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With 2024 just a week away, the last week of December guarantees a bunch of exciting over-the-top (OTT) releases. From the much-awaited second season of Squid Game to Rohit Shetty 's newest installment in the Singham franchise, audiences have a plethora of new films and web series to pick from. Here are some of the most awaited OTT releases lined up between December 23-29. 'Squid Game' S02 and 'Singham Again' lead the pack The second season of South Korean dystopian survival thriller Squid Game will premiere on Netflix on December 26. The new season will see Player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) returning to the competition three years after winning the first Squid Game . On Friday, December 27, Prime Video will release Singham Again , starring an ensemble cast including Ajay Devgn , Akshay Kumar , Ranveer Singh, and Tiger Shroff among others. 'Sorgavaasal,' 'Mother's Instinct,' and 'Doctor Who' special Netflix will also premiere the Tamil prison drama Sorgavaasal on December 27. Starring RJ Balaji and Selvaraghavan in lead roles, the film tells the story of a small eatery owner who is wrongly accused of murder. Lionsgate Play will release Mother's Instinct , a psychological thriller starring Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway , on the same day. Disney+ Hotstar will premiere Doctor Who: Joy to the World on Christmas Day (December 25). 'I am Kanthalan,' 'Doctors,' and 'Your Friend, Nate Bargatze' Manorama Max will drop the techno-crime thriller I am Kanthalan on Christmas Day. The film revolves around a young man who turns to hacking after suffering career blows. On December 27, JioCinema will premiere Doctors , a medical drama series starring Sharad Kelkar and Harleen Sethi. Netflix will also stream Your Friend, Nate Bargatze on December 24 as part of a two-special deal with top-earning comic Nate Bargatze. 'Mura,' 'Khoj - Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar' round up the list Prime Video will drop Mura , a brutal revenge drama directed by Muhammad Musthafa, on Christmas Day. The film's plot follows four unemployed friends who get sucked into a world of crime and violence. On December 27, ZEE5 will premiere Khoj - Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar , a mystery thriller starring Sharib Hashmi and Anupriya Goenka. The story follows Ved (Hashmi), whose wife Meera (Goenka) mysteriously disappears.Jalen Johnson scores 28 to lead the Hawks over the Bulls 120-110

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Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Dec. 11, 2016. Jessica Tansey was driving around Chicago the weekend after Thanksgiving when she noticed a sudden addition to her neighborhood. “I passed a bunch of little Christmas tree pop-ups,” she recalls, adding, “And I just wondered who all the people are behind it and what their stories are.” So she turned to Curious City writing: “Pop-up Christmas tree sellers are seemingly in the corner of every Chicago parking lot. What’s a week in the life? A year in the life? The return on investment?” We want to wrap up the answer before the holidays end, so we’re skipping the “week/year in the life” part to focus on the heart of it: Who are the people that run these lots and how do they run their businesses? We learn there’re lots of ways to keep a tree lot business humming, but here’s what they have in common: The holiday season goes by quickly, so they have to hustle. Let’s start with one of Chicago’s oldest and biggest tree lot operations — fittingly called Chicago Christmas Tree Lots. It’s run by Gregg Arneson, who works construction in northern Wisconsin for most of the year. But for about a half century, he’s spent the holiday season in Chicago selling trees. Arneson says his grandfather was one of the city’s earliest tree retailers, cutting down wild trees in the woods and sending them to Chicago by schooner. He was part of a trade that made Christmas trees — a traditional German custom — both accessible and popular in Chicago at turn of the 20th century. Many of the first “lots” were actually ships docked around the Clark Street bridge. The history of popularizing the “Tannenbaum” tradition in the city (and the danger of it) is recounted each year in productions of a musical called “ The Christmas Schooner .” Captain Herman “Christmas Tree” Scheunemann, center was among the pioneers of the local Christmas tree trade. He perished in an accident when his tree-loaded ship went down in icy Lake Michigan storms. Courtesy of Chicago History Museum Arneson says later generations of his family continued the trade, but made some changes. Instead of cutting down wild trees, they started tree farms, and the schooners were replaced by trains and trucks. These days, Arneson brings down trees from his own farm and others nearby. But with the rise of big-box stores, that model is fading. “Years ago — I’d say until about 25 years ago — there were more individual tree lots with people from up north bringing their products down to sell them,” he says. Nowadays, Arneson says, huge commercial competitors from across the country ship trees to big-box stores where trees are often less vetted and cheaper. Home Depot outlets in Chicago, for example, price 5-foot Scotch pines for $19. They retail 6-foot Fraser firs for $70. The stores offer spruce and fir varieties with price-points in between, too. But, Arneson says, he’s held in there. In recent years, he’s run six to 10 lots in various Chicago locations he rents across the North Side. He sells a variety of fresh Midwest pines, spruces and firs for about $40 to $90 for average size trees. He credits his survival to clients who are looking for something beyond the big-box experience. “My customer tends to be more picky,” he says. “They’ll come in and spend an hour, sometimes two hours, walking around looking for the perfect tree. And that’s the difference, basically.” Chris Peterson, 34, of Wisconsin, mans the Arneson Christmas tree lot in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. He lives in the on-site trailer. “We’ve got our cold days, but we have heat in there,” he says, adding that he’s grateful for the job. “It helps out quite a bit at the end of the year. ... It helps out with presents and the family.” Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ Each year, Arneson pulls off his own version of the holiday hustle, spending long days driving between lots, stocking trees and helping with night deliveries. He hires temporary workers to manage the lots, and this season they even include some Jamaican fireman buddies. “They bundle up and we got them some gear, and so far they like it,” he says. Mostly, though, Arneson says he hires construction workers and others Wisconsinites looking for seasonal work. Arneson’s model is one of the most traditional — and one that Chicagoans like Jessica are most likely to encounter. But there are others. Ivy Speck is a Wrigleyville property owner who uses her lot at Roscoe and Sheffield for Cubs parking during baseball season. But come late November, she transforms it into a fragrant forest of Fraser firs called Ivy’s Christmas Trees . Speck has been selling trees in the neighborhood for 28 years. When we catch up with her, she’s buzzing around her lot in a yellow vest twinkling with Christmas lights. Despite the cold, she says she loves the business: “It’s fast, it’s furious, and it’s over in about three and a half weeks.” On a good weekday, she says she can sell up to 100 trees, but that doubles on weekends. Unlike Arneson, Speck has the advantage of owning the property where she sells, but like other operators, she’s required to get an itinerant merchant’s license from the city that costs $50 a month. For labor, she says she hires her nephew and his friends for a few weeks. Speck says it’s a good business, but one that takes a while to master. One hurdle is figuring out the best trees to sell. “In 1990, I didn’t know anything about trees,” she says. “We started out selling Scotch pines and other trees from Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan. But then we started selling these [Fraser firs] — and little by little nobody wanted to buy any of the other trees.” Ivy Speck of Ivy’s Christmas Trees bounces between customers on an unusually warm late November night. “Normally I’m inside my little hut with the heat on,” she says. Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ The premium Fraser firs Speck buys from North Carolina have a reputation for growing straight, retaining their needles and smelling fabulous. Other cheaper varieties can fall short on any or all of these traits. We quote Speck some figures from a tree-retailing website that says vendors can buy their trees for $15 to $25 and sell them for triple the price they paid. She questions the figures, saying her trees cost more, and she sells most for $50 to $90. (That’s for payment in cash. She tacks on a bit more for credit-card transactions.) When I quote the website’s estimate that a vendor can make $15,000 to $20,000 a month on tree sales, Speck also seems skeptical. “Ok, sure,” she says. “I wouldn’t work here if I only made that, though. But those are my secrets.” Still, she notes that her profits are balanced by all the costs that go into her operation. These include staffing, shipping, delivery, supplies and packaging. But those aren’t the only business models that keep tree lots humming across Chicago each season. Some lots are actually fundraisers run by scout troops, schools or churches. They often do a mix of pre-order and on-site sales of trees on their properties. More are also popping up near restaurants, where outdoor seating areas can conveniently morph into tree lots this time of year. This includes 90 Miles restaurant on Clybourn Avenue, and Big Star , a taco joint in Wicker Park. Diners at Big Star sometimes become tree buyers and vice versa. Chicago entrepreneur Chris Hohenstein has run the Big Star tree lot for five years. It’s an outgrowth of his online-only City Tree Delivery that he started in 2008. This year he has two physical lots that he says complement his online operation. Neighborhood foot traffic has served Ivy Speck well over the years, but recently she’s taken to social media for outreach. Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ “A lot of people like the convenience of ordering their tree online,” Hohenstein says. “But these lots have been great for buyers who want to see and smell their tree first. The locations create a lot of atmosphere. Big Star has drink specials for people who get a tree, and at our North Center location we partner with a nonprofit that sets up a hot cocoa stand on weekends.” Despite all the work leading up to the big day, all the vendors tell us they’re usually able to wrap up several days before Christmas — well in time to celebrate themselves. Arneson says he donates extra trees to charity or the Lincoln Park Zoo to use for the animals. As a last resort, he chips them up for mulch. But Speck says she has been experimenting with another solution. The week before Christmas she leaves all her unsold trees in the lot with an honor box and a suggested price of $20. And for the most part, she says, people prove pretty honorable this time of year. Monica Eng was previously a reporter for WBEZ’s Curious City. Jessica Tansey meets owner Ivy Speck of Ivy’s Christmas Trees. Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ

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Elon Musk backs AfD party in German newspaper opinion pieceA pair of teams vying to put a stamp on overachieving campaigns will meet as Georgia Tech squares off with Vanderbilt in the Birmingham Bowl on Friday in Birmingham, Ala. Georgia Tech (7-5) is appearing in back-to-back bowl games for the first time since an 18-year run from 1997-2014, and a win would give the Yellow Jackets consecutive bowl wins for the first time in 20 years. For a Georgia Tech program that endured a 14-32 stretch from 2019-22, this season has given Yellow Jacket fans a reason to believe a resurgence is near. After knocking off No. 10 Florida State in the season opener, Georgia Tech climbed into the AP Poll for the first time in nine years. Although it was a short stay in the rankings, head coach Brent Key's team piqued the nation's interest again in November, when it took down undefeated No. 4 Miami, 28-23. The Yellow Jackets had another chance to shake up the college football landscape against then-No. 7 Georgia, but blew a late 14-point lead en route to an eight-overtime defeat. Now with one more opportunity against the Southeastern Conference, Key thinks the bowl organizers nailed this one on the head. "We're excited to go over to Birmingham and play a really good opponent," Key said. "I think this is a really good matchup. When you look at bowl games, that's what you look for, the matchups. And I think they got this one right." Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King's 1,910 passing yards and 22 total touchdowns (11 passing, 11 rushing) have steadied the offense throughout the year, but the Yellow Jackets will be without their leading receiver, Eric Singleton Jr., who entered the transfer portal after the regular season and signed with Auburn on Monday. Starting defensive lineman Romello Height also transferred, meaning a next-man-up mentality will be in order for Key's squad. "One person is not going to make a difference as far as rotational depth," Key said. "We're going to continue to coach the guys that are here, and prepare them not only for this game but for the rest of their careers here at Georgia Tech." Singleton paced Georgia Tech with 754 receiving yards to go along with four total touchdowns, while Height tallied 2 1/2 sacks and a pair of forced fumbles. It wouldn't have surprised many college football pundits had Vanderbilt missed the postseason for a sixth straight year. The Commodores (6-6) were predicted last by a wide margin in the SEC preseason poll coming off last year's winless conference slate. However, the program's historic season can now be punctuated with its first bowl win in 11 years, thanks to a shocking Oct. 5 victory over No. 1 Alabama, along with its first win all-time at Auburn. Led by head coach Clark Lea, the revamped Commodores see a similar program on Friday in Birmingham. "Georgia Tech is a team I've taken notes on as Brent has built that program up," Lea said. "What an incredible transformation they've had; so much respect for them. ... This is our 10th bowl game in 134 years, it's a chance for our first winning season since 2013. You're going to have two teams that play a physical brand of football, two head coaches that care deeply about the institutions we represent. "These are two teams that are going to fight for a win and I don't think it gets better than that." The Commodores are led by quarterback Diego Pavia, who had 2,133 passing yards and 17 touchdowns in the air, paired with 716 rushing yards and six scores on the ground. Pavia, a transfer from New Mexico State -- and New Mexico Military Institute at the juco level -- won a court ruling last week that granted him a seventh year of eligibility in 2025. --Field Level Media

Coatbridge Youtuber planning North Korea visit after meeting with drug lords and TalibanOTT releases this week: 'Squid Game' S02, 'Singham Again'Inside America’s federal workforce that Trump has promised to eviscerate. THE tremors from Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory have hit every corner of Washington. But their maximum intensity is felt by the United States capital’s federal workforce, which comprises tens of thousands of mostly anonymous employees not-so-fondly referred to by Trump as “the deep state.” Few notions have consumed the once and future president more than the belief that his executive power has been constrained by a cabal of unelected bureaucrats. In his first rally of the 2024 campaign in Waco, Texas, Trump framed the bureaucracy as a national adversary, declaring, “Either the deep state destroys America, or we destroy the deep state.” His intention to accomplish the latter is an explicit feature of Trump’s official to-do list, known as Agenda 47. From numerous interviews conducted with government officials spread across eight federal agencies, the overwhelming consensus is that Trump and his allies are not bluffing. And now the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) has been announced with Trump’s close associate, billionaire industrialist and owner of social media platform X Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy picked to head it. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday, the incoming “efficiency” tsars outlined plans for a “drastic reduction” in regulations and “mass head-count reductions”. Musk and Ramaswamy said they would rely on two recent Supreme Court rulings that limited the authority of federal regulatory agencies to “liberate individuals and businesses from illicit regulations never passed by Congress”. The heart of Trump and his allies have termed as ‘the deep state’ in Washington is bracing for changes that the Doge will bring. — Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via The New York Times “There’s definitely anxiety, no question,” said Thomas Yazdgerdi, president of the American Foreign Service Association, which represents about 17,000 active-duty and retired service members across six federal agencies. He said diplomats were asking him: “Is my job going to be OK? Will they shut down my bureau? What will happen to me?” Many longtime federal employees expressed exhaustion at the very prospect of a second go-round with Trump. “I believe there will be a significant exodus among the one-third of our workforce that is eligible to retire,” said Nicole Cantello, a former attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency speaking on behalf of the agency’s union, which she represents. “Many of them will be unwilling to relive all the hostility they experienced four years ago.” But most federal workers do not have the option to retire or to transfer their expertise to the private sector. So, while it has not been mentioned, yet, much of their concern centres on Trump’s pledge to re-institute Schedule F, an executive order he issued late in his presidency that would have empowered his administration to convert tens of thousands of civil servants to “at-will” workers, who could more easily be fired and replaced with political appointees. The legality of Schedule F was never tested because President Joe Biden revoked the order when he took office. “They are what makes this government work,” Natalie Quillian, a deputy chief of staff in the Biden White House, said of the federal workforce. Referring to a rule that Biden finalised this spring making it difficult to reinstate Schedule F, she continued, “I think we’ve taken all the actions we can to make sure they are protected and I’m not aware of any other action we can take.” Trump is hardly the first prominent politician to denounce the federal workforce. George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama and four-time presidential candidate, inveighed against “pointy-headed bureaucrats with thin briefcases full of guidelines.” Richard Nixon derisively termed them “little people in big jobs.” And though career government employees often serve in successive administrations from both parties, they are ultimately guided by viewpoints that some might construe as agendas. “It’s clear that there are civil servants with different policy views that work in government,” said David E. Lewis, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, who has written on bureaucracies. “And in some ways, that’s by design. We would expect experts to have opinions about what should be done. Sometimes those opinions fall along party lines, and you end up seeing some agencies with more Republicans and others with more Democrats. But historically speaking, that effect has been small.” Trump clearly does not believe this, Lewis acknowledged. “I would say his views of the bureaucracy are more strident than what we’ve seen from recent presidents,” he said. The closest parallel, Lewis added, was the “spoils system” administration of Andrew Jackson’s administration nearly two centuries ago, in which government jobs were doled out to cronies and family members. Officials interviewed warned that making civil servants feel more vulnerable about their livelihood would almost certainly create a chilling effect on how they go about their work. The perception of exhibiting insufficient loyalty to Trump’s agenda is more discomfiting at some agencies than at others. Three mid-level EPA officials said they feared the subject of climate change would be off-limits in the new administration. At the Pentagon, officials were trying to game out what policies might catch Trump’s attention and prompt edicts like the one he announced five years ago on social media, forbidding transgender people from serving “in any capacity in the US Military.” There also are fears inside the Education Department that its legacy of civil rights reforms could soon be terminated, or that Trump will make good on his vow to dissolve the department altogether. Aaron Ament, who served as chief of staff of the Education Department’s general counsel’s office during the Obama administration, said that even if the Trump administration kept the agency intact, it could immediately test the resolve of its staff by cutting back many of the department’s main regulatory and enforcement functions. “During his first term, Trump outsourced higher education policy to for-profit industry executives who systematically dismantled enforcement and regulatory protections for students,” Ament said. “If this term is similar, we could not only see the same harms but find Trump weaponising the Office for Civil Rights to cut off funds for state universities that teach from books he doesn’t like or disagree with him politically.” Even agencies with distinctly non-ideological missions could come under scrutiny. At the Federal Aviation Administration, for example, the mission of safely landing airplanes has found no sceptic among the authors of Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint for reshaping the federal government. But federal employees at the FAA and elsewhere have noted that Musk’s SpaceX rocket launches are regulated by the agency. Musk also has been openly contemptuous of collective bargaining rights. One FAA official said his co-workers fear that Musk may exercise undue influence in that regard and are concerned that Trump will roll back any protections against discrimination that the new president deems to be “woke.” One intelligence official predicted that many at the CIA would make their career decisions based on whether the new CIA director is respectful of the intelligence community. Several people who were interviewed pointed to Trump’s mercurial character as a factor that might ultimately save them. Though they did not doubt the sincerity of his hostility toward “the deep state,” they strained to imagine a 78-year-old man with a fleeting attention span poring over employee manifests and organisational charts. In the end, what might end up blunting any damage Trump might try to inflict upon the bureaucracy is its own hidebound imperviousness. One former official at the Transportation Department, who asked for anonymity to speak freely, recalled the more than yearlong effort to obtain the funding for a specific, relatively small project that had already been authorised. It was the nature of bureaucracy, the official said: Nothing could be done, or undone, with the stroke of a pen. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

Patiala: A protest by unemployed teachers for long-overdue job appointments turned violent on Tuesday in Punjab’s Sangrur district, forcing police to use batons, water cannon, and tear gas to disperse the crowd before it could reach chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence here after blockading the Chandigarh highway for three hours. The demonstrators were from ETT cadre’s 5994 and 2364 unions, and this confrontation left 25 of them injured along with eight police officers. These are official numbers, even though protesters put their side’s injuries above 30, while accusing police of desecratiing turbans and pulling women’s scarves. Police claimed their personnel were injured in stone-pelting. There are no formal complaints or arrests yet. The teacher union accused the state govt and education department of delaying recruitment deliberately even though the Punjab and Haryana high court had not stayed the process. After the lathi-charge incident, the unemployed tearchers have now vowed to intensify their agitation. TNN We also published the following articles recently Unemployed ETT teachers Lathi-charged in Sangrur; 25 protestors, 8 cops injured in clash Police in Sangrur used tear gas and water cannons on unemployed teachers after they blocked the Patiala-Chandigarh highway and marched towards Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann's residence, seeking job appointment letters. The clash injured 25 demonstrators and eight police officers. Protesters claim delays in recruitment despite court orders permitting the process to proceed. Police intensify search for accused Chirayinkeezhu police are intensifying their search for gangster Auto Jayan, accused of murdering Vishnu in Anathalavattom. Authorities plan to invoke the Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act (Kaapa) against him once apprehended. Meanwhile, police have arrested Jayan's associate Jiju, and gangster Praveen has been booked under KAAPA for attempting to murder someone with a machete. Kolkata police officer injured as protests against attacks on Bangladesh minority Hindus turn violent A police officer was injured in a protest in Kolkata against violence targeting Hindus in Bangladesh. The protest intensified following the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges in Bangladesh. The rising attacks on Hindu temples in Bangladesh have prompted political and spiritual leaders in Kolkata to demand stronger protections for religious minorities.Of course, as goes NVDA, so goes the market, and after last night's beat (but disappointing revenue forecast), the giantest of giant tech companies swung around like a penny stock, adding and subtracting $100s of billions in market cap in an instant... Bear in mind that the vol market had pegged an 8% swing - Jensen's comments helped rescue the stock: "I believe that there will be no digestion until we modernize a trillion dollars with the data centers." Interestingly, while NVDA managed to hold on to gains, the Mega-Cap tech basket was hit hard and could not bounce back to green... Source: Bloomberg ... as GOOGL was clubbed like a baby seal... Source: Bloomberg All the major indices ended the day green (though Nasdaq lagged), as Small Caps ripped... ...thanks to a huge short squeeze (again)... Source: Bloomberg On the macro side, it was 'bad news': Philly Fed fell hard in November (from +10.3 to -5.5 vs +8.0 exp), Continuing Jobless claims topped 1.9mm Americans for the first time in three years (initial claims dropped), and the Leading Index dropped 0.4% (more than expected). Initial claims and existing home sales were positive to offset some of the negative but overall, the US Macro Surprise index actually rolled over... Source: Bloomberg Treasury yields were marginally higher on the day with the short-end lagging (2Y +3bps, 30Y +1bps). That pulled the short-end higher on the week, while the belly is outperforming on the week... Source: Bloomberg Rate-cut expectations continued to slide with less than three full 25bp cuts now priced-in by the end of 2025... Source: Bloomberg As bond yields rose, so did oil prices with WTI holding back above $70... Source: Bloomberg The dollar rallied back up near post-election highs... Source: Bloomberg But, the big news of the day was in 'alternate' currencies with bitcoin continuing to charge higher (topping $99k) as Gensler announced his retirement and Trump's crypto council takes shape... Source: Bloomberg ...and Gold also soared back above its 50DMA... Source: Bloomberg ...up for the 4th straight day after 6 straight down following the election... Source: Bloomberg And finally, Bitcoin finally took out its record high relative to gold... Source: Bloomberg Do you feel lucky?

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How to Stream Macy's 2024 Thanksgiving Day ParadeROSEN, A RANKED AND LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Enphase Energy, Inc. Investors To Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline In Securities Class Action - ENPHThe Kansas City Chiefs bounced back from their first defeat of the season with a dramatic 30-27 win over the Carolina Panthers. The reigning Super Bowl champions saw their run of 15 straight wins ended by the Buffalo Bills last week, but got back to winning ways thanks to star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. After a late Chuba Hubbard touchdown and two-point conversion had made it 27-27, the Chiefs got the ball back with less than two minutes on the clock and a 33-yard run from Mahomes helped set up Spencer Shrader for a game-winning field goal. THE CHIEFS SURVIVE AGAIN. 🔥 Patrick Mahomes comes up CLUTCH with a 33-yard run late, before Spencer Shrader wins it as time expires! Get your #NFL action on ESPN! pic.twitter.com/POt57HQYig — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) November 24, 2024 Mahomes finished the game with 269 yards and three touchdowns, two of them to Noah Gray in the first half. Running back Jahmyr Gibbs scored two touchdowns as the Detroit Lions beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-6 to improve their record to 10-1, matching that of the Chiefs. David Montgomery also ran for a score before having to leave the game with a shoulder injury. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended a four-game losing streak with a 30-7 win over the New York Giants, who “mutually agreed” to terminate the contract of quarterback Daniel Jones earlier this week. Jones’ replacement Tommy DeVito was sacked four times while opposite number Baker Mayfield ran for a touchdown and completed 24 of 30 pass attempts for 294 yards. Rachaad White, Bucky Irving and Sean Tucker also ran for touchdowns in a one-sided contest. The Dallas Cowboys ended their five-game losing streak with a remarkable 34-26 win over the Washington Commanders, with 30 points scored in the final three minutes. KaVontae Turpin’s 99-yard kick-off return for a touchdown looked to have sealed victory for the Cowboys, only for the Commanders to respond with a field goal before getting the ball back with 33 seconds remaining. Wide receiver Terry McLaurin sprinted 86 yards through the Dallas defence for a touchdown, only for Austin Seibert to miss the extra point. 99 YARDS TO THE 🏡 @KaVontaeTurpin was gone!! 📺: #DALvsWAS on FOX📲: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/LvklCbYJ1e pic.twitter.com/4ckMWDEDPL — Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) November 24, 2024 The Commanders tried an onside kick and Juanyeh Thomas returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw four touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins cruised to a 34-15 win over the New England Patriots, while the Tennessee Titans pulled off a surprise 32-27 victory at the Houston Texans. The Minnesota Vikings improved to 9-2 thanks to a 30-27 overtime win against the Chicago Bears, Parker Romo kicking the decisive field goal from 29 yards.

UDR Inc. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitorsThe Dow rocketed to a fresh record Friday, extending a post-election US equity rally while the euro retreated against the dollar following weak eurozone data. The blue-chip index piled on one percent to end the day at 44,296.51, narrowly overtaking a record set earlier this month. Major American indices have been at or near record territory since the US election, with investors betting that President-elect Donald Trump's program of tax cuts and regulatory scale-back would more than offset the drag from expected tariff increases. "The trading most of this week has been influenced by the growth agenda," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Cresset Capital Management. Market watchers have been cheered this week by a broadening of the rally beyond the tech names that dominated earlier in the year. The dollar also continued to strengthen, reflecting less certainty about additional Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and the US currency's status as a haven asset amid escalating tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war. The euro was also battered by a closely watched survey showing contractions in November business activity in the eurozone. The HCOB Flash Eurozone purchasing managers' index (PMI) published by S&P Global dropped to 48.1 compared to 50.0 in October, the most marked rate of contraction in 10 months. Any reading above 50 indicates growth, while a figure below 50 shows contraction. "Things could hardly have turned out much worse," said Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank. "The eurozone's manufacturing sector is sinking deeper into recession, and now the services sector is starting to struggle after two months of marginal growth." But as the euro fell both Paris and Frankfurt stocks managed to recover their losses and advance. "The eurozone data has increased the chance of more rate cuts from the ECB next year," said Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, as well a cut of 50 basis points next month. "Investors have been jolted into recalibrating interest rate expectations on the back of this bleak economic news," she added. London managed to gain 1.4 percent despite data showing that retail sales figures for October undershot forecasts, as the pound fell against the dollar. In Asia, Tokyo climbed as the government prepared to announce a $140 billion stimulus package to kickstart the country's stuttering economy. However, Hong Kong and Shanghai sank on a sell-off in tech firms caused by weak earnings from firms including Temu-owner PDD Holdings and internet giant Baidu. Bitcoin set a new record high above $99,500 Friday, before easing back slightly. The leading digital currency is expected to soon burst through $100,000 as investors grow increasingly hopeful that Trump will pass measures to deregulate the crypto sector. Bitcoin has soared more than 40 percent since the Republican's election victory this month and has more than doubled since the turn of the year. The recent surge has also been "driven by news that Trump could set up an official crypto department that would sit in the heart of US government," said XTB's Brooks. New York - Dow: UP 1.0 percent at 44,296.51 (close) New York - S&P 500: UP 0.4 percent at 5,969.34 (close) New York - Nasdaq Composite: UP 0.2 percent at 19,003.65 (close) London - FTSE 100: UP 1.4 percent at 8,262.08 (close) Paris - CAC 40: UP 0.6 percent at 7,255.01 (close) Frankfurt - DAX: UP 0.9 percent at 19,322.59 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.7 percent at 38,283.85 (close) Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.9 percent at 19,229.97 (close) Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 3.1 percent at 3,267.19 (close) Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0418 from $1.0474 on Thursday Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2530 from $1.2589 Dollar/yen: UP at 154.83 yen from 154.54 yen Euro/pound: DOWN at 83.11 pence from 83.20 pence West Texas Intermediate: UP 1.6 percent at $71.24 per barrel Brent North Sea Crude: UP 1.3 percent at $75.17 per barrel burs-jmb/mlm

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