Juvenile arrested for gold theft worth Rs 3 lakh in HyderabadPresident-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. While immigration officials have used the tech for years, an October letter from the Department of Homeland Security obtained exclusively by The Associated Press details how those tools — some of them powered by AI — help make life-altering decisions for immigrants, including whether they should be detained or surveilled. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency's supervision. The letter, sent by DHS Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Eric Hysen to the immigrant rights group Just Futures Law, revealed that the score calculates the potential risk that an immigrant — with a pending case — will fail to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The algorithm relies on several factors, he said, including an immigrant’s number of violations and length of time in the program, and whether the person has a travel document. Hysen wrote that ICE officers consider the score, among other information, when making decisions about an immigrant’s case. “The Hurricane Score does not make decisions on detention, deportation, or surveillance; instead, it is used to inform human decision-making,” Hysen wrote. Also included in the government’s tool kit is a mobile app called SmartLINK that uses facial matching and can track an immigrant’s specific location. Nearly 200,000 people without legal status who are in removal proceedings are enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program, under which certain immigrants can live in the U.S. while their immigration cases are pending. In exchange, SmartLINK and GPS trackers used by ICE rigorously surveil them and their movements. The phone application draws on facial matching technology and geolocation data, which has been used before to find and arrest those using the app. Just Futures Law wrote to Hysen earlier this year, questioning the fairness of using an algorithm to assess whether someone is a flight risk and raising concerns over how much data SmartLINK collects. Such AI systems, which score or screen people, are used widely but remain largely unregulated even though some have been found to discriminate on race, gender or other protected traits. DHS said in an email that it is committed to ensuring that its use of AI is transparent and safeguards privacy and civil rights while avoiding biases. The agency said it is working to implement the Biden administration’s requirements on using AI , but Hysen said in his letter that security officials may waive those requirements for certain uses. Trump has publicly vowed to repeal Biden's AI policy when he returns to the White House in January. “DHS uses AI to assist our personnel in their work, but DHS does not use the outputs of AI systems as the sole basis for any law enforcement action or denial of benefits,” a spokesperson for DHS told the AP. Trump has not revealed how he plans to carry out his promised deportation of an estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally. Although he has proposed invoking wartime powers, as well as military involvement, the plan would face major logistical challenges — such as where to keep those who have been detained and how to find people spread across the country — that AI-powered surveillance tools could potentially address. Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump, did not answer questions about how they plan to use DHS’ tech, but said in a statement that “President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation” in American history. Over 100 civil society groups sent a letter on Friday urging the Office of Management and Budget to require DHS to comply with the Biden administration’s guidelines. OMB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Just Futures Law’s executive director, Paromita Shah, said if immigrants are scored as flight risks, they are more likely to remain in detention, "limiting their ability to prepare a defense in their case in immigration court, which is already difficult enough as it is.” SmartLINK, part of the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, is run by BI Inc., a subsidiary of the private prison company The GEO Group. The GEO Group also contracts with ICE to run detention centers. ICE is tight-lipped about how it uses SmartLINK’s location feature to find and arrest immigrants. Still, public records show that during Trump’s first term in 2018, Manassas, Virginia-based employees of BI Inc. relayed immigrants’ GPS locations to federal authorities, who then arrested over 40 people. In a report last year to address privacy issues and concerns, DHS said that the mobile app includes security features that “prohibit access to information on the participant’s mobile device, with the exception of location data points when the app is open.” But the report notes that there remains a risk that data collected from people "may be misused for unauthorized persistent monitoring.” Such information could also be stored in other ICE and DHS databases and used for other DHS mission purposes, the report said. On investor calls earlier this month, private prison companies were clear-eyed about the opportunities ahead. The GEO Group’s executive chairman George Christopher Zoley said that he expects the incoming Trump administration to “take a much more aggressive approach regarding border security as well as interior enforcement and to request additional funding from Congress to achieve these goals.” “In GEO’s ISAP program, we can scale up from the present 182,500 participants to several hundreds of thousands, or even millions of participants,” Zoley said. That same day, the head of another private prison company told investors he would be watching closely to see how the new administration may change immigrant monitoring programs. “It’s an opportunity for multiple vendors to engage ICE about the program going forward and think about creative and innovative solutions to not only get better outcomes, but also scale up the program as necessary,” Damon Hininger, CEO of the private prison company CoreCivic Inc. said on an earnings call. GEO did not respond to requests for comment. In a statement, CoreCivic said that it has played “a valued but limited role in America’s immigration system” for both Democrats and Republicans for over 40 years.
Plane burst into flames after skidding off runway at an airport in South Korea, killing at least 28The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team has gotten off to a fast start this season in more ways than one. The No. 16 Bearcats have raced to a 5-0 record while outscoring their opponents by more than 31 points per game, with just one team (Northern Kentucky) coming within 16 points. Cincinnati is averaging a robust 87 points per game with one of the more efficient offenses in college basketball. Cincinnati will look to continue that hot streak when it plays host to Alabama State in nonconference action Wednesday evening. Cincinnati has punished opposing defenses in a variety of ways this season. Despite being the No. 14 offense in the nation in Ken Pomeroy's efficiency ratings, the Bearcats aren't among the nation's leaders in pace. Still, they take advantage of those opportunities when they are there. "Us playing fast is something we want to do," Cincinnati forward Dillon Mitchell said. "When I was being recruited here, that was something Coach (Wes) Miller wanted to do. "There could be games where we're not making shots or something is off, but one thing is we're gonna push the ball, play hard and play fast. That's something he preaches. We'll be in shape and get rebounds." Mitchell is fresh off a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in Cincinnati's 81-58 road win at Georgia Tech Saturday. He is one of four Bearcats to average double figures in scoring this season. That balance was on display once again against the Yellow Jackets, with Connor Hickman and Jizzle James also scoring 14 points each and Simas Lukosius contributing 12 points. In that game, Cincinnati sank 51.6 percent of its shots while regularly getting out into transition with 16 fastbreak points, while winning the rebounding battle 36-29. "Any time you get a road win over a quality, Power 4 team, you're gonna feel good about it," Miller said. "I was pleased with our effort." Lukosius is scoring 16.6 points per game, while James is at 14.0 points, followed by Mitchell at 12.4, while he also grabs a team-best 8.6 rebounds. Alabama State (3-3) has a tough task ahead, especially when considering its 97-78 loss at Akron Sunday, which ended a three-game winning streak. The Hornets allowed the Zips to shoot 46.4 percent from the field and were 53-32 in the rebounding battle. Alabama State gave up a season high in points, after playing the likes of LSU and UNLV earlier this season. Akron standout Nate Johnson lit up Alabama State for 25 points, as the game got away from the Hornets in the second half to keep them winless in true road games. Alabama leading scorers CJ Hines and TJ Madlock still got theirs against Akron, scoring 19 and 17 points, respectively. They were joined in double figures by reserve Tyler Mack (18 points), but recent history says they'll need more help to keep up with the Bearcats. Hines leads the Hornets with 15.7 points per game, while Madlock contributes 14.5 points. In previous Akron Basketball Classic wins last week against Omaha and Lamar, Alabama State featured at least four double-digit scorers in each game. --Field Level MediaNearly 200 people rescued from Colorado ski resort gondola after metal support cracksBlunder by new Government: No fertiliser to paddy farmers
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Mustapha Amzil scored 14 points as New Mexico beat Colorado State 76-68 on Saturday. Amzil added five rebounds for the Lobos (10-3, 2-0 Mountain West Conference). Donovan Dent added 14 points while going 7 of 16 from the field while they also had six assists. C.J. Noland had 11 points and finished 5 of 7 from the field. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Get updates and player profiles ahead of Friday's high school games, plus a recap Saturday with stories, photos, video Frequency: Seasonal Twice a weekAdvisors Asset Management Inc. cut its stake in Five Below, Inc. ( NASDAQ:FIVE – Free Report ) by 16.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,869 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 359 shares during the quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Five Below were worth $165,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG acquired a new stake in Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth $1,765,000. Baron Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Five Below by 6.1% in the third quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,986 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $882,000 after buying an additional 575 shares during the last quarter. ING Groep NV purchased a new position in shares of Five Below in the third quarter worth about $3,534,000. KBC Group NV boosted its position in Five Below by 23.7% during the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,630 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $144,000 after acquiring an additional 312 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lisanti Capital Growth LLC purchased a new stake in Five Below during the 3rd quarter valued at about $3,455,000. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades FIVE has been the topic of a number of research reports. Bank of America lowered shares of Five Below from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $98.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Five Below from $100.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. UBS Group dropped their target price on Five Below from $120.00 to $108.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on Five Below from $124.00 to $106.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group cut shares of Five Below from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $102.00 to $95.00 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $106.05. Five Below Trading Down 0.3 % Shares of FIVE stock opened at $92.70 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.31, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.20. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $90.51 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.06. Five Below, Inc. has a 12 month low of $64.87 and a 12 month high of $216.18. Five Below ( NASDAQ:FIVE – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The specialty retailer reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.54. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.16% and a net margin of 7.57%. The business had revenue of $830.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $821.95 million. On average, equities analysts forecast that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.57 EPS for the current year. About Five Below ( Free Report ) Five Below, Inc operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. The company offers range of accessories, which includes novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and t-shirts, as well as nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and personalized living space products, such as lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, accent furniture, and related items, as well as provides storage options. 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Advisors Asset Management Inc. reduced its holdings in Vanguard Total International Bond ETF ( NASDAQ:BNDX – Free Report ) by 48.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,331 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,152 shares during the quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Bond ETF were worth $117,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Private Wealth Management Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Bond ETF by 10.9% during the third quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 8,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $408,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Topel & Distasi Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Bond ETF by 0.8% during the second quarter. Topel & Distasi Wealth Management LLC now owns 194,241 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,454,000 after buying an additional 1,511 shares during the period. MONECO Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Bond ETF by 11.7% in the 2nd quarter. MONECO Advisors LLC now owns 14,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $699,000 after buying an additional 1,500 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total International Bond ETF by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 4,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $219,000 after acquiring an additional 253 shares during the period. Finally, Citizens & Northern Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Total International Bond ETF by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. Citizens & Northern Corp now owns 21,459 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,044,000 after acquiring an additional 817 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5 % Shares of BNDX stock opened at $50.55 on Friday. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $48.19 and a 1 year high of $51.04. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $50.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $49.52. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF Cuts Dividend Vanguard Total International Bond ETF Profile ( Free Report ) The Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (BNDX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an investment-grade, non-USD denominated bond index, hedged against currency fluctuations for US investors. BNDX was launched on Jun 4, 2013 and is managed by Vanguard. 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Receive News & Ratings for Vanguard Total International Bond ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Vanguard Total International Bond ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .The transition to lower-carbon energy will require a massive investment. According to Goldman Sachs , the world needs to invest an estimated $3 trillion annually through the end of the decade to support its goals of reaching net zero carbon emissions in the coming decades. That massive investment spans multiple opportunities, including renewable energy, electricity grids, and increased electrification. One company that is absolutely critical to building this infrastructure is Quanta Services ( PWR -2.26% ) . It's the industry leader in providing specialized infrastructure solutions. Here's a closer look at this crucial infrastructure stock . Digging into Quanta Services Quanta Services provides specialized infrastructure solutions to the utilities , renewable energy , technology, communications, pipeline , and energy industries. Its client list is a who's who of industry leaders in those respective sectors, including Duke Energy , NextEra Energy ( NEE -0.36% ) , Verizon , and Enbridge . It helps these companies design, install, repair, and maintain their infrastructures. While the company's services span several infrastructure assets, about three-quarters of its revenues come from utilities and renewable energy developers. That puts it in a strong position to capitalize on the growing total addressable market opportunity for infrastructure related to the transition to lower-carbon energy. For example, investor-owned U.S. electric utilities (e.g., Duke Energy and NextEra) expect to incur $186.4 billion in capital expenses to maintain and expand their electricity transmission and distribution systems and power-generating capabilities this year. They will spend $51 billion on power-generation projects, with 65% of that capital going toward renewable energy. That number should rise significantly in the coming years. Forecasters estimate that the U.S. will deploy 375-450 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable and storage capacity over the next seven years. That's three times more capacity than the country deployed over the last seven (140 GW). Customers like NextEra Energy are driving this acceleration (it expects to more than double its renewables and storage capacity from 38 GW today to 81 GW by 2027). NextEra Energy is also investing capital to build out transmission lines and maintain and expand its electric utility operations in Florida. That's just one opportunity in one country. Quanta Services operates across multiple industries and countries, providing customers with a growing array of services . The strong performance should continue Increasing infrastructure investment is driving strong growth for Quanta Services this year. It delivered another quarter of double-digit growth in the third quarter. Its revenue rose from $5.6 billion to $6.5 billion, while its adjusted earnings increased from $2.24 per share to $2.72. It also generated $539.5 million in cash flow, pushing its year-to-date total to nearly $1.4 billion (with almost $980 million in free cash). That strong performance has helped drive a more than 50% increase in its stock price this year. Quanta Services is in a strong position to continue growing. It ended the third quarter with a record $34 billion of projects in its backlog. That gives it a lot of confidence in its continued growth. "We believe we are well positioned to achieve another year of double-digit earnings-per-share growth in 2025 due to increasing demand for our services, strong execution of our strategic plan and capital deployment opportunities," stated CEO Duke Austin in the third-quarter earnings press release. The company has been enhancing its ability to continue growing and capture a greater share of the massive opportunity it sees ahead for energy transition investments. Quanta has made several acquisitions and investments over the past year to bolster its capabilities, including acquiring Cupertino Electric (a premier electrical infrastructure solution provider) and investing in Hybar (a company building a technologically advanced scrap metal recycling rebar mill ). It has also invested capital back into its business to drive additional organic growth. The company believes these investments will enable it to deliver solid revenue and earnings growth over the long term. A potentially compelling way to invest in this massive megatrend The world will invest trillions of dollars in building lower-carbon energy infrastructure in the coming years. That trend plays right into the strengths of Quanta Services, which is a leading provider of specialized infrastructure solutions to utilities and renewable energy developers. It should drive continued healthy growth for the company, making it a potentially compelling way to invest in this massive megatrend.
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Technology stocks have helped power the current bull market, which is now a little over two years old. With the average bull market lasting approximately five and a half years, this group should have some solid room to keep running. Let's examine three tech stocks that look like no-brainer buys in this bull market. 1. Nvidia In a world where computing power seems ever-increasing, Nvidia ( NVDA -2.09% ) remains the best company to take advantage of this phenomenon. The company is the leading producer of graphic processing units (GPUs) . While originally designed to speed up graphics rendering in video games and animation, GPUs' ability to complete tasks much faster than central processing units (CPUs) has made these chips ideal for artificial intelligence (AI) training and inference. Nvidia, meanwhile, was able to form a wide moat by being the first company to develop a software platform for programming GPUs for various tasks outside of graphics rendering. As such, this became the software platform on which developers learned to program GPUs. In the years since, the company has added AI-specific tools and libraries to further increase its moat. But it is AI training's exponential need for more computing power that makes Nvidia a buy. The first version of ChatGPT was trained using 10,000 Nvidia GPUs, while newer AI models, such as Meta Platform 's Llama 4, will use 160,000. Meanwhile, there is already talk that there will be 1 million GPU clusters in the near future. There will be a lot of future demand for GPUs, which, along with its strong performance over the years, is why Nvidia remains a buy . 2. Salesforce If the next stage of the AI rally is software, Salesforce ( CRM -0.96% ) is one of the best-positioned companies in this regard. With its customer relationship management (CRM) platform, the company has long established itself as a leader in front-office tasks. It has since moved into other areas, such as automation, analytics, and employee communication, through the acquisitions of Mulesoft, Tableau, and Slack. The big opportunity for the company, though, is with its autonomous AI agents, called Agentforce. An AI agent is a software program that uses AI to interact with its environment, collect data, and perform tasks to achieve goals. Launched in October, the company said on its early December earnings call that it was seeing strong early adoption for the solution and had already closed 200 deals with the AI agents. Meanwhile, it had thousands of potential Agentforce deals in its pipeline. Agentforce is a usage-based product that costs $2 per conversation, so the potential upside is huge as it becomes more widely adopted. For its part, the company has forecast having 1 billion AI agents deployed by the end of fiscal 2026 (ending January 2026). Meanwhile, the company recently released Agentforce 2.0, which includes a no-code platform to help users build out their own tools as well as a library of prebuilt agent skills. Agentforce 2.0 will also be able to execute actions outside its CRM suite and across any app or workflow and will be integrated into Slack. With agentic AI -- where AI agents act autonomously without constant human oversight to complete tasks -- looking to be the next big potential AI development, Salesforce stock is a strong way to play this theme . 3. SentinelOne A tech laggard in 2024, cybersecurity company SentinelOne ( S -1.71% ) , nonetheless, has a big opportunity in front of it. The company's Singularity Platform uses AI to predict, monitor, and eliminate threats and can be deployed in public, private, or hybrid cloud environments. It competes with CrowdStrike and its Falcon platform. CrowdStrike's outage earlier this year opened up an opportunity, which SentinelOne is just starting to take advantage of, with a large Fortune 50 customer and several government customers switching to its platform. Meanwhile, the company is enjoying a nice boost by upselling its Purple AI solution, which helps analysts hunt complex security threats using only natural language prompts. SentinelOne has said it is the fastest-growing solution in its history. Despite its lagging stock price in 2024, the company has demonstrated strong revenue growth, including 28% revenue growth last quarter. Meanwhile, it trades at less than half the price of CrowdStrike on a forward price-to-sales (P/S) basis (7.0 times versus 18.8 times) despite CrowdStrike having similar revenue growth (28% for SentinelOne versus 29% for CrowdStrike last quarter). S PS Ratio (Forward 1y) data by YCharts . PS Ratio = price-to-sales ratio. However, the biggest opportunity for the company and its stock will come in the second half of 2025 when enterprise PC vendor Lenovo will begin shipping its computers with SentinelOne's Singularity Platform pre-installed. Lenovo is the world's largest PC vendor, with about a 25% market share, and sold approximately 59 million PCs in 2023. This is just an enormous opportunity for a company the size of SentinelOne.The expanded Big Ten is poised to be a major player in this season's College Football Playoff. The 18-team conference had three of the top-four teams in the AP poll this week — No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Penn State. A one-loss Indiana team is ranked 10th but is still very much a contender to make the playoff, given how many Southeastern Conference teams have three defeats or more. Indiana's rise has been perhaps the Big Ten's biggest story this season. Much of the spotlight was on newcomers Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington, but aside from the top-ranked Ducks, that foursome has struggled to impress. Meanwhile, the Hoosiers won their first 10 games under new coach Curt Cignetti before losing at Ohio State last weekend. Oregon beat Ohio State 32-31 back in October, and if the Buckeyes beat rival Michigan this weekend, they'll earn a rematch with the Ducks for the Big Ten title. People are also reading... And it's entirely possible another matchup between those two teams awaits in the CFP. Star power Dillon Gabriel has quarterbacked Oregon to an unbeaten record, throwing for 3,066 yards and 22 touchdowns in 11 games. But don't overlook Iowa's Kaleb Johnson and his 21 rushing TDs, and quarterback Kurtis Rourke has been a big part of Indiana's improvement. Penn State's Abdul Carter has eight sacks and two forced fumbles and could be one of the top edge rushers drafted this year. Going bowling Oregon (11-0, 8-0), Ohio State (10-1, 7-1), Penn State (10-1, 7-1), Indiana (10-1, 7-1), Illinois (8-3, 5-3), Iowa (7-4, 5-3), Michigan (6-5, 4-4), Minnesota (6-5, 4-4), Washington (6-5, 4-4), Southern California (6-5, 4-5), Nebraska (6-5, 3-5) and Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) have already reached the six-win mark for bowl eligibility. Michigan State (5-6, 3-5) and Wisconsin (5-6, 3-5) can join them. Hot seats There may not be many firings in general at the top level of college football. The prospect of sharing revenue with athletes in the future might lead schools to be more judicious about shedding one coach and hiring a new one. Who should be most worried in the Big Ten? Well, Lincoln Riley is struggling to stay above .500 in his third season at USC. Purdue is 1-10, but coach Ryan Walters is only in his second season. Maryland's Mike Locksley has been there six years and his Terrapins are 4-7, but this was his first real step backward after guiding the team to three straight bowl wins. Cignetti has shown it is possible for a coaching change to push a previously moribund program to some impressive heights in a short amount of time — but the improvement has been more incremental at Michigan State following Jonathan Smith's arrival. Sherrone Moore wasn't a completely unknown commodity at Michigan after he won some massive games in place of a suspended Jim Harbaugh last year. But in his first season completely at the helm, the Wolverines have declined significantly following their national title a season ago. Youth movement The Big Ten is home to one of the most dynamic freshmen in the country in Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith. He has 52 catches for 899 yards and nine touchdowns. Highly touted quarterback Dylan Raiola has teamed up with fellow freshman Jacory Barney (49 catches) to lead Nebraska to bowl eligibility. Recruiting watch Ohio State is on track to land the Big Ten's top class, according to 247 Sports, but the big news recently was quarterback Bryce Underwood flipping from LSU to Michigan. If the Wolverines do in fact keep Underwood in his home state, that would be a big development for Moore. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Office Properties Income Trust OPI stocks are moving higher on Tuesday. The REIT announced a debt refinancing plan for up to $340 million. Here’s what you need to know . What To Know: The company plans to exchange up to $340 million of its $453.6 million of its senior unsecured notes due in 2025. It will repurchase, redeem or pay the remaining $113.6 million of the senior notes. The notes will be exchanged for senior secured notes due in March 2027 with a 3.25% interest rate. The notes have a $125 million mandatory repayment by March 1 2026. The new notes are backed by liens on Office Properties Income’s properties, providing collateral security. In connection with the exchange, OPI will pay $15 million to backstop parties and $10 million to exchanging noteholders as support premiums. “We believe this agreement is an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to address our debt maturities in the face of operational and market headwinds. We appreciate the constructive dialogue with our noteholders and thank them for their ongoing support,” said Brian Donley , CFO of Office Properties Income. Related Link: Why Bitcoin’s Rally Is Stalling Below $100,000 OPI Price Action: At the time of writing, Office Properties Income stock is trading 9.70% higher at $1.81, according to data from Benzinga Pro . Image: Image via Pixabay © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.Dow Pares Losses in Afternoon Trading
