NoneA history of the ’Diplo’ A 70-year odyssey against the tide by Le Monde diplomatique , 23 November 2024 A 70-year odyssey against the tide ↑ 1954 In the 1950s, diplomacy was intensifying due to the cold war, wars of independence, new states and the deployment of international institutions. The editor of the daily Le Monde , Hubert Beuve-Méry, decided to create a monthly entirely devoted to foreign affairs with François Honti, a journalist and former Hungarian consul in Geneva, serving as its editor-in-chief. Subtitled ‘A newspaper for diplomatic circles and large international organisations’ (‘Journal des cercles diplomatiques et des grandes organisations internationales’), Le Monde diplomatique was a modest eight-page supplement which bore little resemblance to the newspaper we have today. An article in the first issue laid out the programme: ‘to provide members of the diplomatic and consular services of all countries and the staff of the main international organisations, as well as their families, with an organ devoted to events and issues of particular interest to them’. Printed alongside long, official-sounding analyses were announcements by social movements and appointments to the diplomatic corps, as well as articles on the fashion shows that season. Here is an article from the first issue, entitled ‘Dance dresses, evening dresses’ (‘Robes à danser, robes du soir’). It reads:‘A parade of dance dresses and grand evening gowns is the collection’s grand finale, its apotheosis: they trumpet not only the couturier’s talent but also the fabric manufacturers’ great artistry, the embroiderers’ skill, the seamstresses’ patience. They combine the most extraordinary colours with the most spectacular shapes in a feast for the eyes.’ If you picked up the ‘Diplo’ in 1955, you could also read an account of the royal wedding of King Hussein of Jordan and princess Dina Abdul Hamid: June 1955 In April 1957, there was a description of the late Elizabeth II and her husband Philip’s visit to Paris: April 1957 Over its first decade, the monthly newspaper, which promised to ‘furnish copious and reliable information’, published — almost exclusively — articles by Le Monde journalists, diplomats and senior officials. Like its daily evening counterpart, Le Monde diplomatique had complete faith in the Bretton Woods institutions. Its conventional approach sometimes earned it the nickname of ‘the voice of the Quai d’Orsay’. November 1955 Winds of change While relations between the two blocs seemed to stabilise in the mid-1950s, history was accelerating across the rest of the world: the period saw the first Indochina war, the Algerian war and the independence of Morocco and Tunisia. In Egypt, Nasser nationalised the Suez canal in 1956. The failure of the French-English-Israeli military effort to stop him marked an epochal change. In China, the Communist revolution of 1949 had rocked the most populous country on earth. In Cuba, young guérilleros fought the Washington-backed dictatorship.In 1955, 29 countries in Africa and Asia — including India and China — met at Bandung. They denounced colonialism and imperialism, proclaimed their ‘non-alignment’ to the two parties in the cold war, and proclaimed their intention to develop autonomously: the ‘third world’, as it was called, was stirring. In the West, too, protests were succeeding, societies were transforming, lines were shifting. Germany was rearming, Europe created a common market, the US reeled under pressure from the civil rights movement. Le Monde diplomatique as we know it was born in this ferment, and its evolution mirrored the changes of the 1960s. 1973 The Claude Julien era In 1969, Hubert Beuve-Méry retired. Jacques Fauvet succeeded him as editor of Le Monde and Claude Julien became the head of the prestigious foreign desk. In 1973, Julien, a journalist and Christian intellectual who was critical of the US and neoliberal economics, took the helm at Le Monde diplomatique . When he was a young man, Julien had been a member of the Résistance in the Tarn department. After the second world war, he studied journalism in the US, then moved to Morocco, where he supported the independence movement and was expelled by the colonial authorities. He joined Le Monde ’s foreign desk in 1951, covering the US during the decade of the civil rights struggle, going to Cuba during the revolution and publishing incisive works like L’Empire américain (1968). 1973 was the year of the energy crisis, the Yom Kippur war, the coup in Chile; Julien would remain in post until after the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989). Within a few months of his appointment — with the help of the journalist Micheline Paunet and two intellectuals, Ignacio Ramonet then Bernard Cassen — he had transformed the newspaper. The small team changed the page layout, modernised the design, increased the number of pages and widened the purview to include culture, the environment and communication technologies. New sections appeared: film reviews from a political angle, ‘Politics and literature’ etc. Furthermore, Julien established the line of the newspaper to this day: non-alignment. Poster for the May 1985 edition Unlike many media organisations, the ‘Diplo’ decided not to treat ‘third world’ countries simply as actors on a geopolitical chessboard, but to cover them as equal societies, with their own internal political games, culture and social and intellectual movements. Poster for the November 1983 edition Alongside these changes, the paper’s stable of writers became more diverse, and its pages were opened up to historians, philosophers, economists, sociologists, reporters, artists, activists, writers and more. Then came the ousting of far-right regimes in Europe (Portugal, Greece and Spain), the newfound independence of Mozambique and Angola (1975), the coup d’état in Argentina (1976). With each advance and backlash, the monthly newspaper deviated further from the neutral positioning of the daily Beuve-Méry had founded, asserted its ‘third-world’ line and took the side of the periphery over the centre, the dominated over the dominant. In 1982, a little-known episode provoked strong feelings on rue des Italiens, the headquarters of Le Monde . Claude Julien, who had been elected two years before to succeed Jacques Fauvet at the helm of the daily, was fired before he even started as a result of a politically-motivated internal intrigue. At a moment when the left was in power in France — and hadn’t yet given up on changing the economic order — a different Le Monde would have tipped the ideological scales... Julien returned to Le Monde diplomatique , where his freedom was unconstrained and he had the official title of director to guarantee his editorial independence. Poster for the September 1984 edition Over the course of the 1980s, his international analyses and his editorials railing against the French left’s betrayals caused a stir, as did Micheline Paunet’s rigour, which was such that many contributors still remember being confronted with her fatal verdict: ‘This is not very Diplo’ (‘Ça, c’est pas du Diplo’). Seeing things Solange Brand, who was responsible for layout and images, constructed a singular visual identity for the paper and began to trace a subterranean relationship between the articles and images. She would be succeeded by Alice Barzilay, then Maria Ierardi. Asking avant-garde visual artists and photographers to respond to articles by intellectuals resulted in a unique dialogue that made Le Monde diplomatique stand out — though it shocked some readers. The illustrator Selçuk’s drawings, with their hidden meanings, were featured in almost every issue, opening up a new dimension to the articles. They seemed to say: ‘This is not a press cartoon!’ Manière de voir In 1987, the team, now bolstered by the arrival of Alain Gresh, Christian de Brie and Jacques Decornoy, published the first issue of Manière de voir : a quarterly, then bimonthly publication that reprinted articles from the monthly by theme, enhancing them with new material, bibliographical elements, maps and graphs. The second issue of Manière de Voir was published under the title ‘Liberalism against freedoms’. A duty of disrespect In the 1980s, Le Monde diplomatique , which had until recently flourished alongside the political emergence of the ‘third world’ and protests in the West, found itself faced with a brutal ideological reversal. With Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Helmut Kohl, the neoliberal counter-revolution was growing while great revolutionary hopes were ebbing away and the Eastern bloc was disintegrating. From an initial distribution of 5,000 copies, Le Monde diplomatique was now selling 150,000 each month. ‘Produced by a very small team that relies on hundreds of collaborators scattered around the world, Le Monde diplomatique is, and wants to remain, a modest newspaper,’ Claude Julien said in 1984. His collected articles, pieces published in the monthly paper, was published in 1979 and entitled Le Devoir d’irrespect (A duty of disrespect): naming a mission that successive editorial teams have worked hard to bring to life. 1990 As a specialist in theories of communication, the new editorial director Ignacio Ramonet had both a scientific and a literary background. He took the helm in December 1990, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, US-inflicted shock therapy, the Gulf war, the proliferation of information technology and all things audiovisual. While the mainstream media was united in celebrating a cult of ‘happy globalisation’, hailing the advent of an American century and the Europe of Maastricht, the ‘Diplo’ continued its odyssey against the tide. Its arguments could be heard all the more clearly because the number of critical voices had thinned out, from socialists moving towards the centre to disoriented communists. The ‘Diplo’ stood out in a media-sphere increasingly ruled by money, and its circulation increased significantly. Each month, the radio show ‘Là-bas si j’y suis’, hosted by Daniel Mermet on France Inter, contributed to making the newspaper’s preoccupations and pursuits known to a wider audience. The team, enhanced by the arrival of Serge Halimi, documented the ravages of the free market, analysed the climate crisis, denounced the hypocrisy of military humanitarianism and described the geopolitics of the chaos created by Western interference. In France, Edouard Balladur’s ideological ice age had frozen public debate to the point where the word ‘capitalism’ had practically disappeared from the media. Le Monde diplomatique was working to provide the tools for a critical renewal. On the one hand, it castigated ‘ la pensée unique ’ and ‘reverential journalism’, and documented the ‘tyranny of communication’. On the other, it explored new forms of resistance, in Latin America in particular . In November-December 1995, France’s great revolt against neoliberal Europe changed the terms of the country’s ideological debate. The shock split the left, unions and intellectuals. Le Monde diplomatique welcomed into its pages proponents of a new radical critique, led in particular by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu , and itself became more present on the activist scene. The edition in English — a concise, translated version of the parent edition — began as an online publication in late 1996, led by the journalist Wendy Kristianasen, to share the paper’s arguments with the English-speaking world. In December 1997, the editorial ‘ Disarming the markets ’ closed on a proposal. ‘Why not set up a new worldwide non-governmental organisation, Action for a Tobin Tax to Assist the Citizen (ATTAC)?’, Ignacio Ramonet suggested. Cue hundreds of letters arriving at the newspaper’s headquarters. So, along with several organisers in the social movement, the newspaper created ATTAC. From Seattle to Larzac via Porto Alegre, from world social forums to counter-summits, alter-globalisation challenged the institutions of free trade and filled the monthly’s pages. In the meantime, the newspaper shook up its shareholder structure. In 1996, thanks to a $1m donation from Gunter Holzmann, a former German resistance fighter against Nazism, the newspaper team bought 24% of the capital from Le Monde , while its readers, under the banner of the organisation Les Amis du Monde Diplomatique, took on 25%. As a legally separate entity from Le Monde , and as it now had (along with its readers) a blocking minority, Le Monde diplomatique enjoyed a form of independence made even more sturdy by the fact that the editorial director, who also chaired the board of directors, had to be elected by all members of the team. This autonomy was particularly in evidence in 2000, when the ‘Diplo’ criticised the decision — made by Le Monde ’s management trio, Jean-Marie Colombani, Edwy Plenel and Alain Minc — to be listed on the stock market. While it refused the ‘financial modernity’ that was all the rage in the media, Le Monde diplomatique was, in February 1996, an internet pioneer. Among the French press, it was the first to have a website. Led by Philippe Rivière, it contributed, via the free software SPIP, to the creation of an ecosystem of alternative publications that would take the top spot on the web at the beginning of the 2000s. In 2006, Mona Chollet worked in the web division before joining the editorial staff. A radical, rigorous and aesthetically pleasing cartography was developing at the newspaper, an initiative driven by Philippe Rekacewicz and Cécile Marin. This provided new ways of seeing the order and disorder of the world, and would lead to the creation of numerous atlases in the 2000s and 2010s. A unique network of international editions was also growing. Until recently limited to English, Italian, German, Portuguese, Greek, Spanish and Arabic, it was beginning to extend to several dozen countries, making Le Monde diplomatique the most translated French newspaper in the world. Between 1995 and 2002, Dominique Vidal (Middle East), Maurice Lemoine (Latin America), Anne-Cécile Robert (Africa) and Martine Bulard (Asia) joined the editorial staff. NATO’s Kosovo war in 1999, the attacks of 11 September 2001 followed by the West’s invasions of Afghanistan, then Iraq , the second Intifada, the red wave in Latin America all provided the team new editorial battles to be waged. While, in the spring of 2005, the fight against the European Constitution Treaty was won, activists had been discouraged and divided by the failure, in 2003, of the long strike against pension reforms and the focus of public debate on issues like the Islamic veil. Sales of the newspaper, which had peaked with the alter-globalisation wave, slowed. 2008 Just as, in 2008, the most monumental global financial crisis in contemporary history hit, Serge Halimi began his mandate as editorial director. Halimi had a specialism in the US, where he had taught political economy, and was the author of works about the media and the great (neoliberal) leap backward. He at once had to answer a vital question: most newspapers, seized by digital intoxication , were choosing to put their articles online for free, in the hope that advertising would be their golden goose; Le Monde diplomatique was one of the first to reserve most of its editorial content for its subscribers, while making a limited number of articles accessible to all. Faced with the rise of social media and rolling news networks, the ‘Diplo’ refused the dictatorship of immediacy and instead used Twitter to post incentives for readers to delve back into its now entirely digitalised archives.Paradoxically, this era of real-time information superabundance saw an increase in confusion. Le Monde diplomatique suggested that its readers ‘stop and think’ about subjects that demand a longer view. There were many such subjects in this period. Between 2008 and 2015, the collapse of financial institutions, the bailout of the banks and the austerity that governments then imposed on the people of Europe, in particular in Greece, were the subject of in-depth analyses, notably by the economist Frédéric Lordon . The newspaper sent young journalists to report on the Occupy movement, popular protests against financial exploitation and burgeoning feminist and LGBT demonstrations throughout the world. At the same time, under Alain Gresh’s initiative, the hopes, victories and setbacks of the Arab Spring were contextualised in history and geopolitical power relations. In March 2010, as Barack Obama was hypnotising the Western world, Le Monde diplomatique invited Noam Chomsky to Paris. In a packed room at La Mutualité, the American linguist and critic analysed US imperial policy. His argument would be strikingly illustrated the following year with the destruction of the Libyan state by NATO powers and in 2013, with Edward Snowden’s revelations on US intelligence agencies’ illegal spying. It had become even more crucial for the ‘Diplo’ not to adopt the ‘ strategy of emotion ’ that served as an editorial compass for the mainstream media — and this was a delicate balancing act following the Islamist attacks of 2015-2016, particularly the one on the Charlie Hebdo team. Through the stream of bloody images and the anti-Muslim atmosphere provoked by the rise of ISIS in Europe, the editorial team tirelessly defended freedom of expression, including the right to blasphemy and the right to protest, and offered an increasingly cross-sectional analysis of international news. In times of data, capital, goods and refugee flows, global phenomena such as global warming broke down the barriers of an editorial team traditionally organised by sector and geographical area. In 2014, the campaign led by the newspaper against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership mobilised the entire team. Le Monde diplomatique ’s circulation began to grow again. In previous years, readers had contributed to the company’s financial health by responding enthusiastically to its fundraising campaigns. Once the coffers were replenished, these campaigns stopped. The workforce — which had moved from its original office on the premises of Le Monde to a building that had formerly been used by a cattle dealer (bought and renovated by the ‘Diplo’ in 2000) — had grown to around thirty employees, as well as several dozen freelance journalists and academics. Over the 2010s, the management and unions developed a salary scale and collective agreements, professionalising what had previously been a ‘family’ style of management of a team with strong personalities. The Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump to the White House confirmed two editorial axes that have characterised Le Monde diplomatique for decades.First, its analysis of the arrogance of urban Western educated classes living in echo chambers, who were being powerfully rejected. The French bourgeoisie’s reaction to the ‘gilets jaunes’ movement in 2018 provided a further illustration of this. Then, a disciplinary takeover of public space under the pretext of fighting against ‘ fake news ’. Because — from Trump and Putin’s alleged complicity, to the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine — liberal elites have also continued to relay false information and censor true information in order to conveniently shape the debate. Fake news and false oppositions In the early 2020s, the editorial battle continued against the military and moral rearmament of a ‘liberal’ West opposed to ‘authoritarian’ regimes. The editorial staff of Le Monde diplomatique was almost alone in a warmongering French media landscape in critically analysing both Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Western provocations that preceded it, as well in interrogating the coherence of the ‘ global South that challenged the hegemony of the North. Ultimately, seven decades after the Bandung Conference, the same questions arose in a new global configuration: would the people burst into the sumptuous banquet of the powerful, and how would they manage this? 70 years later On 30 September of this year, the team, its writers and the readers’ organisation came together at the Cité universitaire in Paris to celebrate the newspaper’s 70th birthday, and the publication of its most recent book, which is about history. On that occasion, Benoît Bréville, who was elected editorial director in 2022, pointed out that the very existence of a newspaper like Le Monde diplomatique is an anomaly: Some have judged the newspaper’s tone too critical. But over the last twenty years the ‘Diplo’ has often made proposals: for a tax on financial transactions , maximum wage , universal basic income and to free the fourth estate . We have analysed different strategies for standing up to the European Commission, confronting the euro crisis and the debt crisis, taking power away from the stock market and disarming finance... We await a government willing to implement them. Le Monde diplomatique serves as a compass because, as the right-left divide becomes increasingly blurred and progressive forces are scattered, it works hard to stay on course. It does not abandon its principles, values and struggles the moment they are taken over and distorted by others. We continue to criticise NATO and Atlanticist hegemony even though Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump have positioned themselves in this niche. We continue to denounce the austerity and free-trade dictates of the European Union, even though Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini in turn have adopted this language. Just as we continue to defend freedom of expression and denounce all forms of censorship, even though the fight has been taken up by the far right. Rather than abandoning our principles, we are working to expose these new converts’ hypocrisy and duplicity. When every media outlet seeks social media approval and avoids ruffling its community’s feathers, the ‘Diplo’ does not hesitate to irritate and even upset. What would be the point of a newspaper that only ever confirmed its readers’ assumptions? Today, our publication seems almost alien: most newsrooms are emptying; robots, algorithms and software are replacing humans; our team continues to grow and the newspaper is still produced by hand, ‘the old way’, with a proofreader, photoengraver and iconographer... As power becomes more concentrated and pressure on the media increases, as newspapers are passed from right-wing billionaire to far-right billionaire, the ‘Diplo’ fiercely cultivates its independence, with a shareholder structure that remains unchanged since 1996. As trends dictate that publications use only the shortest and the simplest forms, the ‘Diplo’ publishes long, sometimes difficult, articles on Bangladesh or the Freudian Unconscious. And it seems like, amidst the hubbub, many readers want to stop and think with us. This is what we have observed over the course of the many debates in which the team participates, often with the help of the Amis du Monde diplomatique — when readers thank us or challenge us in sometimes demanding but always enthusiastic, often joyful, ways. In these meetings, the team can measure the very special relationship between the newspaper and its readership — a group of vigilant and attentive, loyal and committed people. They sometimes tell us, in turn, about the moment they discovered the newspaper. For some, it was during the first Gulf war or at the time of the Kosovo war, and they describe the relief of coming across a newspaper that did not relay Western propaganda . For others, it was at a rally. These days, it is often in the context of the killing in Gaza. It was reading an article by Henry Laurens on the end of the Ottoman Empire ; a poem by Mahmoud Darwish ; a letter from John Berger to Subcomandante Marcos; or a short story by Margaret Atwood. One reader is at school, another is a college student. Some landed in Paris after fleeing Iran or Chile. They come to us through an aunt who is a long-time subscriber, or through a history and geography teacher who advised them to read ‘Le Diplo’. So long as this newspaper is able to weave these stories with its readers and collaborators, its future will be in good hands. Le Monde diplomatique Translated by Lucie Elven Share this article × Here is a terrific article you should definitely read: “A 70-year odyssey against the tide”, by Le Monde diplomatique (November 2024) // https://mondediplo.com/10584 This message is too long for Twitter. Copy this message Give this article to a friendlottery synonym 。

Investors' hopes of future interest rate cuts were buoyed on Friday by weak UK economic data, pushing the FTSE 100 upwards. London's blue-chip index gained 112.81 points, or 1.38%, to end the day at 8,262.08. It came after a business survey showed activity across the UK's private sector contracted in the first weeks of November, amid a slump in optimism in the period following the Budget. The S&P Global flash UK composite purchasing managers' index (PMI) reported activity hit a 13-month low. But the news had a positive effect on UK stocks, which rose on hopes of faster cuts to the base interest rate by the Bank of England. Elliott Jordan-Doak, an analyst at the consultancy Pantheon Macroeconomics, said that rising inflation and risks from Donald Trump's election in the US "leaves only a low chance of another rate cut in December". "Signs of weaker growth, however, make a February rate cut a slam dunk, we think." "Accordingly, the market repriced closer to our call after the PMI release, now pricing three rate cuts over the next 12 months." At the end of the day in Europe Frankfurt's Dax index rose 0.83%, while the Cac 40 in Paris gained 0.58%. In New York a little while after markets had closed in Europe the S&P 500 had gained 0.27%, while the Dow Jones was 0.76% higher. On currency markets the pound was trading 0.54% lower against the dollar at 1.2516 and had risen 0.14% against the euro at 1.2037. In company news, National World shareholder Media Concierge has said it tabled a £56.2 million takeover approach for the Yorkshire Post owner. Media Concierge, which runs a raft of newspapers in Ireland as well as direct mail and advertising operations, put forward a potential offer of 21p per share for National World on October 31. This represents a 40% premium against the firm's share price at the close of trading on Thursday November 21. Shares in National World rose 25.67% on Friday. Brent crude futures were up 0.92% to 74.91 US dollars at the close of trading. The biggest risers on the FTSE 100 were Diploma, up 244p to 4466p, Spirax, up 280p to 6790p, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, up 78p to 1950p, AstraZeneca, up 412p to 10474p, and Melrose Industries, up 18.6p to 526.8p. The biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 were NatWest Group, down 9.8p to 390.7p, Barclays, down 5.45p to 257.2p, JD Sports, down 1.98p to 93.46p, Antofagasta, down 25p to 1664.5p, and Standard Chartered, down 13.4p to 945.6p.

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Based on its current share price of $21.00, this implies potential upside of 27% for investors over the next 12 months.Despite unique headwinds in this year's giving season, nation's largest nongovernmental provider of social services remains hopeful for generous support to close gap of $13.5 million ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With five fewer days in the holiday season this year — which could equal a double-digit decrease in funds, based on daily gifts — and declining donations across the sector , The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign faces a potentially significant donation deficit. The iconic Christmas campaign provides the financial backbone of the organization's year-round social services at their 6,400 locations. An army of celebrity and corporate supporters are teaming up to bring awareness to the need and to the ways people can help. Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/the-salvation-army/9294954-en-the-salvation-army-red-kettle-campaign-donation-deficit The Red Kettle Campaign kicked off last week at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game with a halftime performance by country music artist Lainey Wilson and surprise guest Jelly Roll. On Giving Tuesday, Ben and Erin Napier will appear with Commissioner Kenneth G. Hodder, national commander of The Salvation Army, on Fox & Friends, while Kelli Finglass and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will appear on the Today Show to celebrate the love and support The Salvation Army brings to communities across America. Despite current headwinds, the Red Kettle Campaign continues to demonstrate The Salvation Army's commitment to making generosity approachable and accessible for all. Several exciting initiatives and partnerships are in place to bring awareness and raise funds for those in need, including: Carlos and Alexa PenaVega will join Commissioner Hodder to light the Empire State Building red Dec. 2 to raise awareness of the Red Kettle Campaign. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders created an uplifting Red Kettle dance to share on social media and encourage others to get out and volunteer or give at a Red Kettle. For the second year in a row, Erin and Ben Napier have created a limited-edition scented candle . After the success of last year's sold-out candle, the duo also created a handcrafted candle tray this year to raise awareness of The Salvation Army's efforts to meet the needs of vulnerable communities. "When you see a Red Kettle on Giving Tuesday, it doesn't just represent a 134-year-old campaign. 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Shares of Walmart Inc. ( NYSE:WMT – Get Free Report ) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-one research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-eight have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $93.69. Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Walmart from $81.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 14th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded Walmart to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Walmart from $92.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Truist Financial increased their target price on Walmart from $89.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Walmart from $89.00 to $94.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. View Our Latest Report on WMT Walmart Stock Down 1.2 % Walmart ( NYSE:WMT – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 19th. The retailer reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $169.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $167.69 billion. Walmart had a net margin of 2.92% and a return on equity of 21.78%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.51 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Walmart will post 2.47 earnings per share for the current year. Insider Buying and Selling In other Walmart news, CEO C Douglas Mcmillon sold 29,124 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.35, for a total value of $2,689,601.40. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 3,785,702 shares in the company, valued at approximately $349,609,579.70. This represents a 0.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink . Also, EVP Daniel J. Bartlett sold 2,065 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.69, for a total value of $166,624.85. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 457,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,915,110.17. This represents a 0.45 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders sold 143,412 shares of company stock valued at $12,721,026 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 45.58% of the company’s stock. Institutional Investors Weigh In On Walmart Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WMT. Brophy Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Walmart during the 3rd quarter valued at about $2,072,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Walmart by 4.6% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 47,659,844 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $3,848,533,000 after buying an additional 2,107,197 shares during the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in Walmart during the third quarter worth $541,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Walmart by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 31,236,769 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $2,522,369,000 after buying an additional 350,881 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Oxbow Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Walmart by 45.0% during the 3rd quarter. Oxbow Advisors LLC now owns 28,453 shares of the retailer’s stock valued at $2,298,000 after acquiring an additional 8,834 shares in the last quarter. 26.76% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Walmart Company Profile ( Get Free Report Walmart Inc engages in the operation of retail, wholesale, other units, and eCommerce worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. It operates supercenters, supermarkets, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, and discount stores under Walmart and Walmart Neighborhood Market brands; membership-only warehouse clubs; ecommerce websites, such as walmart.com.mx, walmart.ca, flipkart.com, PhonePe and other sites; and mobile commerce applications. Featured Stories Receive News & Ratings for Walmart Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Walmart and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .All passengers and most of the crew on board a Jeju Air flight have died after the plane crash-landed at an airport in South Korea yesterday. A total of 179 of the 181 people on board the Boeing 737-800 were killed, with just two survivors, both cabin staff, pulled from the burning wreckage. The plane landed at Muan International Airport in the country’s south, skidding off the runway and crashing into a wall in a fiery explosion. Flight 2216 was returning from Bangkok, Thailand with six crew and 175 passengers, many of them holidaymakers. An investigation into the cause is under way – with experts and officials pointing to a number of possible factors. Distraught families gathered in the airport’s arrival hall in tears, as they waited for bodies to be identified. Some of those killed have only been identifiable by their fingerprints. Maeng Gi-su, 78, told the BBC his nephew and his nephew’s two sons had been on the plane. It was the family’s first trip abroad, to mark the youngest son finishing his college entrance exams. “I can’t believe the entire family has just disappeared,” he said. “My heart aches so much.” The passengers included 173 South Koreans and two Thai nationals. They were aged between 3 and 78, although most were in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. Jongluk Doungmanee, 49, had been returning to South Korea from visiting family in Thailand. The mother-of-two lived in South Korea with her husband and worked in agriculture. In an interview with BBC Thai, her cousin Pornphichaya Chalermsin said she had “only ever seen such news from other countries and never thought it would involve Thai people,” adding, “Watching the video footage made me feel even more distressed.” Footage of the crash – which happened shortly after 0900 local time (00:00 GMT) – showed the aircraft landing without wheels, overshooting the runway and crashing into the airport’s perimeter wall, before it exploded into flames. South Korean transport officials said the plane ran into difficulties approaching landing – with the pilot, who had more than 6,800 hours of flight experience, pulling out of the first attempt due to bird interference. Soon after, the pilot issued a mayday call and was allowed to land in the opposite direction to usual. Officials have suggested a bird strike and bad weather may have played a role but aviation experts have questioned whether these were enough to cause such a deadly crash. One passenger sent a relative a message saying a bird was stuck in the wing, according to the South Korean News1 agency – but officials have not yet confirmed whether the plane was hit by birds. Airline News Editor Geoffrey Thomas told the BBC “a lot of things about this tragedy don’t make sense.” He said South Korea and its airlines were considered “industry best practice” and that both the aircraft and the airline have an “excellent safety record.” “At this point, there are a lot more questions than we have answers,” Gregory Alegi, an aviation journalist and former teacher at Italy’s air force academy, told the Reuters news agency. “Why was the plane going so fast? Why were the flaps not open? Why was the landing gear not down?” The disaster is a national tragedy for South Korea, which has been embroiled in a political crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol and his temporary successor were both impeached by Parliament. Acting President Choi Sang-Mok, who was only appointed on Friday, visited the site of the crash yesterday. “I express my deepest condolences to the many victims in the incident. I will do all I can for the injured to quickly recover,” he said. South Korea’s airlines have typically been seen as “industry best practice” with good safety records, analysts have said. The Jeju Air crash is the worst for any South Korean airline since the 1997 Korean Air crash in Guam, which killed more than 200 people. Prior to yesterday, the deadliest on South Korean soil was an Air China crash flight that killed 129. The Muan airport crash also marks the first fatal accident for Jeju Air, one of South Korea’s largest low-cost airlines, which was set up in 2005. Jeju Air bosses bowed deeply as they gave a public apology at a press conference yesterday. “We deeply apologise to all those affected by the incident. We will make every effort to resolve the situation,” the firm said in a statement. Boeing, which manufactured the 737-800 jet, has said it was in touch with the airline. (Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3we2p3l36jo.amp)( MENAFN - Live Mint) 'Punjab Bandh' will be observed on December 30 after it was called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political), Kisan Mazdoor Morchaand and other farmers' organisations. Farmer leader of Kisan Mazdoor Sanghrash Committee-Punjab, Sharvan Singh Pandher, said last week that 'Punjab Bandh' call for December 30 gained support from various groups. "Punjab bandh will be observed on 30th December from 7 am to 4 pm. We have received support from many unions and groups," Pandher was quoted by news agency ANI as saying. Pandher said both Punjab government and private offices will remain closed on December 30. "Rail movement and road traffic will also be closed on 30th December," Pandher said while addressing a press conference at Khannur border. However, airport services won't be affected during the bandh. Pandher also requested the people of Punjab to complete any travel or essential work as the state will observe a complete bandh from 7 AM to 4 PM on December 30. "However, emergency/medical services will remain operational," said farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher. There will be no restrictions on wedding programmes and job interviews. He said petrol pump and gas agencies will remain closed and "shutter of all the shops will be down". The protest organised by the farmers of Punjab at the Khanauri border in Sangrur district, near the Haryana border, entered its 318th day. They have been protesting since February 13, 2024, to press on their various demands including a law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP). Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann earlier lashed out at the central government and said that they should abandon their "stubbornness" and open their way for talk with the farmers. He also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi that if he can stop the war between Russia and Ukraine, then why can't he talk to the breadwinners sitting 200 kilometers away. The Punjab Chief Minister wrote in a post on X, "The central government should abandon its old stubbornness and open the way for talks with the farmers' organizations... A cat does not run away when a pigeon winks.. I don't know what penance the central government is doing now?? If Modi ji can stop the war between Russia and Ukraine, then can't he talk to the breadwinners sitting 200 kilometers away? What time are you waiting for..?" Meanwhile, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal (70) has been sitting on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border since November 26 to put pressure on the Centre to accept the farmers' demands, including legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP). Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal (70) has been sitting on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border since November 26 to put pressure on the Centre to accept the farmers' demands, including legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP). MENAFN29122024007365015876ID1109040114 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.

Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF ( NASDAQ:BSMQ – Free Report ) by 17.9% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 10,488 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,590 shares during the period. Avior Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF were worth $249,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Truist Financial Corp acquired a new position in Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at $7,035,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF by 11.5% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 264,550 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,216,000 after purchasing an additional 27,331 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates boosted its position in shares of Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 146,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,431,000 after purchasing an additional 2,964 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF by 4.0% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 127,504 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,996,000 after purchasing an additional 4,937 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 112,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,646,000 after purchasing an additional 3,623 shares in the last quarter. Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF Stock Performance Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF stock opened at $23.62 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $23.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.58. Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $23.34 and a 52-week high of $23.81. Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF Dividend Announcement About Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF ( Free Report ) The Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF (BSMQ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade AMT-Free municipal bonds that mature by the end of 2026. BSMQ was launched on Sep 25, 2019 and is managed by Invesco. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding BSMQ? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF ( NASDAQ:BSMQ – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Invesco BulletShares 2026 Municipal Bond ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors despite daily gainsBarclays PLC raised its stake in American Superconductor Co. ( NASDAQ:AMSC – Free Report ) by 376.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 58,328 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 46,080 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned 0.15% of American Superconductor worth $1,377,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hood River Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of American Superconductor by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. Hood River Capital Management LLC now owns 1,735,014 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $40,582,000 after buying an additional 116,207 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in American Superconductor by 18.3% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 906,250 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $21,388,000 after acquiring an additional 140,106 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in American Superconductor in the third quarter valued at approximately $10,246,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in American Superconductor by 211.1% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 304,528 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $7,187,000 after acquiring an additional 206,655 shares during the period. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings in shares of American Superconductor by 65.6% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 187,989 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,397,000 after acquiring an additional 74,500 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 52.28% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several research firms recently issued reports on AMSC. Roth Mkm reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $29.00 price target on shares of American Superconductor in a research report on Monday, September 30th. Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $33.00 price objective on shares of American Superconductor in a research note on Tuesday, September 10th. American Superconductor Stock Performance Shares of AMSC opened at $25.06 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $988.69 million, a P/E ratio of -501.10 and a beta of 2.21. American Superconductor Co. has a 52 week low of $9.37 and a 52 week high of $38.02. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $28.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.26. About American Superconductor ( Free Report ) American Superconductor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions worldwide. The company operates through Grid and Wind segments. The Grid segment offers products and services that enable electric utilities, industrial facilities, and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit, and distribute power under the Gridtec Solutions brand. See Also Five stocks we like better than American Superconductor 3 Grocery Stocks That Are Proving They Are Still Essential Buffett Takes the Bait; Berkshire Buys More Oxy in December Where to Find Earnings Call Transcripts Top 3 ETFs to Hedge Against Inflation in 2025 Do Real Estate Investment Trusts Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio? These 3 Chip Stock Kings Are Still Buys for 2025 Want to see what other hedge funds are holding AMSC? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for American Superconductor Co. ( NASDAQ:AMSC – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for American Superconductor Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for American Superconductor and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

Ring in 2025 with Solitaire Grand Harvest's New Year Celebration featuring SnoopyCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Will Howard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, TreVeyon Henderson ran for a score, and No. 2 Ohio State beat previously undefeated No. 5 Indiana 38-15 on Saturday. All Ohio State (10-1, 7-1) has to do now is beat Michigan at home next Saturday and it will earn a return to the Big Ten championship game for the first time since 2020 and get a rematch with No. 1 Oregon. The Ducks beat Ohio State 32-31 in a wild one back on Oct. 12. The Hoosiers (10-1, 7-1) had their best chance to beat the Buckeyes for the first time since 1988 but were hurt by special teams mistakes and disrupted by an Ohio State defense that sacked quarterback Kurtis Rourke five times. Howard finished 22 for 26 for 201 yards. Emeka Egbuka had seven catches for 80 yards and a TD. NO. 25 ILLINOIS 38, RUTGERS 31: Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending Illinois to a wild road victory over Rutgers. Illinois (8-3, 5-3) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal with 14 seconds to go. Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) coach Greg Schiano then called for a timeout right before Moczulski’s attempt was wide left and about 15 yards short. After the missed field goal was waved off by the timeout, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent his offense back on the field. Altmyer hit Bryant on an in cut on the left side at the 22, and he continued across the field and scored untouched in a game that featured three lead changes in the final 3:07. IOWA 29, MARYLAND 13: Kaleb Johnson rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 35 carries, and Kamari Moulton scored on a 68-yard run in the fourth quarter to help Iowa outlast Maryland in College Park. Johnson scored from 2 yards out in the second quarter for his 21st rushing touchdown of the season, and the Hawkeyes (7-4, 5-3) rebounded from their loss to UCLA in their previous game. Maryland (4-7, 1-7) needed to win its final two regular-season games to reach six wins and bowl eligibility, but the Terrapins were dominated in the first half and eventually fell behind 16-0. Drew Stevens made five field goals for Iowa, including kicks from 54 yards in the second quarter, then 50 and 49 in the third. LATE FRIDAY MICHIGAN STATE 24, PURDUE 17: Aidan Chiles threw for two scores in the first half to build a three-touchdown lead and Michigan State (5-6, 3-5) held on to beat Purdue (1-10, 0-8) at home. The Spartans are a win away from being eligible for a bowl with first-year coach Jonathan Smith and they play Rutgers at home in the final regular-season game. Get local news delivered to your inbox!