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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set three more world records on Friday at the world short course championships. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set three more world records on Friday at the world short course championships. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — American swimmer Gretchen Walsh set three more world records on Friday at the world short course championships. She lowered the 100-meter individual medley time to 55.11 seconds in the final, and the 100 butterfly record twice. In the morning heats, Walsh broke Canadian Margaret Mac Neil’s mark of 54.05 from 2022 to 53.24. Then she dropped it again in the evening semifinals to 52.87. Walsh has seven world records in Duna Arena this week. The U.S. men’s 4×200 relay team achieved two world records in the same final. The team clocked a winning 6:40.51, slashing nearly four seconds off its own record from the last championships in 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Also, Luke Hobson on the lead-off leg set the individual 200 freestyle world record that Peter Biedermann of Germany held since 2009. Americans also claimed the day’s other world records: Regan Smith won the women’s 50 backstroke final in a world record time of 25.23, and Kate Douglass improved her own world record in the 200 breaststroke from October to 2:12.50. The 25-meter pool is half the length of an Olympic pool. ___ AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports AdvertisementTrump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving timeNC House overrides veto of disaster relief bill. Bill also curbs governor's powers
NoneEmpowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in shares of Bank7 Corp. ( NASDAQ:BSVN – Free Report ) by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 32,772 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,608 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Bank7 were worth $1,228,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in BSVN. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in shares of Bank7 by 39.6% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 627 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Bank7 by 12.5% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 19,428 shares of the company’s stock valued at $548,000 after acquiring an additional 2,156 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Bank7 by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 221,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,254,000 after acquiring an additional 2,817 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd boosted its position in shares of Bank7 by 33.8% during the 1st quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 12,876 shares of the company’s stock valued at $363,000 after acquiring an additional 3,254 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kennedy Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Bank7 by 22.5% during the 1st quarter. Kennedy Capital Management LLC now owns 113,841 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,210,000 after acquiring an additional 20,881 shares in the last quarter. 23.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Bank7 Stock Down 0.1 % Shares of BSVN stock opened at $47.77 on Friday. Bank7 Corp. has a 12-month low of $22.05 and a 12-month high of $49.01. The company has a market capitalization of $446.32 million, a P/E ratio of 12.57 and a beta of 1.46. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $41.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.75. About Bank7 ( Free Report ) Bank7 Corp. operates as a bank holding company for Bank7 that provides banking and financial services to individual and corporate customers. It offers commercial deposit, commercial checking, money market, and other deposit accounts; and retail deposit services, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, and automated teller machine access. Recommended Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BSVN? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Bank7 Corp. ( NASDAQ:BSVN – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Bank7 Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bank7 and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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And people take advantage of this and are quick to commit fraud through this negligence,” Olukoyede said. The EFCC chairman noted that the lack of robust KYC processes and internal controls among fintech companies leaves a critical gap that fraudsters exploit. “There is a high level of poor internal control by fintechs at the level of the unbanked, the under-served, and the middle-class population spectrum,” he added. Olukoyede called on fintech operators to revisit their processes and collaborate more actively with the EFCC to close these gaps. “Increasing your level of collaboration with the EFCC would mean seeing yourselves as stakeholders in the fight against corruption. We would like you to respond to us when we make inquiries and requests,” he urged. 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More info Copenhagen boss Jacob Neestrup has fired back at Hearts counterpart Neil Critchley ’s penalty moan - branding it “ridiculous” and insisting his side would have won Thursday’s Euro tie regardless. Critchley blasted ref Andrea Colombo over his decision to award the Danes a 78th minute spot kick after a VAR review of Craig Gordon ’s challenge on Amin Chiakha. Kevin Diks netted from 12 yards to make the score 2-0. Furious Critchley dubbed the decision “really poor” and said it torpedoed his plan to throw everything at a late leveller. However, home boss Neestrup shot down that suggestion and said: “I think it's a penalty. Amin touched the ball and then the goalie... there’s a collision. “To be honest, as I said to the Danish journalists, I think it's ridiculous to talk about that penalty because it was not decisive for the game. As the game went on, we would have won that game nine out of 10 times anyway.” Hearts now need to beat Moldovans Petrocub in Gorgie on Thursday to secure a play off spot for the last 16. A draw might be enough. But they were second best to a classy Copenhagen outfit who jumped above them in the table thanks to the win in the Parken Stadium. Neestrup said: “With all respect, I think we have total control of the game from second one to the last second. We expected maybe that there would be a little bit more bite back, but that's not a disrespect for Hearts. An amazing club, by the way, and a great team, but I just think that we kept ourselves on an extremely high level and showed the difference that has to be between FC Copenhagen and Hearts. “But do you know what? This game we played today has been exactly the same in our two previous home games against Jagiellonia and Istanbul. But for some reason we have only managed to get one point. But it's actually been exactly the same game picture. So we needed those three points today because we have lost five in our two home games before that.”
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Hegseth meets with moderate Sen. Collins as he lobbies for key votes in the SenateNoneAll amounts in US dollars unless otherwise indicated BROOKFIELD, News, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Renewable today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “ TSX ”) has accepted notices filed by Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. ( TSX: BEP.UN ; NYSE: BEP ) (“ BEP ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bids for its limited partnership units (“ LP Units ”) and Class A preferred limited partnership units (“ Preferred Units ”); Brookfield Renewable Corporation ( TSX: BEPC ; NYSE: BEPC ) (“ BEPC ” and together with BEP, “ Brookfield Renewable ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its outstanding class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares (“ Exchangeable Shares ”); and Brookfield Renewable Power Preferred Equity Inc. (“ BRP Equity ”) of its intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its outstanding Class A preference shares (“ Preferred Shares ”). BRP Equity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BEP. Brookfield Renewable believes that the renewed normal course issuer bid will provide the flexibility to use available funds to purchase LP Units, Preferred Units, Exchangeable Shares or Preferred Shares, as applicable, should they be trading in price ranges that do not fully reflect their value, representing an attractive use of available funds. There are currently three series of Preferred Units and five series of Preferred Shares outstanding and listed on the TSX. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid for LP Units, BEP is authorized to repurchase up to 14,255,578 LP Units, representing 5% of its issued and outstanding LP Units. At the close of business on December 5, 2024, there were 285,111,569 LP Units issued and outstanding. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid, it may repurchase up to 74,937 LP Units on the TSX during any trading day, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 299,749 LP Units for the six months ended November 30, 2024. Under BEPC’s normal course issuer bid for Exchangeable Shares, BEPC is authorized to repurchase up to 8,982,042 Exchangeable Shares, representing 5% of its issued and outstanding Exchangeable Shares. At the close of business on December 5, 2024, there were 179,640,851 Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding. Under BEPC’s normal course issuer bid, it may repurchase up to 70,747 Exchangeable Shares on the TSX during any trading day, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 282,988 Exchangeable Shares for the six months ended November 30, 2024. Under BEP’s normal course issuer bid for Preferred Units, BEP is authorized to repurchase a total of approximately 10% of the public float of each respective series of the Preferred Units as follows: 1. Calculated as at Dece mber 5 , 202 4 . 2. For the 6 months ended November 30 , 20 2 4 . 3. In accordance with TSX rules, any daily repurchases with respect to t he Series 18 Preferred Units would be limited to 1,000 Series 18 Preferred Units . Under BRP Equity’s normal course issuer bid for Preferred Shares, BRP Equity is authorized to repurchase a total of approximately 10% of the public float of each respective series of the Preferred Shares as follows: 4. Calculated as at Decembe r 5 , 2 02 4 . 5. For the 6 months ended November 30 , 20 2 4 . 6. In accordance with TSX rules, any daily repurchases with respect to the Series 2 Preferred Shares , the Series 5 Preferred Shares and the Series 6 Preferred Shares would be limited to 1,000 Preferred Shares of such series . Repurchases under each normal course issuer bid are authorized to commence on December 18, 2024 and each normal course issuer bid will terminate on December 17, 2025, or earlier should Brookfield Renewable or BRP Equity, as applicable, complete repurchases under its respective normal course issuer bids prior to such date. Under BEP’s prior normal course issuer bid for LP Units that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEP previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 14,361,497 LP Units. As of December 5, 2024, BEP has repurchased 2,279,654 LP Units under its current normal course issuer bid through open market transactions on the TSX and alternative trading systems at a weighted average price per LP Unit of approximately CDN$30.86. Under BEPC’s prior normal course issuer bid that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEPC previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 8,982,586 Exchangeable Shares. BEPC has not repurchased any Exchangeable Shares under its existing normal course issuer bid in the past 12 months. Under BEP’s prior normal course issuer bid for Preferred Units that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2024, BEP previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 700,000 Series 7 Preferred Units, 1,000,000 Series 13 Preferred Units, 700,000 Series 15 Preferred Units and 600,000 Series 18 Preferred Units. BEP did not repurchase any Preferred Units under this normal course issuer bid. Under BRP Equity’s prior normal course issuer bid that commenced on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 17, 2023, BRP Equity previously sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to 684,953 Series 1 Preferred Shares, 311,053 Series 2 Preferred Shares, 996,139 Series 3 Preferred Shares, 411,450 Series 5 Preferred Shares and 700,000 Series 6 Preferred Shares. BRP Equity did not repurchase any Preferred Shares under this normal course issuer bid. All purchases of the LP Units and Exchangeable Shares will be effected through the facilities of the TSX and/or the New York Stock Exchange and/or alternative trading systems in Canada and/or the United States. All purchases of Preferred Units and Preferred Shares will be effected through facilities of the TSX and/or alternative trading systems in Canada. All LP Units, Preferred Units, Exchangeable Shares and Preferred Shares acquired under the applicable normal course issuer bid will be cancelled. Repurchases will be subject to compliance with applicable Canadian securities laws. BEP and BEPC intend to enter into automatic share purchase plans, which have been pre-cleared by the TSX, on or about the week of December 23, 2024 in relation to their respective normal course issuer bids. The automatic share purchase plans will allow for the purchase of LP Units, Preferred Units and Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, subject to certain trading parameters, at times when BEP or BEPC, as applicable, ordinarily would not be active in the market due to its own internal trading blackout periods, insider trading rules or otherwise. Outside these periods, LP Units, Preferred Units or Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, will be repurchased in accordance with management’s discretion, in compliance with applicable law. Brookfield Renewable Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded platforms for renewable power and sustainable solutions. Our renewable power portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, utility-scale solar, distributed generation and storage facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Our operating capacity totals over 35,000 megawatts and our development pipeline stands at approximately 200,000 megawatts. Our portfolio of sustainable solutions assets includes our investments in Westinghouse (a leading global nuclear services business) and a utility and independent power producer with operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as both operating assets and a development pipeline of carbon capture and storage capacity, agricultural renewable natural gas and materials recycling. Investors can access the portfolio either through Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE: BEP; TSX: BEP.UN), a Bermuda-based limited partnership, or Brookfield Renewable Corporation (NYSE, TSX: BEPC), a Canadian corporation. Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed renewable power and transition company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management. Please note that Brookfield Renewable’s previous audited annual and unaudited quarterly reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) and securities regulators in Canada, are available on our website at https://bep.brookfield.com , on SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on SEDAR+’s website at www.sedarplus.com . Hard copies of the annual and quarterly reports can be obtained free of charge upon request. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Statements This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information may include estimates, plans, expectations, opinions, forecasts, projections, guidance or other statements that are not statements of fact. Forward-looking statements and information can be identified by the use of words such as “will”, “believes” and “may” or variations of such words and phrases and include statements regarding the potential future purchases by BEP of its LP Units and Preferred Units, by BEPC of its Exchangeable Shares and by BRP Equity of its Preferred Shares pursuant to their respective normal course issuer bids and, as applicable, automatic repurchase plans. Although Brookfield Renewable believes that these forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should not place undue reliance on them, or any other forward-looking statements or information in this news release. The future performance and prospects of Brookfield Renewable are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results of Brookfield Renewable to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by the statements in this news release include: general economic conditions; interest rate changes; availability of equity and debt financing; the performance of the LP Units, the Preferred Units, the Exchangeable Shares or the Preferred Shares or the stock exchanges generally; and other risks and factors described in the documents filed by Brookfield Renewable with securities regulators in Canada and the United States including under “Risk Factors” in Brookfield Renewable’s most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and other risks and factors that are described therein. Except as required by law, Brookfield Renewable does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether written or oral, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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