Pep Guardiola’s side at least avoided the indignity of a sixth successive defeat in all competitions but alarm bells continue to ring at the Etihad Stadium after a dramatic late capitulation. A double from Erling Haaland – the first from the penalty spot – and a deflected effort from Ilkay Gundogan, all in the space of nine minutes either side of the break, looked to have ensured a return to winning ways. Yet Guardiola was left with his head in hands as Feyenoord roared back in the last 15 minutes with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Sergio Gimenez and David Hancko, two of them after Josko Gvardiol errors. City almost snatched a late winner when Jack Grealish hit the woodwork but there was no masking another dispiriting result. It was hardly the preparation City wanted for Sunday’s crunch trip to Liverpool, and the Feyenoord fans took great delight in rubbing that fact in. They sung the club anthem they share with Liverpool, You’ll Never Walk Alone, and chanted the name of their former manager Arne Slot, the current Reds boss. Guardiola arrived at the ground with a cut on the bridge of his nose and, once again, his side have been struck a nasty blow. Despite not being at their best, they had dominated early on against what seemed limited Dutch opposition. They threatened when a Gundogan shot was deflected wide and Haaland then went close to opening the scoring when he turned a header onto the post. Feyenoord goalkeeper Timon Wellenreuther gifted City another chance when he passed straight to Bernardo Silva but Grealish’s fierce volley struck team-mate Phil Foden. Foden forced a save from Wellenreuther but City had a moment of alarm when Igor Paixao got behind the defence only to shoot tamely at Ederson. Nathan Ake missed the target with a header but some luck finally went City’s way just before the break when Quinten Timber, brother of Arsenal’s Jurrien, was harshly adjudged to have fouled Haaland. The Norwegian rammed home the resulting spot-kick and City returned re-energised for the second period. They won a corner when a Matheus Nunes shot was turned behind and Gundogan fired the hosts’ second – albeit with aid of a deflection – with a firm volley from the edge of the box. City turned up the heat and claimed their third soon after as Gundogan released Nunes with a long ball and his low cross was turned into the net by a sliding Haaland. 44' ⚽️ Man City 1-0 Feyenoord50' ⚽️ Man City 2-0 Feyenoord53' ⚽️ Man City 3-0 Feyenoord75' ⚽️ Man City 3-1 Feyenoord82' ⚽️ Man City 3-2 Feyenoord89' ⚽️ Man City 3-3 Feyenoord 🤯🤯🤯 #UCL — UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 26, 2024 It seemed City were heading for a morale-lifting victory but a couple of Gvardiol errors changed the script. The Croatian, who had a torrid time in Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing by Tottenham, first horribly misplaced a backpass and allowed Moussa to nip in and round Ederson. Ordinarily that 75th-minute reply would have been a mere consolation and City would close out the game, but Gvardiol had another moment to forget eight minutes from time. Again he gave the ball away and Feyenoord pounced. The ball was lofted into the box and Jordan Lotomba fired a shot that glanced the post and deflected across goal, where Gimenez chested in. Ederson then blundered as he raced out of his area and was beaten by Paixao, who crossed for Hancko to head into an empty net. Amid some moments of unrest in the crowd, when objects were thrown, City tried to rally in stoppage time. Grealish had an effort deflected onto the bar but the hosts had to settle for a draw.
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will appoint Kari Lake, an election denier and purveyor of conspiracy theories who is deeply loyal to Trump, as director of Voice of America (VOA), a U.S.-funded news service for international audiences. Lake lost both a gubernatorial race and a Senate election in Arizona within the span of the past two years. She claimed in both contests, without any evidence whatsoever, that her losses were due to election fraud — echoing Trump’s false claims of election fraud after he lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden. In his post on Truth Social , Trump insisted that Lake would “ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are broadcast around the World FAIRLY and ACCURATELY,” deriding other news media as being “fake news” — a complaint he frequently lobbies against the press after journalists publish reports on his corruption and wrongdoings. Trump’s post suggests that he will attempt to use the VOA to promote propaganda on his behalf. Importantly, the position of VOA director is not appointed by the president — instead, a seven-person panel called the International Broadcasting Advisory Board (IBAB) picks the person who heads the news agency. Six members of IBAB are selected by presidents to four-year terms, with the seventh member being the Secretary of State in an ex officio role. All seven members require Senate confirmation, though in the Secretary of State’s case, their approval is usually focused on other functions of their office, rather than the management of media produced by the U.S. government. Furthermore, the six members who are not the Secretary of State must be politically divided evenly — no more than three of the six can belong to the same political party, per the law that established IBAB . All of these conditions mean that, while Republicans will technically comprise a majority of the board once Trump’s Secretary of State choice is sworn in, it will still be very difficult for Lake to become head of the VOA. However, there is another workaround Trump can take: passing a new law that gives himself greater powers to interfere with VOA’s work and independence, including by giving the president the ability to directly appoint the agency’s director. Indeed, current law regulating the VOA and IBAB came about due to allegations of abuse during the first Trump administration . With Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, that law can be repealed and replaced with one that gives Trump the authority to appoint whomever he wants. Trump’s post didn’t allude to that action being considered, but the news of Lake as his choice to lead VOA has worried some employees of the agency nonetheless. “We’re hoping that the guardrails will hold,” a VOA employee told CNN . Journalists were quick to criticize Trump’s Truth Social post, noting that Lake would use VOA to promote far right propaganda and conspiracy theories. Lake is “an unhinged conspiracy theorist who lashes out at the press, hobnobs with far-right and antisemitic extremist outlets,” Media Matters for America senior fellow Matthew Gertz wrote on the social media site X. If Trump is successful at getting Lake appointed, it will “drive out the responsible journalists who work there and destroy the mission of VOA,” Tom Nichols of The Atlantic wrote in a Bluesky post . “Putting Kari Lake at the head of Voice of America is not only an attack on journalism and the duty to tell the truth, it’s an assault and an insult to every person around the world who turns to VoA to look up to America,” journalist Steven Beschloss said .Without Mike Mitchell, Gophers guards need to keep stepping up
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If you have room in your portfolio for some new additions, then it could be worth listening to what Goldman Sachs is saying about the ASX 300 stocks in this article. That's because the broker has just put buy ratings on both stocks this morning. Here's what it is saying about them: ( ) This automotive cooling products company's shares have fallen heavily this month following the release of a trading update. While this was disappointing, Goldman believes that it may have created a buying opportunity. Commenting on the update, the broker said: PWR Holdings' recent trading update highlights the difficulties in balancing a largely fixed cost base with short term revenue variability. While cognizant the recent earnings downgrade follows an earnings downgrade in August, we consider both as short-term in nature with PWR Holdings' long-term prospects intact as they transition to their upgraded facility 2025. Maintain Buy. Goldman has retained its buy rating with a reduced price target of $9.10. This implies potential upside of almost 15% for investors. It adds: We lower our PT to A$9.10 (from A$11.50) and maintain Buy: We re-base our near-term earnings expectations with downgrades to FY25/26/27E of -36%/-28%/-17%, driven by operating deleverage in FY25/26, and lower our PE multiple to 30x (from 33x) to reflect the risks associated with the transition to the new Australian facility. ( ) Another ASX 300 stock that gets the thumbs up from analysts at Goldman Sachs is online travel agent Webjet. The broker notes that Webjet released its this week and delivered a solid set of numbers. In response, the broker has reiterated its buy rating and lifted its price target slightly to $1.10. Based on its current share price of 84 cents, this implies potential upside of 31% for investors between now and this time next year. Commenting on the result and its estimates, Goldman said: [W]e revise our forecasts with FY25-27e group TTV ~-2% and underlying EBITDA -1% to +7% largely on higher GoSee margins with OTA forecasts immaterially changed. We also factor in a full year share base payment of ~A$6mn and thereafter ~A$3mn on the back of accelerated FY23/24 performance rights in FY25 following demerger. Hence, our FY26/27 Statutory NPAT is changed by 0-1%. We believe that management are conservative in its guidance of "broadly in-line EBITDA in FY25 vs FY24" given improving OTA run-rate as well as reducing GoSee costs and see upside risk. Our valuation is unchanged. TP to A$1.1/sh (vs A$1.05/sh prev); reiterate Buy on revenue/margin optimization opportunities.
NEW YORK, NY, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), the ninth public acquisition vehicle led by Eagle Equity Partners’ Harry Sloan, Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker, today announced that holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering of 25,800,000 units completed on October 25, 2024, which includes 800,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in part, completed on December 9, 2024 (the “Offering”), may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and Eagle Share Rights included in the units commencing on or about December 16, 2024. Any units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BEAGU”, and each of the Class A ordinary shares and Eagle Share Rights will separately trade on Nasdaq under the symbols “BEAG” and “BEAGR,” respectively. No fractional Eagle Share Rights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole Eagle Share Rights will trade. Holders of units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and Eagle Share Rights. A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 23, 2024. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State or jurisdiction. About Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective initial business combination target will not be limited to a particular industry, sector or geographic region. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination opportunity in any industry or sector, it intends to capitalize on the ability of its management team to identify and combine with a business or businesses that can benefit from its management team’s established global relationships and operating experience. The Company’s sponsor is Eagle Equity Partners IV, LLC, of which Harry Sloan, Jeff Sagansky and Eli Baker are Managing Members. Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky are the Co-Chairmen of the Company. Joining Mr. Sloan and Mr. Sagansky in the management of the Company is Eli Baker, the Chief Executive Officer, who has served in various capacities in seven of Eagle Equity’s prior public acquisition vehicles, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. Also joining Mr. Sloan, Mr. Sagansky and Mr. Baker in the management of the Company is Ryan O’Connor, the Chief Financial Officer, who previously served as the Vice President of Finance of Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp. Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the Company’s search for an initial business combination. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement for the initial public offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov . The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law. # # # INVESTOR AND MEDIA CONTACT: Ryan O’Connor t. (424) 284-3519 e. roconnor@eaglesinvest.com
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