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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.Transcript: Kyle Shanahan reflects on 49ers' Week 13 loss vs. Bills, provides injury updates

NonePam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick to be attorney general, is a staunch ally of the former president, defending him against impeachment during his first term and pushing his false claims of election fraud as he sought to cling on to the White House. The 59-year-old former Florida attorney general, if confirmed by the Senate, will now serve as the top law enforcement official in a second Trump administration. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans -- Not anymore," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. "Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again." Bondi's nomination means the top ranks of the Justice Department will be filled by Trump loyalists, as the president-elect has named three of the lawyers who defended him in his multiple criminal cases to its other high-ranking roles. Trump tapped Bondi to be attorney general on Thursday after his first pick, firebrand ex-Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz, dropped out amid sexual misconduct allegations and doubts that he could obtain Senate confirmation. A graduate of the University of Florida with a law degree from Stetson University, Bondi served as a prosecutor for 18 years before being elected attorney general of the "Sunshine State" in 2010, the first woman to hold the post. Bondi, a native of Trump's adopted home state of Florida, was reelected to a second term in 2014. As attorney general, Bondi notably fought opioid addiction and human trafficking while taking a tough stance on crime and supporting the death penalty. She sued BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and obtained more than $2 billion in economic relief for Florida, according to her biography page at Ballard Partners, a powerful lobbying firm where she has worked after leaving office. While serving as attorney general, Bondi was drawn into a controversy involving Trump when she declined in 2013 to join a multi-state prosecution accusing Trump University of fraud. It emerged later that Bondi's reelection committee had received a $25,000 donation from the charitable Trump Foundation. Both Trump and Bondi denied any wrongdoing. Bondi joined Trump's legal team during his first impeachment trial, in which he was alleged to have pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find political dirt on his 2020 election opponent, Democrat Joe Biden. Trump was impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives but acquitted by the Republican-majority Senate. After the 2020 election, Bondi made television appearances on behalf of Trump and pushed to de-legitimize vote counting in battleground states as part of the push by the former president to overturn the results of the vote. Bondi has also criticized the criminal cases brought against Trump, appearing in solidarity at his New York trial, where he was convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star. At Ballard Partners, Bondi has done work for Amazon, General Motors and Uber and as a registered lobbyist for the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar, according to press reports. She is also a member of the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned right-wing think tank. cl/dw

A 90 second offline engine: the "gold content" of global power leaders 12-16-2024 09:32 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: Getnews / PR Agency: Stones_PR New York - What can be done in 90 seconds? After listening to a prelude to popular music and watching a short video; Alternatively, take down an engine. In Weichai Group's No. 2 factory, intelligent transport vehicles loaded with parts shuttle between production lines, and various robots are arranged in an orderly manner on both sides of the road. These robots are responsible for sequentially installing complex components onto the engine body with precision and speed. If you stand at the end of the production line, you will find that every 90 seconds, an engine goes offline. On December 10th, global customers and partners from nearly 40 countries and regions gathered at Weichai Group's 2025 Global Partner Conference. This enterprise demonstrates its "gold content" as a global leader in the power industry to customers and partners worldwide through its strong technological innovation capabilities. Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2024/12/72f4960251b63d581991c243469a6d30.jpg Li Mingyu is the Business Development Manager of Pinnacle Marine, a Singaporean shipbuilder, which produces approximately 70% of Singapore's small boats. Previously, we mostly used European products. Since three years ago, we have been using Weichai engines, "said Li Mingyu. It takes 9 to 10 months to obtain goods from European suppliers, but Weichai Group's supply period has been compressed to three months. Along with timely supply, Weichai Group's excellent engine performance and thoughtful after-sales service have established a good reputation in Singapore. In the context of net zero emissions in the shipping industry, shipbuilders like Pinnacle Marine are paying more attention to reliable clean energy engines. On October 10th of this year, China Classification Society Singapore Branch signed a four party research cooperation agreement with Weichai Singapore Limited, Nanyang Technological University Marine Energy and Sustainability Research Center, and Singapore Pinnacle Marine in Singapore. This project is the development and joint testing of B100 biofuel ship power, relying on ships in Singapore port waters to conduct a 1000 hour continuous operation test of biodiesel (B100). Li Mingyu revealed that they have placed an order and expect to conduct shipbuilding tests early next year. The cooperation with Pinnacle Marine is not only a typical example of Weichai Group's exploration of clean energy power forms, but also a microcosm of its strategic breakthrough in Southeast Asia. Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2024/12/88c2f8e7efcf04ba81bc0c68bb4b36c2.jpg Taking the marine power market as an example, based on the traditional market share of over 60%, Weichai Group has expanded its marine engine product layout to 21 series. At present, the market for marine transportation equipment power products has more than 130000 units, covering over 20 market sectors and serving more than 34 countries and regions worldwide. Data shows that in 2024, Weichai Group's engine export quantity and revenue are expected to increase by 8% and 13% year-on-year, respectively. Especially for data center power generation products in high-end markets such as Europe, America, and Southeast Asia, export revenue is expected to increase nearly six times year-on-year. Nowadays, Weichai Group has achieved the world's top sales of heavy-duty power systems, top three global sales of energy and power systems, and top three global sales of medium speed marine power systems. How did Weichai achieve high growth above a large base? The most important thing is their hard power in technological innovation. After 78 years of development, this enterprise has accumulated profound research and development capabilities, and can build a competitive product indicator system based on the characteristics of different segmented markets around the world. Among them, the high-end power testing base dedicated to the research and development of large bore engines is globally leading. Moreover, Weichai Group has eight manufacturing bases worldwide and has established three supply chain centers overseas, with a service network covering over 150 countries and regions. At present, the global ownership of Weichai Group's engines has exceeded 6.5 million units, with overseas ownership exceeding 1.2 million units. Media Contact Company Name: Hong Kong Commercial Daily Contact Person: Sun Ke Email: Send Email [ http://www.universalpressrelease.com/?pr=a-90-second-offline-engine-the-gold-content-of-global-power-leaders ] Country: China Website: http://www.hkcd.com.hk/ This release was published on openPR.

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and The Citizen Tanzania One of Tanzania's most prominent opposition figures has been arrested. Freeman Mbowe, the Chadema party chairman, and other opposition leaders have been detained in south-western Tanzania. According to reports published on Friday (No. 22), the politicians have been questionned for allegedly violating local authorities’ election campaign regulations. However, the opposition party’s director of communications has rebuffed the police's version denouncing a manoeuvre to undermine Chadema's campaign. The Citizen Tanzania media house cited JohnMrama's statement. The partyprotested this week that many of its candidates were "unfairly" disqualified from running in the November 27 polls. In September, Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu — as well as other opposition figures — were briefly detained after riot police prevented a mass rally in Dar es Salaam. The arrest show a tense political landscape ahad of the presidential election due in late 2025.

The top three innovation hurdles for K-12 schools in 2025 will be attracting and retaining educators and IT professionals, keeping up with the evolution of teaching and learning, and working toward digital equity, an annual trend report found. The full report, , from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a professional association for K-12 ed-tech leaders, won’t come out until February. But a Tuesday cited those top three hurdles, along with the top three factors set to accelerate and enable K-12 innovation in 2025. The findings are based on extensive surveys and discussions, according to the release. It lists the accelerators as learner agency, or the will and the skill of students to learn; building an array of school leaders; and changing attitudes about how student learning can be demonstrated and assessed. These factors will “help motivate and increase the speed of innovation,” the news release said. The report’s top three “tech enablers” for 2025 are generative artificial intelligence, analytics and adaptive technologies, and untethered broadband and connectivity. These tools will help schools “surmount hurdles and leverage accelerators,” per the release. These are what CoSN calls the “Top Topics” of the forthcoming report. More than 100 advisory board members from 13 countries and 34 states were involved in creating it and selected these topics, the news release said. It describes advisory board members as “educators, technologists, changemakers and industry partners.” “Selecting the Top Topics is a vital step in CoSN’s initiative, as it highlights the most pressing challenges and opportunities our schools face,” CoSN CEO Keith Krueger said in a public statement. “We are deeply grateful to our advisory board for their invaluable contributions — their insights, diverse perspectives and commitment to innovation make this project possible.”

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