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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is questionable to start Sunday's game against the New York Giants because of back and foot injuries. Richardson did not practice this week, but head coach Shane Steichen fell short of declaring his starter out. "We'll see how next 48 hours go," he told reporters Friday. If Richardson, 22, is unable to go, veteran Joe Flacco would make his fifth start of the season. As of Friday, the Colts (7-8) still have a shot at a playoff berth, but they'd need to beat the Giants (2-13) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (3-12) in Week 18 -- and for both the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers to lose their games on Saturday -- to stay alive. That Indianapolis even remained in the playoff hunt in Week 17 is surprising, given an unspectacular season from Richardson, who was taken by the Colts with the No. 4 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft. Richardson has completed just 47.7 percent of his pass attempts (126 of 264) for 1,814 yards and has thrown more interceptions (12) than touchdown passes (8). Still, he is 6-5 in 11 starts. Flacco, who turns 40 next month, was 1-3 in four starts earlier this year amid both injury and ineffectiveness for Richardson. Flacco has completed 66.5 percent of his passes for 1,167 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions. Two of the losses were to playoff-bound teams -- the Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills. --Field Level MediaForthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winner took pot-shots at former prime minister Tony Blair and ex-US president George W Bush among others. His death came after repeated bouts of illness in which images of the increasingly frail former president failed to erase memories of his fierce spirit. Democrat James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr swept to power in 1977 with his Trust Me campaign helping to beat Republican president Gerald Ford. Serving as 39th US president from 1977 to 1981, he sought to make government “competent and compassionate” but was ousted by the unstoppable Hollywood appeal of a certain Ronald Reagan. A skilled sportsman, Mr Carter left his home of Plains, Georgia, to join the US Navy, returning later to run his family’s peanut business. A stint in the Georgia senate lit the touchpaper on his political career and he rose to the top of the Democratic movement. But he will also be remembered for a bizarre encounter with a deeply disgruntled opponent. The president was enjoying a relaxing fishing trip near his home town in 1979 when his craft was attacked by a furious swamp rabbit which reportedly swam up to the boat hissing wildly. The press had a field day, with one paper bearing the headline President Attacked By Rabbit. Away from encounters with belligerent bunnies, Mr Carter’s willingness to address politically uncomfortable topics did not diminish with age. He recently said that he would be willing to travel to North Korea for peace talks on behalf of US President Donald Trump. He also famously mounted a ferocious and personal attack on Tony Blair over the Iraq war, weeks before the prime minister left office in June 2007. Mr Carter, who had already denounced George W Bush’s presidency as “the worst in history”, used an interview on BBC radio to condemn Mr Blair for his tight relations with Mr Bush, particularly concerning the Iraq War. Asked how he would characterise Mr Blair’s relationship with Mr Bush, Mr Carter replied: “Abominable. Loyal, blind, apparently subservient. “I think that the almost undeviating support by Great Britain for the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq have been a major tragedy for the world.” Mr Carter was also voluble over the Rhodesia crisis, which was about to end during his presidency. His support for Robert Mugabe at the time generated widespread criticism. He was said to have ignored the warnings of many prominent Zimbabweans, black and white, about what sort of leader Mugabe would be. This was seen by Mr Carter’s critics as “deserving a prominent place among the outrages of the Carter years”. Mr Carter has since said he and his administration had spent more effort and worry on Rhodesia than on the Middle East. He admitted he had supported two revolutionaries in Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, and with hindsight said later that Mugabe had been “a good leader gone bad”, having at first been “a very enlightened president”. One US commentator wrote: “History will not look kindly on those in the West who insisted on bringing the avowed Marxist Mugabe into the government. “In particular, the Jimmy Carter foreign policy... bears some responsibility for the fate of a small African country with scant connection to American national interests.” In recent years Mr Carter developed a reputation as an international peace negotiator. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his commitment to finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, his work with human rights and democracy initiatives, and his promotion of economic and social programmes. Mr Carter was dispatched to North Korea in August 2008 to secure the release of US citizen Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who had been sentenced to eight years of hard labour after being found guilty of illegally entering North Korea. He successfully secured the release of Mr Gomes. In 2010 he returned to the White House to greet President Barack Obama and discuss international affairs amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Proving politics runs in the family, in 2013 his grandson Jason, a state senator, announced his bid to become governor in Georgia, where his famous grandfather governed before becoming president. He eventually lost to incumbent Republican Nathan Deal. Fears that Mr Carter’s health was deteriorating were sparked in 2015 when he cut short an election observation visit in Guyana because he was “not feeling well”. It would have been Mr Carter’s 39th trip to personally observe an international election. Three months later, on August 12, he revealed he had cancer which had been diagnosed after he underwent surgery to remove a small mass in his liver. Mr Obama was among the well-wishers hoping for Mr Carter’s full recovery after it was confirmed the cancer had spread widely. Melanoma had been found in his brain and liver, and Mr Carter underwent immunotherapy and radiation therapy, before announcing in March the following year that he no longer needed any treatment. In 2017, Mr Carter was taken to hospital as a precaution, after he became dehydrated at a home-building project in Canada. He was admitted to hospital on multiple occasions in 2019 having had a series of falls, suffering a brain bleed and a broken pelvis, as well as a stint to be treated for a urinary tract infection. Mr Carter spent much of the coronavirus pandemic largely at his home in Georgia, and did not attend Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, but extended his “best wishes”. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Mr Carter during his term as US president, died in November 2023. She had been living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Mr Carter said in a statement following her death. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”
Orion Office REIT Inc. ( NYSE:ONL – Get Free Report ) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of 0.10 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. Orion Office REIT Stock Performance Shares of ONL opened at $3.75 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $3.96 and a 200-day moving average of $3.88. The company has a market cap of $209.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.44 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.75. Orion Office REIT has a 1 year low of $3.01 and a 1 year high of $5.91. About Orion Office REIT ( Get Free Report ) Featured Articles Receive News & Ratings for Orion Office REIT Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Orion Office REIT and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Anni Wahlroos appointed Innofactor’s Deputy CEO
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By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote. Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximize daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act , had proposed making daylight saving time permanent. The measure was sponsored by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , whom Trump has tapped to helm the State Department. Related Articles National Politics | Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA’s idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it ‘absurd’ National Politics | Ruling by a conservative Supreme Court could help blue states resist Trump policies National Politics | A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list National Politics | Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ on official trip to Luxembourg National Politics | Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump’s suite at football game “Changing the clock twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said as the Senate voted in favor of the measure. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backward and that standard time should be made permanent. Some health groups , including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it’s time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do, the date that clocks are changed varies, creating a complicated tapestry of changing time differences. Arizona and Hawaii don’t change their clocks at all.
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Why Russia's Commercial Airlines Are Going Retro For AircraftShares of (VIL) are in focus on Monday morning after the telecom operator received a letter from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), regarding the waiver of bank guarantees . In another development, the promoter entity Vodafone Group settled Rs 11,650 crore as part of its outstanding dues secured against its shares in the domestic telecom operator. Vodafone Idea shares fell 0.93 per cent to close at Rs 7.49 on Friday. The VIL stock is down 56 per cent in 2024 so far. "We wish to inform you that DoT vide its communication dated 27 December 2024, has dispensed with the requirement of submission of Financial Bank Guarantees for the Spectrum acquired in Spectrum Auction held in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2021, subject to certain terms and conditions," Vodafone Idea said in a BSE filing. Prior to the recent reform, bank guarantees aggregating to Rs 24,800 Crore were required to be provided by VIL against each spectrum instalment, 13 months prior to the installment falling due for the auctions. Vodafone Idea said, as per its understanding of the terms and conditions, out of all the 5 auctions, no BGs will be required to be provided by VIL for the 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2021 auctions. However, VIL said there would be a one-time partial shortfall for the 2015 auction, where the NPV of all payments made would be less than the pro-rated value of spectrum used. The telecom operator is in discussion with the DoT to determine the final amount of this partial shortfall for the 2015 auction. In the case of Vodafone Group pledge, the group had raised the debt on almost the entire stake in VIL. The pledge was created in favour of HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) and the debt was raised by Mauritius and India-based entities of Vodafone Group. “On 27 December 2024, HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited acting as the security trustee for the lenders has released the pledges pursuant to repayment of the outstanding dues owed to the lenders by the Vodafone Promoter Shareholders,” as per the filing. “Consequently, the indirect encumbrance on 15,720,826,860 equity shares of the target company held by the Vodafone Promoter Shareholders representing 22.56 per cent of the equity share capital of the target company on a fully diluted basis has been released,” the filing said. While the recent hike in tariffs increased Vodafone Idea's average revenue per user (ARPUs), revenue rose only marginally. Vodafone Idea expects the impact of the tariff increase to continue to be seen in ARPU and revenue for the next two quarters, Geojit Financial Services said in a recent note. "However, it expects the subscriber base to grow with the expansion of its 4G coverage and roll-out of 5G in key geographies Q4FY25 onwards. Further, its fund-raising proposal through the issuance of equity share or convertible securities are expected to support its expansion plan as well as pay down debt," Geojit Financial said. The domestic brokerage has maintained its 'Hold' rating on the stock, with a revised target price of Rs 8.60, based on 11.9 times FY26E EV/Ebitda.
Despite a resounding defeat at the hands of Ronald Reagan in 1980, the Democrat forged a new path promoting causes such as electoral probity abroad, social justice and drives to rid the world of medical conditions. His first foreign visit as president was to the UK where then prime minister James Callaghan, as well as the usual visits in London, took his guest to the North East with a visit to Newcastle, Sunderland and Washington – the village bearing the name of the first ever president. Mr Carter delighted crowds in the North East by saying “Howay the lads” during a speech to the assembled throng. He also received a miner’s lamp from 12-year-old Ian McEree in Washington. The 39th US president also carried out more traditional presidential duties, including meetings with western European leaders during his time in London while the Cold War was still ongoing. The practising Baptist continued his globetrotting ways after leaving power, even without Air Force One as his vehicle. He was also part of the Elders, a group of experienced statesmen and women drawn from all corners of the world.Lakers send D'Angelo Russell to Nets in trade for Dorian Finney-Smith, Shake Milton
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving timeQuarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Detroit Lions, coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday. Bridgewater, 32, appeared in one game (three snaps) for the Lions last season. He announced his retirement in February and spent the 2024 season coaching his alma mater Miami Northwestern High School to a Class 3A Florida state championship. A first-round pick by Minnesota in 2014 and a Pro Bowl selection with the Vikings in 2015, Bridgewater also played for the New Orleans Saints (2018-19), Carolina Panthers (2020), Denver Broncos (2021) and Miami Dolphins (2022) before joining the Lions in 2023. Bridgewater owns a 33-32 record as a starting quarterback, completing 66.4 percent of his passes for 15,120 yards with 75 touchdowns and 47 interceptions in 79 games. He has also rushed for 844 yards and 11 scores. He would provide experience and depth behind starter Jared Goff as the Lions (13-2) chase the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC playoffs. Hendon Hooker, a third-round pick in 2023, is Goff's current backup. Campbell told reporters Thursday that Bridgewater adds "professionalism" to the roster going into the postseason. Campbell said the move is not due to a lack of confidence in Hooker, adding that the playoffs are "a different world." The Lions also waived veteran linebacker Kwon Alexander on Thursday. Alexander played in two games for the Lions since being signed off the Denver Broncos' practice squad in late November. He had four tackles. Earlier this season, Alexander had eight tackles in three games (two starts) for the Broncos. Alexander, 30, has played for seven teams in 10 seasons since entering the NFL in 2015. He was a Pro Bowl selection for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017. Alexander has had injury issues throughout his career, including a torn ACL in 2018 with the Buccaneers, a torn pectoral with the San Francisco 49ers in 2019, a torn right Achilles in 2020 with the New Orleans Saints and a torn left Achilles in 2023 with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Overall, Alexander has 643 tackles, 13.5 sacks, 13 forced fumbles, nine interceptions - including one pick-six -- and six fumble recoveries in 109 games (92 starts). Detroit also signed linebacker DaRon Gilbert to the practice squad. He split his college career between Lafayette and Northern Illinois. Detroit visits San Francisco (6-9) on Monday night before ending the regular season with an NFC North showdown against the Minnesota Vikings (13-2) in Week 18. --Field Level Media