Labour is prioritising pay rises for “union paymasters” over keeping the public safe, Robert Jenrick has warned. The Government wants to build four new prisons in seven years to ease the overcrowding crisis behind bars. But Mr Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, claimed the new Prison Capacity Strategy does not include “any money for new prisons”, adding that career criminals are declaring they are “Labour voters for life”. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the new jails will create an additional 6,400 places by 2031, costing £2.3billion. On Wednesday, Ms Mahmood will confirm plans to generate another 6,400 places by expanding cell blocks in some of the existing institutions. Ministers are expected to force the new prisons on communities across the UK by changing planning laws to declare them as “sites of national importance”. This will prevent furious locals from blocking the plans, it is understood. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) also confirmed it will buy up more land “for potential future prisons” in case demand continues to outstrip supply. Ministers are relying on a combination of sentencing reforms – which will mean fewer criminals sent to jail – and more prison places to prevent a repeat of the crisis this summer. At one point there were only 100 empty cells left. But Mr Jenrick said: “Despite all the fanfare, Labour are not announcing any money for new prisons. Reeves could fund inflation-busting pay rises for her trade union paymasters, but not new prisons to keep the public safe. “Labour could be maximising court capacity and expediting the deportation of foreign criminals, but instead they are rushing to release prisoners. It’s little wonder career criminals pop champagne and declare that they are now Labour voters for life.’’ However, Ms Mahmood said: “The last government pretended they could send people away for longer and longer without building the prisons they promised. “This strategy reveals that their prison-building plans were years delayed and nearly £5billion over budget. They left our prisons in crisis, on the edge of collapse. “Part of our plan for change, this capacity strategy, alongside an independent review of sentencing policy, will keep our streets safe and ensure no government runs out of prison places again.” The announcement comes after government estimates published last week indicated more than 100,000 prisoners could be held in jails in England and Wales by 2029. Since September, thousands of inmates have been freed early in a bid to cut jail overcrowding by temporarily reducing the proportion of sentences which some prisoners must serve behind bars in England and Wales, from 50% to 40%. But prisons are still expected to reach critical capacity again by July. MoJ figures show there were 86,089 adult prisoners behind bars in England and Wales on Monday. The so-called operational capacity for English and Welsh men's and women's prisons is 88,822, indicating there is now cell space for 2,733 criminals. The National Audit Office (NAO) last week warned prison expansion plans are "insufficient to meet future demand" amid a projected shortage of 12,400 prison places by the end of 2027, with costs expected to be at least £4billion higher than initially estimated. The watchdog also said the then-government's 2021 pledge to create an extra 20,000 cells spaces by building more prisons, temporary wings and refurbishing existing cell blocks is now not expected to be met until 2031 - about five years later than promised. As of September, a third (6,518) of the 20,000 had been made available, according to the NAO. Reasons behind delays include "unrealistic timelines" and overestimating the ability to get planning permission for three out of the six new prisons due to be built. The plans are now expected to cost between £9.4billion and £10.1billion - least £4.2billion more than 2021 estimates amid a rise in construction prices, the report said. The NAO also warned the government department "does not have any contingency plans to increase prison capacity as it views it has limited options left to do this". Ministers have admitted that fewer criminals will be sent to prison in future years because of the overcrowding crisis. Changes to sentencing will end short custodial terms and ensure more criminals are punished in the community through house arrest and greater use of technology such as electronic tagging to restrict their movements. Ms Mahmood has said she wants to “reshape­ and redesign what punishment outside of a prison looks like”. A MoJ source said last week: “This damning report sets out the true scale of the inheritance we were left with. We will build the places the last government did not. But, as this report shows, we cannot build our way out of this crisis, and this sets the terms for the sentencing review.” Ms Mahmood said on Tuesday that the Government's independent review of sentencing would serve as a separate way of freeing up places. The shortage of available places for prisoners led to thousands being released early after spending 40% of their jail term behind bars. Speaking during justice questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, she said: "Even with the new supply that we are building, we are still going to run out of prison places because the demand into the system is much higher than the building that is being planned. "We simply cannot build our way out of this problem, so in order to make sure there's always a prison place for the people that need to be locked up and that we never run out of prison places again, we do have to have an independent review of sentencing." Chairman of the Justice Committee, Andy Slaughter, said some of the UK's existing prisons are "little more than a human warehouse". The Labour MP for Hammersmith and Chiswick said: "The condition, especially of our Victorian prisons, is not conducive to rehabilitation or preparation for life on release. The Government is pressing ahead with the construction of 20,000 new prison places, which their predecessor failed to honour. "What thought in the design and operation of these major new prisons has been given to the training, education, addiction and mental health needs (of) inmates for whom prison is currently little more than a human warehouse?" Justice minister Sir Nicholas Dakin replied: "Obviously these new prisons will be built with all the things he mentioned taken fully into account, and the Government is determined to put 14,000 places in place."There's breaking news from the astronomy world. Astronomers have confirmed that we really don't understand something we only suspected we didn't understand, in yet another study after years of their observations clashing with theorists' predictions. And we can hope their new measurements helps us ultimately understand it because, at least, now we know what we were wrong about. What am I talking about? Well, it's something called the "Hubble tension," and it's a dispute between observational astronomers and theoretical cosmologists about who's been wrong about how fast the universe is expanding. Now new observations from the James Webb Space telescope, published this week in The Astrophysical Journal , back up previous measurements that peg the speed of the expansion as faster than what the theoreticians believe it should be. That's made the score 2-1 for the astronomers and the theoreticians have some explaining to do. Let's take this one step by step. In 1929, American astronomer Edwin Hubble announced his discovery that galaxies scattered throughout the universe are moving away from each other — and that the farther away they are, the faster they are moving. This suggests that the universe is expanding as the space between the distant galaxies stretches outwards. Hubble's landmark discovery has challenged scientists ever since, as they try to determine just how fast that expansion is with a value known as the Hubble constant. An artist's concept showing the expansion of the universe over time since the Big Bang. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Fast forward to 1998 when two independent teams of astronomers used images from the Hubble Space Telescope to peer deeper and farther back into the universe than had ever been possible before. They discovered, shockingly, that something very weird was happening. They found that the rate at which the universe was expanding was increasing over time. This was like throwing a baseball up in the air and finding it not falling back to Earth, but accelerating into outer space. Thus was born the notion of dark energy, the mysterious force that somehow causes the universe's expansion to accelerate, possibly by causing space itself to expand. These paradoxical discoveries threw a wrench into the standard model of cosmology, a mathematical model of the history and evolution of the universe that told the story of its expansion from the moments after the Big Bang. Theorists happily integrated the dark energy into their math, as well as another mysterious factor: dark matter, an invisible and undetectable cosmological phenomenon whose immense gravitational influence pervades the universe. It was a beautiful new theory. But the math and observations from the universe wouldn't cooperate. The standard model predicts that the modern universe should be expanding at a rate of 67.4 kilometres per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc) , where a megaparsec covers a huge distance of 3.26 million light-years. But models are only as good as the blackboards they are written on. The Hubble telescope precisely measured the rate at which the universe is expanding by looking at relatively nearby galaxies, and in 2018 found a higher rate of 72.8 km/s/Mpc. This, I can only imagine, led to awkward encounters in physics department common rooms in universities around the world, as the theoreticians and the astronomers desperately pretended that those few megaparsecs weren't that big a deal. As I said — "Hubble tension." In 2023, observations from the James Webb Space Telescope seemed to back up the Hubble Space Telescope findings. Then in February 2024, the same team updated their research with even more data backing up their initial findings. The tension, in other words, continued. The latest study using the largest sample of Webb observations yet, and three different methods to cross-check the Hubble telescope data, arrive at a very similar value of 72.6 km/s/Mpc. The two space telescopes' findings bolster the case there is something, other than measurement error, influencing the universe's expansion rate — and that our theoretical understanding of the universe is incomplete. The Cepheid variable star, used as a reference for measuring the universe’s rate of expansion, is much crisper in the Webb version, left, compared to the Hubble image, right. (Adam G. Riess/Johns Hopkins University/Space Telescope Science Institute/Canadian Space Agency/European Space Agency/NASA) This, for both the theorists and the astronomers, is good news. The astronomers get to be right, which is nice. The theorists get to look for one of the holy grails of science: new physics, which roughly translates as "clean the blackboards — it's game on!" They know their old math was wrong, which means there's something new out there to discover. This is often how basic science works. The theoreticians and experimentalists are volleying back and forth to find the ultimate truth. This may sound far removed from everyday life — and while it won't influence how much tax you pay this year, it is attempting to answer the basic question of how we got here. And when we probe the fundamental forces that shape the universe as a whole, sometimes new discoveries are made that could have amazing implications in the future.winner777 casino 。

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Karnataka Lokayukta conducted a surprise inspection at KC General Hospital in Bengaluru's Malleswaram area on Friday, following multiple complaints about corruption and mismanagement. According to The New Indian Express report , the inspection revealed several alarming issues plaguing one of Bengaluru’s key government hospitals, raising serious concerns about patient care and hospital operations. (Also Read: Karnataka Congress expels party leader over sexual harassment case ) Bribes, staff Shortages, and hygiene issues exposed The investigation, initiated after public complaints, found that hospital staff had allegedly been soliciting bribes for patient admission. In one instance, a pregnant woman was reportedly denied immediate admission late at night and was asked for a bribe, TNIE report added. Doctors’ attendance was another major concern. By 10am, only one of the five scheduled doctors had arrived for duty, despite the shift starting at 9am. Patients also complained that doctors regularly prescribed medicines to be purchased from external pharmacies, even though the hospital had these medicines in stock. The inspection also revealed severe staff shortages, with only three patients admitted to the hospital’s 10 special rooms. The pharmacy was operating irregularly, with medicines listed as unavailable found in stock and expired medications left undisposed of. Hygiene and infrastrucure were found to be in a deplorable condition. The paediatric intensive care unit had only one functioning ventilator, while critical equipment like the ECG machine in the maternity ward and Doppler devices were non-operational. The hospital also struggled with basic amenities, with just one toilet available for up to 1,750 patients and inadequate drinking water facilities. Additionally, the Lokayukta noticed that the hospital did not display the mandatory nameplate for the Lokayukta helpline, a requirement for government offices. In light of these findings, Justice Patil has ordered a detailed investigation by a team of judicial and police officials, who will prepare a comprehensive report. Justice Patil assured the public that all complaints would be thoroughly examined and appropriate steps would be taken to address the hospital’s shortcomings and hold those responsible accountable, the report further added. (Also Read: Cyclone Fengal: Bengaluru braces for rain, cool temperatures; orange alert issued )CONWAY, Ark., Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home BancShares, Inc. (NYSE: HOMB) ("Home” or "the Company”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Bank ("Centennial”), announced it has established additional reserves for loan losses as a result of Hurricane Milton. On October 11, 2024, HOMB announced a $16.7 million reserve as a result of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall September 26, 2024. Upon announcement HOMB indicated the more recent and powerful Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on October 9, 2024, and caused the spin-off of more than two dozen tornados, would likely lead to an increase in this reserve amount. "Out of an abundance of caution, HOMB has decided to make an additional $16.7 million reserve following the second Florida hurricane, bringing our total hurricane reserve to $33.4 million for the year,” said John Allison, Chairman of HOMB. "The two hurricanes spanned across the third and fourth quarter and the amount of time it takes for customers to settle with insurance will no doubt increase, with two back-to-back events,” continued Allison. "We have approximately $110 million currently on deferral as a result of the two hurricanes and in keeping with our conservative nature, we feel as though this proactive move is a prudent and predictable course of action,” added Allison. 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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Townsell Director of Investor Relations Home BancShares, Inc. (501) 328-4625KENT, Ohio (AP) — Jalen Sullinger led Kent State with 25 points and secured the victory with a 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining as the Golden Flashes knocked off Heidelberg 84-80 on Sunday night. Sullinger shot 9 of 20 from the field, including 4 for 10 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Golden Flashes (9-3). VonCameron Davis scored 21 points while shooting 8 for 13 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added five rebounds and five assists. Mike Bekelja had 14 points and shot 4 for 5 from beyond the arc and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line. Eric Panning finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals for the Student Princes. Manny Hill added 15 points and seven rebounds for Heidelberg. Elijah Harden had 15 points. Sullinger scored 11 points in the first half and Kent State went into halftime trailing 42-36. 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General Motors is pulling the plug on its efforts to develop a fleet of driverless taxis and will focus on driver-assistance features that require a driver to be ready to take control of the car, the company said Tuesday . GM is dropping robotaxi efforts “given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market,” the company said in a statement. The Detroit-based automaker’s robotaxi efforts had been run by a company called Cruise, of which GM owns 90%. Many of the Cruise employees who have worked on self-driving technology will now be shifted over to GM to work on driver assist features, such as Super Cruise, the company’s hands-off, eyes-on driving feature, now offered on more than 20 GM vehicles. GM said the move will cut costs by $1 billion annually after the combination is complete. GM said it will instead focus on driver assistance features rather than fully automous vehicles; developing a fleet of robotaxis would have required more than $10 billion, the company added. GM faces competition in the robotaxi market from Google’s Waymo unit, in partnership with Uber, as well as from ride-hailing and taxi services that use human drivers. And earlier this fall, Tesla announced plans for new driverless vehicles without steering wheels, brakes or accelerators, as well as for a robotaxi service that would allow Tesla owners to rent out their cars to the service when they don’t need it for their own use. But GM has decided that’s no longer a sector in which it makes sense to compete. GM CEO Mary Barra told investors Tuesday that the company decided the robotaxi service was not part of GM’s core business, and that shifting its self-driving technology efforts to driver assist features available on privately-owned cars will help with the products it offers to car buyers. Cruise also came under fire over the past few years after an October 2023 incident in which of its self-driving taxis in San Francisco hit a pedestrian and dragged the woman along the road for 20 feet. California authorities ordered the company to halt its operations in the state as a result, and GM subsequently suspended the service nationwide. Last month, Cruise agreed to pay a $500,000 fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement that resolved potential federal criminal charges for providing a false record to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about that accident. The October 2023 accident happened after the woman had already been hit by another car that had a human driver at the wheel. GM and other advocates of self-driving vehicles have insisted that self-driving cars can become safer than those driven by humans. GM has even set a goal of a world in which the electrification and autonomous technology would produce cars with “zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.” The decision to stop funding robotaxis is clearly a step back from that target, but it did not represent a total abandonment of the goal of fully autonomous vehicles, Barra said Tuesday. “Cruise has been an early innovator in autonomy,” said Barra in her statement. She said combining Cruise’s efforts for self-driving vehicles with GM’s efforts to provide assistance to drivers “will help advance our vision for the future of transportation.” “We’re fully committed to autonomous driving and excited to bring GM customers its benefits – things like enhanced safety, improved traffic flow, increased accessibility, and reduced driver stress,” said Dave Richardson, senior vice president of software and services engineering at GM. This story has been updated with additional context and information.

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans . Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he'd let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, and other “elegant minor deviations” from the dress code. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

A lawyer working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to select top health officials for the next Trump administration has petitioned the federal government to revoke its approval of the lifesaving polio vaccine for children ― and he could have a prominent job in a Health and Human Services Department led by Kennedy. The New York Times revealed the connection in a report Friday, finding that Aaron Siri, the lawyer Kennedy has been consulting, has filed multiple legal petitions to block vaccines on behalf of the Informed Consent Action Network in recent years. That includes a 2022 petition for the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw its approval of a standard polio vaccine for babies and children, claiming the agency needs to do further studies to prove its safety. Polio can cause paralysis and death. Before the vaccine was approved in 1955, there were about 16,000 cases of polio every year in the U.S. Today the disease has nearly been eradicated among Americans, though cases do pop up . In recent months, the deadly disease has resurged in Gaza. On behalf of ICAN, Siri has also petitioned the FDA to suspend vaccines for hepatitis A, tetanus and diphtheria. When reached for comment, the FDA said it was “continuing to review these petitions” from Siri but that it “cannot predict when the reviews will be completed.” “Until such time, we cannot comment further,” a spokesperson for the department said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declined to comment for this story. Siri could have a top job at the HHS if the Senate confirms Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic, as President-elect Donald Trump ’s nominee to lead the department. According to the Times , Kennedy has been privately expressing interest in making Siri general counsel for the department. If confirmed, Kennedy would oversee the FDA and multiple other federal public health agencies. Siri declined to comment to the Times, but a spokesperson for Kennedy said Siri has not discussed his petitions with any of the health nominees. “Mr. Kennedy has long said that he wants transparency in vaccines and to give people choice,” the spokesperson said. Trump has expressed openness toward some of Kennedy’s baseless vaccine concerns. In his Time magazine “ Person of the Year ” interview published Thursday, he suggested there could be merit in the unfounded claim that vaccines cause autism. “We’re going to have a big discussion,” Trump said when asked if he would sign off on Kennedy ending childhood vaccination programs. “The autism rate is at a level that nobody ever believed possible. If you look at things that are happening, there’s something causing it.” Don't let this be the end of the free press. The free press is under attack — and America's future hangs in the balance. As other newsrooms bow to political pressure, HuffPost is not backing down. Would you help us keep our news free for all? We can't do it without you. Can't afford to contribute? Support HuffPost by creating a free account and log in while you read. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give once or many more times, we appreciate your contribution to keeping our journalism free for all. You've supported HuffPost before, and we'll be honest — we could use your help again . We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you. Whether you give just one more time or sign up again to contribute regularly, we appreciate you playing a part in keeping our journalism free for all. Already contributed? Log in to hide these messages. He made similar remarks during an appearance last weekend on NBC’s “ Meet the Press .” “I think vaccines are — certain vaccines — are incredible. But maybe some aren’t. And if they aren’t, we have to find out,” Trump said. He also described the polio vaccine as “the greatest thing,” saying: “If somebody told me to get rid of the polio vaccine, they’re going to have to work real hard to convince me.” Related From Our PartnerDelhi HC asks Centre, state govt to give report on stocks of injection for rare genetic blood disorder

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After a thrilling double-overtime win over Fresno State, California Baptist makes the nearly 2,500-mile trip to Orlando to face Central Florida on Sunday. The Lancers (5-3) capped their time at the Acrisure Holiday Invitational in Palm Springs, Calif., with an 86-81 victory over the Bulldogs on Wednesday. That followed a last-second, 79-77 loss to SMU the day before. Dominique Daniels Jr. played 45 minutes against Fresno State and led California Baptist with 29 points. He paces the Lancers with 20.3 points per game, while Kendal Coleman averages 15.1 points and is shooting 59.7 percent form the floor. However, coach Rick Croy's team has struggled from 3-point range, shooting just 30.7 percent entering its first true road game this season. UCF (5-2) is coming off of an 84-76 win over Milwaukee last Wednesday despite being outrebounded 41-31. The Knights were helped by the heroics of senior guard Darius Johnson, who had 28 points as he shot a career-best 8-for-10 from beyond the arc. "Darius was terrific," UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said. "He's so comfortable in his leadership role now, he's leading our team and running the show, and our new players are becoming more comfortable playing with him. He's been a rock for us this season, and you love to see it out of a senior point guard." "I had an extraordinary night shooting the ball from three," Johnson said. "I rarely think that would happen again, but it's great. I know my teammates are going to have nights like that as well." Johnson is among the nation's leaders in minutes per game (36.6) and is shooting a team-high 50 percent from 3-point range (23 of 46). He, along with his fellow guard Jordan Ivy-Curry, are each averaging 16.9 points to lead UCF. The Knights opened the season with an impressive win over Texas A&M, now No. 20 in the AP poll, but lost both games at last weekend's Greenbrier Tip-Off, including a triple-overtime defeat against LSU on Sunday. UCF has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2018-19. This will be the first meeting between the Knights and the Lancers, who will each have time off afterwards. UCF won't play until Dec. 8 against Tarleton State, while California Baptist is idle until its Dec. 11 game at San Diego State. --Field Level MediaLike a football off McBride's helmet, the Cardinals aren't getting many lucky bounces these daysElon Musk has hit back at the Sydney Morning Herald after the masthead wildly predicted the billionaire would quit Tesla in 2025. SMH published an opinion piece by technology editor David Swan on Sunday evening which shared a series of predictions for tech in the new year. One of the predictions centred on Musk and whether his busy list of commitments would force him to part ways with Tesla as he focuses on a new role in 2025 as the joint lead of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. "To be juggling leadership roles at X, Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, the Boring Company and Neuralink was already unsustainable," the SMH op-ed read. "Musk has already found himself at loggerheads with MAGA diehards like Steve Bannon over immigration issues, and the inauguration is still weeks away. He’s also been at loggerheads with the justice system, after a US judge blocked Musk’s $US56 billion ($90 billion) pay package from Tesla. "After constant controversies and distractions, it will all come to a head in 2025, and Musk will be forced to hand over the reins at Tesla, a company many mistakenly think he founded." The 53-year-old hit back with a tongue-in-cheek reply on X, after a Musk supporter shared the article's headline with a quote from the prediction. "I predict that the Sydney Morning Herald will continue to lose readership in 2025 for relentlessly lying to their audience and boring them to death," he said. Social media influencer and journalist at The Post Millennial Andy Ngo, also chimed in on the thread, saying the SMH had previously published lies about him after it claimed he had been banned from X before being reinstated. "The Sydney Morning Herald published these lies. I was never banned on this platform, even under the worst times from the prior regime," he said. Musk's comments come after the SMH was forced to issue an apology for falsely identifying South Australian barrister Ian Roberts as one of the two men who died during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Friday. NSW Police confirmed two men, aged 55 and 65, had died but neither was publicly identified initially. Authorities confirmed the 65-year-old was aboard the Bowline and was a native of South Australia in a press conference on Friday morning. Hours later, the SMH published an article identifying the man as Mr Roberts, the skipper and owner of the Bowline. However, that article was taken down within an hour after it emerged the Adelaide-based barrister was in fact alive and well. The paper subsequently issued a public apology to the 65-year-old after the error was identified. "The Sydney Morning Herald incorrectly named Adelaide barrister Ian Roberts as one of the victims in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race," the SMH said in a statement. "This was incorrect. We apologise to Mr Roberts and his family." Nick Smith, 55, and Roy Quaden, 65, were later identified as the men to have died. The Sydney Morning Herald’s circulation has been steadily declining for several years, losing more than a million readers since 2022 across digital and print. In May, the paper bragged about having 7.3 million readers across all platforms, but that figure was down 1.1 million from its 2022 results.

Algert Global LLC grew its holdings in shares of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ZM – Free Report ) by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,841 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 951 shares during the quarter. Algert Global LLC’s holdings in Zoom Video Communications were worth $686,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in Zoom Video Communications by 263.9% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 92,464 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,448,000 after buying an additional 67,054 shares during the last quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Zoom Video Communications in the 3rd quarter worth about $62,038,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Zoom Video Communications by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,297,443 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,484,000 after acquiring an additional 78,940 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Zoom Video Communications by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 5,480,179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,188,000 after purchasing an additional 233,241 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Primecap Management Co. CA raised its position in Zoom Video Communications by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Primecap Management Co. CA now owns 1,289,150 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,905,000 after purchasing an additional 8,625 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 66.54% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several brokerages have issued reports on ZM. Mizuho boosted their target price on Zoom Video Communications from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $78.00 price objective on shares of Zoom Video Communications in a report on Friday, November 22nd. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Zoom Video Communications in a research report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Zoom Video Communications from $68.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $95.00 price target on shares of Zoom Video Communications in a report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $85.19. Insider Transactions at Zoom Video Communications In related news, CAO Shane Crehan sold 1,550 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.87, for a total transaction of $103,648.50. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 1,463 shares in the company, valued at $97,830.81. The trade was a 51.44 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link . Also, insider Velchamy Sankarlingam sold 3,614 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.87, for a total value of $241,668.18. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 94,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,285,780. This trade represents a 3.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders have sold a total of 367,108 shares of company stock valued at $26,796,191 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 10.78% of the company’s stock. Zoom Video Communications Price Performance ZM opened at $82.69 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.45 billion, a PE ratio of 27.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.69 and a beta of -0.05. The business’s 50-day moving average is $75.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $66.30. Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has a 1 year low of $55.06 and a 1 year high of $92.80. Zoom Video Communications Company Profile ( Free Report ) Zoom Video Communications, Inc provides unified communications platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Zoom Meetings that offers HD video, voice, chat, and content sharing through mobile devices, desktops, laptops, telephones, and conference room systems; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system; and Zoom Chat enables users to share messages, images, audio files, and content in desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile devices. Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding ZM? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ZM – Free Report ). 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ASX to drop after tech giants slide in the USThe Chicago Bears’ losing streak reached ten games on Thursday night after the Chicago Bears lost to the Seattle Seahawks 6-3 in the final home contest of 2024. With the season finale against the Packers in Green Bay next Sunday, the team is one game away from ending one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Despite having immense resources to help overhaul the roster in the upcoming offseason, it has become abundantly clear that general manager Ryan Poles can’t be trusted execute another offseason for a franchise that needs a drastic turnaround. Poles has been Chicago’s general manager since being hired in January of 2022 and has a gaff in each of his three off seasons overseeing the roster rebuild. In the 2022 offseason, Ryan Poles failed to successfully sign defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi after the team announced the signed only for Ogunjobi to not pass the physical nullifying the contract. Additionally, the Bears’ general manager missed out on signing restricted free agent offensive lineman Ryan Bates as the Bills matched the offer, only to trade Bates to the Bears two years later for draft compensation. The following offseason, the Bears’ general manager chose to sign lineman Nate Davis, who came with a checkered background and commitment issues from Tennessee. Davis only lasted a season and a half before being released earlier this season. This past offseason, there were several instances in which Poles made notably poor decisions with trade executions when he took a lesser offer to trade quarterback Justin Fields to appease Fields while also deciding not to trade wide receiver Velus Jones Jr for a draft selection only for Jones to be released a month later. Heading into the offseason, the Bears will have to overhaul a good portion of their roster depending on who they hire as their head coach. If Poles remains the general manager, he will have a lot of draft stock, including three selections in the top 50 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft and having the fifth most salary cap space to work with. Given Ryan Poles’ inability to have consistent success during the offseason to rebuild the roster, it is too much of a risk to trust him to successfully utilize the resources Chicago will have in free agency and next year’s draft. With the how disappointing the 2024 season will conclude next Sunday and the fact that rookie quarterback Caleb Williams will finish as the most sacked quarterback in the NFL being taken down 67 times, Poles shouldn’t be trusted to fix an offensive line that hadn’t been fixed in the three years prior. Ryan Poles’ struggles with finding quality linemen over the past three years is highlighted by the fact that Chicago’s has the second-lowest salary cap money allocated to the offensive line. Additionally, six of the draft selections the Bears’ general manager has used on offensive linemen, only two remain with the team in tackles Darnell Wright and Braxton Jones. It isn’t just the offensive line that needs to be fixed, as the defensive line has been a significant issue also as Poles has failed to find a successful pass-rusher over the past three years via the draft. Defensive ends Dominique Robinson and Austin Booker have failed to record any sacks this year despite playing on the other side of Pro Bowl pass-rusher Montez Sweat. With a new defensive scheme likely coming with a new head coach, there will likely be a need for four to five new starters to be added to the roster, which may be too much for Ryan Poles to handle. Ryan Poles’ general manager position would be a highly sought after opening if made available Given the failure of the 2024 season with the poor roster decisions and the failure to identify quality coaches, especially on offense, it may be in Chicago’s best interest to move on from Poles. The Bears’ head coaching position is being viewed as the most alluring job opening because of the chance to work with Williams as a quarterback. If there are head coaching candidates wanting to interview for the head coaching vacancy like former Super Bowl coach Pete Carroll and Lions’ offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, a general manager vacancy could be even more attractive. A potential executive that could replace Ryan Poles could not only be enticed by WIlliams at the quarterback position, but also the immense resources that would help fast track a roster reset that the team has heading into this offseason. Top five cap space and multiple valuable selections that don’t need to be used on a quarterback will enable an executive to focus intensely on the trenches, which is Chicago’s most glaring weakness. Any executive would job at the chance to rebuild the Bears’ roster as a successful turnaround would bring significant praise and accolades. Imagine a scenario where team president Kevin Warren hires a former executive that has had prior success as a general manager or is able to hire the next best up and coming mind as a first-time general manager because of the cap space and draft stock to work with. If John Dorsey or Rick Spielman were hired and instantly turned the Bears into a playoff contender next season, they would be considered a hero to Bears’ fans and likely be a favorite to win Executive of the year. the general manager position in Chicago, if available, would be an easy one for Warren to fill. It is unfortunate that Poles was unable to have any consistent success with his coaching or roster decisions over the past three seasons, which only amplifies why he can’t be trusted with a fourth offseason. Chicago’s current general manager failed to protect his quarterback and provide him the coaching resources that would help develop him during his rookie season. The failures of 2024 paired with other incorrect decisions proves that Ryan Poles can’t be trusted with the resource the Bears have this offseason to rebuild the team. This article first appeared on ChiCitySports and was syndicated with permission.