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Published 6:39 pm Saturday, November 23, 2024 By Data Skrive As they gear up to square off against the Cleveland Cavaliers (16-1) on Sunday, November 24 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, with the opening tip at 7:30 PM ET, the Toronto Raptors (4-12) have four players currently listed on the injury report. The Cavaliers have listed seven injured players. Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up for a free trial. The Cavaliers enter this contest after a 128-100 win against the Pelicans on Wednesday. Ty Jerome scored a team-leading 29 points for the Cavaliers in the win. The Raptors’ most recent game on Thursday ended in a 110-105 victory over the Timberwolves. RJ Barrett scored a team-leading 31 points for the Raptors in the win. 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If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER .From Jeeno's record win to Federer's tribute: Celebrating the bestLondon back in favour with banks amid chaos in France and Germany By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2024 e-mail View comments Global banks are rethinking moves from London to mainland Europe as political chaos engulfs the Continent, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Lenders have been gradually shifting operations to cities including Paris and Frankfurt since the UK left the European Union – in some cases because they are obliged to by European regulators. But with the French government collapsing and Germany in turmoil, some are pausing any non-essential moves. A senior banking source said the mood had changed since the summer, when French elections plunged the country into chaos. With France and Germany a 'mess', the UK now 'doesn't look so bad', the source told The Mail on Sunday. The French have not been shy about luring bankers and others to Paris. Adverts promoting a move across the Channel have appeared in UK newspapers saying: 'Make It Iconic. Choose France.' In 2016 France vowed to make its tax regime for expats the most attractive in Europe and then prime minister Manuel Valls said Paris would become 'the financial capital of the future'. High hopes: London is looking attractive again, after Emmanuel Macron, inset, has left France looking unstable Emmanuel Macron, the president – himself a former investment banker – has been instrumental in the push. It has not been without results, with US bank JP Morgan opening a trading hub in Paris in 2021 in an event attended by Macron. And last year France's central bank said it beat expectations in attracting banks post-Brexit, boosting its balance of payments – a measure of its overseas trade. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Winter recession fears for Germany Boost for FTSE as investors pile into UK shares: But £317m... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account But the exodus to EU cities, with Frankfurt and Dublin also luring Britain's bankers, has failed to materialise in the way some expected. Back in 2016, the year of the Brexit vote, the planned number of Brexit-related staff relocations to Europe totalled 12,500. Under pressure: Emmanuel Macron But many firms have thought better and by 2022 that number had dwindled to 7,000, according to accountancy firm EY. Now, with sentiment towards France souring, the pendulum is swinging back towards Britain. Snap elections called by Macron led to sharp gains for the Left and far-Right, and no overall majority for any parliamentary bloc. Michel Barnier, the prime minister appointed by Macron to try to hold together a fragile government, faced the ultimately impossible task of trying to push through tax rises and spending cuts to repair France's debt-laden public finances. His ousting last week in a no-confidence vote was inevitable, causing some to raise questions about Macron's own future. The chaos has unnerved markets, sending French bond yields up. Germany is also in turmoil, with a shaky coalition collapsing recently and the country's once-mighty industrial base crumbling. 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By ADAM GELLER Associated Press , CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press , and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press NEW YORK -- He's one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it's the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg's Meta worry about. In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million on guards, alarms and other measures to keep Zuckerberg and the company's former chief operating officer safe. Some high-profile CEOs surround themselves with security. But the fatal shooting this week of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson while he walked alone on a New York City sidewalk has put a spotlight on the widely varied approaches companies take in protecting their leaders against threats. Thompson had no personal security and appeared unaware of the shooter lurking before he was gunned down. And today's political, economic and technological climate is only going to make the job of evaluating threats against executives and taking action to protect them even more difficult, experts say. "We are better today at collecting signals. I'm not sure we're any better at making sense of the signals we collect," says Fred Burton of Ontic, a provider of threat management software for companies. After Thompson's shooting, Burton said, "I've been on the phone all day with some organizations asking for consultation, saying, 'Am I doing enough?" Since the killing, some health insurers have taken steps to safeguard their executives and rank-and-file workers. Medica, a Minnesota-based nonprofit health care firm, said Friday it is temporarily closing its six offices for security reasons and will have its employees work from home. "Although we have received no specific threats related to our campuses, our office buildings will be temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution," the company said in a statement. A Medica... ADAM GELLER Associated Press , CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press , MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated PressFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein will be activated from injured reserve and will play against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Interim coach Jeff Ulbrich announced Friday that Zuerlein is returning after missing seven games with a knee injury to his left, non-kicking leg. He had been shaky before the injury, but the Jets have since been unsettled at the position, with Riley Patterson, Spencer Shrader and Anders Carlson all filling in. “He came back, looked healthy, kicked the ball well this week,” Ulbrich said of Zuerlein. “So, he’ll be our guy going forward here.” Zuerlein is officially listed as questionable to play, but was a full participant the final two practices. Wide receiver Davante Adams is also questionable , but likely to play after participating on a limited basis Friday because of a hip ailment that held him out Thursday. Cornerback Sauce Gardner is also questionable with a hamstring injury that sidelined him in the second half of New York's loss to the Los Angeles Rams . Zuerlein, who re-signed with the Jets last offseason on a two-year deal, made just nine of 15 field goal attempts and missed one extra point in the first eight games this year. He had been one of the NFL's most consistently reliable kickers the previous two seasons with the Jets. Patterson kicked in one game after the Jets placed Zuerlein on IR. Shrader also kicked in one game before he was signed off the practice squad by Kansas City. Carlson had been the kicker the past five games, but missed a field goal and an extra point against the Rams and the Jets signed Greg Joseph to the practice squad to provide competition. Ulbrich said earlier in the week Zuerlein would also be in the mix after a long layoff. "I think sometimes that can be powerful, an opportunity just to take a deep breath, get his body healthy again and get a restart," Ulbrich said. “So I’m excited for him to do his thing these last two games and really demonstrate to everybody who he is as a kicker.” Adams said he was injured early in the game against the Rams, but was still able to catch seven passes for 68 yards and a touchdown. He said he was optimistic about his chances of playing at Buffalo. “We're still working on it,” Adams said after practice Friday. “We're treating it, trying to get it right so we can hopefully be there and ready by game time.” Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams could return after missing last week with a hamstring injury. He was listed as questionable and was limited at practice all week. Also questionable but expected to play are right tackle Morgan Moses (knee), safety Tony Adams (ankle), cornerback Michael Carter II (back), defensive end Haason Reddick (neck) and defensive lineman Braiden McGregor (ankle). Defensive tackle Leki Fotu was ruled out with a knee injury. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL

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Sharks make roster moves ahead of game vs. L.A. KingsLOS ANGELES — Until he sustained a season-ending knee injury last week in the Western Conference final, Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was having a tremendous season. So I heard. I watched Puig play only twice this year, once in the Galaxy's season-opening 1-1 draw with Inter Miami and a second time in his team's Fourth of July defeat to LAFC at the Rose Bowl. Outside of short highlight clips on social media, I never saw the former Barcelona prospect, not even when he assisted on the goal that sent the Galaxy to the MLS Cup final. That wasn't a reflection of my interest. Some of my friends will make fun of me for publicly admitting this, but I like Major League Soccer. I covered the league in my first job out of college and have casually kept up with it since. I take my children to a couple of games a year. My 11-year-old son owns Galaxy and LAFC hats but no Dodgers or Lakers merchandise. People are also reading... 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But not this year. While the MLS Cup final between the Galaxy and New York Red Bulls will be shown on Fox and Fox Deportes, the majority of games are now exclusively behind a paywall, courtesy of the league's broadcasting deal with Apple. MLS Season Pass subscriptions were reasonably priced — $79 for the entire season for Apple TV+ subscribers, $99 for non-subscribers — but I was already paying for DirecTV Stream, Netflix, Amazon Prime, PlayStation Plus and who knows what else. MLS became a casualty in my household, as well as in many others, and the possibility of being out of sight and out of mind should be a concern for a league that is looking to expand its audience. Which isn't to say the league made a mistake. This was a gamble MLS had to take. Now in the second year of a 10-year, $2.5 billion deal with Apple, MLS did what Major League Baseball is talking about doing, which is to centralize its broadcasting rights and sell them to a digital platform. Regional sports networks have been decimated by cord cutting, making traditional economic models unsustainable. The move to Apple not only increased the league's broadcast revenues — previous deals with ESPN, Fox and Univision were worth a combined $90 million annually, according to multiple reports — but also introduced a measure of uniformity in the league. The quality of the broadcasts are better than they were under regional sports networks. Viewers know where to watch games and when, as every one of them is on Season Pass and most of them are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. local time either on Wednesday or Saturday. "That's been fueling our growth and driving our fan engagement," MLS Commissioner Don Garber said Friday at his annual state of the league address. Apple and MLS declined to reveal the number of League Pass subscribers, but the league provided polling figures that indicated 94% of viewers offered positive or neutral reviews of League Pass. The average viewing time for a game is about 65 minutes for a 90-minute game, according to Garber. In other words, the League Pass is well-liked — by the people who have it. The challenge now is to increase that audience. The launch of League Pass last year coincided with the arrival of Lionel Messi, which presumably resulted in a wave of subscriptions. But the league can't count on the appearance of the next Messi; there is only one of him. MLS pointed to how its fans watch sports on streaming devices or recorded television than any other U.S. sports league, as well as how 71% of its fans are under the age of 45. The league also pointed to how it effectively drew more viewers to the Apple broadcast of Inter Miami's postseason opener with a livestream of a "Messi Cam' on TikTok, indicating further collaborations with wide-reaching entities could be in its future. Garber mentioned how Season Pass is available in other countries. The commissioner also made note of how Apple places games every week in front of its paywall. "What we have, really, is a communication problem," Garber said. "This is new, and we've got to work with Apple, we've got to work with our clubs and we've got to work with our partners to get more exposure to what we think is a great product." The greatest benefit to the league could be Apple's vested interest in improving the on-field product. MLS insiders said Apple has not only encouraged teams to sign more high-profile players but also pushed the league to switch to a fall-to-spring calendar more commonplace in other parts of the world, reasoning that doing so would simplify the process of buying and selling players. The on-field product is what matters. The on-field product is why MLS continues to face competition for viewers from overseas leagues. The on-field product is why the league hasn't succeeded in converting every soccer fan into a MLS fan. And ultimately, if casual viewers such as myself are to pay to watch the Galaxy or LAFC on a screen of some kind, the on-field product will be why. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

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Nvidia CEO says global cooperation in tech will continue under Trump administration HONG KONG: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Saturday that global cooperation in technology will continue even if the incoming US administration imposes stricter export controls on advanced computing products. US President-elect Donald Trump, in his first term in office, imposed restrictions on the sale of US technology to China citing national security -- a policy continued under President Joe Biden. The curbs forced Nvidia, the world’s leading maker of chips used for artificial intelligence applications, to change its product lineup in China. “Open science in global collaboration, cooperation across math and science has been around for a very long time. It is the foundation of social advancement and scientific advancement,” Huang told media during a visit to Hong Kong. Cooperation is “going to continue. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the new administration, but whatever happens, we’ll balance simultaneously compliance with laws and policies, continue to advance our technology and support and serve customers all over the world.” The head of the world’s most valuable company was speaking in the financial hub after receiving an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. During the visit, Huang participated in a fireside chat with the university’s Council Chairman Harry Sham in front of an audience of students and academics. Asked about the huge energy requirements of graphics processing units -- chips behind artificial intelligence -- Huang said, “If the world uses more energy to power the AI factories of the world, we are a better world when that happens”. Huang said “the goal of AI is not for training, the goal of AI is for inference”. He said AI can discover, for instance, new ways to store carbon dioxide in reservoirs, new wind turbine designs and new materials for storing electricity. He said people should start thinking about placing AI supercomputers slightly off the power grid and let them use sustainable energy and in places away from populations. “My hopes and dreams is that in the end, what we all see is that using energy for intelligence is the best use of energy we can imagine,” Huang said. Earlier on Saturday, Huang told graduates that “the age of AI has started” in a speech after receiving the honorary degree. “A new computing era that will impact every industry and every field of science.” Huang, 61, also told graduates that he wished he had started his career at this time. “The whole world is reset. You’re at the starting lines with everybody else. An industry is being reinvented. You now have the instruments, the instruments necessary to advance science in so many different fields,” Huang said. “The greatest challenges of our time, unimaginable challenges to overcome in the past, all of a sudden seem possible to tackle.”LA Galaxy win record 6th MLS Cup