Nebraska 44, Wisconsin 25Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen suffered fractured ribs, lacerated spleen in fall from horse$1000 Invested In Ares Management 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today, /PRNewswire/ -- 365 Retail Markets, the global leader in unattended retail technologies, today announced the appointment of Anton Rakushkin as Chief Technology Officer and as VP of Sales for . These strategic hires come as two long-time leaders, and , retire after years of dedicated service to the company. Rakushkin comes to 365 with twenty years of experience in retail technology including time with Streamware Corporation and Crane Connectivity Solutions. He holds impressive accomplishments in the areas of vending management, including the architecture of Vendmax, an extensively used VMS system across the industry. His achievements also include innovations around data exchange and tools for operator success such as industry-first pre-kit and dynamic scheduling features. Rakushkin has had notable success working closely with both customers and other solution providers to create widely adopted industry standards. "I am excited to bring my experience to the world-class team at 365 and look forward to elevating their impressive accomplishments across the industry as well as extending that success to more opportunities. By understanding customer needs and providing solutions that will drive the industry forward, we will accomplish great things," said Rakushkin. Reidy joins 365 Retail Markets with over thirty years of experience in sales leadership and executive management. Throughout his career, he has successfully developed and grown businesses across various verticals and industries. Reidy has cultivated a deep understanding of the SaaS industry by advancing through prominent firms, including well-known players in the automotive technology space, such as KPA, Netsertive, and DealerMatch. During his time at vAuto, he designed highly effective sales and operations management processes and built a renowned national sales team. When asked about his optimism around 365's growth potential, Reidy noted, "I'm fortunate to be joining a well-established team at 365 Retail Markets, and I believe that through coaching and establishing the right processes, we can expand our opportunities immensely. I am looking forward to elevating the reach and success of this organization through the help of a world-class sales team." , CEO at 365 Retail Markets, expressed his excitement about the leadership additions. "Bringing experts like Anton and Bill onto the team is essential to keep up with the intense growth we are seeing in our unattended retail business. We have heard for years that the market is tired of the lack of investment by the legacy VMS providers and the lack of consumer-focused features from the me-too payment terminal providers. Anton and Bill will be focused on being sure 365 remains the global leader for decades to come." retires after 10 years with 365. While currently serving as Chief Strategy Officer, he has previously served as Chief Financial Officer and an early advisor and Board Member helping define nearly every successful initiative in the company's history. Joe will be missed greatly by his industry colleagues and friends at 365 but will remain in an advisory role in his retirement. decade of service to 365 comes with many accomplishments in roles as Chief Operating Officer and later as President of International, spearheading international growth. His dedication to 365 has positioned the long-term success internationally and his relationships with many in the industry has gained him immense respect among his peers and colleagues. Hessling acknowledged their contributions, stating, "I would like to thank both Joe and John for helping me turn 365 into what it is today. Taking the leap to join over 10 years ago was a risk neither had to take and their impact on 365, me, and the industry has been something that most don't ever get the chance to do in their careers. I will miss working with them both but am happy for them in their next stage of life." Both retirements are effective and 365 Retail Markets thanks both individuals for their incredible dedication and commitment to the organization and industry. VP of Marketing & Communications, 365 Retail Markets 365 Retail Markets is the global leader in unattended retail technology. Founded in 2008, 365 provides a full suite of best-in-class, self-service technologies for food service operators including end-to-end integrated SaaS software, payment processing and point of-sale hardware. Today, the company's technology solutions autonomously power food retail spaces at corporate offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities, hospitality settings and more, in order to provide compelling foodservice options for consumers. 365's technology solutions include a growing suite of frictionless smart stores, micro markets, vending, catering, and dining point-of-sale options to meet the expanding needs of its customers. 365 continuously pioneers innovation in the industry with superior technology, strategic partnerships and ultimate flexibility in customization and branding. For more information about 365 Retail Markets, visit and connect on and View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE 365 Retail Markets, LLC Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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Paris Hilton’s ‘proud’ surgery claimNEW YORK — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their stock prices kept growing . But it wasn't just Apple, Nvidia and the like. Bitcoin , gold and other investments also drove higher. Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the year. All are as of Dec. 20. 1998 Remember when President Bill Clinton got impeached or when baseball's Mark McGwire hit his 70th home run against the Montreal Expos? That was the last time the U.S. stock market closed out a second straight year with a leap of at least 20%, something the S&P 500 is on track to do again this year. The index has climbed 24.3% so far this year, not including dividends, following last year's spurt of 24.2%. 57 The number of all-time highs the S&P 500 has set so far this year. The first came early, on Jan. 19, when the index capped a two-year comeback from the swoon caused by high inflation and worries that high interest rates instituted by the Federal Reserve to combat it would create a recession. But the index was methodical through the rest of the year, setting a record in every month outside of April and August, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The latest came on Dec. 6. 3 The number of times the Federal Reserve has cut its main interest rate this year from a two-decade high, offering some relief to the economy. Expectations for those cuts, along with hopes for more in 2025, were a big reason the U.S. stock market has been so successful this year. The 1 percentage point of cuts, though, is still short of the 1.5 percentage points that many traders were forecasting for 2024 at the start of the year. The Fed disappointed investors in December when it said it may cut rates just two more times in 2025, fewer than it had earlier expected. 1,508 That’s how many points the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by the day after Election Day, as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world . The more widely followed S&P 500 soared 2.5% for its best day in nearly two years. Aside from bitcoin, stocks of banks and smaller winners were also perceived to be big winners. The bump has since diminished amid worries that Trump’s policies could also send inflation higher. $100,000 The level that bitcoin topped to set a record above $108,000 this past month. It's been climbing as interest rates come down, and it got a particularly big boost following Trump's election. He's turned around and become a fan of crypto, and he's named a former regulator who’s seen as friendly to digital currencies as the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing someone who critics said was overly aggressive in his oversight. Bitcoin was below $17,000 just two years ago following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. 26.7% Gold's rise for the year, as it also hit records and had as strong a run as U.S. stocks. Wars around the world have helped drive demand for investments seen as safe, such as gold. It's also benefited from the Fed's cut to interest rates. When bonds are paying less in interest, they pull away fewer potential buyers from gold, which pays investors nothing. $420 It's a favorite number of Elon Musk, and it's also a threshold that Tesla's stock price passed in December as it set a record. The number has a long history among marijuana devotees, and Musk famously said in 2018 that he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 per share . Tesla soared this year, up from less than $250 at the start, in part because of expectations that Musk's close relationship with Trump could benefit the company. $91.2 billion That's how much revenue Nvidia made in the nine months through Oct. 27, showing how the artificial-intelligence frenzy is creating mountains of cash. Nvidia's chips are driving much of the move into AI, and its revenue through the last nine months catapulted from less than $39 billion the year before. Such growth has boosted Nvidia's worth to more than $3 trillion in total. 74% GameStop’s gain on May 13 after Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared online for the first time in three years to support the video game retailer’s stock, which he helped rocket to unimaginable heights during the “ meme stock craze ” in 2021. Several other meme stocks also jumped following his post in May on the social platform X, including AMC Entertainment. Gill later disclosed a sizeable stake in the online pet products retailer Chewy, but he sold all of his holdings by late October . 1.6%, 3.0% and 3.1% That's how much the U.S. economy grew, at annualized seasonally adjusted rates, in each of the three first quarters of this year. Such growth blew past what many pessimists were expecting when inflation was topping 9% in the summer of 2022. The fear was that the medicine prescribed by the Fed to beat high inflation — high interest rates — would create a recession. Households at the lower end of the income spectrum in particular are feeling pain now, as they contend with still-high prices. But the overall economy has remained remarkably resilient. 20.1% This is the vacancy rate for U.S. office buildings — an all-time high — through the first three quarters of 2024, according to data from Moody's. The fact the rate held steady for most of the year was something of a win for office building owners, given that it had marched up steadily from 16.8% in the fourth quarter of 2019. Demand for office space weakened as the pandemic led to the popularization of remote work. 3.73 million That's the total number of previously occupied homes sold nationally through the first 11 months of 2024. Sales would have to surge 20% year-over-year in December for 2024's home sales to match the 4.09 million existing homes sold in 2023, a nearly 30-year low. The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. A shortage of homes for sale and elevated mortgage rates have discouraged many would-be homebuyers.NoneAlabama State tops Prairie View to secure a third straight winning season under coach Eddie Robinson
Holly Valance’s property tycoon husband to become Reform UK’s treasurerRadha Soami Satsang Beas chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon met the jathedar of Damdama Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh at the former’s residence in Bathinda on Thursday, where the rebel Akali leader Surjit Singh Rakhra was also present. The meeting lasted over an hour. The district police authorities scaled up security around jathedar’s house in the Green City locality, and mediapersons were also not allowed to go near the house. The meeting comes amid Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) action against Giani Harpreet Singh. The SGPC had discharged Giani Harpreet Singh of his religious duties as jathedar for 15 days, and a three-member panel was constituted to look into allegations levelled against him. Dera head and Harpreet Singh did not face the media. Former state minister Rakhra told HT that his meeting with the dera head was a pure coincidence and there was nothing political about it. Rakhra said that they had lunch, where the dera head expressed his opinion to strengthen the qaum (community). He denied any discussion happened about the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as chief of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) or the panthic politics. “I was on the way to Sirsa to pay respects to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and visited jathedar saab as a courtesy. On reaching his residence, I learnt that the dera head was also visiting Giani Harpreet Singh. He had returned after paying condolences to the aggrieved Chautala family and I also decided to stay back as a social gesture,” said Rakhra.Kospi underwhelms as foreign, domestic investors explore greener pastures abroad
Each week, Yardbarker is monitoring the 2025 NFL Draft, scheduled for April 24-26 in Green Bay. From Boise State's elite running back to Michigan's star defensive tackle, here are five players we are tracking: Should this NFC East team target Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty? The Athletic's Jon Machota and Dane Brugler recently listed Jeanty (5-foot-9, 215 pounds) as a prospect who would make sense for the Dallas Cowboys in the first round. "I think you could make an argument that after [Colorado WR/CB] Travis Hunter, Jeanty is the best player in the draft," wrote Brugler. "If he's still on the board for the Cowboys, I think he would be tough to pass up." RB is one of Dallas' biggest needs. The Cowboys (7-8) rank 28th in the league in rushing yards (95.2). Why wouldn't they draft an RB who could break the FBS record for rushing yards in a season? Jeanty needs 132 rushing yards to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer/former Oklahoma State star Barry Sanders' season rushing record (2,628 yards in 11 games in 1988). But hitting that number against Penn State's seventh-ranked run defense (100.4 YPG) in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal on New Year's Eve at 7:30 p.m. ET will be challenging. Alabama QB Jalen Milroe must make the most of his bowl game Milroe will play against Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year's Eve at 12 p.m. ET. 247 Sports' Alex Scarborough recently reported the QB plans to declare for the draft. Milroe may need an excellent performance to improve his grade. In Tankathon's latest mock draft , the Cleveland Browns (3-12) take him with pick No. 36. "His ball placement has been erratic, he has airmailed deep throws and he put too much zip on downfield passes at other times this year," wrote ESPN's Steve Muench recently. "So getting into an early rhythm is going to be important in this bowl game." Despite the concerns, Milroe (6-foot-2, 225 pounds) has produced solid numbers. In 12 starts, he has 3,371 yards (2,652 passing and 719 rushing) and 35 touchdowns (15 passing and 20 rushing). Texas RB Jaydon Blue gained momentum with superb CFP performance In a 38-24 win over Clemson in the first round of the CFP, Blue had 14 carries for 146 yards and two touchdowns, including a 77-yarder in the fourth quarter. JAYDON BLUE, HOW DO YOU DO?!?! A 77-YARD TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT A TWO-SCORE GAME VS. CLEMSON pic.twitter.com/cCzmh6V5W2 "With a terrific first step and acceleration, Blue is one of the most dangerous ball-carriers eligible for the 2025 NFL Draft," wrote The 33rd Team's Ian Valentino in his recent stock report. "Just a junior, Blue can carve out an argument to be a top-100 pick despite the setbacks." Through 13 games, Blue has 710 yards and eight TDs on 126 carries. However, he also has four fumbles. losing three. He should generate more buzz if he showcases better ball security throughout the CFP. No. 5 seed Texas (12-2) will face No. 4 seed Arizona State (11-2) in the quarterfinal on New Year's Day at 1 p.m. ET. Stanford WR Elic Ayomanor may have skills WR-needy teams covet Ayomanor (6-foot-2, 210 pounds) recently declared for the draft. In an interview with The Draft Network's Justin Melo, the Alberta, Canada native explained how he uses his size and speed to beat DBs. "I think it's a little bit of everything that allows my skill set to catch [DBs] off guard," Ayomanor said. "My speed and combination to shut it down and change direction at the top of routes that makes me a tough assignment in coverage." In 12 games, Ayomanor led Stanford (3-9) in receptions (63), receiving yards (831) and tied for first in TD catches (six). In Tankathon's mock draft, the Carolina Panthers (4-11) select him with pick No. 54. Michigan DT Kenneth Grant is a potential first-rounder On Thursday, Grant declared for the draft and confirmed he will skip the ReliaQuest Bowl. On his updated Big Board, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr . rated him his No. 4 DT. "Grant started only five games before this season, which means 2024 has been huge for his draft stock," wrote Kiper. "Considering his size, he has terrific athletic traits and explosion. His instincts stand out, too — he's an extremely alert football player." Grant (6-foot-3, 339 pounds) earned a third-team All-American nod after recording seven tackles for loss and three sacks in 12 games. In his latest mock draft, CBS Sports' Ryan Wilson has the Arizona Cardinals (7-8) selecting him with pick No. 16.
