Shlomo Nehama Steps Down as Chairman of the Board of Ellomay Capital Ltd.New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) The first round of the India-Japan Dialogue on Economic Security, including Strategic Trade and Technology, was held in Tokyo on Wednesday during which the two sides underscored the need for “closer collaboration” to protect economic interests and build resilient supply chains and critical infrastructure in identified sectors. Both sides also agreed to bring “concrete results” through enhanced holistic collaboration in focus areas, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The MEA said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri paid his “first official visit to Japan on Wednesday in the current capacity”, and had a series of meetings and interactions with senior officials in the government of Japan. His visit “reinforced the strong and enduring friendship” between India and Japan, rooted in shared values, mutual respect, mutual trust and commitment to regional stability, it said. “Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri co-chaired the 1st round of India-Japan Dialogue on Economic Security, including Strategic Trade and Technology, in Tokyo on November 27, 2024 along with Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Masataka Okano,” the ministry said. In another statement, the MEA said, “During the FS-Vice Ministerial Dialogue, they reviewed the entire spectrum of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership, including political relations, defence and security, economic cooperation, and people-to-people ties, besides discussing regional and international issues of common interest.” The India-Japan Dialogue on Economic Security, including Strategic Trade and Technology, attended by stakeholder ministries, departments and agencies from both the governments, was announced during the India-Japan 2+2 ministerial meeting held in New Delhi on August 20. The meeting in Tokyo provided an “opportunity to exchange views on respective economic security policies, strengthen partnership for building industrial and technological resilience and promote collaboration in research and application of key technologies”, the MEA said. Both sides underscored the need for closer collaboration to “protect economic interests, and build resilient supply chains and critical infrastructure in identified sectors, by way of policy facilitation” for business and academic partnerships between relevant actors in India and Japan, the statement added. “They also explored ways to facilitate talent exchange and upskilling in fields of common interest,” it said. The two sides recognised the dialogue as a significant and timely step to bring contemporary relevance to the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. During the Dialogue on Economic Security, Strategic Trade and Technology, the two sides covered topics related to economic security, supply chain resilience, and partnership in critical and emerging technologies. Misri met with other senior functionaries of the government of Japan, including Takehiko Matsuo, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan to discuss economic and high technology cooperation; Keiichi Ichikawa, Deputy Secretary General of National Security Secretariat and Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan to discuss security and economic partnership; and Yoshimichi Terada, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to review cooperation for the MAHSR (Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail) project. Besides, the foreign secretary interacted with Japanese policymakers and senior officials from key government ministries and agencies, including the Ministry of Environment, JETRO (Japan External Trade Organisation), JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). PTI KND KVK KVK This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );What a year for the People's Party in 2024. The orangemen are black and blue after two successive political defeats. But that should be treated as good news for them as the two losses gave them a crucial lesson. The party lost a poll in Udon Thani on Nov 25. Its candidate, Kanisorn Khurirang, gained 268,675 votes in the election for the provincial administration organisation president in the northeastern province. But that was not enough for the win as Sarawut Pethpanomporn, who ran under the Pheu Thai banner, came first with 327,487 votes. The result was sweet redemption for Mr Sarawut after he was stunned by Nattapong Pipatchaisiri of the People's Party's predecessor, the Move Forward Party, in the general election in May last year, when both fought for the seat in Muang district. Earlier in September, Jadet Jantar of Pheu Thai won the by-election in Phitsanulok with 37,209 votes, some 7,000 more than Nathachanon Chanaburanasak of the People's Party. The by-election took place to replace Padipat Santipada of the then-Move Forward Party after he was one of 11 party executive members banned from politics for threatening the constitutional monarchy, under a ruling of the Constitutional Court. Pheu Thai should be happy with the results, and influencer ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has promised to engineer campaigns to keep the momentum going into the next general election. Thaksin admitted at a party meeting in Hua Hin on Nov 14 that Pheu Thai was a bit short as it should have gotten more MPs in the national poll last year. It bagged 141 seats in the contest on May 14 last year, while the People's Party received three more. Although the People's Party suffered the latest losses in Udon Thani and Phitsanulok this year, the defeats were a blessing in disguise for the orangemen. They knew by now what they would encounter when a new general election came. And it can be any time, depending on the popularity of Pheu Thai and the unity of the coalition government. In the general election last year, the now-defunct Move Forward rallied against the coup and attempts of then-prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to hold on to power, from ordering tanks and soldiers onto the streets to leading the coalition government after the 2019 election. The loss in Udon Thani has shown the People's Party that its next big rival is Thaksin. Pheu Thai alone would find it hard competing with the People's Party, as the results of the previous general election showed Pheu Thai was losing its charm for voters in urban areas and young voters. The ruling party needs a big push from Thaksin to remind his supporters of what he claimed were the glory days when he was the prime minister and that voters would have a future under the administrative guidance of his daughter, Ms Paetongtarn. The earlier defeat in Phitsanulok showed what the People's Party could encounter when a new election is called. The party knew it was not a one-on-one fight with Pheu Thai. In fact, the People's Party candidate was beaten by all coalition parties led by Pheu Thai in an effort to do what was needed to take the seat. The People's Party certainly expects the same scenario in the next election. The coalition parties only fielded a poll candidate in any constituency in which the People's Party won by a large margin last year and was still popular with voters. That would block more orangemen from going to parliament. The next general election is vital for the People's Party. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the main man behind the party, and other strategists laid the political foundations in the previous two national polls. Future Forward won 81 seats in 2019, and Move Forward moved them up to 143 last year. Mr Thanathorn has projected the People Party's popularity would rise to control the majority of the lower house next time, as he admitted that would be the only way to form a government. His projection was made when the presence of Thaksin and the tactic of the parties in the coalition government to keep it at bay were not factored in. The road to parliament for the orangemen is no longer rosy and is not easy. Saritdet Marukatat is a 'Bangkok Post' columnist and former Digital Media News Editor at the paper.Brendan Rodgers praises Celtic and Cameron Carter-Vickers’ mentalitylive cockfighting 。

Rourke 2.0: Nathan’s brother Kurtis named NCAA’s top CanadianFox News' William La Jeunesse provides details on the efforts to call two California House races as critics urge the state to fix its drawn-out counting process. The Republican National Committee (RNC) said it has filed national lawsuits to stop several states from counting mail-in-ballots after Election Day, as California has taken nearly a month to certify some races. "It is absurd for California to accept ballots by mail up to 7 days after Election Day and take almost a month to count them," RNC Chairman Michael Whatley wrote on X. Whatley said the RNC, alongside the California Republican Party, "will continue to fight aggressively to force all states to stop accepting ballots after Election Day." Republicans on the ground in California are working with attorneys and observers "throughout the process of voting, curing, and counting," he added. The RNC has also partnered with the National Republican Congressional Committee and Elon Musk's PAC to launch a new statewide ballot curing operation. "The RNC, NRCC, and CAGOP's election integrity operation was on the ground in California before Election Day, on Election Day, and has continued working ever since November 5th. Our attorneys and trained volunteers are in place to ensure transparency throughout the election process," Gates McGavick, senior adviser to Whatley, told Fox News Digital in a statement. CALIFORNIA COASTAL ENCLAVE NEAR SANCTUARY CITY TRIES TO 'NEWSOM-PROOF' ITSELF Voters cast ballots during the Super Tuesday primary at a polling station in an American Legion post in Hawthorne, California, March 5, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) California's vote-counting process has been prolonged due to the high volume of mail-in-ballots, with a majority of Californians opting to vote by mail. In the state's 2022 election, nearly 90% of votes were cast via mail-in ballots. State law also permits mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they arrive up to a week later. Mail-in ballots are typically put through a verification process that can also lengthen the amount of time they are tallied. The election certification deadline is Dec. 16. As of Wednesday, several races remain undecided in the Golden State, including for the 13th Congressional District, where Republican Rep. John Duarte is being challenged by Democrat Adam Gray. MIGRANT MURDERS PUT AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ON EDGE AS OVER 1.4 MILLION AVOID DEPORTATION WITH SHADY TACTICS The California Capitol July 17, 2022, in Sacramento (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) "Every vote in every state matters, and the RNC will work with our state parties and candidates to ensure Election Integrity across the country," Whatley said. "It is clear that we need real election reforms to Protect the Vote in California." Liberal Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several laws during his term to expand mail-in voting. In 2021, Newsom signed AB 37, making California one of the first states to require that all active registered voters automatically receive absentee ballots, codifying a temporary COVID-era emergency measure passed in 2020. Two laws signed in 2023, AB 626 and AB 545, require a curbside voting option at all polling places and permit voters to drop off their mail-in ballots at polling stations to have them counted immediately. NEW WALL CONSTRUCTION AT TEXAS BORDER KICKS OFF WITH FAMILY OF SLAIN JOCELYN NUNGARAY WATCHING California Gov. Gavin Newsom greets people, July 8, 2024, in Hooksett, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) California is one of 14 states where voters are not required to show voter ID at polling stations. In March 2024, Huntington Beach – a conservative hotspot on the southern coastal line – officials passed a local measure requiring voter ID to vote in elections, which Newsom quickly bucked through state legislation in September that prohibited local governments from enforcing laws that require voter ID. "The right to freely cast your vote is the foundation of our democracy and Huntington Beach's voter ID policy flies in the face of this principle," state Attorney General Bob Bonta said in a statement at the time. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Republican criticism of extended vote-counting periods has intensified this election cycle, including in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Prior to Sen. Bob Casey's concession last week in Pennsylvania's Senate race to his Republican opponent, Dave McCormick, national and state Republican parties went to court arguing counties should not count mail-in-ballots where the voter either didn't write a date on the return envelope or wrote the wrong one, the AP reported. President-Elect Trump has also taken notice of California's voter ID laws, writing on his Truth Social account he would demand proof of citizenship and voter ID in elections. Meanwhile, Newsom is gearing up to "Trump-proof" the state and has called an emergency special legislative session on Dec. 2. "California is ready to fight," Newsom wrote on X after the election. "Whether it be our fundamental civil rights, reproductive freedom, or climate action – we refuse to turn back the clock and allow our values and laws to be attacked." Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.

S&P/TSX composite up almost 150 at closing, U.S. markets also higherTriple M Sydney reveals new look breakfast team with Beau Ryan, Natarsha Belling and Aaron WoodsWASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The decision was inevitable, since longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold a former president accountable while he ran for another term. In court filings, Smith’s team emphasized that the move to abandon their prosecutions was not a reflection of the merit of the cases but a recognition of the legal shield that surrounds any commander in chief. “That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” the prosecutors wrote in one of their filings. Smith’s team said it left intact charges against two co-defendants in the classified documents case — Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” Trump has long described the investigations as politically motivated, and he has vowed to fire Smith as soon as he takes office in January. Now he will re-enter the White House free from criminal scrutiny by the government that he will lead. The election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing Trump as he tried to reclaim the White House. He was indicted for plotting to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020, an effort that climaxed with his supporters’ violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The separate case involving classified documents was widely seen as legally clear cut, especially because the conduct in question occurred after Trump left the White House and lost the powers of the presidency. The indictment included dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified records from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and obstructing federal efforts to get them back. He pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. Get local news delivered to your inbox!

Playing Nuclear ChickenVALENCIA, Calif., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AVITA Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCEL, ASX: AVH), a commercial-stage regenerative medicine company focused on first-in-class devices for wound care management and skin restoration, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its premarket approval (PMA) supplement for RECELL GO ® mini. As a line extension of the RECELL GO system, the RECELL GO mini disposable cartridge is designed specifically to treat smaller wounds up to 480 square centimeters, compared to the standard RECELL GO disposable cartridge, which treats an area of 1,920 square centimeters. RECELL GO mini addresses a critical need in the full-thickness skin defect market, which includes a high volume of smaller wounds. As part of the RECELL GO platform, RECELL GO mini uses the same multi-use processing device as the standard disposable cartridge but features a modified cartridge optimized for smaller skin samples that reduces resource use and minimizes waste. This design provides an entry point for clinicians who may not have previously used the RECELL GO platform for smaller wounds, enabling broader accessibility and use in trauma and burn centers. “The FDA approval of RECELL GO mini strengthens our ability to provide clinicians with fit-for-purpose solutions that meet the diverse needs of patients with full-thickness wounds,” said Jim Corbett, Chief Executive Officer of AVITA Medical. “By introducing a treatment option specifically for smaller wounds, we are expanding the accessibility of RECELL to a wider range of patients. We believe this addition will drive greater adoption across trauma centers, where smaller wounds are common, and support our broader growth strategy.” The company expects RECELL GO mini to serve as a growth driver within the broader RECELL GO platform, further advancing AVITA Medical’s strategy to expand its impact on patient care. Rollout will begin with trauma and burn centers that currently treat smaller wounds during the first quarter of 2025. The PMA supplement follows the original PMA of RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device and subsequent PMA supplements. About AVITA Medical, Inc. AVITA Medical is a commercial-stage regenerative medicine company transforming the standard of care in wound care management and skin restoration with innovative devices. At the forefront of our platform is the RECELL System, approved by the FDA for the treatment of thermal burn wounds and full-thickness skin defects, and for repigmentation of stable depigmented vitiligo lesions. RECELL harnesses the regenerative properties of a patient’s own skin to create Spray-On Skin TM Cells, delivering a transformative solution at the point-of-care. This breakthrough technology serves as the catalyst for a new treatment paradigm enabling improved clinical outcomes. In the United States, AVITA Medical also holds the exclusive rights to market, sell, and distribute PermeaDerm ® , a biosynthetic wound matrix, and Cohealyx, an AVITA Medical-branded collagen-based dermal matrix. In international markets, the RECELL System is approved to promote skin healing in a wide range of applications including burns, full-thickness skin defects, and vitiligo. The RECELL System, excluding RECELL GO TM , is TGA-registered in Australia, has received CE mark approval in Europe, and has PMDA approval in Japan. To learn more, visit www.avitamedical.com . 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Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the timing and realization of regulatory approvals of our products; physician acceptance, endorsement, and use of our products; anticipated market share growth and revenue generation from certain products; failure to achieve the anticipated benefits from approval of our products; the effect of regulatory actions; product liability claims; risks associated with international operations and expansion; and other business effects, including the effects of industry, as well as other economic or political conditions outside of the Company’s control. These statements are made as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any of these statements, except as required by law. For additional information and other important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements, please see the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and other publicly available filings for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. Authorized for release by the Chief Financial Officer of AVITA Medical, Inc. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/b6b7df71-e67c-4a6e-847c-bdcca54fad27

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WOBURN, Mass., Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bridgeline Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLIN ), a global leader in AI-powered marketing technology, today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2024. “HawkSearch is the leader in AI-powered product discovery. This year we nearly doubled our sales contracts, launched a new HawkSearch site every week, had better than 103% net revenue retention for HawkSearch, and released 5 AI products under the HawkSearch brand,” said Ari Kahn, Bridgeline’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We begin 2025 with the largest sales pipeline in the company’s history, an AI product suite that both existing customer and new customers need, and an outstanding industry reputation from customers and analysts.” Financial Highlights – Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Total revenue was $3.9 million, compared to $3.8 million in the prior year period. Subscription and licenses revenue was $3.0 million, compared to $3.1 million in the prior year period. Gross profit was $2.7 million, compared to $2.6 million in the prior year period. Gross margin was 69% compared to 68% in the prior year period. Financial Highlights – Fiscal Year 2024 Total revenue was $15.4 million, compared to $15.9 million in the prior year period. Subscription and licenses revenue was $12.1 million, compared to $12.7 million in the prior year period. Gross profit was $10.4 million, compared to $10.9 million in the prior year period. Gross margin was 68% compared to 68% in the prior year period. Sales Highlights In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, Bridgeline signed 17 license sales, adding over $360 thousand in annual recurring revenue. For fiscal year 2024, Bridgeline signed 83 license sales, adding $2.1 million in annual recurring revenue, totaling $6.2 million in new customer contracts. Demand for AI-powered search is transforming sales, as companies align with customer expectations for smarter search experiences. This surge in demand for higher quality search is driving upgrades to Bridgeline’s HawkSearch platform. Product Highlights The Hawk AI Product Suite now includes advanced features like Smart Search, Smart Response, and Smart Tools. A new Smart Agent lets users adjust prompts and foundation model settings through an intuitive interface to optimize interactions with Hawk AI. HawkSearch launched Conversational Search. Powered by GenAI, this feature uses NLP to interpret user intent and phrasing, transforming searches into conversational interactions with accurate, meaningful results. HawkSearch launched Smart Facets for Concept Search. Powered by GenAI, Smart Facets transforms the search experience by enabling users to ask detailed, context-rich questions that automatically select relevant search facets. HawkSearch announced a new Smart Response feature that analyzes PDF content and delivers specific answers to user queries. The innovation includes tools for extracting content from large PDF repositories and using GenAI to create helpful search features such as thumbnails of PDFs, summaries of pages within each PDF, and extraction of other important metadata such as file names and categorization. HawkSearch’s Rapid UI Framework had a major update launched, which included a new GenAI capability component that accelerates the integration of Smart Response into search interfaces. Partner Highlights Optimizely is promoting HawkSearch as a top paid app in their app store and HawkSearch-AI was showcased at Opticon 2024 in San Antonio, Texas in November. HawkSearch announced a leading distributor of fasteners and industrial supplies has selected HawkSearch to enhance their on-site search capabilities. This distributor, the first lead from our partner Xngage, will use HawkSearch to power their product discovery on the Optimizely platform using the Xngage XConnect connector for HawkSearch. HawkSearch was named Moblico Partner of the Year. Moblico’s integration of HawkSearch’s AI capabilities enhances mobile engagement for distributors, optimizing real-time shopping experiences and increasing customer retention. This collaboration allows distributors to provide personalized customer experiences, leading to increased revenue and stronger market positioning. Product Genius Technology, a leading provider of innovative solutions with decades of experience in the fastener industry, partnered with HawkSearch to provide patented search technology to enhance customer engagement and drive sales by simplifying the search, sort and display of complex product categories. Human Element, Inc., a leading eCommerce services agency, will leverage HawkSearch AI-powered search technology to enhance customer engagement and drive sales for eCommerce platforms. Human Element will partner with HawkSearch to expand its offerings for B2B and B2C merchants to include AI-powered search technology, and the partnership gives Adobe Commerce (Magento), BigCommerce, and Shopify platform users easy access to HawkSearch’s AI-powered search. Customer Highlights Duda has expanded its partnership with the WooRank SEO platform. The agency now offers WooRank’s SEO insights and performance data as part of its top-tier SEO package, enhancing its clients' digital marketing strategies. An aftermarket automotive truck parts retailer has chosen HawkSearch to power product discovery for its eCommerce website. The retailer is set to boost sales using HawkSearch's AI-powered Smart Search which allows customers to enter a concept or question into the search bar and receive more accurate, relevant results tailored to the customer’s query. A top 10 U.S. electrical distributor has expanded its license with HawkSearch to enhance its Salesforce B2B Commerce experience. HawkSearch will support over 740 profit centers, improving the distributor’s product discovery with the Unit of Measure Conversion feature, while providing additional hosting services to address growing traffic demands. A leader in fastener distribution has selected HawkSearch to enhance its search experience across 15 countries and 12 languages, leveraging HawkSearch’s Keyword & Concept Search to improve product discovery. Additionally, it will optimize part number searches, ensure accurate results for terms with varying spacing, support different format variations, and incorporate advanced machine learning and reporting capabilities. A leading manufacturer and distributor of life safety gear, equipment, and training for first responders selected HawkSearch to improve their on-site search and merchandising powered by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. The manufacturer will also leverage Instant Engage for surfacing trending items, categories, and content as soon as the user clicks on the search box. A prominent supplier in the construction materials testing equipment industry has selected HawkSearch and will leverage Instant Engage and Autocomplete to display popular products, category pages, and relevant content as soon as users interact with the search bar. A leading wholesale hardware distributor has selected HawkSearch to deliver an improved product discovery experience with highly relevant, accurate search results and personalized recommendations for their Optimizely Configured Commerce site. Financial Results – Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Total revenue, which is comprised of Licenses and Services revenue, was $3.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $3.8 million for the same period in 2023. Subscription and licenses revenue, which is comprised of SaaS licenses, maintenance and hosting revenue and perpetual license revenue was $3.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 2023. As a percentage of total revenue, Subscription and licenses revenue was 78% of total revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to 81% for the same period in 2023. Services revenue was $0.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $0.7 million for the same period in 2023. As a percentage of total revenue, Services revenue accounted for 22% of total revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, compared to 19% for the same period in 2023. Cost of revenue was $1.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $1.2 million for the same period in 2023. Gross profit was $2.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $2.6 million for the same period in 2023. Gross margin was 69% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 68% for the same period in 2023. Subscription and licenses gross margin was 72% for three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 73% for the same period in 2023. Services gross margin was 58% for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 46% for the same period in 2023. Operating expenses were $3.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $10.8 million for the same period in 2023 which included a goodwill impairment of $7.5 million. Operating loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was $0.5 million, as compared to $8.2 million for the same period in 2023 which included the impact of a goodwill impairment. The warrant liability revaluation resulted in a nominal non-cash loss attributable to the change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. This compares to a non-cash gain from revaluation of $0.2 million for the same period in 2023. Net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, was $0.4 million, compared to a net loss of $8.1 million for the same period in 2023 which included the impact of goodwill impairment. Financial Results – Year-to-Date Twelve Months of Fiscal Year 2024 Total revenue, which is comprised of Licenses and Services revenue, was $15.4 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $15.9 million for the same period in 2023. Subscription and licenses revenue, which is comprised of SaaS licenses, maintenance and hosting revenue and perpetual license revenue was $12.1 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $12.7 million for the same period in 2023. As a percentage of total revenue, Subscription and licenses revenue was 79% of total revenue for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 80% for the same period in 2023. Services revenue was $3.2 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 2023. As a percentage of total revenue, Services revenue accounted for 21% of total revenue for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, compared to 20% for the same period in 2023. Cost of revenue was $4.9 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $5.0 million for the same period in 2023. Gross profit was $10.4 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $10.9 million for the same period in 2023. Gross margin was 68% for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 68% for the same period in 2023. Subscription and licenses gross margin were 72% for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 74% for the same period in 2023. Services gross margin was 52% for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to 48% for the same period in 2023. Operating expenses were $12.5 million for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to $20.8 million for the same period in 2023 which included a goodwill impairment of $7.5 million. Operating loss for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, was $2.0 million, as compared to an operating loss of $9.9 million for the same period in 2023 which included the impact of the goodwill impairment. The warrant liability revaluation resulted in a $0.1 million non-cash gain attributable to the change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024. This compares to a non-cash gain the change in the fair value of $0.6 million for the same period in 2023. Net loss for the twelve months ended September 30, 2024, was $2.0 million, compared to a net loss of $9.4 million for the same period in 2023, which included the impact of the goodwill impairment. Conference Call Bridgeline Digital, Inc. will hold a conference call today, December 23, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. The Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Ari Kahn, and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas Windhausen, will host the call, followed by a question-and-answer period. The details of the conference call and replay are as follows: Bridgeline Digital Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Call Monday, December 23, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET Participants can register for the conference call using the above URL above. Once registered, participants will receive dial-in numbers and unique PIN number. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release contains the following Non-GAAP financial measures: Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss), and Non-GAAP adjusted net earnings (loss) per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation expense, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, non-cash warrant related income/expense, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, restructuring and acquisition-related costs, amortization of debt discounts, preferred stock dividends and any related tax effects. Bridgeline uses Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss) as supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). Non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss) and Non-GAAP adjusted net income (loss) per diluted share are calculated as net income (loss) or net income (loss) per share on a diluted basis, excluding, where applicable, amortization of intangible assets, change in fair value of warrants, stock-based compensation, restructuring and acquisition-related costs, goodwill impairment charges, preferred stock dividends and any related tax effects. Bridgeline's management does not consider these Non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these Non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these Non-GAAP financial measures. To compensate for these limitations, Bridgeline management presents Non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. Bridgeline urges investors to review the reconciliation of its Non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which is included in this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate Bridgeline's financial performance. Our definitions of Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income (loss) may differ from and therefore may not be comparable with similarly titled measures used by other companies, thereby limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. 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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977 and then built a reputation for tireless work as a humanitarian. He earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in Plains, Georgia. At age 52, Carter was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 1977, after defeating President Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 general election. Carter left office on Jan. 20, 1981, following his 1980 general election loss to Ronald Reagan. Here's the latest: A somber announcement The longest-lived American president died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023 , spent most of their lives. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” The Carter Center said in posting about his death on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. A Southerner and a man of faith In his 1975 book “Why Not The Best,” Carter said of himself: “I am a Southerner and an American, I am a farmer, an engineer, a father and husband, a Christian, a politician and former governor, a planner, a businessman, a nuclear physicist, a naval officer, a canoeist, and among other things a lover of Bob Dylan’s songs and Dylan Thomas’s poetry.” A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. After he left office and returned home to his tiny hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia, Carter regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world. Former Vice President Gore remembers Carter for life "of purpose” Former Vice President Al Gore praised Jimmy Carter for living “a life full of purpose, commitment and kindness” and for being a “lifelong role model for the entire environmental movement.” Carter, who left the White House in 1981 after a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan. concentrated on conflict resolution, defending democracy and fighting disease in the developing world. Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, remains a leading advocate for action to fight climate change. Both won Nobel Peace Prizes. Gore said that “it is a testament to his unyielding determination to help build a more just and peaceful world” that Carter is often “remembered equally for the work he did as President as he is for his leadership over the 42 years after he left office.” During Gore’s time in the White House, President Bill Clinton had an uneasy relationship with Carter. But Gore said he is “grateful” for “many years of friendship and collaboration” with Carter. The Associated Press

NoneBy BILL BARROW, Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Newly married and sworn as a Naval officer, Jimmy Carter left his tiny hometown in 1946 hoping to climb the ranks and see the world. Less than a decade later, the death of his father and namesake, a merchant farmer and local politician who went by “Mr. Earl,” prompted the submariner and his wife, Rosalynn, to return to the rural life of Plains, Georgia, they thought they’d escaped. The lieutenant never would be an admiral. Instead, he became commander in chief. Years after his presidency ended in humbling defeat, he would add a Nobel Peace Prize, awarded not for his White House accomplishments but “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after his fall and sustained him during 40 years of service that redefined what it means to be a former president. With the stubborn confidence of an engineer and an optimism rooted in his Baptist faith, Carter described his motivations in politics and beyond in the same way: an almost missionary zeal to solve problems and improve lives. Carter was raised amid racism, abject poverty and hard rural living — realities that shaped both his deliberate politics and emphasis on human rights. “He always felt a responsibility to help people,” said Jill Stuckey, a longtime friend of Carter’s in Plains. “And when he couldn’t make change wherever he was, he decided he had to go higher.” Carter’s path, a mix of happenstance and calculation , pitted moral imperatives against political pragmatism; and it defied typical labels of American politics, especially caricatures of one-term presidents as failures. “We shouldn’t judge presidents by how popular they are in their day. That’s a very narrow way of assessing them,” Carter biographer Jonathan Alter told the Associated Press. “We should judge them by how they changed the country and the world for the better. On that score, Jimmy Carter is not in the first rank of American presidents, but he stands up quite well.” Later in life, Carter conceded that many Americans, even those too young to remember his tenure, judged him ineffective for failing to contain inflation or interest rates, end the energy crisis or quickly bring home American hostages in Iran. He gained admirers instead for his work at The Carter Center — advocating globally for public health, human rights and democracy since 1982 — and the decades he and Rosalynn wore hardhats and swung hammers with Habitat for Humanity. Yet the common view that he was better after the Oval Office than in it annoyed Carter, and his allies relished him living long enough to see historians reassess his presidency. “He doesn’t quite fit in today’s terms” of a left-right, red-blue scoreboard, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who visited the former president multiple times during his own White House bid. At various points in his political career, Carter labeled himself “progressive” or “conservative” — sometimes both at once. His most ambitious health care bill failed — perhaps one of his biggest legislative disappointments — because it didn’t go far enough to suit liberals. Republicans, especially after his 1980 defeat, cast him as a left-wing cartoon. It would be easiest to classify Carter as a centrist, Buttigieg said, “but there’s also something radical about the depth of his commitment to looking after those who are left out of society and out of the economy.” Indeed, Carter’s legacy is stitched with complexities, contradictions and evolutions — personal and political. The self-styled peacemaker was a war-trained Naval Academy graduate who promised Democratic challenger Ted Kennedy that he’d “kick his ass.” But he campaigned with a call to treat everyone with “respect and compassion and with love.” Carter vowed to restore America’s virtue after the shame of Vietnam and Watergate, and his technocratic, good-government approach didn’t suit Republicans who tagged government itself as the problem. It also sometimes put Carter at odds with fellow Democrats. The result still was a notable legislative record, with wins on the environment, education, and mental health care. He dramatically expanded federally protected lands, began deregulating air travel, railroads and trucking, and he put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy. As a fiscal hawk, Carter added a relative pittance to the national debt, unlike successors from both parties. Carter nonetheless struggled to make his achievements resonate with the electorate he charmed in 1976. Quoting Bob Dylan and grinning enthusiastically, he had promised voters he would “never tell a lie.” Once in Washington, though, he led like a joyless engineer, insisting his ideas would become reality and he’d be rewarded politically if only he could convince enough people with facts and logic. This served him well at Camp David, where he brokered peace between Israel’s Menachem Begin and Epypt’s Anwar Sadat, an experience that later sparked the idea of The Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter’s tenacity helped the center grow to a global force that monitored elections across five continents, enabled his freelance diplomacy and sent public health experts across the developing world. The center’s wins were personal for Carter, who hoped to outlive the last Guinea worm parasite, and nearly did. As president, though, the approach fell short when he urged consumers beleaguered by energy costs to turn down their thermostats. Or when he tried to be the nation’s cheerleader, beseeching Americans to overcome a collective “crisis of confidence.” Republican Ronald Reagan exploited Carter’s lecturing tone with a belittling quip in their lone 1980 debate. “There you go again,” the former Hollywood actor said in response to a wonky answer from the sitting president. “The Great Communicator” outpaced Carter in all but six states. Carter later suggested he “tried to do too much, too soon” and mused that he was incompatible with Washington culture: media figures, lobbyists and Georgetown social elites who looked down on the Georgians and their inner circle as “country come to town.” Carter carefully navigated divides on race and class on his way to the Oval Office. Born Oct. 1, 1924 , Carter was raised in the mostly Black community of Archery, just outside Plains, by a progressive mother and white supremacist father. Their home had no running water or electricity but the future president still grew up with the relative advantages of a locally prominent, land-owning family in a system of Jim Crow segregation. He wrote of President Franklin Roosevelt’s towering presence and his family’s Democratic Party roots, but his father soured on FDR, and Jimmy Carter never campaigned or governed as a New Deal liberal. He offered himself as a small-town peanut farmer with an understated style, carrying his own luggage, bunking with supporters during his first presidential campaign and always using his nickname. And he began his political career in a whites-only Democratic Party. As private citizens, he and Rosalynn supported integration as early as the 1950s and believed it inevitable. Carter refused to join the White Citizens Council in Plains and spoke out in his Baptist church against denying Black people access to worship services. “This is not my house; this is not your house,” he said in a churchwide meeting, reminding fellow parishioners their sanctuary belonged to God. Yet as the appointed chairman of Sumter County schools he never pushed to desegregate, thinking it impractical after the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board decision. And while presidential candidate Carter would hail the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by fellow Democrat Lyndon Johnson when Carter was a state senator, there is no record of Carter publicly supporting it at the time. Carter overcame a ballot-stuffing opponent to win his legislative seat, then lost the 1966 governor’s race to an arch-segregationist. He won four years later by avoiding explicit mentions of race and campaigning to the right of his rival, who he mocked as “Cufflinks Carl” — the insult of an ascendant politician who never saw himself as part the establishment. Carter’s rural and small-town coalition in 1970 would match any victorious Republican electoral map in 2024. Once elected, though, Carter shocked his white conservative supporters — and landed on the cover of Time magazine — by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Before making the jump to Washington, Carter befriended the family of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., whom he’d never sought out as he eyed the governor’s office. Carter lamented his foot-dragging on school integration as a “mistake.” But he also met, conspicuously, with Alabama’s segregationist Gov. George Wallace to accept his primary rival’s endorsement ahead of the 1976 Democratic convention. “He very shrewdly took advantage of his own Southerness,” said Amber Roessner, a University of Tennessee professor and expert on Carter’s campaigns. A coalition of Black voters and white moderate Democrats ultimately made Carter the last Democratic presidential nominee to sweep the Deep South. Then, just as he did in Georgia, he used his power in office to appoint more non-whites than all his predecessors had, combined. He once acknowledged “the secret shame” of white Americans who didn’t fight segregation. But he also told Alter that doing more would have sacrificed his political viability – and thus everything he accomplished in office and after. King’s daughter, Bernice King, described Carter as wisely “strategic” in winning higher offices to enact change. “He was a leader of conscience,” she said in an interview. Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96, was identified by both husband and wife as the “more political” of the pair; she sat in on Cabinet meetings and urged him to postpone certain priorities, like pressing the Senate to relinquish control of the Panama Canal. “Let that go until the second term,” she would sometimes say. The president, recalled her former aide Kathy Cade, retorted that he was “going to do what’s right” even if “it might cut short the time I have.” Rosalynn held firm, Cade said: “She’d remind him you have to win to govern.” Carter also was the first president to appoint multiple women as Cabinet officers. Yet by his own telling, his career sprouted from chauvinism in the Carters’ early marriage: He did not consult Rosalynn when deciding to move back to Plains in 1953 or before launching his state Senate bid a decade later. Many years later, he called it “inconceivable” that he didn’t confer with the woman he described as his “full partner,” at home, in government and at The Carter Center. “We developed a partnership when we were working in the farm supply business, and it continued when Jimmy got involved in politics,” Rosalynn Carter told AP in 2021. So deep was their trust that when Carter remained tethered to the White House in 1980 as 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, it was Rosalynn who campaigned on her husband’s behalf. “I just loved it,” she said, despite the bitterness of defeat. Fair or not, the label of a disastrous presidency had leading Democrats keep their distance, at least publicly, for many years, but Carter managed to remain relevant, writing books and weighing in on societal challenges. He lamented widening wealth gaps and the influence of money in politics. He voted for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in 2016, and later declared that America had devolved from fully functioning democracy to “oligarchy.” Related Articles Yet looking ahead to 2020, with Sanders running again, Carter warned Democrats not to “move to a very liberal program,” lest they help re-elect President Donald Trump. Carter scolded the Republican for his serial lies and threats to democracy, and chided the U.S. establishment for misunderstanding Trump’s populist appeal. He delighted in yearly convocations with Emory University freshmen, often asking them to guess how much he’d raised in his two general election campaigns. “Zero,” he’d gesture with a smile, explaining the public financing system candidates now avoid so they can raise billions. Carter still remained quite practical in partnering with wealthy corporations and foundations to advance Carter Center programs. Carter recognized that economic woes and the Iran crisis doomed his presidency, but offered no apologies for appointing Paul Volcker as the Federal Reserve chairman whose interest rate hikes would not curb inflation until Reagan’s presidency. He was proud of getting all the hostages home without starting a shooting war, even though Tehran would not free them until Reagan’s Inauguration Day. “Carter didn’t look at it” as a failure, Alter emphasized. “He said, ‘They came home safely.’ And that’s what he wanted.” Well into their 90s, the Carters greeted visitors at Plains’ Maranatha Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School and where he will have his last funeral before being buried on family property alongside Rosalynn . Carter, who made the congregation’s collection plates in his woodworking shop, still garnered headlines there, calling for women’s rights within religious institutions, many of which, he said, “subjugate” women in church and society. Carter was not one to dwell on regrets. “I am at peace with the accomplishments, regret the unrealized goals and utilize my former political position to enhance everything we do,” he wrote around his 90th birthday. The politician who had supposedly hated Washington politics also enjoyed hosting Democratic presidential contenders as public pilgrimages to Plains became advantageous again. Carter sat with Buttigieg for the final time March 1, 2020, hours before the Indiana mayor ended his campaign and endorsed eventual winner Joe Biden. “He asked me how I thought the campaign was going,” Buttigieg said, recalling that Carter flashed his signature grin and nodded along as the young candidate, born a year after Carter left office, “put the best face” on the walloping he endured the day before in South Carolina. Never breaking his smile, the 95-year-old host fired back, “I think you ought to drop out.” “So matter of fact,” Buttigieg said with a laugh. “It was somehow encouraging.” Carter had lived enough, won plenty and lost enough to take the long view. “He talked a lot about coming from nowhere,” Buttigieg said, not just to attain the presidency but to leverage “all of the instruments you have in life” and “make the world more peaceful.” In his farewell address as president, Carter said as much to the country that had embraced and rejected him. “The struggle for human rights overrides all differences of color, nation or language,” he declared. “Those who hunger for freedom, who thirst for human dignity and who suffer for the sake of justice — they are the patriots of this cause.” Carter pledged to remain engaged with and for them as he returned “home to the South where I was born and raised,” home to Plains, where that young lieutenant had indeed become “a fellow citizen of the world.” —- Bill Barrow, based in Atlanta, has covered national politics including multiple presidential campaigns for the AP since 2012.

Judge hears closing arguments on whether Google's advertising tech constitutes a monopoly ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department and Google have made their closing arguments in a trial alleging Google’s online advertising technology constitutes an illegal monopoly. The arguments in federal court Monday in northern Virginia came as Google already faces a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine. The Justice Department says it will seek the breakup of Google to remedy its search engine monopoly. The case in Virginia focuses not on the search engine but on technology that matches online advertisers to consumers on the internet. A judge is expected to rule by the end of the year. ‘Busiest Thanksgiving ever’: How the TSA plans to handle record air travel DALLAS (AP) — The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million people in the U.S. will venture at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday — most of them by car. Thanksgiving Day falling so late this year has altered traditional travel patterns. At airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it could screen a record number of U.S. air travelers on Sunday. Meanwhile, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration says a shortage of air traffic controllers could cause flight delays. Transportation analytics company INRIX says roads could be congested on Monday with both commuters and returning holiday travelers. Macy’s says employee hid up to $154 million in expenses, delaying Q3 earnings Macy’s says it’s delaying the release of its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after it discovered an up to $154 million accounting-related issue. The company did provide some preliminary results for its third quarter, including that net sales fell 2.4% to $4.74 billion. It anticipates reporting its full third-quarter financial results by Dec. 11. Newsom says California could offer electric vehicle rebates if Trump eliminates federal tax credit SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration eliminates the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Gov. Gavin Newsom says Monday he'll propose creating a new version of the state’s successful Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, which was phased out in 2023 after funding nearly 600,000 new cars and trucks. Officials didn’t say how much the program would cost or how the rebates would work. Newsom’s proposal is part of his plan to protect California’s progressive policies ahead of Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. But a budget shortfall could complicate California’s resistance efforts. Warren Buffett gives away another $1.1B and plans for distributing his $147B fortune after his death OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett renewed his Thanksgiving tradition of giving by announcing plans Monday to hand more than $1.1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations, and he offered new details about who will be handing out the rest of his fortune after his death. Buffett has said previously that his three kids will distribute his remaining $147.4 billion fortune in the 10 years after his death, but now he has also designated successors for them because it’s possible that Buffett’s children could die before giving it all away. Buffett said he has no regrets about his decision to start giving away his fortune in 2006. Stock market today: Dow hits another record as stocks rise NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose, with those benefiting the most from lower interest rates and a stronger economy leading the way. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% Monday to pull closer to its record set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 440 points to its own record set on Friday, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.3%. They got a boost from easing Treasury yields after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to be his Treasury Secretary. Smaller companies can feel a big boost from easier borrowing costs, and the Russell 2000 index of small stocks finished just shy of its record. Workers at Charlotte airport, an American Airlines hub, go on strike during Thanksgiving travel week CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — American Airlines says it doesn’t expect significant disruptions to flights this week as a result of a labor strike at its hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Service workers there walked out Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Employees of ABM and Prospect Airport Services authorized the work stoppage. Union spokesperson Sean Keady says the strike is expected to last 24 hours. The companies contract with American Airlines to provide services such as cleaning airplane interiors, removing trash and escorting passengers in wheelchairs. The companies have acknowledged the seriousness of a strike during the holiday travel season. At the crossroads of news and opinion, 'Morning Joe' hosts grapple with aftermath of Trump meeting The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism. Doesn't it makes sense, they said, for hosts of a political news show to meet with such an important figure? But given how “Morning Joe” has attacked Trump, its viewers felt insulted. Many reacted quickly by staying away. It all reflects the broader trend of opinion crowding out traditional journalist in today's marketplace, and the expectations that creates among consumers. By mid-week, the show's audience was less than two-thirds what it has typically been this year. Eggs are available -- but pricier -- as the holiday baking season begins Egg prices are on the rise again as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with high demand during the holiday baking season. The average price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities was $3.37 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was up 63% from October 2023, when a dozen eggs cost an average of $2.07. Avian influenza is the main culprit. The current bird flu outbreak that began in February 2022 has led to the slaughter of more than 111 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens. But the American Egg Board says egg shortages at grocery stores have been isolated and temporary so far. ‘Buy now, pay later’ is more popular than ever. It can cost more than you think NEW YORK (AP) — More shoppers are using ‘buy now, pay later’ plans heading into Black Friday and the holiday season, as the ability to spread out payments looks attractive at a time when Americans still feel the lingering effect of inflation and already have record-high credit card debt. Experts say the short-term loans can lead consumers to overextend themselves and warn that those who use credit cards for the service face higher interest expenses. The data firm Adobe Analytics predicts shoppers will spend 11.4% more this holiday season using buy now, pay later than they did a year ago.

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