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Affirm Holdings president Michalek sells $12.3 million in stockKylian Mbappé scored and Real Madrid moved within four points of Spanish league leader Barcelona with a 3-0 win at Leganes on Sunday ahead of its eagerly awaited Champions League match against Liverpool. Federico Valverde and Jude Bellingham also scored to close the gap on Barcelona, which conceded two late goals in a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Saturday. Madrid has played one game less than Barcelona after its match at Valencia was postponed because of the deadly floods in October. Madrid will make the trip to England to face Premier League leader Liverpool on Wednesday in the Champions League, and is hoping to recover from a demoralizing 3-1 home loss against AC Milan in the previous round of matches. Madrid's attack worked well against Leganes with Vinícius Júnior playing inside and Mbappé more on the flank. The France striker scored after going four straight games without finding the net for the Spanish powerhouse. “We switched their positions and the team was able to stay in control during the whole match,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. Mbappé said he is fine playing wherever Ancelotti puts him. “I've said it on the first day that I can play in several different positions,” Mbappé said. “All I want is to keep playing well and scoring goals.” Oihan Sancet scored a 26th-minute winner as Athletic Bilbao defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 in the Basque Country derby. Story continues below video It was Athletic's fourth straight home win against Sociedad in the derby. The victory moved Athletic to fifth place and left Sociedad in 10th position. Fourth-place Villarreal scored an equalizer in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw at sixth-place Osasuna. Ante Budimir scored twice in the first 20 minutes for Osasuna. Villarreal, which was coming off three straight victories in all competitions, scored through Álex Baena in the 67th and a penalty kick converted by Gerard Moreno three minutes into injury time. Osasuna, sitting three points behind Villarreal, was coming off a 4-0 loss at Madrid. Also Sunday, Sevilla ended a two-game losing streak in the league with a 1-0 win against Rayo Vallecano, which played the entire second half with 10 men after Unai López was sent off for a hard foul. Djibril Sow scored Sevilla's goal in the 27th. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Emerance Maschmeyer turned in 34 saves on 35 shots on goal and the Ottawa Charge held off the New York Sirens 3-1 on Sunday for their second win in six games. Playing their first game in 10 days, the Charge got a first-period goal from Emily Clark and Shiann Darkangelo and Kateřina Mrázová added second-period goals to build a 3-0 lead through two periods. Ottawa has scored at least three goals in all five of its meetings with New York over two seasons. Alex Carpenter earned a third-period assist to extend her scoring streak to nine straight games dating to last season. Sarah Fillier's goal moved her into a tie for the league lead with eight points in her first eight games after being drafted No. 1 by the Sirens. Ottawa's defense neutralized much of New York's speed advantage and used a strong penalty kill to take a 1-0 lead after one period after Clark tipped home a wrist shot from the point by Brianne Jenner six minutes into the game. The Charge added two goals in the first seven minutes of the second period but could not capitalize on a pair of power plays late in the period. Fillier wasted little time getting New York on the board in the third period, firing a shot past Maschmeyer 23 seconds into the period, but the keeper saved the next dozen shots, including an almost three-minute finish when the Sirens pulled goalkeeper Corinne Schroeder to gain a player advantage. New York's Jill Saulnier was activated off long-term injured reserve following an upper body injury sustained in the opening game December 1. AP hockey: https://apnews.com/hub/hockeyBlue Jays acquire Gold Glove infielder Andres Gimenez from ClevelandChildren of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a class-action lawsuit originally brought against 17 schools. Georgetown’s then-president, for example, listed a prospective student on his “president’s list” after meeting her and her wealthy father at an Idaho conference known as “summer camp for billionaires,” according to Tuesday court filings in the price-fixing lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court in 2022. Although it’s always been assumed that such favoritism exists, the filings offer a rare peek at the often secret deliberations of university heads and admissions officials. They show how schools admit otherwise unqualified wealthy children because their parents have connections and could possibly donate large sums down the line, raising questions about fairness. Stuart Schmill, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote in a 2018 email that the university admitted four out of six applicants recommended by then-board chairman Robert Millard, including two who “we would really not have otherwise admitted.” The two others were not admitted because they were “not in the ball park, or the push from him was not as strong.” In the email, Schmill said Millard was careful to play down his influence on admissions decisions, but he said the chair also sent notes on all six students and later met with Schmill to share insight “into who he thought was more of a priority.” The filings are the latest salvo in a lawsuit that claims that 17 of the nation’s most prestigious colleges colluded to reduce the competition for prospective students and drive down the amount of financial aid they would offer, all while giving special preference to the children of wealthy donors. “That illegal collusion resulted in the defendants providing far less aid to students than would have been provided in a free market,” said Robert Gilbert, an attorney for the plaintiffs. Since the lawsuit was filed, 10 of the schools have reached settlements to pay out a total of $284 million, including payments of up to $2,000 to current or former students whose financial aid might have been shortchanged over a period of more than two decades. They are Brown, the University of Chicago, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Northwestern, Rice, Vanderbilt and Yale. Johns Hopkins is working on a settlement and the six schools still fighting the lawsuit are the California Institute of Technology, Cornell, Georgetown, MIT, Notre Dame and the University of Pennsylvania. MIT called the lawsuit and the claims about admissions favoritism baseless. “MIT has no history of wealth favoritism in its admissions; quite the opposite,” university spokesperson Kimberly Allen said. “After years of discovery in which millions of documents were produced that provide an overwhelming record of independence in our admissions process, plaintiffs could cite just a single instance in which the recommendation of a board member helped sway the decisions for two undergraduate applicants." In a statement, Penn also said the case is meritless that the evidence shows that it doesn't favor students whose families have donated or pledged money to the Ivy League school. “Plaintiffs’ whole case is an attempt to embarrass the University about its purported admission practices on issues totally unrelated to this case," the school said. Notre Dame officials also called the case baseless. “We are confident that every student admitted to Notre Dame is fully qualified and ready to succeed,” a university spokesperson said in a statement. The South Bend, Indiana, school, though, did apparently admit wealthy students with subpar academic backgrounds. According to the new court filings, Don Bishop, who was then associate vice president for enrollment at Notre Dame, bluntly wrote about the “special interest” admits in a 2012 email, saying that year's crop had poorer academic records than the previous year's. The 2012 group included 38 applicants who were given a “very low” academic rating, Bishop wrote. He said those students represented “massive allowances to the power of the family connections and funding history,” adding that “we allowed their high gifting or potential gifting to influence our choices more this year than last year.” The final line of his email: “Sure hope the wealthy next year raise a few more smart kids!” Some of the examples pointed to in this week's court filings showed that just being able to pay full tuition would give students an advantage. During a deposition, a former Vanderbilt admissions director said that in some cases, a student would get an edge on the waitlist if they didn’t need financial aid. The 17 schools were part of a decades-old group that got permission from Congress to come up with a shared approach to awarding financial aid. Such an arrangement might otherwise violate antitrust laws, but Congress allowed it as long as the colleges all had need-blind admissions policies, meaning they wouldn't consider a student’s financial situation when deciding who gets in. The lawsuit argues that many colleges claimed to be need-blind but routinely favored the children of alumni and donors. In doing so, the suit says, the colleges violated the Congressional exemption and tainted the entire organization. The group dissolved in recent years when the provision allowing the collaboration expired.For many people watching the Davos public programme, it can seem overwhelming. Much like a COP or G20, it can be hard to relate to any tangible outcomes. There are around 300 sessions covering a plethora of topics, from EV supply chains to the global debt burden, and from carbon pricing to reinventing retirement. Accords and initiatives are announced, pledges made, and prognoses given. But it’s what happens during the other 51 weeks of the year that the impact of the meeting and the World Economic Forum gathers speed. Davos, like the Forum itself, is a sum of many parts. It is the hard work of thousands of people year-round – whether they are a business leader advocating for change, a Forum expert managing an initiative or one of the many individuals who make up its communities worldwide and take action locally – that generate the progress that ultimately makes a difference in the world. Many face hurdles made all the more difficult by the current challenging geopolitical and security environment, but they are united in trying their best to deliver change for the better. The Forum seeds hundreds of ongoing initiatives. Some of these remain managed by expert teams in house, others take on a life of their own. One of the best examples of this is Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. What began as an idea to reverse declining immunization rates resulting from unaffordable vaccines, has, 25 years later, become an international network, responsible for vaccinating more than one-half of the world’s children. Davos has witnessed the launch of scores of initiatives in its more than 50-year history. Here are some of the most memorable in recent years – and ones that are already having a sizeable effect. Tackling the issue of unlocking climate finance, GAEA has spent the past year raising awareness of what it describes as the ‘4P approach’ – public, private and philanthropic partnerships. By bringing philanthropy into the more traditional public-private dynamic, not only is this initiative helping give rise to new funding streams, but also a different mindset and type of expertise. Broadly, philanthropies are typically more comfortable with the risk of trialling new ideas and providing seed capital, which offers a good basis on which to then bring in private capital and a public-sector partner to construct the enabling environment. During Davos 2025, the initiative will reach a new milestone with the launch of the GAEA Awards, celebrating the successes of the scheme since its founding. Cybercrime is as ubiquitous as the internet users on which it feeds. A significant problem for those tackling cybercrime is its pervasive, yet disjointed nature. Typically, cybercriminals operate without borders, and yet often, measures to counter them are localized. Out of this problem emerged the Cybercrime Atlas, which as the name suggests, seeks to map the cybercriminal ecosystem. Using open-source research, the Forum’s team is piecing together cybercriminal groups’ activities and structures worldwide, which in turn, makes them easier to disrupt. Decarbonizing the world’s most hard-to-abate sectors is a primary challenge for policy-makers. Without major progress in this area, we will struggle to meet net-zero targets. With this in mind, the Forum helped launch the Mission Possible Partnership, an alliance of climate leaders seeking to supercharge efforts within a decade. The Forum is now one of four partners, the others being the Energy Transitions Commission, RMI and We Mean Business Coalition, offering support to a community that includes the CEOs of carbon-intensive industries, and their financiers, suppliers and customers, to agree ways to decarbonize industry and transport. In the spirit of inventor and businessman, Thomas Edison, the forefather of electric power generation, the EDISON Alliance seeks to provide equitable access to the digital economy. With a focus on education, financial inclusion and health, the Alliance is working with academia, business, civil society and policy-makers to address the challenges of improving access to the internet, making data and smart devices affordable, and facilitating digital literacy. As the name suggests, the goal of this global initiative is to grow, restore and conserve one trillion trees around the world. Activity takes place in many countries, but there is a focus on areas that are home to large percentages of forest, including Canada, Europe, Mexico and the US. Forests are vital to planetary health, helping to sequester carbon, regulate global temperatures, recharge groundwater, and act as flood barriers. The aim is to restore this element of biodiversity, in turn, countering climate change. The workplaces we inhabit and the jobs that we do are changing exponentially in an era defined by the rapid growth and development of emerging technologies. Millions of new opportunities are emerging, but access is unequal and many are finding their livelihoods at risk. Reskilling and upskilling is already invaluable to current and future education and job prospects, and with this in mind, the Reskilling Revolution aims to empower one billion people with better education, skills and with this, economic opportunity, by 2030. Inventors and early-stage entrepreneurs rarely have the finances or business networks to bring their ideas to life, and yet in an era where innovation is essential to tackling climate-related challenges, their potential solutions are vital. UpLink is a platform that seeks to marry eco ideas with support. Innovation challenges are regularly posted, and a team of subject experts, investors and partner organizations assess the viability of these before selecting a number of winning entries. These then appear on UpLink with the ambition to be nurtured into action. Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) are set to represent 90% of the growth in global energy demand by 2035, while hosting the lion’s share of the global population. Yet, to date, they account for less than one-fifth of global clean energy investments. Since its launch in Davos, the Network to Mobilize Investment for Clean Energy in the Global South’s 45+ members, have shed light on 100+ concrete policy interventions, de-risking tools, and finance mechanisms that can help increase capital for clean energy in the Global South. These were compiled in the Playbook of Solutions, launched by the World Economic Forum at the occasion of and as a direct contribution to 2024’s G20 and Clean Energy Ministerial Meetings, in October. Source: World Economic Forum

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Dashon Gittens led Florida International with 16 points, including the the game-winning layup with 22 seconds remaining in the overtime, and the Panthers knocked off CSU Bakersfield 76-73 on Saturday. Gittens, whose 3-pointer with2.2 seconds left forced overtime, shot 4 of 10 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 6 from the line for the Panthers (2-4). Jonathan Aybar added 14 points while shooting 3 for 8 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and he also had three steals. Asim Jones shot 2 of 7 from the field, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 6 from the line to finish with 12 points. Jemel Jones finished with 18 points for the Roadrunners (3-3). Marvin McGhee added 15 points and six rebounds for CSU Bakersfield. Fidelis Okereke also had 14 points, six rebounds and four blocks. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .No. 4 South Carolina women rout Purdue 99-51NEW YORK , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) resulting from allegations that Macy's may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased Macy's securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses. What to do next: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=31645 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email case@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. What is this about: On November 25, 2024 , The New York Times published an article entitled "Macy's Discovers Employee Hid Millions in Delivery Expenses." This article stated that "Macy's said on Monday that an employee had "intentionally" misstated and hidden up to $154 million in delivery expenses over the past few years, forcing the retailer to delay a much-anticipated earnings report that Wall Street uses to gauge the strength of holiday shopping." On this news, the price of Macy's, Inc. stock fell 2.2% on November 25, 2024 . Why Rosen Law: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company at the time. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm , on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/ . Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827 case@rosenlegal.com www.rosenlegal.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rosen-law-firm-encourages-macys-inc-investors-to-inquire-about-securities-class-action-investigation--m-302327927.html SOURCE THE ROSEN LAW FIRM, P. A.