There is an internal server error on Cloudflare's network Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker – The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (6-6) and Fredericksburg Nationals (6-6) took part in another close contest the visitors came up clutch in the late stages to snatch a 4-3 comeback victory After the FredNats took the lead in the top of the second inning the Woodpeckers wasted no time crafting a response in their next turn at bat Waner Luciano laced a two-run double to the wall in left-center field Although the Nationals tied the score one batter later Fayetteville once again neutralized the damage Oliver Carrillo roped a single to chase Caden Powell home and Joan Ogando teamed up to shut Fredericksburg down bringing the Woodpeckers within two innings of their sixth straight win Fredericksburg found a way to flip the script Yoander Rivero brought the Nationals level with his eighth-inning RBI single and Jorgelys Mota completed the comeback by way of a two-out base hit forcing Fayetteville to come up with a late answer The Woodpeckers managed to load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but the Nationals worked their way out of one last jam stranding both the tying and winning runs in scoring position to secure their first win of the series Fayetteville looks to find a way back into the win column tomorrow against the FredNats on Friday night to kick off the weekend RHP Cole Hertzler Twine Palmer takes the hill for the Woodpeckers while Fredericksburg counters with RHP Yoel Tejeda Jr in hopes of evening the six-game set the Woodpeckers their first Fireworks Extravaganza of the season presented by Q98 the first 1,500 fans at SEGRA stadium will receive a t-shirt courtesy of Window & Door Specialties Reception from 4:30pm to 6pmTalk by Bright Ugochukwu Eke at 5pmLibrary HoursCurated by Assistant Professor of Art History Okechukwu Nwafor Bright Ugochukwu Eke employs the egg as a metaphorical device to examine the complexities and paradoxes of human existence Eke invites the viewers to reflect on the fragility and resilience He theorizes the egg as an entity that shares many things in common with our planet Its spherical physical structure resembles that of the earth subtly references the mysterious transformative processes of earthly life is a profound reflection of multiple ontological systems Another important material Eke explores in this exhibition is wood chips Drawing a parallel between the tree and the egg as symbols of life and fertility Eke invokes the tree’s sacred origins and its role in the ecosystem He argues that the tree has been essential in the survival of humans and animals providing them with vital resources such as shelter He highlights the great importance of trees in the spiritual and aesthetic transcendence of art and material culture He explores wood’s intrinsic worth in the global context and how its existence has been endangered by the destructive forces of exploitative capitalism Bright Ugochukwu Eke has an MFA in sculpture from the University of Nigeria He has shown his works in many important Biennales including the Venice Biennale and Sharjah Biennial and his works are in many leading collections around the world This exhibition is presented by Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History and Wesleyan University Library with generous support from Bailey College of the Environment and the Virgil and Juwil Topazio Fund Co-sponsored by African American Studies Program Silipo ’85 Distinguished Visitors Fund. Many thanks to the Wesleyan students who helped install Egg It may not display all features of this and other websites Please upgrade your browser Sign In Subscribe Now students are encouraged to express their talents and creativity beyond the classroom by participating in competitions and exploring funding opportunities Two of the school's students recently did just that.  Peter Charlie (Grade 8) and Robbin Wallace-Swain (Grade 12) took part in the Imagine a Canada initiative which invites youth to envision a reconciled Canada Participants were asked to submit both an art piece and an essay to share their vision of reconciliation and what they hope others will take away from it Eke Me-Xi received the following email: “The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation wishes to extend a 'big chi miigwetch' for the incredible submission that you sent into the 2024-2025 Imagine a Canada program The selection team was profoundly impressed with the quality of the work we would like to congratulate you on your submission which was one of two selected to represent British Columbia.” “I have lived my life and been surrounded by the hurt that my family has endured being residential survivors," wrote Wallace-Swain in the essay he submitted. "It has torn me up to see my brother pass away my community turn to drugs and drinking being invited into our lives I still cannot find fault with where I live Many tend to speak very negative about my reserve and nation but sometimes I cannot help but see the love and beauty around me We need to reconcile and realize that we can learn and grow with our trauma “Reconciliation means that we need to try to work together as a whole in order to grow and bring about change," wrote Charlie in his essay. "When the word reconciliation comes to mind I think of how people and our nation are trying to make up for the residential schools and all the trauma all the emotional and psychological pain of what those schools have done to our people the government are trying to reconcile for the pain they caused and put it behind us but we will never forget what happened at those schools and we will never forget what happened to our elders The elders can’t forget and are scarred for life and that scare continues to be passed down.” About the Author: North Island Gazette Staff Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines 11vs12Cornell Early Lead Not Enough As Big Red Eke Past Spiders – The University of Richmond men's lacrosse team jumped to a 6-1 lead in the first quarter against No but the Big Red responded down the stretch took their first lead of the game with 2:21 left to play and ultimately handed Richmond its second loss of the season Sunday in front of a packed Robins Stadium crowd the Big Red cut their deficit to one with a goal in the final five seconds of the half Cornell scored the first goal of the second half, but the Spiders answered with two goals in the third quarter—one from Joe Sheridan and another from Gavin Creo—to take a two-goal lead with 15 minutes left to play Aidan O'Neil's second goal of the day at 10:48 in the fourth put Richmond up 11-8 but Cornell responded with three unanswered goals between 8:49 and 5:35 of the fourth quarter before delivering the game-winner at 2:21 to extend the Big Red's early-season win streak to 4-0 Despite struggles at the faceoff dot (Richmond went 8-of-27), the Spiders' defense held strong, anchored by goalie Zach Vigue becoming just the second Spiders goalie to surpass that milestone tasked with guarding the nation's leader in goals per game and points per game held the All-American to three goals and an assist—his quietest game of the season so far Cornell held a narrow edge in ground balls The Spiders have a quick turnaround before playing Mercyhurst at Robins Stadium on Tuesday Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke was elected Prime Minister of Tonga on 24 December 2024, defeating Dr Viliami Uasike Latu, the other candidate, by 16 votes to 8 in a secret ballot. The election resulted from the shock resignation of Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku on 9 December pre-empting a discussion and ballot on the second Vote of No Confidence (VONC) in his government in the third year of his four-year term There are 26 elected members of parliament 17 Peoples’ Representatives and nine Nobles’ Representatives The other seven Nobles’ Representatives all voted for the new Prime Minister This would have disappointed the outgoing Prime Minister because with perfunctory apologies to King Tupou VI and the Nobles’ Representatives he made a direct and passionate appeal to Dr Eke to use his experience and knowledge in setting up his new government and not to rely on the Nobles’ Representatives for support for it was obvious that they had withdrawn their support for him out of fear of His Majesty “I had thought that this country had been granted freedom but it is obvious that there are still limitations placed on that freedom let me be the sacrificial lamb so that your vote can be held in total freedom.” Dr Eke is academically well qualified for the post He attained his first degree in Economics from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in the 1980s and his doctorate from the University of Southern Queensland in 2013 Former USP Economics Professor Dr Wadan Narsey told me in 2005 that he regarded Dr Eke as the best of his undergraduate economics students of his year in the 1980s and did his best to lure him into an academic career at USP He was first elected to Parliament as an independent in 2010 after the constitutional and democratic reforms Before that he had been the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Finance and National Planning for over ten years and had remained aloof from the public agitation for reform In parliament he generally sided with the government but in 2011 voted with members of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands — Paati Temokalati ‘a e ‘Otumotu Anga’ofa (PTOA) of which Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva was leader — against a government bill increasing travel allowances for members of parliament on official sick leave overseas appointed him to replace Lisiate Akolo as Minister for Finance He won his seat again in November 2014 and was again appointed Minister of Finance this time by ‘Akilisi Pohiva as Prime Minister The Deputy Prime Minister in that Cabinet was Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku Dr Eke abstained in the ballot on a VONC against ‘Akilisi Pohiva and the Cabinet of which he was member and was subsequently turfed by ‘Akilisi Pohiva The VONC instigators had accused the latter of nepotism straining relations with Indonesia by speaking out for West Papua not following due process and wasting government funds Dr Eke was effectively giving some level of credence to these accusations In an interview he granted to Radio New Zealand in March 2017 after he was sacked Dr Eke did not elaborate on the reasons for his abstention but said he wasn’t surprised at being dumped The only surprise I had was the reasons given for my resignation I thought that is not going against the current government but I just wanted to share those issues I felt was important But the decision has been made and there were two factors — two factors that the prime minister quoted in the initial letter directing me to resign One is related with the definition of a vote of no confidence and also the differences in the way we have conducted our work he had never raised any concerns about how we are conducting as far as government is concerned.” He was also asked about his future in politics and whether one scenario might involve his heading up a government that contained mostly nobles I’m one who actually believes in working together because that’s the only way you can move forward our government they used a very divisive one to segregate the Nobles’ and the People’s Representatives it’s not one that’s perfect for Tonga socially that’s the only way we could make a stronger Tonga King Tupou VI dissolved Parliament in the third year of a four-year term in July 2017 In the subsequent general elections in November of that year Dr Eke was defeated by the PTOA candidate (who also had ‘Akilisi Pohiva’s blessing) for the Tongatapu 5 constituency He stayed out of Parliament from 2017 to 2021 undertaking consultancies and running a family remittance business He regained the Tongatapu 5 constituency in the November 2021 elections and was one of three candidates for the position of Prime Minister which was won by Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku The third candidate was Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa who had served as Prime Minister during the 2019-21 period and he adapts to the situation around him — witness his abstention in the ballot on the VONC against Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva and his Cabinet Witness too his voting in favour of a VONC against Prime Minister Tuivakano and his Cabinet in 2012 because he was personally against the proposed major increase in member’s allowances when on official sick leave overseas and he favours working with Nobles and the King As the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum until the 2025 summit in Honiara there is no doubt that he will pick up where his predecessor left off in relation to the safe issues like climate change There is however a huge question mark over how he would approach fundamental political issues such as support for the inherent right of self-determination of the Kanaks of New Caledonia and of the indigenous people of West Papua Try as one may, one cannot discount the spectre of King Tupou VI’s reasserting his role in the affairs of state, for which he has constitutional powers. When he withdrew his royal confidence and trust in the previous prime minister and a Cabinet colleague in early 2024 they had to charter a plane to the northern-most island of Niuafo’ou in order to reaffirm their loyalty and obeisance to him in traditional Tongan style After Dr Eke was elected Prime Minister on 24 December he had to travel to Auckland for an audience with His Majesty The country eagerly awaits the return of the royal entourage in early February so that Dr Eke can be sworn in as Prime Minister In all previous appointments of Prime Ministers after their elections by the members of Parliament their swearing-in was relatively routine and prompt which makes his point — that he has a crucial role to play in the affairs of state Lopeti Senituli is a law practitioner in Tonga and is the immediate past president of the Tonga Law Society He was Political and Media Advisor to Prime Ministers Dr Feleti Vaka’uta Sevele (2006-2010) and Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva (2018-2019) How many taxpayers dollars has ex-PM Akilisi and ex-PM Sovaleni spent on NZ legal advice on various issues against the King But it is a good question to ask the Ministry of Finance Ex-PM Sovaleni sought NZ legal advice in 2023-24 because he was sued as Prime Minster and head of Cabinet (and I think as Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs) by the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (who is also the Secretary to the Privy Council) This is what happens when there is an overlap between the executive powers that His Majesty retained and those that devolved to the Prime Minister and Cabinet in the constitutional reforms of 2010 one resorts to the Supreme Court for direction So far the Supreme Court has declined to take sides and would prefer that the parties resolve their differences through dialogue document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a2e63fca105fa42443fd673096d0c308" );document.getElementById("he0651cfc3").setAttribute( "id" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre Posts on the Devpolicy Blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted Noelvi Marte and Santiago Espinal had three hits each and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on a drizzly Friday night in Denver Blake Dunn and Austin Hays had two hits each Graham Ashcraft (1-2) pitched an inning of relief and Emilio Pagan picked up his sixth save in seven opportunities for Cincinnati Jordan Beck hit two home runs for the second straight game and has five in the last three games for Colorado Michael Toglia finished with three hits and three RBIs and Hunter Goodman had two doubles and scored three runs The Reds went ahead for good in the seventh inning Espinal singled to third and the runners advanced to second and third on Ryan McMahon’s throwing error Scott Alexander came on and walked the first batter he faced to bring home a run Cincinnati made it 8-6 on TJ Friedl’s RBI groundout Beck’s second homer of the game and his fifth of the season made it a one-run game in the eighth The Reds took a 1-0 lead on Marte’s RBI single in the first off starter Kyle Freeland but Colorado tied it on Adael Amador’s bases-loaded walk in the second off Andrew Abbott Marte drove in a run with a groundout and Steer hit a two-run homer to left The Rockies answered when Beck led off the bottom of the inning with his first homer of the night and Toglia tied it with a ground-rule double to left-center to drive in two Espinal’s RBI single in the fifth chased Freeland and Dunn made it 6-4 with a single off Chivilli Colorado matched the two runs in the bottom of the fifth on Toglia’s run-scoring single and Brenton Doyle’s sacrifice fly Freeland allowed six runs on 10 hits and a walk in 4 1/3 innings while Abbott gave up four runs on five hits and five walks in four innings The New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks will meet to begin their second series in a week when they open a three-game set on Monday night in Phoenix The top two teams in the American League West will get together as the Seattle Mariners take on the Athletics on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series… It has been a miserable start to the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates They’ve won just 12 of their first 35 games sit in last place in the National League… Upstart A’s aim to continue ascent in opener vs. Mariners Pirates look for spark from struggling offense vs. Cards Brewers’ Tobias Myers bids to find form in encounter vs. Astros Austin Riley, Braves look to change fortune vs. Reds After standing out at the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season with Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers, forward Devine Eke has joined the Milwaukee Bucks for NBA Summer League Eke, who is Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike's cousin averaged a double-double at 16.6 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in a Rivers Hoopers team which stunned the African basketball community when they finished third - an incredible return for the first Nigerian team to ever make it to the knockout rounds "I heard great things about the Bucks and the people at the organization [My goal for Summer League] is just trying to contribute to my team winning," Eke even when he had interest from other teams One of them was the Dallas Mavericks - an opportunity which he believes he earned through his relationship with Ian Mahinmi - a former 2011 NBA champion with the Mavs Mahinmi is an NBA Africa investor and Eke said he was impressed enough by his performances to advise his former team to give him a chance "IThe BAL is an amazing platform and I met a lot of amazing people and Ian Mahinmi that works in the BAL and is a former NBA player and everything kind of is a mentor to me since the BAL," Eke explained No former BAL player has played a regular season NBA game yet, with Cameroon's Ulrich Chomche likely to be the first after he was drafted by the Toronto Raptors recently This year, Eke will be joined by Samkelo Cele in the Summer League. The South African small forward was invited by the New York Knicks off the back of his BAL heroics for the Cape Town Tigers Nigeria international Devine Eke was hesitant to sign for the BAL convinced him to take up Rivers Hoopers' offer. Armand Lenoir/NBAE via Getty ImagesWhile several NBA teams have kept an eye on proceedings at the BAL the Bucks have been one of the most connected with the league hiring scouting coordinator Ijeoma Ofomata from the BAL Eke is equally grateful to the Ogwumike sisters who advised him to play in the BAL to begin with he considers them to be his big sisters and mentors I wouldn't even pronounce them as my cousins honestly They mentor me; they give me really good advice," Eke said "Those are my mother's brother's daughters It was a good conversation with them in terms of playing in this league." The 27-year-old, who played college basketball at the Maine Black Bears, Rider Broncs and Radford Highlanders the Netherlands and Bosnia prior to his BAL experience also featuring for the Nigeria national team the Central African Republic's Evans Ganapamo and Mali's Aliou Diarra (both Milwaukee Bucks) have previously featured on NBA Summer League rosters Senegal's Babacar Sané and the Central African Republic's Thierry Darlan have secured opportunities in the G League off the back of impressive BAL seasons Senegal's Ibou Badji (Portland Trail Blazers) became the first NBA Academy Africa alum to feature in the NBA regular season but has not played in the BAL Reporting by Kirsty Needham in Sydney; Editing by Kate Mayberry Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved We combine legal expertise with sector understanding and insight into the transformational trends impacting businesses today – and tomorrow Timely updates and industry-leading Insights – ensuring you receive content you need to help you drive your business forward What's on the horizon for Digital Regulation by evolving flexible and imaginative approaches to everyone's work - and life - needs International legal practice Osborne Clarke is strengthening its Financial Institutions Group (FIG) with the appointment of Robert Eke who will join the firm's London office on Monday 3 February Robert joins from Squire Patton Boggs where he was a Partner in the firm's Financial Services group He has extensive experience advising clients on private fund formation and secondaries transactions He mostly works with mid-market private equity firms institutional limited partners and first time and emerging managers Robert works with clients on fund formation co-investments and other related advisory projects including compliance with the European Union Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the United Kingdom Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Helen Parsonage Partner and Head of Osborne Clarke's Financial Institutions Group (FIG) said: "It's great to welcome Rob to our funds practice in London His expertise in private funds and secondaries transactions will strengthen and complement our existing team and expand our capabilities Rob's experience and network will help us to better serve our clients and grow our market share in this key area." "I'm very excited to be joining the funds team at Osborne Clarke The firm's depth and its strong funds platform provides an excellent environment for me to develop my practice further I look forward to working with the team to expand our private funds practice." Osborne Clarke's Financial Institutions Group (FIG) has grown rapidly over the last five years, with Robert joining the team's nine existing Partners working across London and Bristol. Earlier this year the firm was announced as the only legal partner supporting Mountside Ventures' launch of Europe's first VC accelerator.   Our legal experts are available to provide comment or background on international legal issues for your publication attended the handover ceremony of National Sports Complex and signed the handover certificate Ambassador Liu said，the Complex stood as a flagship achievement of Belt and Road Cooperation to promote social development and enhance people's livelihoods through sports It would effectively improve Tonga’s competitive sports development and public athletic activities become a model  of implementing the China-Tonga Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and South-South cooperation and demonstrate resolute commitment to advancing shared sustainable development goals of the two nations Aisake Eke appreciated China’s longstanding support highlighted that the National Sports Complex not only provided the public with high-quality sports facilities but also inspired Tongan athletes to win more gold medals at the 2031 Pacific Games Tonga would attach importance to the following maintenance work The new leader was chosen by secret ballot two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly amid a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal family Tonga’s government elected a new leader on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly after a power struggle with the Pacific nation’s royal family. Veteran politician ’Aisake Valu Eke was voted prime minister by secret ballot in parliament, securing 16 votes to his opponent Viliami Latu’s eight. Eke was first elected to parliament in 2010 and served as finance minister between 2014 and 2017. Former prime minister Siaosi Sovaleni resigned two weeks ago after butting heads with Tonga’s influential King Tupou VI, fuelling speculation of a deepening rift between the monarch and his government. Oxford-educated Sovaleni, who was prime minister from 2021, resigned just hours before facing a vote of no confidence led by Eke. Eke, who will be sworn in officially in February, will lead Tonga into the next general elections scheduled for November 2025. The line of Tongan kings and queens stretches back more than 1,000 years, according to a government history. Although the monarchy no longer enjoys the unbridled power of old, it remains one of the most dominant institutions across the Tongan archipelago. Read moreTonga overhauled its constitution after pro-democracy protests in 2006 that spiralled into angry riots that left swaths of the capital Nuku’alofa in smoking ruins The Tongan king until then had held immense sway as head of state The monarchy eventually agreed to devolve much of its responsibility to a cabinet of elected lawmakers but its power has not been totally diluted The king still has the power to veto legislation and appoints the prime minister on the advice of parliament A developing country of 106,000 people spread across dozens of islands Tonga’s debt-laden government is seen as particularly vulnerable to economic pressure from China The island kingdom owes China’s export bank about $130m – almost a third of its GDP – which it was loaned to help rebuild after the 2006 riots Repayments on that loan were scheduled to start spiking this year « Back By Santa Cruz Warriors Staff /October 27, 2024 Stock Market News: Nasdaq Closes in Correction TerritoryLast Updated: Oil futures post minor gains after being buffeted by news on the tariff front--President Trump agrees to put off tariffs on Mexico and Canada for another month--and reports of U.S plans to tighten enforcement of sanctions against Iranian oil Benchmark crudes settled at six-month lows yesterday after a string of losses on OPEC+ plans to start unwinding output cuts "While tariff adjustments may provide near-term relief global demand uncertainties and rising supply levels suggest that crude oil prices could remain under pressure limiting the potential for a sustained recovery," Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/8/2025 10:30:00 PM Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here it can be useful to listen to Gen AI users as I did during a dinner hosted in New York last week by data warehouse vendor Snowflake.  Also: 5 tips for choosing the right AI model for your business The company invited prominent customers to speak about their experiences putting AI applications into production.  The overall impression was that there are meaningful use cases for AI which can start delivering benefits within six months or less of implementation.  and Snowflake is interested in promoting best-case scenarios from its customers to promote its cloud data warehouse services.  the thoughtful comments by both customers suggest that companies create value by taking the plunge into AI with even very simple use cases Also: Today's AI ecosystem is unsustainable for most everyone but Nvidia, warns top scholar Thomas Bodenski, chief operating officer and head of analytics for TS Imagine which sells a cloud-based securities trading platform described how it would traditionally take 4,000 "man hours" of labor at his company to have people read through emails for crucial we're making a change," explained Bodenski there's 500 clients that will be down," meaning they will be unable to trade it's very critical that you read every single email that comes in." Bodenski continued: "That email comes in to action it on it -- that task costs me 4,000 hours a year."  "Just do the math," says Thomas Bodenski That task has traditionally been the role of "a team around the globe" he oversees There are at least two and a half "full-time equivalent" individuals Also: Microsoft introduces 10 AI agents for sales, finance, supply chain in Dynamics 365 I'm doing it at 3% of the cost of the people that would do that work," using a generative AI application.  "Just do the math," said Bodenski "You take the average salary and then calculate how much you spend on Snowflake and that's just 3% of that cost."  where the model taps into an external database "I don't think I could go back," said Daniel Sandberg of S&P Global Market Intelligence The app "took six months of trial and error learning," said Bodenski That process began before TS Imagine had a relationship with Snowflake Then Snowflake introduced Cortex AI," the managed LLM inference service run by Snowflake "we migrated the entire RAG pipeline over in four days and now we are able to conceptualize a different story."  Also: Snowflake says its new LLM outperforms Meta's Llama 3 on half the training The Cortex AI service allowed Bodenski to classify incoming customer emails for sensitivity something that would not have been possible before "because I don't read all 5,000 customer emails coming in every month," he said Bodenski said the result is that "I detect the brushfire before it even becomes a fire,"  meaning a customer mishap TS Imagine now has six apps up and running using Gen AI AI is going to continue to build our brains," he said: "It works." Snowflake customer S&P Global Market Intelligence had a similar experience the head of "quantamental research" for the firm Also: The journey to fully autonomous AI agents and the venture capitalists funding them Sandberg's company implemented an in-house application called Spark Assist on top of its Microsoft Office apps the firm can auto-generate email summaries.  "The Gen AI is smart enough to know which ones are most relevant that need my immediate attention versus those that maybe need to be de-prioritized 'Go ahead and write a response to these,' and then I spot-check them." The app is used by 14,000 employees at S&P Global "I don't think I could go back," he said referring to the old way of trying to sort and sift email manually But does the return on investment of such apps justify the cost of building apps and the cost of inference although he added: "I think we're still sizing a lot of these things." sure; things that used to take days or longer to compile can now be done within a day [using Gen AI]." He compared Gen AI to the early days of the internet when dial-up speeds hampered the payoff for the average user.  Also: Bank of America survey predicts massive AI lift to corporate profits "If we're sitting here and have to wait 15 minutes to log on" to the internet via dial-up modem "is it really worth it?" Sandberg remarked.  it's not where we are now," he said "It's where we'll be in five years; I think a lot of this stuff will get sorted." was also at the dinner and said Gen AI can already offer better economics to automate some tasks Also: Asana launches a no-code tool for designing AI agents - aka your new 'teammates' "Cortex Analyst is this product that allows someone to ask a question "The current pricing for 1,000 questions is $200 This is a question that otherwise would have to be answered by an [human] analyst They would write the SQL [database] query for every single one of them You can see the ROI: 10 minutes a question Snowflake's Cortex product is already producing cost savings twenty cents here and twenty cents there can add up vice president of worldwide sales engineering for Snowflake is for enterprises to be able to forecast how costs will add up as inferencing begins.  people have set aside a budget," Child said "They're thinking of grand things 'How do I understand how much is it going to cost me over a series of months and how do I know when it's trending higher than that?'" Also: Gartner's 2025 tech trends show how your business needs to adapt - and fast and then estimate what you're going to need to do it at scale." Child continued: "The cost of testing a hypothesis is high," versus "If I'm going to spend $1,000 to run a first test case but it's dramatically cheaper" than using people to test the same hypothesis When S&P Global put together an app using Snowflake for its clients the tool aimed to sort through 12,000 historical quarterly financial filings issued by companies in the Russell 3000 for 10 years across a total of 120,000 documents "The first thing we did when we got on the platform was write a script that helped us calculate the cost before we pushed run and we were able to do that," said Sandberg.  "I like the consumption-based model," he said referring to Snowflake's practice of billing customers for the total actual time used rather than a traditional software usage license "because there's transparency in the pricing Also: There are many reasons why companies struggle to exploit generative AI, says Deloitte survey TS Imagine's Bodenski said flexibility in pricing of running inference in Cortex has worked for his needs.  "I can run a process where I'm okay to wait three minutes for each prompt but I can also run a process where it's not okay to wait three minutes I want it in five seconds," he explained.  just by increasing something from extra-small to medium," referring to the scale of compute.  Bodenski said the app used by TS Imagine to hunt through emails showed its worth quickly four days after we designed it," he said "because it surfaced those items that we needed to focus on and it improves our customer service quality." The app has now been in production for four months "It elevates me to detect an item that I should be involved in my global head," said Bodenski.  we're catching items" that might have taken weeks otherwise to receive a response in email "and I didn't have to hire a single person or reallocate a single person to do that process." What’s happening on and off the campaign trail today with the results of just two polls still pending Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre appears to have lost the Ottawa-area seat that he has held since 2004 but made it clear in his post-vote speech to supporters that he fully intends to stay on as leader Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May defied the odds to hold her riding of Saanich Gulf Islands but will once again be the sole representative of her party in the chamber after Jonathan Pedneault finished a distant fourth in Outremont in addition to winning the right to stay on as prime minister has also secured a seat of his own in the House of Commons — there’s no word yet on when he’ll address Canadians on how he intends to carry out his pledge to “build Canada strong” despite falling short of his hoped-for majority It’s a good bet he’ll want to get started as soon as possible in order to meet his self-imposed deadline to remove all remaining federal impediments to interprovincial trade by July 1 it will be up to Prime Minister Mark Carney to set the date for the launch of the new parliamentary session Please try using other words for your search or explore other sections of the website for relevant information Our team is working diligently to resolve the issue Thank you for your patience and understanding Stocks started the holiday-shortened week with marginal gains shrugging off choppy price action and rallying into the bell The S&P 500 nabbed a record close after alternating between gains and losses all session The Dow eked out a win after trading in the red most of the day while the Nasdaq settled just above the psychologically-significant 20,000 level Energy and tech stocks were the notable outperformers today though the overhang of tariffs and persistent inflation are contributing to the rangebound trading Continue reading for more on today's market Oil prices climbed on Tuesday after a Ukrainian drone attack targeted a pipeline transporting crude from Kazakhstan through southern Russia April-dated West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude added $1.11 amid concerns over what impact President Donald Trump's tariff plans will have on economic growth The contract for February delivery last seen trading 1.7% higher at $2,950.60 an ounce The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq This data feed is not available at this time These symbols will be available throughout the site during your session These instruments will be available throughout the site during your session Smart Portfolio is supported by our partner TipRanks. By connecting my portfolio to TipRanks Smart Portfolio I agree to their Terms of Use Denis Bouanga completed a brace by scoring in the fifth minute of stoppage time Sunday and LAFC pulled out a 2-2 draw with visiting St which was reduced to 10 men when Alfredo Morales drew his second yellow card in the 83rd minute went ahead 2-1 in the 89th when LAFC's Nathan Ordaz scored an own goal off a wild scramble after a free kick who was stopped from the spot by Ben Lundt in the 75th minute took Cengiz Under's pass down the left wing as time was expiring Dribbling around three defenders to create space for his right foot Bouanga wired a shot into the top right-hand corner for the equalizer 14 points) had possession for 62.1 percent of the match and enjoyed a 21-12 advantage in shots (9-7 on frame) but it was in chase mode after Cedric Teuchert scored in the 52nd minute to put St Bouanga equalized in the 70th minute off excellent service by Under running onto his pass at the left post and flicking the ball between it and Lundt The main pregame storyline concerned how LAFC would perform without coach Steve Cherundolo on its bench He was suspended for the match after drawing a red card for dissent during his team's 3-3 tie at Portland on April 19 Louis was hoping to create more offense after coming into the fixture with just six goals tied for next-to-last in MLS with the LA Galaxy and just two ahead of Montreal possessing the ball at about a 63 percent rate and outshooting St But Lundt saved the only three shots that came his way and the visitors were able to make their way to the break in a scoreless draw This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. Emailed daily. Always free! LAS VEGAS -- Kirk Cousins threw his first touchdown pass in five weeks and the Atlanta Falcons did just enough Monday night to beat the struggling Las Vegas Raiders 15-9 and keep pace in the NFC South race. Copyright © 2025, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. (NWA Media) This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT PRAIRIE GROVE--The Prairie Grove Tigers reeled off a fourth straight conference win on Jan, 21, 60-58, and earned a 5-2 conference mark on the season. Copyright © 2025, Northwest Arkansas Newspaper LLC (NWA Media) This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspaper LLC. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world 2025 at 12:46 AM ESTBookmarkSaveFactory activity across much of Asia expanded in December as domestic orders and output improved but weaker confidence and a sustained drop in export orders point to global risks ahead The PMI gauge for Southeast Asia eased slightly to 50.7 from 50.8 in November according to S&P Global’s purchasing managers index Growth was led by several countries across the region including Taiwan whose PMI registered the highest reading since July and well above the critical 50 threshold that separates expansion and contraction DETROIT — New York's dynamic duo put Detroit on the brink of elimination — with an assist from the officials shot a three-pointer just before the buzzer and drew some contact from New York’s Josh Hart that wasn’t called a foul at the end of a physical game with few whistles said afterward that the officials made a mistake we observed that Hart makes body contact that is more than marginal to Hardaway Jr and a foul should have been called,” Guthrie said Hardaway would have gone to the foul line for three free throws that could have given Detroit the lead the Knicks held on to win after rallying from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter made a turnaround fadeaway near the baseline with 1:29 left before connecting on a shot from about 27 feet “He has amazing touch,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said “He shoots the ball like a guard and he has unlimited range.” 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his first playoff triple-double and the third in franchise history but he missed two shots and turned the ball over in the final 1:07 “He has to carry us on the offensive end," Pistons coach J.B The Pistons have lost nine straight home playoff games since 2008 equaling an NBA record set by Philadelphia from 1968 to 1971 then came out swinging and had enough fight in the end to win New York led by as much as 16 points in the first half before the Pistons went on an 11-0 run to help them pull within seven at halftime Detroit outscored the Knicks 28-14 in the third to take a seven-point lead thanks to Cunningham He had 12 points — making 6 of 7 shots — five assists five rebounds and three blocks in the quarter Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is the only other player to have a triple-double for the Pistons in a playoff game The Knicks had a scare late in the third when Brunson limped off the court and toward the locker room with an apparent right knee injury you have to take a breath and relax,” Brunson said When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines Should you violate our submissions guidelines we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time Soybeans eke out modestly higher Friday finish March 14, 2025 By Filed Under: Closing Futures / Livestock Briefs, Crops Markets, Market News Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying but not enough to pull contracts to a higher weekly finish Soybeans are watching late development conditions in Argentina and harvest activity in Brazil and production numbers and CONAB’s updated outlook for Brazil are both set for April 10th with early expectations for a dip in acres as some producers switch to corn but soybean oil export demand continues to be solid with unknown destinations purchasing 20,000 tons of 2024/25 U.S along with product spread trade against meal and the gains in crude oil supported bean oil Friday A soy crush strike in Argentina has ended after about 24 hours.Corn was steady to lower on spread trade and profit taking adding to what would have already been a lower week-to-week close for the most active months About 10% of Argentina’s crop is harvested and second crop planting in Brazil is ahead of average Unknown destinations bought 218,604 tons of old crop U.S and it’ll be a number of weeks before Brazil’s second crop hits the market With the most recent supply and demand report in the rearview mirror commodities are preparing for the USDA’s Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Grain Stocks reports out on the 31st The trade’s also monitoring rumblings and negotiations around tariffs and reciprocal levies with Canada trading partners.The wheat complex was lower on profit taking and technical selling while still ending the week with gains at the three U.S Wheat continues to monitor the generally dry conditions in the southern U.S along with conditions ahead of planting in the northern U.S wheat prices are more competitive in the export market due to the recent slide in futures prices and decline in the dollar That showed up in this week’s export sales report and demand will continue to be watched closely in this final quarter of the 2024/25 marketing year A potential ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to be in doubt Ukraine’s Ag Ministry is projecting a 28% increase in spring wheat planted area France’s Ag Ministry says 74% of the soft winter wheat crop is in good to excellent condition Subscribe for our newsletter today and receive relevant news straight to your inbox This week's run higher for the major indexes was cut short, as all three benchmarks logged intraday losses to round out an otherwise winning week. Today's drop snapped four-day win streaks across the board driven by a pullback in previously outperforming Big Tech and chip makers Amid the heavy focus on President Donald Trump's return to the White House and Nasdaq each logged a second-straight weekly win Unable to catch up after a week of underperformance crude prices marked their first weekly loss in five President Trump continued to push for a crude output boost though uncertainty remains around his energy policies March-dated West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude inched up 4 cents gold charged into a fourth consecutive weekly rise Tariffs and a weakening dollar sent gold surging to within a chip-shot of another record peak Gold for February delivery added 0.%5 to settle at $2,779.70 an ounce for the day Donald Trump is expected to win Pennsylvania securing the crucial state that was integral to Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory The state’s 19 Electoral College votes were at the center of the presidential election with candidates spending half a billion on advertising and making dozens of visits to the state Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 before Joe Biden reclaimed the keystone state for Democrats in 2020 Almost a third of Pennsylvania voters said the economy was the most important factor in deciding who to vote for while 31% said it was the state of the democracy A comedian’s disparaging remarks against Puerto Rico during Trump’s Madison Square Garden raised Democratic hopes that Pennsylvania’s 500,000 Puerto Ricans would turn out in large numbers to secure the swing state for Harris but in areas with big Puerto Rican populations such as Lehigh County Sign up for Semafor .css-w8sqnb{text-transform:capitalize;}flagship