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T’gana govt to resolve disparities in detention, syllabus in engg coursesCanada's national para hockey team is back on the ice on P.E.I. for the first time in seven years, and that's uplifting news for team members with a connection to the island. Liam Hickey, the team's assistant captain, is from Newfoundland and Labrador, but used to play with the PEI Mustangs wheelchair basketball team. He said it's special to be playing close enough to home that his friends and family can come watch him play. "Anytime I get a chance to have them in the stands definitely [has] a special meaning," he said. Canada falls to U.S. at International Para Hockey Cup to earn silver in Czech Republic Canada roster for International Para Hockey Cup loaded with world champions The 2024 Para Cup started Sunday in Charlottetown, and runs until Dec.14. Teams from Canada, China, the Czech Republic and the United States will compete for the gold medal. This is the fifth time the city has hosted the sledge hockey tournament. Hickey said it's an exciting opportunity to represent his province and Canada, but also for him and his teammates to show off the sport. The United States beat China 10-1 in the first game of the 2024 Para Cup on Sunday. (Connor Lamont/CBC) "Anytime we get to really perform with the other top three teams in the world is the best opportunity we have to put the sport on display, so I think that's one of the biggest things we look forward to as a group," he said. "Obviously our main focus is to get the gold medal here, but I think that's a big part that comes along with it and ownership that we take as members of the sport." We always feel like we're coming back to a family here in a way. - Liam Hickey, Canada's National Para Hockey Team assistant captain Grant Boswall, who lives in Charlottetown and is one of the equipment managers for Team Canada, said it's "pretty spectacular" to be with the team in his home province. "It's really neat to participate with Hockey Canada any time, but it's kind of a little bit surreal coming back to your home province and living five minutes down the road from the rink that they're actually playing in," he said. "So it's definitely a different feel than being in the Czech Republic or China or wherever." Strong Charlottetown fan base Hickey said there's a strong fan base in Charlottetown and Team Canada loves to play there. "We always feel like we're coming back to a family here in a way," he said. Canada, China, the Czech Republic and the United States are all playing in the 2024 Para Cup in Charlottetown. (Connor Lamont/CBC) Hickey said he was feeling excited heading into Canada's first game, and Boswall said the players are "ready to go." "[These are] the top four teams in the world right now," Hickey said. "So I mean, this is the best opportunity to come out and really see what para hockey is all about."
AusperBio Secures $73 Million in Series B Financing to Advance Functional Cure for Chronic Hepatitis BShare Tweet Share Share Email On Monday, Waymo , a firm owned by Alphabet, revealed that it will begin testing its driverless cars in Tokyo in early 2025 as the first step towards globalisation. TakeAway Points: Waymo, which is owned by Alphabet, says that in early 2025, it will start testing its robotaxis in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first step the company has taken to expand internationally. Waymo has established development collaborations with taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and taxi-hailing service Go in Japan, although it has not yet committed to launching commercial operations there. Waymo to test in its first international destination Waymo hasn’t committed to start commercial service in Tokyo yet, but the robotaxi developer will partner with Japan’s largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, and taxi app GO to start testing its Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo’s streets. To start, Nihon Kotsu drivers will manually operate the Waymo vehicles to map key areas of the Japanese capital, including Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chiyoda, Chūō, Shinagawa, and Kōtō. Data from the crewed test drives will help train the company’s AI systems. Waymo will also test its robotaxis on a closed course in the U.S. built to mimic driving conditions in Japan. This is the first phase of the partnerships, which will last several quarters, Waymo said, adding that it expects to remain in Japan for an extended period. “Our upcoming road trip to Tokyo gives us the chance to work alongside local partners, government officials, and community groups to understand the new landscape,” Waymo said in a statement. “We’ll learn how Waymo can serve Tokyo’s residents and become a beneficial part of the city’s transportation ecosystem.” Nihon Kotsu will oversee the management and servicing of Waymo’s vehicles in Japan, the companies said. Waymo to Expand across US Waymo announced a series of expansions across the U.S. in 2024. Earlier this month, the company announced new testing in Miami in 2025; it made its driverless ride hail service available across Los Angeles in November; and in September, it announced planned expansions into Austin and Atlanta in partnership with Uber. The move into Japan marks the company’s first in a left-hand traffic market. Both the Japanese national government and Tokyo Metropolitan government see driverless technology as a potential boon to the country’s ageing population, according to research by the World Economic Forum. Tokyo has designated certain areas as “test zones” for self-driving cars, hoping to hasten the arrival of safe driverless transportation systems there. Several developers are working on autonomous vehicles in Japan, including local startup Tier IV and ZMP, a robotics company that is testing delivery vehicles and buses in Tokyo. Monet Technologies, which is partly owned by Toyota, announced plans to test a self-driving taxi service in Tokyo’s Odaiba district earlier this year. Waymo’s Japan expansion announcement comes a week after General Motors announced it was abandoning its Cruise robotaxi division. Honda, an outside investor in Cruise, said that it aimed to launch a driverless ride-hail service in Japan in early 2026 but would reassess those plans and make adjustments if needed. Prior to GM’s retreat from robotaxis, Cruise had been one of Waymo’s primary domestic competitors. Related Items: Tokyo , Waymo Share Tweet Share Share Email Recommended for you Waymo Plans Expansion To Miami Super Micro Shares Surge Amid GPU Quarterly Shipments Microsoft Investigates Azure, 365 Outage Affecting 25,000 Users CommentsTurkish Airlines to Begin Operations at The New Terminal One at JFK and Unveil World-Class Lounge
Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses Exceeding $50,000 In Match To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options If you suffered losses exceeding $50,000 in Match between May 2, 2023 and November 6, 2024 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310) . [You may also click here for additional information] NEW YORK, Dec. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP , a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Match Group, Inc. ("Match" or the "Company") MTCH and reminds investors of the January 24, 2025 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company. Faruqi & Faruqi is a leading national securities law firm with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, California and Georgia. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors since its founding in 1995. See www.faruqilaw.com . As detailed below, the complaint alleges that the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by making false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose that: (1) Match Group materially understated the challenges affecting Tinder and, as a result, understated the risk that Tinder's monthly active user count would not recover by the time the Company reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024; and (2) as a result, defendants' statements about Match Group's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. On November 7, 2024, Investopedia published an article entitled "Match Group Stock Slips as Fourth Quarter Outlook Disappoints." This article said that "[s]hares of online dating giant Match Group tumbled Thursday morning despite a third-quarter earnings beat released after the bell Wednesday. [. . .] Match said Tinder Direct revenue came in below its own expectations, as the app's monthly active users (MAUs) declined 9% from the same time last year and its revenue per payer (RPP) grew less than expected. Some new features tested with Tinder users in the quarter negatively impacted subscription revenue, which the company said will likely also have an impact on fourth quarter revenue." On this news, the price of Match Group stock fell by 17.8% to close at $31.11 per share on November 7, 2024. The court-appointed lead plaintiff is the investor with the largest financial interest in the relief sought by the class who is adequate and typical of class members who directs and oversees the litigation on behalf of the putative class. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision to serve as a lead plaintiff or not. Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP also encourages anyone with information regarding Match's conduct to contact the firm, including whistleblowers, former employees, shareholders and others. To learn more about the Match class action, go to www.faruqilaw.com/MTCH or call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310) . Follow us for updates on LinkedIn , on X , or on Facebook . Attorney Advertising. The law firm responsible for this advertisement is Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP ( www.faruqilaw.com ). Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome with respect to any future matter. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your particular case. All communications will be treated in a confidential manner. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/fdafeab3-e66c-4705-b292-211a18341546 © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general, is a staunch ally of the former president, defending him against impeachment during his first term and pushing his false claims of election fraud as he sought to cling on to the White House. The 59-year-old former Florida attorney general, if confirmed by the Senate, will now serve as the top law enforcement official in a second Trump administration. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans -- Not anymore," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. "Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again." Bondi's nomination means the top ranks of the Justice Department will be filled by Trump loyalists, as the president-elect has named three of the lawyers who defended him in his multiple criminal cases to its other high-ranking roles. Trump tapped Bondi to be attorney general on Thursday after his first pick, firebrand ex-Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz, dropped out amid sexual misconduct allegations and doubts that he could obtain Senate confirmation. A graduate of the University of Florida with a law degree from Stetson University, Bondi served as a prosecutor for 18 years before being elected attorney general of the "Sunshine State" in 2010, the first woman to hold the post. Bondi, a native of Trump's adopted home state of Florida, was reelected to a second term in 2014. As attorney general, Bondi notably fought opioid addiction and human trafficking while taking a tough stance on crime and supporting the death penalty. She sued BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and obtained more than $2 billion in economic relief for Florida, according to her biography page at Ballard Partners, a powerful lobbying firm where she has worked after leaving office. While serving as attorney general, Bondi was drawn into a controversy involving Trump when she declined in 2013 to join a multi-state prosecution accusing Trump University of fraud. It emerged later that Bondi's reelection committee had received a $25,000 donation from the charitable Trump Foundation. Both Trump and Bondi denied any wrongdoing. Bondi joined Trump's legal team during his first impeachment trial, in which he was alleged to have pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find political dirt on his 2020 election opponent, Democrat Joe Biden. Trump was impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives but acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate. After the 2020 election, Bondi made television appearances on behalf of Trump and pushed to de-legitimize vote counting in battleground states as part of the push by the former president to overturn the results of the vote. Bondi has also criticized the criminal cases brought against Trump, appearing in solidarity at his New York trial, where he was convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star. At Ballard Partners, Bondi has done work for Amazon, General Motors and Uber and as a registered lobbyist for the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar, according to press reports. She is also a member of the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned right-wing think tank. cl/dwCLEMSON, S.C. (TNS) — “Here is the reality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders in his analysis of Donald Trump’s strong electoral victory and support from some traditional Democrats: “The working class of this country is angry, and they have reason to be angry. We are living in an economy today where the people on top are doing phenomenally well while 60 percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck.” Household data spanning 2019-22 support Sanders’ argument. The Federal Reserve found substantial increases in average net worth for all income levels except the poorest 20% of families (though the Fed doesn’t adjust these figures for how much of the accompanying federal debt we’ll each bear). In any case, according to the senator, greed was the main culprit. I think a fair portion of the blame lies with misplaced generosity. Greed is ever-present in human affairs, but those years included something unique: Massive government efforts to soften the blows of COVID-19. Paradoxically, this helped the rich get richer and contributed to the 2024 political climate. The government’s stimulus program — much of which ended up as generous but perhaps unintended taxpayer gifts to the wealthy — and Fed interest rate cuts led to rising real estate prices and substantial gains in stock market values. More dollars in the economy meant each dollar was worth less as inflation took off. Higher-income households are less damaged by inflation than working-class people who spend most of their income on goods and services. Meanwhile, contrary to plans, federal programs disproportionately transferred billions to owners and managers of businesses across the nation rather than to hourly workers. On top of that, a lot of COVID-relief money, paid for in no small part by current or future working-class taxpayers, simply got wasted. A review of the situation by Cecilia Rouse, Brookings Institution president and chair of the Council of Economic Advisors from 2021-23, offers a revealing and disturbing analysis. Rouse focuses on both the disastrous effects of the pandemic and assessing the massive $4.5 billion in stimulus packages delivered by the Trump and Biden administrations. Though just four years ago, it bears mentioning that as President Joe Biden took office, some 460,000 Americans had been killed by the pandemic. Before the pandemic’s end, 1.2 million U.S. lives would be taken. The economy’s shutdown brought a devastating disruption to daily life. Rouse points out that in April 2020, “the number of Americans living under stay-at-home orders reached more than 300 million.” Weekly claims for unemployment compensation rose from a typical level of 207,000 in March 2020 to 6,137,000 in April. Stimulus poured in, we learned to better protect ourselves and things quickly started improving. Employment recovered in record time. The nation dealt with one of the most severe, but thankfully short, disruptions in modern times. But given the damaging bout with inflation that followed, was the stimulus too large? Was the waste, fraud and abuse too much? Did working class people get a fair share? Or was the system tilted so that higher-income people gained too much? Rouse examines two specific programs. The $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) provided forgivable loans to small businesses and nonprofits to retain workers, meet payroll and insurance costs, and keep the doors open. The Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program provided larger loans payable over 30 years. Some 1 million firms received PPP loans and 3.9 million obtained EIDL loans. Researchers show that two-thirds of the PPP’s forgivable loans went to business owners and shareholders, not to employees or wage earners. The General Accountability Office indicates that fraud totaled $64 billion out of the $800 billion. Estimates of fraud under the EIDL program indicate that $136 billion was siphoned off. Other research indicates that PPP loans cost between $169,000 and $256,000 for each job saved, more than twice the annual wage of the workers effected. With owners and executives at the top siphoning off money, protecting workers was neither simple nor affordable. Let us hope that our nation never faces another tragic pandemic. But if it does, let us also hope that our government doesn’t take actions that enable the rich to get richer while the poor get poorer in more ways than one. Should working-class voters be angry about greed, or at those who enabled it? (Bruce Yandle is a distinguished adjunct fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, dean emeritus of Clemson University’s College of Business & Behavioral Science, and former executive director of the Federal Trade Commission.)
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By Daily Trust The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have commenced merger talks aimed at challenging the governing All Progressives Party (APC). The opposition political parties have blamed former president Muhammadu Buhari and the incumbent President Bola Tinubu for the hardship being experienced by Nigerians. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, the national chairmen of the PRP, Dr Falalu Bello, and his ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, attributed the hardship in the country to anti-people policies and continued corruption. They said the policies were not encouraging middle men, but frustrating their small businesses, which are needed to make the economy to be strong, saying the two parties are ready to welcome other parties too. Bello revealed that the parties have begun merger talks among them and will consider others that are interested in safeguarding the future of the country. He said the merger will help in exploring strategies for addressing the alarming deterioration of the state of the nation. According to him, since the return to democratic governance in 1999, Nigeria had witnessed significant economic fluctuations which is evident in the size of GDP that stood at $ 493 billion in 2015 and suffered a disastrous decline to an estimated GDP of $ 352 billion in 2024. “While there is a decline of about 27% and it portends a grim reality for the people, which the past nine years of mismanagement have led to unprecedented economic retrogression, plunging millions people into poverty and stagnation,” Bello said, alleging that corruption has become deeply entrenched in the country’s political system, crippling national development and public trust. Nwosu on his part said the practices popularized by the APC and PDP administrations in the last two decades have created an environment where corruption is not only tolerated but celebrated. “We firmly believe that viable and humane alternative can guide our nation toward sustainable economic recovery. “The practices popularized by the APC and PDP administrations in the last two decades have created an environment where corruption is not only tolerated but celebrated. “Nigerians must come together to safeguard their future, it is the time we should come together on one political platform to take back the country,'” the ADC chairman added. Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You.
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