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9 cloud gaming Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country's election on Monday, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government's economic management and high living costs. Mahama won 56 percent of the votes in Saturday's presidential ballot, compared to the ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who secured 41 percent, the electoral commission said announcing official results. The landslide comeback for former president Mahama ended eight years in power for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo, whose last term was marked by Ghana's worst economic turmoil in years, an IMF bailout and a debt default. "These eight years have witnessed some of the darkest periods of our governance," Mahama told crowds of supporters blowing horns and whistles in his party office in Accra. "This mandate also serves as a constant reminder of what fate awaits us if we fail to meet the aspirations of our people." Bawumia, a former central banker, had already quickly conceded defeat on Sunday, acknowledging Ghanaians wanted change after the government failed to shake off widespread frustration. Bawumia also said the Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) party had won the parliamentary vote in Saturday's election. Official results for the parliament are still being tallied. Mahama, 66, had previously failed twice to secure the presidency, but in Saturday's election he managed to tap into expectations of change among Ghanaians. He promised to "reset" Ghana, usher in economic revival and renegotiate parts of the country's $3 billion IMF accord. In his acceptance speech, Mahama promised reforms and "severe" measures to bring Ghana back on track. "The journey is not going to be easy... because the outgoing government has plunged our dear nation into the abyss," he said. "I am certain that we shall win the battle." With a history of democratic stability, Ghana's two major parties, the NPP and NDC, have alternated in power equally since the return to multi-party politics in 1992. But Ghana's economic woes dominated the 2024 election, after the continent's top gold producer and world's second cacao exporter went through a debt crisis, the default and currency devaluation. Turnout for Saturday election was 60.9 percent, a slide in participation from 79 percent in the 2020 election, results showed. With a slogan "Break the 8" -- a reference to two, four-year terms in power -- Bawumia had sought to take the NPP to an unprecedented third mandate. But he struggled to break from criticism of Akufo-Addo's economic record. While inflation slowed from more than 50 percent to around 23 percent, and other indicators stabilised, economic concerns were still a clear election issue for most Ghanaians. That frustration opened the way for a comeback from Mahama, who first came to the presidency in 2012 when he was serving as vice president and then President John Atta Mills died in office. During campaigning, the former president also faced criticism from those who remember his government's own financial tribulations and especially the massive power blackouts that marred his time in office. bur/pma/giv

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Never forget where you came from. Cam Ward lives by the mantra. The former Wing-T quarterback from Southeast Texas is one of the most popular names in college football, with a chance to claim the sport’s most prestigious award before fulfilling a dream of going to the NFL. Ward has the 11th-ranked Miami Hurricanes in a position to play in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game and a chance to clinch a spot in the expanded College Football Playoffs. However, the ’Canes are taking it one game at a time with the early goal of punching their ticket to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. “We know we have to win two more,” he said. The Hurricanes are Ward’s third collegiate team since graduating from Columbia High School in 2020. Ward graduated from Washington State in the spring, making him eligible to transfer a second time. He first went through the transfer portal in 2022 after two seasons with the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio. During his latest journey in the portal, Ward garnered much attention from Power 5 schools, including Florida State and USC, but the quarterback chose Miami and its football pedigree. “I chose Miami because of the coaching staff,” Ward said. “Coach (Mario) Cristobal, coach (Shannon) Dawson being the offensive coordinator, his philosophy and the way he breaks down plays and thinks as an offensive coordinator and how wants to put the ball in play with the run and pass game, those were big reasons why I came to Miami.” Miami allowed Ward to start right away, and he soon won over his team, he said. “They were giving me the opportunity to play, and that’s all I really wanted,” Ward said. Ward felt it didn’t take him long to get acclimated to Florida. The weather certainly made him feel at home, he said. Compared to the winters in Washington state, Ward was happy to get back in the heat, he said. Ward also grew to appreciate the different styles of football in the ACC compared to the Pac-12 during his days in the Football Championship Series at Incarnate Word. “A lot of the teams conference-wise do a lot of different stuff than the Pac-12,” he said. “You see a lot more 1-high (single safety coverage), and the ACC, you get a lot more 2-high, and they play more man.” The Cover 2-man coverage fits Ward’s ability with his group of receivers. This season, Ward has passed for 3,494 yards, 32 touchdowns and six interceptions for an 89.3 QB rating. He’s on the verge of finishing with the second-most passing yards in a season in his career. Ward’s second year at Incarnate Word saw him throw for north of 4,500 yards and 47 touchdowns. More importantly, he is one of the frontrunners for this year’s Heisman Trophy, an annual award given to the most outstanding college football player in the United States. He is in the mix with Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty and Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel. Ward would be the third ’Cane to win the Heisman, joining quarterbacks Vinny Testaverde in 1986 and Gino Toretta in 1992. “It’s a quarterback-friendly scheme, and it’s good for our running backs and receivers,” Ward said. “I think the best thing for us as an offense is that we can move the ball effectively, whether throwing it or running. “We can take what the defense gives us or be explosive. Dawson’s scheme is why we are so successful right now.” While the Hurricanes are looking to get into position for a crack at the ACC title game, Miami is 11th in the latest College Football Rankings. The team was ranked fourth with its 9-0 record before being upset by Georgia Tech on Nov. 9. Since then, the ’Canes were on a bye last week and will finish the regular season schedule with their final home game against Wake Forest and the finale at Syracuse, which sits second ahead of Miami in the ACC standings. Southern Methodist University is the top dog at 6-0 in conference play. “My expectation is to win a lot of football games, and we are doing that right now,” Ward said. Ward has won plenty of games throughout his five-year collegiate career, with 34 wins. His second season at Incarnate Word saw the most victories in a season with 10, but topping that this year would mean possibly winning a conference title and a bowl game, if not a playoff game. He wants to make history for a program full of tradition by guiding it to its first conference championship. While the Hurricanes have won five national championships, they have yet to win a conference title. “We just want to win the ACC championship. That is something Miami has never done, and we want to be the first team to do it,” Ward said. Ward’s most improbable game of the season was a thrilling comeback win on the road Oct. 5 against new ACC member California. Ward was 35-of-53 passing for 437 yards and two touchdowns. The ’Canes trailed by as much as 35-10 with 8:06 left in the third quarter before outscoring the Golden Bears 29-3 the rest of the way. Ward accounted for three of the team’s final four scores, including a 5-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo with 26 seconds left in regulation. The win improved the then-8th-ranked ’Canes to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in ACC play. “That was just a fun game because it emphasized how resilient our team is,” Ward said. “We can overcome a lot of stuff, and being a part of it and making the plays with my teammates made it even more fun. “If you look at the people of our sideline, they don’t care what the scoreboard says. We play four quarters of football, and you keep playing hard until that clock hits zero.” The game was nationally televised on ESPN, and the broadcast repeatedly showed Ward’s parents, Calvin and Patrice. Cam Ward’s parents have been to every game, home and away, throughout his collegiate career. “Those are the only two people I want in the stands,” Ward said. “What they sacrificed for me to get to where I’m at means a lot to me. It’s why I love playing football — having my parents in the stands cheering for me.” Many people in and around college football have voiced their opinions on the transfer portal and NIL deals. Ward, however, believes the portal is a good thing for the sport. It certainly has helped him experience several levels of the college football ranks. “At the end of the day, I don’t think a lot of kids get credit for why they’re transferring, and no one asks why they are transferring, just that they are in the portal,” Ward said. “A lot of people are transferring because they are not playing or want to be seen on a higher level playing for a bigger school. It’s a mix of both worlds because, at the end of the day, it’s about playing football and we have to do what is best for us to put us in that situation to be able to make plays on the field. “It’s a good addition in college football and everything that comes with it. I think most people think of it the wrong way because maybe a player has bounced around four and five times, and they are still young, but they also haven’t found that right spot that maximizes them to the best of their ability.” Throughout his collegiate career, Ward has cherished the different environments he’s experienced, from the FCS level to the Pac-12 to a juggernaut Power 5 program in Coral Gables, Florida. His experience and play continues to lift his NFL Draft stock as a top half first-round pick in the 2025 draft. “Where you play does matter,” he said. “And what I cherish the most is that I got to experience every part of it.”HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 9, 2024-- Hess Midstream LP (NYSE: HESM) today announced publication of its 2023 Sustainability Report as part of its commitment to transparency about environmental, social and governance plans and performance. The report is available on the Hess Midstream website . Leading sustainability reporting frameworks were used to develop the Hess Midstream Sustainability Report including the Energy Infrastructure Council and GPA Midstream Association Environment, Social and Governance Reporting Template; the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standard for oil and gas – midstream; the Taskforce for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures; and the Global Reporting Initiative Standards. About Hess Midstream Hess Midstream is a fee based, growth oriented midstream company that owns, operates, develops and acquires a diverse set of midstream assets to provide services to Hess and third party customers. Hess Midstream owns oil, gas and produced water handling assets that are primarily located in the Bakken and Three Forks Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. More information is available at www.hessmidstream.com . 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In today’s newsletter, James Somers on how robots learn. And then: Why is gratitude so difficult? The Democratic Party’s failure on the opioid epidemic Rachel Syme’s holiday gift guide A Revolution in How Robots Learn A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves. Every time a video would go viral showing a humanoid robot jumping, dancing, or doing some other remarkable physical activity, there was a feeling among the general public that our wildest science-fiction dreams were just moments from coming to life. But inside the field of robotics itself, developments were happening far more slowly than in other similar technological fields, and straightforward practical applications, such as making a cup of coffee, remained out of reach. “A hopelessness hung over the whole enterprise,” James Somers writes, in this week’s issue . But that is changing—fast. “The last two years have been a dramatically steeper progress curve,” Carolina Parada, the leader of the robotics team at Google DeepMind, tells Somers. “This is the year that people really realized that you can build general-purpose robots.” The key development is that robots will no longer need to be programmed; instead they will learn through artificial intelligence, and then share that knowledge widely. “Once one robot has learned how to tie shoes, all of them can do it,” Somers writes. “Imagine copying and pasting not just a recipe for an omelette but the very act of making it.” Read or listen to the story » The Lede Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House? New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging, Benjamin Wallace-Wells reports. It was, more simply, a failure of political attention. Read the story » Why Is Gratitude So Difficult? Little Treats Galore: A Holiday Gift Guide The Operatic Drama of “Maria” Misses Its Cue “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is a Shattering Epic of Reproach A Ninety-Nine-Year-Old Lawyer’s Final Case in “Frank” Daily Cartoon Link copied Play today’s moderately challenging puzzle. A clue: Hip-hop journalist who hosted the Fox series “Pump It Up!” Nine letters. P.S. After his brief moment of consideration for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz swiftly moved on to a new venture: selling personalized videos (birthday wishes, pep talks, congratulations) on Cameo. Naomi Fry has written about how the video service took off during the pandemic , and why it offers a new way to think about our interactions with celebrities. “The transactional nature is out in the open,” she writes, “and videos swerve between overt, unapologetic shilling and surprisingly earnest sentiment.”

Islanders host the Red Wings after Palmieri's 2-goal gameALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2024-- Agilysys, Inc . (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading global provider of hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that on December 5, 2024, it increased the size of its Board of Directors from seven to eight members and appointed Lisa Pope to fill this newly created directorship. Ms. Pope is expected to be nominated for election by the Company’s stockholders at its 2025 annual stockholders meeting. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211960965/en/ Lisa Pope Elected to Agilysys Board of Directors (Photo: Business Wire) Ms. Pope currently serves as President of Epicor, where she successfully led the global enterprise software company’s transition from a traditional on-premises software license operation to a cloud-first, subscription-based SaaS company, driving growth through both direct and indirect channels. Epicor serves more than 23,000 customers in 150 countries through a workforce of 4,600 personnel located in 34 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Canada, Mexico and China. Ms. Pope led a similar successful global growth transition to cloud solutions at Infor as Senior Vice President, Global Strategy and Sales, for Infor’s CloudSuite and Value Engineering industry-specific solutions across eight vertical markets, including hospitality. Infor delivers enterprise cloud solutions to more than 60,000 customers across 175 countries. “Lisa is a highly talented SAAS-focused executive with a long history of successfully growing industry-tailored enterprise cloud solutions globally at scale,” said Agilysys Chairman of the Board Michael Kaufman. “Her experience makes Lisa an ideal candidate to help further our Board of Directors’ mission to significantly increase shareholder value in the years to come,” Mr. Kaufman added. Agilysys President, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director Ramesh Srinivasan noted Ms. Pope’s experience shaping go-to-market success in global “land and expand” cloud software models in which the value of initial sales to new customers expands over time through upselling and cross-selling additional solutions on an end-to-end enterprise platform. “Now that we have completed the cloud-native modernization of our end-to-end hospitality enterprise platforms for property management systems (PMS), omnichannel point-of-sale solutions (POS) and food-and-beverage inventory and procurement (F&B I&P) solutions, we are focused on accelerating global growth at scale,” Mr. Srinivasan emphasized. “Lisa is a global enterprise leader with proven experience accelerating new customer wins for companies that similarly have transitioned enterprise solutions to the cloud. Lisa has been instrumental in helping those companies achieve impressive global presence. We also appreciate her background driving customer success and retention to create ‘customer-for-life’ value,” Mr. Srinivasan added. Ms. Pope serves on the Board of Directors for supplier risk management and recovery solutions provider apexanalytix, and previously helped create initial go-to-market plans for behavioral analytics software start-up Pretaa. Her more than 30 years of corporate leadership experience also includes leading go-to-market growth during manufacturing and supply chain solution provider QAD’s transition from on-premises licensed software to cloud-native SaaS as Senior Vice President, Global Sales Strategy. She also was the profit-and-loss owner for QAD’s North America Region. QAD grew revenue to approximately $340 million before being acquired in an approximately $2 billion cash transaction by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo in 2021. Noting how well her corporate executive experience aligns with growth opportunities facing Agilysys, Ms. Pope commented, “I am energized by the ‘scale in the cloud’ future for Agilysys. The similarities with respect to growth, customer engagement, technology transition and micro-vertical transformation between ‘what’s next’ for Agilysys and the global expansion initiatives I have led for similar technology-forward, scale-up companies make this Board of Directors position a perfect fit – not only with my proven expertise but also with the challenges I find most rewarding. I look forward to collaborating with my Board of Director colleagues and the Agilysys leadership team to scale to the next level.” Ms. Pope was recognized for her customer-centric revenue growth success, ability to strategically lead and scale partnerships, and effective mentorship and women empowerment with the 2022 “Woman of the Year” Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service, a global annual award honoring customer service, business development and executive sales leadership. She also was named the 2021 Silver Best in Biz Award for Sales Executive of the Year by a panel of judges from the Associated Press, Barron’s , Consumer Affairs, Inc., USA Today and Wired . Ms. Pope holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and in Communications and Media Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. About Agilysys Agilysys exclusively delivers state-of-the-art software solutions and services that help organizations achieve High Return HospitalityTM by maximizing Return on Experience (ROE) through interactions that make ‘personal’ profitable. Customers around the world use Agilysys Property Management Systems (PMS), Point-of-Sale (POS) solutions, Food & Beverage Inventory and Procurement (I&P) systems and accompanying hospitality ecosystem solutions to consistently delight guests, retain staff and grow margins. The Agilysys 100% hospitality customer base includes branded and independent hotels; multi-amenity resorts; casinos; property, hotel and resort management companies; cruise lines; corporate dining providers; higher education campus dining providers; food service management companies; hospitals; lifestyle communities; senior living facilities; stadiums; and theme parks. www.agilysys.com View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211960965/en/ CONTACT: Media NORAM: Jen Reeves, Agilysys, 770-810-6007,jennifer.reeves@agilysys.com Media Rest-of-World: Alan Edwards/Champion +44 207 030 3818,agilysys@championcomms.com Investors:Jessica Hennessy, Agilysys, 770-810-6116,investorrelations@agilysys.com KEYWORD: GEORGIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE MOBILE/WIRELESS RESTAURANT/BAR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BUSINESS DATA MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS OTHER TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY LODGING TRAVEL RETAIL SOURCE: Agilysys, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/11/2024 04:05 PM/DISC: 12/11/2024 04:05 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211960965/enVANCOUVER, British Columbia and LAS VEGAS, Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (“ ” or the ”) ( )( )( ), a fast-growing mobile clinical network and medical platform which enables flexible at-home medical services across 50 states in the United States, is pleased to announce its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. All financial information is presented in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated. commented, The Company believes the following Non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful insight to aid in the understanding of the Company’s performance and may assist in the evaluation of the Company’s business relative to that of its peers: Refer to Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures The table below sets out a summary of certain financial results of the Company over the past eight quarters and is derived from the audited annual consolidated financial statements and unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Company. The Company has experienced dramatic user growth over the past two years as can be seen by the consistent revenue growth over the past eight quarters. The Company continues to deliver on its mission of building one of the largest mobile clinical networks in the United States. Through its medical network, pharmacy network and proprietary technology platform that adheres to the complex healthcare legislation across 50 states, Hydreight has provided a fully integrated solution for healthcare providers to become independent contractors. Hydreight remains focused on its strategic priorities of (1) Profitability (2) adding more product and service offerings for its customers, (3) introducing Hydreight story with more potential shareholders (4) driving white label partnerships and Nurses to the platform and (5) looking for strategic tuck in M&A opportunities to scale and grow the business quickly and efficiently Hydreight will continue to invest into its technology to ensure continuous improvements, advancements and updates adhering to changes within the healthcare industry. Please see for the Company’s condensed interim consolidated unaudited financial statements and MD&A for the three and six months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 and for the Company’s audited annual consolidated financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. In a partnership with two other parties, Hydreight Technologies launched the VSDHOne (Read as VSDH-One)platform. VSDHOne simplifies the entry challenges for companies and medi-spa businesses to enter the online healthcare space compliantly. This platform will help all businesses to launch a direct-to-consumer healthcare brand in a matter of days in all 50 states. Compliant offerings include: GLP-1s (semaglutide, tirzepatide), peptides, personalized healthcare treatments, sermorelin, testosterone replacement therapy (“TRT”), hair loss, skincare, sexual health and more. Hydreight invested in technology, legal and infrastructure to launch this platform. The VSDHOne platform offers a complete, end-to-end solution for businesses looking to launch direct-to-consumer healthcare brands. From compliance and telemedicine technology to nationwide doctor and pharmacy networks, VSDHOne provides all the tools needed for a seamless entry into the online healthcare space. The platform is designed to significantly reduce the time and costs associated with launching such services, making it possible for businesses to go live in days instead of months. Hydreight Technologies Inc. is building one of the largest mobile clinic networks in the United States. Its proprietary, fully integrated platform hosts a network of over 2500 nurses, over 100 doctors and a pharmacy network across 50 states. The platform includes a built-in, easy-to-use suite of fully integrated tools for accounting, documentation, sales, inventory, booking, and managing patient data, which enables licensed healthcare professionals to provide services directly to patients at home, office or hotel. Hydreight is bridging the gap between provider compliance and patient convenience, empowering nurses, med spa technicians, and other licensed healthcare professionals. The Hydreight platform allows healthcare professionals to deliver services independently, on their own terms, or to add mobile services to existing location-based operations. Hydreight has a 503B pharmacy network servicing all 50 states and is closely affiliated with a U.S. certified e-script and telemedicine provider network. On behalf of the Board of Directors Shane Madden Hydreight Technologies Inc. Email: ; Telephone: (702) 970 8112 This press release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from U.S. registration requirements. This release contains references to non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted Revenue (also referred to as Topline Revenue), Adjusted Gross Margin, and Adjusted EBITDA. The Company defines Adjusted Revenue as gross cash income before adjustment for the deferred portion of business partner contract revenue and gross receipts from Hydreight App service sales. The Company defines Adjusted Gross Margin as GAAP gross margin plus inventory impairment plus the deferred portion of business partner contract revenue. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and before (i) transaction, restructuring, and integration costs and share-based payments expense, and (iii) gains/losses that are not reflective of ongoing operating performance. The Company believes that the measures provide information useful to its shareholders and investors in understanding the Company’s operating cash flow growth, user growth, and cash generating potential for funding working capital requirements, service future interest and principal debt repayments and fund future growth initiatives. These non-GAAP measures may assist in the evaluation of the Company’s business relative to that of its peers more accurately than GAAP financial measures alone. This data is furnished to provide additional information and does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP. Accordingly, it should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of other metrics presented in accordance with GAAP. Neither TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This press release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from U.S. registration requirements. This press release contains statements which constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements regarding the plans, path to profitability, intentions, beliefs and current expectations of the Company with respect to future business activities and operating performance. Forward-looking information is often identified by the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “will”, “intend”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect” or similar expressions and includes information regarding expectations for the Company’s growth and profitability in 2024. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical facts but instead reflects the Company’s management’s expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of the Company. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: the ability to obtain requisite regulatory and other approvals with respect to the business operated by the Company and/or the potential impact of the listing of the Company’s shares on the TSXV on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; and the diversion of management time as a result of being a publicly listed entity. This forward-looking information may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of the Company and market conditions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking information except as otherwise required by applicable law. See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Ghana's opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country's election on Monday, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government's economic management and high living costs. Mahama won 56 percent of the votes in Saturday's presidential ballot, compared to the ruling party candidate and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who secured 41 percent, the electoral commission said announcing official results. The landslide comeback for former president Mahama ended eight years in power for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo, whose last term was marked by Ghana's worst economic turmoil in years, an IMF bailout and a debt default. "These eight years have witnessed some of the darkest periods of our governance," Mahama told crowds of supporters blowing horns and whistles in his party office in Accra. "This mandate also serves as a constant reminder of what fate awaits us if we fail to meet the aspirations of our people." Bawumia, a former central banker, had already quickly conceded defeat on Sunday, acknowledging Ghanaians wanted change after the government failed to shake off widespread frustration. Bawumia also said the Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) party had won the parliamentary vote in Saturday's election. Official results for the parliament are still being tallied. Mahama, 66, had previously failed twice to secure the presidency, but in Saturday's election he managed to tap into expectations of change among Ghanaians. He promised to "reset" Ghana, usher in economic revival and renegotiate parts of the country's $3 billion IMF accord. In his acceptance speech, Mahama promised reforms and "severe" measures to bring Ghana back on track. "The journey is not going to be easy... because the outgoing government has plunged our dear nation into the abyss," he said. "I am certain that we shall win the battle." With a history of democratic stability, Ghana's two major parties, the NPP and NDC, have alternated in power equally since the return to multi-party politics in 1992. But Ghana's economic woes dominated the 2024 election, after the continent's top gold producer and world's second cacao exporter went through a debt crisis, the default and currency devaluation. Turnout for Saturday election was 60.9 percent, a slide in participation from 79 percent in the 2020 election, results showed. With a slogan "Break the 8" -- a reference to two, four-year terms in power -- Bawumia had sought to take the NPP to an unprecedented third mandate. But he struggled to break from criticism of Akufo-Addo's economic record. While inflation slowed from more than 50 percent to around 23 percent, and other indicators stabilised, economic concerns were still a clear election issue for most Ghanaians. That frustration opened the way for a comeback from Mahama, who first came to the presidency in 2012 when he was serving as vice president and then President John Atta Mills died in office. During campaigning, the former president also faced criticism from those who remember his government's own financial tribulations and especially the massive power blackouts that marred his time in office. bur/pma/givIt’s no secret that San Franciscans don’t feel particularly great about their city government. Residents have repeatedly signaled in surveys that they feel The City is heading in the wrong direction , and November’s election saw candidates promising change earn voters’ support. But feelings aside, just how effective is city government, and is it meeting its own goals? The City Controller’s Office asks these questions every year and assembles a plethora of data to grade city departments. On Thursday, the Controller’s Office released its Annual Performance Results report, which features data from the fiscal year from July 2023 through June 2024. The goal is to not only provide San Franciscans with a snapshot of government performance, but help departments make decisions based on real data. “Good data informs good policy. We aim to provide something that’s a useful snapshot of our city’s service delivery performance — something to supplement the narratives that don’t always capture a complete picture of complicated issues,” Controller Greg Wagner said in a statement. “Departments can hopefully see at a glance what’s working well and where there’s more work to be done.” The Examiner pored over the report and highlighted a few noteworthy nuggets below. Libraries Maybe it’s just a symptom of bookflation , but the San Francisco Public Library has never been busier. The library system lent out about 14 million materials, which includes electronic and physical items, in the last fiscal year. That’s beyond the quantity in any other year in the last decade, and a pronounced recovery from a COVID-19 pandemic drop-off. The library system took steps during the pandemic to make electronic materials easier to access. It’s also seeing a rise in physical media distribution, which was up 12% last year, which is partly attributed to a change in policy that allowed patrons to renew physical materials for up to five times instead of three. ( Editor’s note: This is especially handy for items like cookbooks. Get comfortable, “The Levantine Vegetarian” by Salma Hage, you’re staying a while.) The circulation increase comes despite the fact that the number of physical people entering a physical library remains less than two-thirds of what it was prior to the pandemic, though even that figure continues to rise every year since COVID-safety restrictions were lifted. The jails Both violent and property crime continued to trend downward in San Francisco, but its jails are more full than in any other year included in the controller’s analysis. The average daily jail population in San Francisco rose by 34% from fiscal year 2023 to 2024, and its jails were at 86% of their rated capacity. The change is likely due to a couple of factors. The City joined up with state and federal law enforcement in May 2023 to launch a coordinated crackdown on low- and high-level drug dealing in and around the Tenderloin and Civic Center, where open-air drug markets had become commonplace. The jail population also began to rise after a pandemic-induced dropoff. Prior to 2020, the number of people in jail was above what it is now — 1,322 in fiscal year 2019, compared to the 1,099 on average for the last year — although capacity was higher at the time. 911 response A shortage of emergency dispatchers continues to plague The City’s 911 call-response times. In August, KQED reported The City is short about 40 dispatchers of its goal of 160 to 165. Just 76% of 911 calls were responded to within 15 seconds in fiscal year 2024. This was the fourth consecutive year in which response times worsened, according to the controller’s data. As recently as 2020, 94% of 911 calls were answered within 15 seconds. City data for the current fiscal year shows a moderate improvement within the last few months, with 82% of 911 calls answered within 15 seconds in September. San Francisco dispatchers not matched that monthly average response time in more than two years. The controller’s report attributes worsening performance to a shortage in staffing exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it notes causes for hope. The Department of Emergency Management told the controller’s office that it has hired a recruiter and shortened its hiring process by 20%. Its last two 911 Dispatch Academy classes were its largest since prior to the pandemic and officials expect staffing to improve throughout the next fiscal year. Despite the dispatcher shortage, emergency responders were able to dramatically improve their response times to “A” emergencies — the most extreme situations — by nearly a full minute, from 6.9 last year to 6 this year. That’s significantly under the target of 8 minutes. Naloxone distribution After an alarming and steep increase in fatal opioid overdoses in recent years, city health officials have touted a steady dropoff throughout this year. One factor in the improvement may be The City’s drastic escalation in its distribution of naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses. Though it still fell short of its target for the year, the Department of Public Health reported giving out 157,528 doses of naloxone in fiscal year 2024, more than twice what it did just two years prior. The Examiner’s Evan Wyloge contributed data visualizations to this story.

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Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Ingersoll Rand Inc. ( NYSE:IR – Free Report ) by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 6,416 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 463 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Ingersoll Rand were worth $630,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of IR. Ridgewood Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Ingersoll Rand in the 2nd quarter valued at $25,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Ingersoll Rand during the third quarter valued at about $34,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Ingersoll Rand by 38.5% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 453 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in shares of Ingersoll Rand by 196.8% in the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 466 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $42,000 after acquiring an additional 309 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Eastern Bank bought a new position in Ingersoll Rand in the 3rd quarter valued at about $42,000. Institutional investors own 95.27% of the company’s stock. Ingersoll Rand Stock Performance Shares of IR stock opened at $104.00 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.71 and a current ratio of 2.36. The firm has a market cap of $41.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.73, a P/E/G ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 1.42. Ingersoll Rand Inc. has a 52 week low of $69.46 and a 52 week high of $105.63. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $99.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $94.68. Ingersoll Rand Dividend Announcement Insider Activity at Ingersoll Rand In related news, CAO Michael J. Scheske sold 2,531 shares of Ingersoll Rand stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.44, for a total value of $246,620.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 11,910 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,160,510.40. The trade was a 17.53 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink . Also, insider Kathleen M. Keene sold 4,629 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.99, for a total value of $416,563.71. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3,829 shares in the company, valued at approximately $344,571.71. This represents a 54.73 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . 0.68% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth IR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Cfra boosted their price objective on Ingersoll Rand from $85.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 4th. Evercore ISI lowered their price target on Ingersoll Rand from $93.00 to $88.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 19th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Ingersoll Rand from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, October 7th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Ingersoll Rand to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on shares of Ingersoll Rand in a research report on Friday, September 6th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $97.00 price target on the stock. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $103.83. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Ingersoll Rand About Ingersoll Rand ( Free Report ) Ingersoll Rand Inc provides various mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation technologies services and solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Technologies and Services, and Precision and Science Technologies. The Industrial Technologies and Services segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services air and gas compression, vacuum, and blower products; fluid transfer equipment and loading systems; and power tools and lifting equipment, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables, air treatment equipment, controls, other accessories, and services under the under the Ingersoll Rand, Gardner Denver, Nash, CompAir, Elmo Rietschle brands, etc. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding IR? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Ingersoll Rand Inc. ( NYSE:IR – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Ingersoll Rand Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ingersoll Rand and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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