NEW DELHI: For the past few months, estranged Left MLA P V Anvar has been flying across the country to find the perfect ally to continue his political march. Multiple discussions with prominent parties failed to yield results but now, Anvar seems to have found a new abode in Kolkata and is leaning more toward Trinamool Congress. Anvar clarified that discussions with the Trinamool leadership are in progress. “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin are the only leaders in India capable of fighting RSS. There are currently no plans to join UDF. The opposition is weak in Kerala and cannot raise core issues to people's attention.” Anvar said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan interfered with his plans to join DMK and spoiled his plans.Balchem Corporation Announces Dividend
GRAND FORKS — A jury trial began in Grand Forks Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10, with the prosecution describing a typical night out gone wrong in an instant, with a woman fighting for her life during a violent, sexual attack. Angel Alberto Torres-Sosa, 32, is charged with two Class A felonies, kidnapping and attempted gross sexual imposition, as well as two Class C felonies, aggravated assault and terrorizing. Class A felonies have a maximum 20-year sentence. ADVERTISEMENT Thirteen people — 12 jurors and an alternate — were chosen during an hours-long jury selection process that began Tuesday morning and extended into the afternoon. Then, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the trial began with opening statements from both parties. Grand Forks County Assistant State's Attorney Justine Hesselbart first stepped forward, and addressed the jury solemnly. She told them that an October night in 2023 was supposed to be like any other for the young woman in the case. She watched the UND hockey game before heading over to the Diamond Lounge, where she would play pool. "Even in the most familiar spaces, our lives can change in an instant," Hesselbart said. The woman was pursued by Torres-Sosa, she said, and instead of giving her a ride home, he took her to his residence. In an unfinished basement with a mattress on the floor, he allegedly attacked the young woman, and choked her when she refused to submit to his sexual advances, Hesselbart said. ADVERTISEMENT "(She) fought for to survive," she said. "This was not a misunderstanding, and no mistake." Once the woman got outside the residence, she ran away, then ultimately called 911, Hesselbart said. The prosecutor finished by telling the jury that justice demands — and the woman deserves — guilty verdicts on all four felony counts. Alexander Reichert, Torres-Sosa's attorney, began his statement by thanking the jurors for their service. He then said the case that will unfold in the next few days will be hard to listen to at times, due to its disturbing allegations. He told the jury to wait until they hear all the evidence before making determinations. "This story does not fit together," Reichert said. Parts may fit but, when considered as a whole, it doesn't make sense, he said. He said the woman has told and will tell conflicting stories about what happened, including how much she remembers; whether she was drunk, drugged or neither; whether any sexual contact took place. ADVERTISEMENT "She ran away from him 'in fear,' but he did not chase her or try to stop her," Reichert said. The state will be unable to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, any of the allegations, he said. The state then called its first witness. The state plans to bring forth evidence that includes the woman's earring and a swab of blood both found in Torres-Sosa's basement, according to Hesselbart. There will be testimony from medical professionals, forensic analysts, law enforcement, eyewitnesses and the woman herself. A notice filed in the case names 29 witnesses in total, but Megan Essig — a Grand Forks County assistant state's attorney and the lead prosecutor in this case — told the Herald it's unlikely every witness will be called to testify. Evidence that has been filed with the court and could be introduced during the trial include a recording of the 911 call, police body camera footage, photos of the woman and her clothing, photos of Torres-Sosa and his residence, surveillance footage, lab reports and video footage of Torres-Sosa's interview with law enforcement. ADVERTISEMENT The defense is not required to do so, but Reichert has filed a documentation stating his intent to call three character witnesses during the trial. It does not say whether Torres-Sosa himself plans to testify — which he is also not required to do. The burden to prove Torres-Sosa's guilt lies with the prosecution, and no determination of guilt or innocence can be made based on whether or not he speaks in his own defense.
ATLANTA , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cousins Properties Incorporated (the "Company") (NYSE: CUZ) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 9,500,000 shares of its common stock. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of an office property in Downtown Austin . If this acquisition is not consummated, the net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the acquisition and development of office properties, other opportunistic investments and the repayment of debt. J.P. Morgan will serve as the sole book-running manager for the offering. This offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company's prospectus dated May 8, 2024 , filed as part of the Company's effective shelf registration statement relating to the shares. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the shares described herein or any other securities, nor shall there be any sale of these shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or other jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the related prospectus. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement, the prospectus and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus supplement and the prospectus relating to the shares can be obtained by contacting the underwriter as follows: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com . About Cousins Properties Cousins Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta, GA and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets and opportunistic investments. Forward-Looking Statements Certain matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and are subject to uncertainties and risk and actual results may differ materially from projections, including matters related to the commenced public offering and intended use of proceeds. Readers should carefully review the Company's financial statements and notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and in Part II, Item 1A of the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 , and other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and speak as of the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of future events, new information or otherwise. Contact: Roni Imbeaux Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations Cousins Properties 404-407-1104 rimbeaux@cousins.com View original content: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cousins-properties-announces-public-offering-of-9-500-000-shares-of-common-stock-302328164.html SOURCE Cousins PropertiesSANTA CLARA, Calif. , Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has pioneered a new custom HBM compute architecture that enables XPUs to achieve greater compute and memory density. The new technology is available to all of its custom silicon customers to improve the performance, efficiency and TCO of their custom XPUs. Marvell is collaborating with its cloud customers and leading HBM manufacturers, Micron, Samsung Electronics, and SK hynix to define and develop custom HBM solutions for next-generation XPUs. HBM is a critical component integrated within the XPU using advanced 2.5D packaging technology and high-speed industry-standard interfaces. However, the scaling of XPUs is limited by the current standard interface-based architecture. The new Marvell custom HBM compute architecture introduces tailored interfaces to optimize performance, power, die size, and cost for specific XPU designs. This approach considers the compute silicon, HBM stacks, and packaging. By customizing the HBM memory subsystem, including the stack itself, Marvell is advancing customization in cloud data center infrastructure. Marvell is collaborating with major HBM makers to implement this new architecture and meet cloud data center operators' needs. The Marvell custom HBM compute architecture enhances XPUs by serializing and speeding up the I/O interfaces between its internal AI compute accelerator silicon dies and the HBM base dies. This results in greater performance and up to 70% lower interface power compared to standard HBM interfaces. The optimized interfaces also reduce the required silicon real estate in each die, allowing HBM support logic to be integrated onto the base die. These real-estate savings, up to 25%, can be used to enhance compute capabilities, add new features, and support up to 33% more HBM stacks, increasing memory capacity per XPU. These improvements boost XPU performance and power efficiency while lowering TCO for cloud operators. "The leading cloud data center operators have scaled with custom infrastructure. Enhancing XPUs by tailoring HBM for specific performance, power, and total cost of ownership is the latest step in a new paradigm in the way AI accelerators are designed and delivered," said Will Chu, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Custom, Compute and Storage Group at Marvell. "We're very grateful to work with leading memory designers to accelerate this revolution and, help cloud data center operators continue to scale their XPUs and infrastructure for the AI era." "Increased memory capacity and bandwidth will help cloud operators efficiently scale their infrastructure for the AI era," said Raj Narasimhan, senior vice president and general manager of Micron's Compute and Networking Business Unit. "Strategic collaborations focused on power efficiency, such as the one we have with Marvell, will build on Micron's industry-leading HBM power specs, and provide hyperscalers with a robust platform to deliver the capabilities and optimal performance required to scale AI." "Optimizing HBM for specific XPUs and software environments will greatly improve the performance of cloud operators' infrastructure and ensure efficient power use," said Harry Yoon , corporate executive vice president of Samsung Electronics and head of Americas products and solutions planning. "The advancement of AI depends on such focused efforts. We look forward to collaborating with Marvell, a leader in custom compute silicon innovation." "By collaborating with Marvell, we can help our customers produce a more optimized solution for their workloads and infrastructure," said Sunny Kang , VP of DRAM Technology, SK hynix America. "As one of the leading pioneers of HBM, we look forward to shaping this next evolutionary stage for the technology." "Custom XPUs deliver superior performance and performance per watt compared to merchant, general-purpose solutions for specific, cloud-unique workloads," said Patrick Moorhead , CEO and Founder of Moor Insights & Strategy. "Marvell, already a player in custom compute silicon, is already delivering tailored solutions to leading cloud companies. Their latest custom compute HBM architecture platform provides an additional lever to enhance the TCO for custom silicon. Through strategic collaboration with leading memory makers, Marvell is poised to empower cloud operators in scaling their XPUs and accelerated infrastructure, thereby paving the way for them to enable the future of AI." Marvell and the M logo are trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates. Please visit www.marvell.com for a complete list of Marvell trademarks. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future events, results or achievements. 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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military should stay out of the fast-escalating conflict in Syria, where a dramatic rebel offensive reached the capital and threatened the rule of Syria’s Russian- and Iranian-allied president. “THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT,” Trump declared on social media. As world leaders watched the stunning rebel advance, with its potential to alter the balance of power in the Middle East, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser separately stressed that the Biden administration had no intention of intervening. “The United States is not going to ... militarily dive into the middle of a Syrian civil war,” Jake Sullivan told an audience in California. Sullivan said the U.S. would keep acting as necessary to keep the Islamic State — a violently anti-Western extremist group not known to be involved in the offensive but with sleeper cells in Syria’s deserts — from exploiting openings presented by the fighting. Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria appeared to reach its goal hours after both men spoke, with rebels entering Damascus after claiming many of the country’s other major cities within roughly 10 days. The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said early Sunday that Assad left the country for an undisclosed location. Trump’s comments on the dramatic rebel push were his first since Syrian rebels launched their advance late last month. They came while he was in Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral. In his post, Trump said Assad did not deserve U.S. support to stay in power. Assad’s government has been propped up by the Russian and Iranian military, along with Hezbollah and other Iranian-allied militias, in a now 13-year-old war against opposition groups seeking his overthrow. The war, which began as a mostly peaceful uprising in 2011 against the Assad family’s rule, has killed a half-million people, fractured Syria and drawn in a more than a half-dozen foreign militaries and militias. The U.S. early on closed its embassy in Syria and imposed sanctions over the brutality of Assad’s conduct of the war. The insurgents are led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which the U.S. has designated as a terrorist group and says has links to al-Qaida, although the group has since broken ties with al-Qaida. The insurgents met little resistance so far from the Syrian army, the Russian and Iranian militaries or allied militias in the country. The Biden administration said the ease of Syrian opposition forces’ capture of government-held cities demonstrates how Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s and Iranian militias’ fight against Israel in Gaza and Lebanon have diminished them. “Assad’s backers — Iran, Russia and Hezbollah — have all been weakened and distracted,” Sullivan said Saturday at an annual gathering of national security officials, defense companies and lawmakers at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. “None of them are prepared to provide the kind of support to Assad that they provided in the past,” he later added. The U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria, including U.S. forces working with Kurdish allies in the opposition-held northeast to prevent any resurgence of the Islamic State group. Gen. Bryan Fenton, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, said he would not want to speculate on how the upheaval in Syria would affect the U.S. military’s footprint in the country. “It’s still too early to tell,” he said. What would not change is the focus on disrupting IS operations in Syria and protecting U.S. troops, Fenton said during a panel at the Reagan event. Syrian opposition activists and regional officials have been watching closely for any indication from the incoming Trump administration on how the U.S. would respond to the rebel advances against Assad. Robert Wilkie, Trump’s defense transition chief and a former secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said during the same California event that the collapse of the “murderous Assad regime” would be a major blow to Iran’s power. In his post, Trump said Russia “is so tied up in Ukraine” that it “seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years.” He said rebels could possibly force Assad from power. The president-elect condemned the overall U.S. handling of the war but said the routing of Assad and Russian forces might be for the best. “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!” he wrote in Saturday’s post. An influential Syrian opposition activist in Washington, Mouaz Moustafa, interrupted a briefing to reporters to read Trump’s post and appeared to choke up. He said Trump’s declaration that the U.S. should stay out of the fight was the best outcome that the the Syrians aligned against Assad could hope for. Rebels have been freeing political detainees of the Assad government from government prisons as they advance across Syria. Moustafa pledged to reporters Saturday that opposition forces would be alert for any U.S. detainees among them and do their best to protect them. Moustafa said that includes Austin Tice, an American journalist missing for more than a decade and suspected to be held by Assad. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham renounced al-Qaida in 2016 and has worked to rebrand itself, including cracking down on some Islamic extremist groups and fighters in its territory and portraying itself as a protector of Christians and other religious minorities. While the U.S. and United Nations still designate it as a terrorist organization, Trump’s first administration told lawmakers that the U.S. was no longer targeting the group’s leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani.
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