target. Still, there remains some trepidation among investors as Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, pledging to cut taxes, slash regulations and impose tariffs on imports, which some economists warn could reignite inflation. All three main indexes in New York ended more than one percent higher. Asia followed suit, with Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei and Manila all in the green. The dollar also held losses suffered in the wake of the PCE data, with the yen, pound and euro all stronger than Thursday. Investors were also cheered by news that US lawmakers had reached a deal to avert a Christmastime government shutdown following marathon talks on Friday. The last-minute scramble came after Trump and billionaire Elon Musk pressured Republicans to abandon an earlier bipartisan funding compromise. Lawmakers then spent several days trying to hammer out another deal, with massive halts to government services hanging in the balance. Non-essential operations would have ground to a halt if no deal had been struck, with up to 875,000 workers furloughed and 1.4 million more required to work without pay. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” President Joe Biden said on signing the bill on Saturday. “But it rejects the accelerated pathway to a tax cut for billionaires that Republicans sought.”
Markham Mayor Roger Agpawa is seeking a pardon from President Joe Biden in an attempt to clear a 1999 federal fraud conviction that initially made the mayor ineligible for office. It took a change in state law before Agpawa could officially hold office, and he said he believes “having closure is the right and fair thing to do” as far as clearing his record. Agpawa was elected to his first term in 2017, but at the time he was ineligible to serve due to state law that prohibits felons from holding municipal office. Agpawa pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud in 1999 for his role in an insurance scheme. Agpawa served 300 hours of community service, three years’ probation and paid $20,000 in restitution. He said Monday that although his right to hold office was restored , that did not clear the federal conviction from his record. “The sentence seems to go on in a society until we get this additional document, of a pardon or clemency,” said Agpawa, 63. “I still have something overshadowing me.” He said under his leadership “we have improved the quality of life for the people of Markham,” including new infrastructure work and city services. Agpawa said when he was first elected the city had a deficit of $11 million, “but now we have balanced budgets.” The Illinois General Assembly in May 2021 approved changes to state election law. The changes revised qualifications to hold municipal office by amending the Illinois Election Code and was signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Agpawa had been permitted to take office after former Gov. Bruce Rauner, in September 2018, signed a Restoration of Rights of Citizenship certificate. He had the title of mayor-elect before formally being sworn in after Rauner’s action. In the interim, before the governor’s action, Ernest Blevins, Markham senior trustee, served as interim mayor. “The restoration of rights made me whole in Illinois but not the rest of the country,” Agpawa said Monday. With the felony conviction for instance, he cannot carry a gun. Three Markham residents sued to challenge Agpawa’s eligibility to hold office. A lower court upheld Agpawa’s right to serve as mayor, but an April 2021 state appellate court ruling determined that Rauner lacked the authority to overrule state election law when he restored Agpawa’s citizenship rights. In the 2-1 decision, the appeals court found that “Agpawa is not eligible to seek or hold municipal office in Illinois.” Agpawa received more than 80% of the vote in his bid for a second term in April 2021. In August 2021, the state Supreme Court ruled Agpawa was eligible to be mayor. The Supreme Court cited the legislation approved that May regarding the eligibility of felons to hold municipal office and that Pritzker signed the measure into law that June. Agpawa needed a presidential pardon or a change in state law to undo the consequences of his federal mail fraud conviction, as far as his eligibility to hold office. He said the pardon “is the only real way to get completion” and have his record cleared. “You are really not complete or whole until that process is done,” he said. Agpawa said he has been in the fire service for 49 years, including 30 years in Markham, and was fire chief in the city and in Country Club Hills. He continues to be an assistant chief in Country Club Hills, but said he plans to retire in the coming year. He intends to seek a third term as mayor next year and is so far unopposed. Agpawa said he has not actively sought out letters of support for his pardon from area mayors but reached out to congressional leaders, including U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly. He said should his attempt at gaining a pardon from Biden fall short, he would seek it from Donald Trump once he takes office. “This would be ongoing for me,” Agpawa said.