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Even after 100 years, scientists still don’t know how a photon actually looks and interacts with different elements of our environment. This is because these particles travel at the speed of light and don’t have a fixed position or a trajectory. While scientists have developed techniques to observe and manipulate photons, such as through experiments involving light detectors or using advanced equipment like high-speed cameras and particle accelerators — these methods only measure or visualize the effects of photons rather than the photons themselves. However, understanding a photon’s geometry, shape, and interactions with matter is crucial to gaining deeper insights into the science that governs the quantum world. For instance, a photon’s wave-particle duality governs how it interacts with matter, enabling phenomena like absorption, emission, and scattering. Similarly, an idea about their shape could enhance the precision of quantum technologies such as quantum photonics, communication, and cryptography. What promise does the new model hold? The mathematical model from the UoB team employs pseudomode expansion, a technique in quantum optics that simplifies studying how light interacts with matter in complex environments, like photonic crystals. Instead of modeling the whole environment in detail, this approach uses a few simplified modes (pseudomodes) to represent the environment’s main effects on the system. This makes the analysis easier while still capturing the important interactions. The model successfully explains the interaction between photons and different quantum emitters (QEs), such as atoms, quantum dots (nanometers-scale particles that act like artificial atoms), and fluorescent molecules. 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We thank Mr Seah Minlong for his feedback ( Recent oil spills show need to improve response times and preventive measures , Nov 15). While the nature, scale and causes of the incidents on June 14, Oct 20 and Oct 28 differ, the collective measures by government agencies and industry partners helped to mitigate the impact. These included deploying containment booms around incident sites, activating craft to spray dispersants, installing oil-absorbent booms to protect biodiversity-sensitive areas, and using drones and satellite technology to assist with oil sightings. In the June 14 incident, the oil that was immediately discharged from the vessel upon impact did not remain stationary at the incident site, and was carried by tidal currents and waves to other locations. In accordance with international practices, containment booms were placed around the damaged vessel as a preventive measure against further spillage from the vessel, and not to contain the oil that was already spilt into the sea. Dispersants were used to break down the spilt oil, to facilitate subsequent clean-up operations at sea and ashore. Oil recovery systems were also used to remove oil from the sea upon confirmation of the location of the moving oil patches. Investigations into the Oct 20 pipeline leak at Shell’s facility on Bukom Island are ongoing. The National Environment Agency (NEA) conducts independent inspections at industrial facilities to ensure compliance with environmental regulations. As part of the investigation, NEA is reviewing Shell’s preventive measures to determine if enhancements are needed. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is currently investigating the Oct 28 oil overflow incident. When incidents happen, agencies strive to respond in a prompt, coordinated and effective manner. We also update and improve our response plans with relevant learning points from every incident, and maintain readiness through training and regular inter-agency exercises, such as the recent joint oil spill exercise involving more than 100 personnel from 18 agencies and companies, including academia, industry and volunteer groups. On Mr Seah’s suggestion to strengthen penalties for discharging oil into local waters, the quantum of maximum fines for offences is set in legislation, considering factors such as the severity of the offence, deterrence and proportionality. Penalties are periodically reviewed to ensure they remain effective and aligned with evolving circumstances, and to deter non-compliance with laws and regulations. Chong Jia Chyuan (Captain) Port Master Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel nowCNH announces Global Leadership Team changes Basildon, December 16, 2024 CNH (NYSE: CNH) today announces leadership changes designed to capitalize on current market opportunities in its Agriculture business in the North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. These developments will support the Company at this stage of the agricultural cycle, readying it for the upswing. Scott Harris will assume the role of President, North America, effective January 1, 2025. Markus Müller will join CNH as President, EMEA, effective March 1, 2025. The Company has selected these two new regional leaders based on their extensive experience and capabilities. Their leadership will be instrumental in executing CNH's strategic goals and driving success in these regions. With this announcement, Vilmar Fistarol is stepping down as President, North America, effective December 31, 2024, and he will remain in an advisory role with CNH during H1 2025. Furthermore, Carlo Alberto Sisto is stepping down as President, EMEA, with immediate effect. North America leadership North America is a core region, offering significant opportunities for CNH's most advanced products, technologies and services. Scott Harris brings multifaceted experience across the Company's agricultural operations, and is currently the Global Brand President of Case IH and STEYR. In North America, he has led both the Financial Services business - CNH Capital - and the Parts & Service division. Scott Harris has also helmed our CASE Construction Equipment, New Holland Construction and Case IH brands in the region. Across these leadership roles, he has gained intimate knowledge of our Case IH and New Holland brands, their dealer networks, and customers across the region. EMEA leadership Agriculture in the EMEA region is dynamic and diverse, requiring a wide range of specialized solutions. CNH's portfolio is ideally placed to increasingly serve this region across its different geographies and farm types. Starting March 1, 2025, Markus Müller will join CNH as President, EMEA. Mr. Müller arrives from the global engine manufacturer DEUTZ AG, and brings with him a wealth of relevant industrial and commercial experience. He was most recently Chief Technology and Chief Sales Officer, alongside serving as an Executive Board Member. He began his career at DEUTZ AG in 2006 where prior to his most recent appointment, he served as Senior Vice President of Product Development & Technical Customer Support, preceded by leadership roles in Research & Development. From 2016 - 2018, Mr. Müller was Managing Director of HJS Emission Technology, where he was responsible for Product Development, Operations and Sales. Stefano Pampalone, Agriculture Chief Commercial Officer, will assume the role of President, EMEA, ad interim, in addition to his current responsibility until February 28. Mr. Pampalone and Mr. Müller will work together over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition in the leadership of the EMEA region and its agriculture activities. "Vilmar is stepping down as President, North America at the end of 2024 after 34 years of outstanding service, having positively impacted many areas of our business across our global regions. He hands over the reins to Scott, who is the natural choice to lead North America,” said Gerrit Marx, Chief Executive Officer at CNH. "I would like to warmly thank Carlo for his 26 years of committed service during which he has spearheaded significant developments across our regions, most recently having taken the helm of EMEA post-COVID and navigating a challenging phase of the agriculture cycle. In Stefano, we have an experienced leader who will ensure a smooth transition until Markus's arrival on March 1. We are excited to welcome Markus to the CNH team and confident that his extensive industrial and commercial experience will drive significant progress across the EMEA region,” said Mr. Marx. CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNH) is a world-class equipment, technology and services company. Driven by its purpose of Breaking New Ground, which centers on Innovation, Sustainability and Productivity, the Company provides the strategic direction, R&D capabilities, and investments that enable the success of its global and regional Brands. Globally, Case IH and New Holland supply 360° agriculture applications from machines to implements and the digital technologies that enhance them; and CASE and New Holland Construction Equipment deliver a full lineup of construction products that make the industry more productive. The Company's regionally focused Brands include: STEYR , for agricultural tractors; Raven , a leader in digital agriculture, precision technology and the development of autonomous systems; Hemisphere , a leading designer and manufacturer of high-precision satellite-based positioning, and heading technologies; Flexi-Coil , specializing in tillage and seeding systems; Miller , providing tillage, seeding and hay & forage implements; and Eurocomach, producing a wide range of mini and midi excavators for the construction sector, including electric solutions. Across a history spanning over two centuries, CNH has always been a pioneer in its sectors and continues to passionately innovate and drive customer efficiency and success. As a truly global company, CNH's 40,000+ employees form part of a diverse and inclusive workplace, focused on empowering customers to grow, and build, a better world. For more information and the latest financial and sustainability reports visit: cnh.com For news from CNH and its Brands visit: media.cnh.com Contacts: Media Relations Email: [email protected] Investor Relations Email: [email protected] Forward-looking Statements All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release including competitive strengths; business strategy; future financial position or operating results; budgets; projections with respect to revenue, income, earnings (or loss) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity, capital structure or other financial items; costs; and plans and objectives of management regarding operations and products, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding the future performance of CNH and its subsidiaries on a standalone basis. These statements may include terminology such as "may”, "will”, "expect”, "could”, "should”, "intend”, "estimate”, "anticipate”, "believe”, "outlook”, "continue”, "remain”, "on track”, "design”, "target”, "objective”, "goal”, "forecast”, "projection”, "prospects”, "plan”, or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Rather, they are based on current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside our control and are difficult to predict. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize (or they occur with a degree of severity that the Company is unable to predict) or other assumptions underlying any of the forward-looking statements prove to be incorrect, including any assumptions regarding strategic plans, the actual results or developments may differ materially from any future results or developments expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include, among others: economic conditions in each of our markets, including the significant uncertainty caused by geopolitical events; production and supply chain disruptions, including industry capacity constraints, material availability, and global logistics delays and constraints; the many interrelated factors that affect consumer confidence and worldwide demand for capital goods and capital goods-related products, changes in government policies regarding banking, monetary and fiscal policy; legislation, particularly pertaining to capital goods-related issues such as agriculture, the environment, debt relief and subsidy program policies, trade and commerce and infrastructure development; government policies on international trade and investment, including sanctions, import quotas, capital controls and tariffs; volatility in international trade caused by the imposition of tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, and trade wars; actions of competitors in the various industries in which we compete; development and use of new technologies and technological difficulties; the interpretation of, or adoption of new, compliance requirements with respect to engine emissions, safety or other aspects of our products; labor relations; interest rates and currency exchange rates; inflation and deflation; energy prices; prices for agricultural commodities and material price increases; housing starts and other construction activity; our ability to obtain financing or to refinance existing debt; price pressure on new and used equipment; the resolution of pending litigation and investigations on a wide range of topics, including dealer and supplier litigation, intellectual property rights disputes, product warranty and defective product claims, and emissions and/or fuel economy regulatory and contractual issues; security breaches, cybersecurity attacks, technology failures, and other disruptions to the information technology infrastructure of CNH and its suppliers and dealers; security breaches with respect to our products; our pension plans and other post-employment obligations; political and civil unrest; volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, including pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), terrorist attacks in Europe and elsewhere; the remediation of a material weakness; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from our business initiatives as part of our strategic plan; including targeted restructuring actions to optimize our cost structure and improve the efficiency of our operations; our failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances or divestitures and other similar risks and uncertainties, and our success in managing the risks involved in the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions relating to the factors described in this press release, which are sometimes based upon estimates and data received from third parties. Such estimates and data are often revised. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside CNH's control. CNH expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to provide, update or revise any forward-looking statements in this announcement to reflect any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based. Further information concerning CNH, including factors that potentially could materially affect its financial results, is included in the Company's reports and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). All future written and oral forward-looking statements by CNH or persons acting on the behalf of CNH are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein or referred to above. Additional factors could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements included in the Company's filings with the SEC (including, but not limited to, the factors discussed in our 2023 Annual Report and subsequent quarterly reports). Attachment 20241216_PR_CNH_GLT_Announcement_NA_EMEA

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President-elect Donald Trump said he plans to sue the Des Moines Register newspaper for a pre-election poll published showing Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump by 3 points in Iowa. Donald Trump said he plans to sue an Iowa newspaper that printed an outlier election poll that showed Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris ahead in the state by 3 points. Trump spoke public for the first time Monday since winning the presidency. He announced from Mar-a-Lago a $100 billion investment from SoftBank Group, a Japanese technology group, into U.S. projects over the next four years. He spoke briefly about the investment alongside Softbank’s CEO Masayoshi Son, and then took questions from reporters for nearly an hour. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort on December 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) When asked about ABC News’ recent settlement in the defamation lawsuit , he said he could see himself moving forward with defamation lawsuits to other people and platforms. Trump hinted at several other lawsuits he was considering, including ones against "60 Minutes", Pulitzer and the Iowa newspaper that printed J. Ann Selzer’s headline-grabbing poll in the days leading up to the election. Here is what to know about the poll: Veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer announced she was done with election polling and moving on to "other ventures" after her pre-election poll in Iowa inaccurately showed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of President-elect Donald Trump in the state he had easily won in 2016 and 2020. A highly anticipated election poll from J. Ann Selzer, the "gold standard" pollster in Iowa, was printed in The Des Moines Register on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, showing Kamala Harris beating Donald Trump by 3 points in the Hawkeye State. The poll was an outlier, and Trump ultimately won the state by a 13-point margin, winning 56% of the vote to Harris’ 42.7%. READ MORE: Here it is: The final 2024 electoral map Last month, Selzer announced she was ending her election polling. "Polling is a science of estimation, and science has a way of periodically humbling the scientist," she wrote . On Monday, Trump said he felt the back-and-forth of the polling printed in the newspaper was "fraud" and "election interference." "She's a very good pollster. She knows what she was doing and she didn't quit before. And we'll probably be filing a major lawsuit against them today or tomorrow," Trump said. READ MORE: Veteran pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling after 'big miss' in Iowa survey ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit that stems from comments made by host George Stephanopoulos, saying that the former president was found liable for rape. Under New York's narrow definition of rape in legal settings, E. Jean Carroll could not prove Trump committed rape. He was instead found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. LiveNOW's Andrew Craft spoke about the settlement with New York based attorney Randy Zelin. Last week, ABC News agreed to give $15 million towards Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit. The defamation lawsuit involved a "This Week" segment with anchor George Stephanopoulos that aired on March 10, 2024. In the segment, Stephanopoulos made an inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. Stephanopoulos claimed during an interview with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. on that day that Trump had been "found liable for rape," which misstated the verdicts in Carroll's two lawsuits against Trump. Neither verdict involved a finding of rape as defined under New York law. Trump sued Stephanopoulos and the network for defamation soon after the segment aired. As part of the defamation settlement, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library that will be marked as a "charitable contribution." READ MORE: ABC, Trump settle defamation lawsuit When referencing the settlement and hinting at other possible lawsuits, Trump said he’s doing it because America needs "a fair media." "I feel I have to do this. I shouldn't really be the one to do it; it should have been Justice Department or somebody else. But, I have to do it," he said. "It costs a lot of money to do it, but we have to straighten out the press." The Source: Information in this article was taken from Donald Trump remarks given from Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 16, 2024, about his ABC News settlement. Information about the ABC defamation lawsuit and settlement was taken from a settlement document made public on Dec. 14 and obtained by The Associated Press.

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ASTP finalizes just part of HTI-2, to the disappointment of health IT developersWASHINGTON — There's a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., speaks during a hearing July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Duffy to be Transportation Secretary. Trump loves that "central casting" look, as he likes to call it. Some, like his choices for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, were until recently TV hosts on Trump's favorite network, Fox News. Mike Huckabee, his pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel, hosted the Fox show “Huckabee” from 2008 to 2015 after his time as Arkansas governor. Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former syndicated talk show host and heart surgeon, was tapped to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans. He would report to Trump's choice for health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., himself a regular on the cable news circuit. Mehmet Oz visits the AW Driving School & License Testing Center on Sept. 23, 2022, in Allentown, Pa. Trump, a former reality television star himself, has made no secret of his intention to stack his administration with loyalists after his decisive 2024 election win — including some whose lack of relevant experience has raised concerns among lawmakers. But he's also working to set up a more forceful administration in this term, and in his eyes, many of those people happen to intersect with celebrity. The trend was not lost on Democratic Rep. 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Chris Christie, a Republican who ran Trump’s 2016 transition team until he was fired, said that eight years ago, Trump held “Apprentice-like interviews at Bedminster,” summoning potential hires to his club in New Jersey. On a call on Tuesday organized by the Council on Foreign Relations, Christie said this year’s Cabinet choices are different than 2016’s but it’s still “Donald Trump casting a TV show.” “He’s casting,” Christie said. Trump has readily highlighted the media experience of his choices as he's announced them. He said Duffy, a former lawmaker and onetime cast member of MTV’s “The Real World," was “a STAR on Fox News.” Pete Hegseth walks to an elevator for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Dec. 15, 2016, in New York. Hegseth, a military veteran, “has been a host at FOX News for eight years, where he used that platform to fight for our Military and Veterans,” Trump said. He also noted that Hegseth's book “The War on Warriors” spent nine weeks on The New York Times “best-sellers list, including two weeks at NUMBER ONE.” As for Oz, Trump said: “He won nine Daytime Emmy Awards hosting ‘The Dr. Oz Show,’ where he taught millions of Americans how to make healthier lifestyle choices." It's also true that those seeking positions in Trump's orbit often take to the airwaves to audition for an audience of one. Tom Homan, Trump's choice for “border czar,” is a frequent Fox contributor. Ohio Sen. JD Vance was chosen as Trump's running mate in part because of how well he comes across on air. Trump's choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, upped his profile when he took to Fox News to argue that a pre-election appearance on NBC's “Saturday Night Live” by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris was a violation of the “equal time” rule governing candidate appearances on television. 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Rubio is the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries,” Trump said of Rubio in a statement. The announcement punctuates the hard pivot Rubio has made with Trump, whom the senator called a “con man" during his unsuccessful campaign for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Their relationship improved dramatically while Trump was in the White House. And as Trump campaigned for the presidency a third time, Rubio cheered his proposals. For instance, Rubio, who more than a decade ago helped craft immigration legislation that included a path to citizenship for people in the U.S. illegally, now supports Trump's plan to use the U.S. military for mass deportations. Pete Hegseth, 44, is a co-host of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends Weekend” and has been a contributor with the network since 2014, where he developed a friendship with Trump, who made regular appearances on the show. Hegseth lacks senior military or national security experience. If confirmed by the Senate, he would inherit the top job during a series of global crises — ranging from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the ongoing attacks in the Middle East by Iranian proxies to the push for a cease-fire between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah and escalating worries about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea. Hegseth is also the author of “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free,” published earlier this year. Trump tapped Pam Bondi, 59, to be attorney general after U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration. She was Florida's first female attorney general, serving between 2011 and 2019. She also was on Trump’s legal team during his first impeachment trial in 2020. Considered a loyalist, she served as part of a Trump-allied outside group that helped lay the groundwork for his future administration called the America First Policy Institute. Bondi was among a group of Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush money criminal trial in New York that ended in May with a conviction on 34 felony counts. A fierce defender of Trump, she also frequently appears on Fox News and has been a critic of the criminal cases against him. Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a well-known conservative who faced sharp criticism for telling a story in her memoir about shooting a rambunctious dog, to lead an agency crucial to the president-elect’s hardline immigration agenda. Noem used her two terms leading a tiny state to vault to a prominent position in Republican politics. South Dakota is usually a political afterthought. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, Noem did not order restrictions that other states had issued and instead declared her state “open for business.” Trump held a fireworks rally at Mount Rushmore in July 2020 in one of the first large gatherings of the pandemic. She takes over a department with a sprawling mission. In addition to key immigration agencies, the Department of Homeland Security oversees natural disaster response, the U.S. Secret Service, and Transportation Security Administration agents who work at airports. The governor of North Dakota, who was once little-known outside his state, Burgum is a former Republican presidential primary contender who endorsed Trump, and spent months traveling to drum up support for him, after dropping out of the race. Burgum was a serious contender to be Trump’s vice presidential choice this summer. The two-term governor was seen as a possible pick because of his executive experience and business savvy. Burgum also has close ties to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs. Trump made the announcement about Burgum joining his incoming administration while addressing a gala at his Mar-a-Lago club, and said a formal statement would be coming the following day. In comments to reporters before Trump took the stage, Burgum said that, in recent years, the power grid is deteriorating in many parts of the country, which he said could raise national security concerns but also drive up prices enough to increase inflation. “There's just a sense of urgency, and a sense of understanding in the Trump administration,” Burgum said. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran for president as a Democrat, than as an independent, and then endorsed Trump . He's the son of Democratic icon Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated during his own presidential campaign. The nomination of Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services alarmed people who are concerned about his record of spreading unfounded fears about vaccines . For example, he has long advanced the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism. Scott Bessent, 62, is a former George Soros money manager and an advocate for deficit reduction. He's the founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, after having worked on-and-off for Soros Fund Management since 1991. If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the nation’s first openly gay treasury secretary. He told Bloomberg in August that he decided to join Trump’s campaign in part to attack the mounting U.S. national debt. That would include slashing government programs and other spending. “This election cycle is the last chance for the U.S. to grow our way out of this mountain of debt without becoming a sort of European-style socialist democracy,” he said then. Oregon Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her reelection bid this month, but received strong backing from union members in her district. As a potential labor secretary, she would oversee the Labor Department’s workforce, its budget and put forth priorities that impact workers’ wages, health and safety, ability to unionize, and employer’s rights to fire employers, among other responsibilities. Chavez-DeRemer is one of few House Republicans to endorse the “Protecting the Right to Organize” or PRO Act would allow more workers to conduct organizing campaigns and would add penalties for companies that violate workers’ rights. The act would also weaken “right-to-work” laws that allow employees in more than half the states to avoid participating in or paying dues to unions that represent workers at their places of employment. Sean Duffy is a former House member from Wisconsin who was one of Trump's most visible defenders on cable news. Duffy served in the House for nearly nine years, sitting on the Financial Services Committee and chairing the subcommittee on insurance and housing. He left Congress in 2019 for a TV career and has been the host of “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business. Before entering politics, Duffy was a reality TV star on MTV, where he met his wife, “Fox and Friends Weekend” co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. They have nine children. A campaign donor and CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, Write is a vocal advocate of oil and gas development, including fracking — a key pillar of Trump’s quest to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market. Wright also has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change. He said the climate movement around the world is “collapsing under its own weight.” The Energy Department is responsible for advancing energy, environmental and nuclear security of the United States. Wright also won support from influential conservatives, including oil and gas tycoon Harold Hamm. Hamm, executive chairman of Oklahoma-based Continental Resources, a major shale oil company, is a longtime Trump supporter and adviser who played a key role on energy issues in Trump’s first term. President-elect Donald Trump tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump promised to dismantle. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s initial term from 2017 to 2019 and twice ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut. She’s seen as a relative unknown in education circles, though she expressed support for charter schools and school choice. She served on the Connecticut Board of Education for a year starting in 2009 and has spent years on the board of trustees for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Trump chose Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary, a position in which he'd have a key role in carrying out Trump's plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Trump made the announcement Tuesday on his social media platform, Truth Social. Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s transition team, along with Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive who previously led Trump’s Small Business Administration. Both are tasked with putting forward candidates for key roles in the next administration. The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of a sprawling Cabinet agency that is involved in funding new computer chip factories, imposing trade restrictions, releasing economic data and monitoring the weather. It is also a position in which connections to CEOs and the wider business community are crucial. Doug Collins is a former Republican congressman from Georgia who gained recognition for defending Trump during his first impeachment trial, which centered on U.S. assistance for Ukraine. Trump was impeached for urging Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden in 2019 during the Democratic presidential nomination, but he was acquitted by the Senate. Collins has also served in the armed forces himself and is currently a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command. "We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families to ensure they have the support they need," Trump said in a statement about nominating Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Karoline Leavitt, 27, was Trump's campaign press secretary and currently a spokesperson for his transition. She would be the youngest White House press secretary in history. The White House press secretary typically serves as the public face of the administration and historically has held daily briefings for the press corps. Leavitt, a New Hampshire native, was a spokesperson for MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting Trump, before joining his 2024 campaign. In 2022, she ran for Congress in New Hampshire, winning a 10-way Republican primary before losing to Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas. Leavitt worked in the White House press office during Trump's first term before she became communications director for New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been tapped by Trump to be director of national intelligence, keeping with the trend to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities rather than veteran professionals in their requisite fields. Gabbard, 43, was a Democratic House member who unsuccessfully sought the party's 2020 presidential nomination before leaving the party in 2022. She endorsed Trump in August and campaigned often with him this fall. “I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community,” Trump said in a statement. Gabbard, who has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades, deploying to Iraq and Kuwait, would come to the role as somewhat of an outsider compared to her predecessor. The current director, Avril Haines, was confirmed by the Senate in 2021 following several years in a number of top national security and intelligence positions. Trump has picked John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman who served as director of national intelligence during his first administration, to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency in his next. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during the final year and a half of Trump's first term, leading the U.S. government's spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. “I look forward to John being the first person ever to serve in both of our Nation's highest Intelligence positions,” Trump said in a statement, calling him a “fearless fighter for the Constitutional Rights of all Americans” who would ensure “the Highest Levels of National Security, and PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.” Trump has chosen former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin to serve as his pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency . Zeldin does not appear to have any experience in environmental issues, but is a longtime supporter of the former president. The 44-year-old former U.S. House member from New York wrote on X , “We will restore US energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI.” “We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water,” he added. During his campaign, Trump often attacked the Biden administration's promotion of electric vehicles, and incorrectly referring to a tax credit for EV purchases as a government mandate. Trump also often told his audiences during the campaign his administration would “Drill, baby, drill,” referring to his support for expanded petroleum exploration. In a statement, Trump said Zeldin “will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.” Trump has named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. Carr is a longtime member of the commission and served previously as the FCC’s general counsel. He has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate three times and was nominated by both Trump and President Joe Biden to the commission. Carr made past appearances on “Fox News Channel," including when he decried Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' pre-Election Day appearance on “Saturday Night Live.” He wrote an op-ed last month defending a satellite company owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk. Scott Turner is a former NFL player and White House aide. He ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term in office. Trump, in a statement, credited Turner, the highest-ranking Black person he’s yet selected for his administration, with “helping to lead an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s most distressed communities.” Rep. Elise Stefanik is a representative from New York and one of Trump's staunchest defenders going back to his first impeachment. Elected to the House in 2014, Stefanik was selected by her GOP House colleagues as House Republican Conference chair in 2021, when former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from the post after publicly criticizing Trump for falsely claiming he won the 2020 election. Stefanik, 40, has served in that role ever since as the third-ranking member of House leadership. Stefanik’s questioning of university presidents over antisemitism on their campuses helped lead to two of those presidents resigning, further raising her national profile. If confirmed, she would represent American interests at the U.N. as Trump vows to end the war waged by Russia against Ukraine begun in 2022. He has also called for peace as Israel continues its offensive against Hamas in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon to target Hezbollah. President-elect Donald Trump says he's chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO. Trump has expressed skepticism about the Western military alliance for years. Trump said in a statement Wednesday that Whitaker is “a strong warrior and loyal Patriot” who “will ensure the United States’ interests are advanced and defended” and “strengthen relationships with our NATO Allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to Peace and Stability.” The choice of Whitaker as the nation’s representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an unusual one, given his background is as a lawyer and not in foreign policy. Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes as Trump has promised to align U.S. foreign policy more closely with Israel's interests as it wages wars against the Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah. “He loves Israel, and likewise the people of Israel love him,” Trump said in a statement. “Mike will work tirelessly to bring about peace in the Middle East.” Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016, has been a popular figure among evangelical Christian conservatives, many of whom support Israel due to Old Testament writings that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Israel is their rightful homeland. Trump has been praised by some in this important Republican voting bloc for moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump on Tuesday named real estate investor Steven Witkoff to be special envoy to the Middle East. The 67-year-old Witkoff is the president-elect's golf partner and was golfing with him at Trump's club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15, when the former president was the target of a second attempted assassination. Witkoff “is a Highly Respected Leader in Business and Philanthropy,” Trump said of Witkoff in a statement. “Steve will be an unrelenting Voice for PEACE, and make us all proud." Trump also named Witkoff co-chair, with former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, of his inaugural committee. Trump asked Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., a retired Army National Guard officer and war veteran, to be his national security adviser, Trump announced in a statement Tuesday. The move puts Waltz in the middle of national security crises, ranging from efforts to provide weapons to Ukraine and worries about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea to the persistent attacks in the Middle East by Iran proxies and the push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah. “Mike has been a strong champion of my America First Foreign Policy agenda,” Trump's statement said, "and will be a tremendous champion of our pursuit of Peace through Strength!” Waltz is a three-term GOP congressman from east-central Florida. He served multiple tours in Afghanistan and also worked in the Pentagon as a policy adviser when Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates were defense chiefs. He is considered hawkish on China, and called for a U.S. boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to its involvement in the origin of COVID-19 and its mistreatment of the minority Muslim Uighur population. Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner , was a vocal spokesperson during the presidential campaign for Trump's priority of mass deportations. The 39-year-old was a senior adviser during Trump's first administration. Miller has been a central figure in some of Trump's policy decisions, notably his move to separate thousands of immigrant families. Trump argued throughout the campaign that the nation's economic, national security and social priorities could be met by deporting people who are in the United States illegally. Since Trump left office in 2021, Miller has served as the president of America First Legal, an organization made up of former Trump advisers aimed at challenging the Biden administration, media companies, universities and others over issues such as free speech and national security. Thomas Homan, 62, has been tasked with Trump’s top priority of carrying out the largest deportation operation in the nation’s history. Homan, who served under Trump in his first administration leading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was widely expected to be offered a position related to the border, an issue Trump made central to his campaign. Though Homan has insisted such a massive undertaking would be humane, he has long been a loyal supporter of Trump's policy proposals, suggesting at a July conference in Washington that he would be willing to "run the biggest deportation operation this country’s ever seen.” Democrats have criticized Homan for his defending Trump's “zero tolerance” policy on border crossings during his first administration, which led to the separation of thousands of parents and children seeking asylum at the border. Dr. Mehmet Oz, 64, is a former heart surgeon who hosted “The Dr. Oz Show,” a long-running daytime television talk show. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as the Republican nominee in 2022 and is an outspoken supporter of Trump, who endorsed Oz's bid for elected office. Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy speak before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at an Oct. 27 campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York. Trump on Tuesday said Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency" — which is not, despite the name, a government agency. The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House “advice and guidance” and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.” He added the move would shock government systems. It's not clear how the organization will operate. Musk, owner of X and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election. Ramaswamy suspended his campaign in January and threw his support behind Trump. Trump said the two will “pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” Russell Vought held the position during Trump’s first presidency. After Trump’s initial term ended, Vought founded the Center for Renewing America, a think tank that describes its mission as “renew a consensus of America as a nation under God.” Vought was closely involved with Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for Trump’s second term that he tried to distance himself from during the campaign. Vought has also previously worked as the executive and budget director for the Republican Study Committee, a caucus for conservative House Republicans. He also worked at Heritage Action, the political group tied to The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Scavino, whom Trump's transition referred to in a statement as one of “Trump's longest serving and most trusted aides,” was a senior adviser to Trump's 2024 campaign, as well as his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. He will be deputy chief of staff and assistant to the president. Scavino had run Trump's social media profile in the White House during his first administration. He was also held in contempt of Congress in 2022 after a month-long refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Blair was political director for Trump's 2024 campaign and for the Republican National Committee. He will be deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs and assistant to the president. Blair was key to Trump's economic messaging during his winning White House comeback campaign this year, a driving force behind the candidate's “Trump can fix it” slogan and his query to audiences this fall if they were better off than four years ago. Budowich is a veteran Trump campaign aide who launched and directed Make America Great Again, Inc., a super PAC that supported Trump's 2024 campaign. He will be deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel and assistant to the president. Budowich also had served as a spokesman for Trump after his presidency. McGinley was White House Cabinet secretary during Trump's first administration, and was outside legal counsel for the Republican National Committee's election integrity effort during the 2024 campaign. 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Top Semiconductor Stocks for 2025! AI Boom Drives Nvidia and Broadcom.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2024-- In a letter to staff at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., today announced his intention to step down as president of the foundation in late 2025 or early 2026, depending on when a successor is selected and prepared to take up the office. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241216559162/en/ Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Photo: Business Wire) He “loves the work we do together,” he wrote, but after serving ten years as president, he explained “this is the right moment to recruit a new president who can lead the foundation for the next decade or longer.” “Harvey has been an outstanding president,” observed Kenneth Moore, chair of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Board of Trustees. “His unwavering commitment to excellence, coupled with a visionary mindset, enables him to synthesize complex ideas into a seamless tapestry of insight, transforming challenges into opportunities and inspiring those around him to elevate their own contributions. He will leave the foundation in a strong position for ever greater achievement in the years ahead.” “I have been fortunate to work with many talented, dedicated, and principled people at the Moore Foundation and elsewhere,” Fineberg noted. “I will be ever grateful to Gordon Moore for inviting me to take up this position, to the entire Moore family for their continuing spirit of generosity, and to all trustees, past and present, who so ably served and serve the foundation.” Next year, 2025, marks the 25 th anniversary of grantmaking by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The board plans to initiate the search for Fineberg’s successor in the coming year. Grantmaking impact Under Fineberg’s leadership, the Moore Foundation’s Environmental Conservation Program extended its reach to market-based incentives alongside expanding place-based conservation programs in such critical regions as the Andes-Amazon, the Great Bear Sea in British Columbia, and the Arctic Ocean. The foundation supported many advances in sustainable fisheries, healthy ocean ecosystems, and marine conservation. The foundation enlarged its support for the conservation funding model called Project Finance for Permanence that brings together governments, communities, non-government organizations, and donors to provide comprehensive and enduring solutions, as in the Herencia Colombia (Heritage Colombia) initiative announced in 2022. The foundation accelerated application of natural capital approaches into development decisions and finance; served as a catalyst for global cooperation on nature-based solutions, and launched a major, new initiative on wildfire resilience. During Fineberg’s tenure, the Science Program inaugurated an experimental physics investigator program to provide core support for leading investigators in the field and established the Moore Inventor Fellows to enable brilliant, prospective inventors to pursue their dreams. The foundation extended explorations in quantum physics and systems biology, exploring such interdisciplinary topics as aquatic symbiosis and the evolutionary origins of motility in micro-organisms; invested in astronomical exploration, observatories, instrumentation, and astrophysics; supported development of novel, biological imaging devices and sophisticated instruments for precise, physical measurement; helped establish big-data, discovery capacity at leading universities; fostered and reinforced open science; adopted a new initiative in green chemistry; strengthened and expanded programs to engage youth in science and to support citizen science; and promoted science in policy through state-based fellowship programs to place scientists in state legislatures and executive offices. In preserving the special character of the Bay Area over the past decade, the Moore Foundation has made critical investments to protect undeveloped lands, natural ecosystems, and vital wildlife corridors. And the foundation is a generous supporter of Bay Area science and technology museums that provide exceptional educational opportunities for the public and spark excitement about science and technology in children of all ages. In unique cross-cutting investments, the foundation funded renovation and expansion of key environmental research stations in the South Pacific and in South America; and supported exceptional, science-based conservation opportunities in the Galápagos Islands and eastern Pacific Ocean. As a physician and public health leader, Fineberg helped ensure the legacy of the foundation’s historic contributions to nursing and the quality of health care, including through leadership programs based at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and a highly consequential initiative on diagnostic excellence. “I am proud of the many achievements by our grantees and grateful for the partnerships with sister foundations and so many others who make that success possible,” Fineberg wrote in his letter. “I want especially to thank my foundation colleagues in the infrastructure, investment management, and program teams, and those in the president’s office, who make work at the Moore Foundation a daily joy and inspiration.” Leadership in science, health care and philanthropy During the COVID pandemic, Fineberg’s fortuitous background in public health lent clarity to the foundation’s policies, and he simultaneously served as chair of the National Academies standing committee on emerging infectious diseases and 21 st century health threats. In that role, Fineberg led in the production of more than 10 rapid expert consultations to assist government decision-making in the early months of the pandemic. During his tenure at the foundation, Fineberg chaired National Academies consensus committees on reproducibility and replicability in science and on a definition of long COVID. Fineberg chaired the board of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2013-2018) and served as a member (2009-2022). He serves as trustee of the CMB Foundation (China Medical Board), an offshoot of the Rockefeller Foundation, and will take up the role of board chair in 2025. He serves on the board of the Israel Institute for Advanced Study and on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine. Fineberg also serves on numerous advisory boards for domestic and international organizations, including the Peterson Center on Healthcare, the Veolia Environment Foresight Committee, the Aspen Health Strategy Group, the U.S. Comptroller General’s advisory board, the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health at Harvard, the Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the scientific advisory board of the Singapore National Research Foundation, the Mavri Program to accelerate biomedical innovation and train physician-scientists in Israel, the Stanford Digital Health Center, and the Center on Diagnostic Excellence at UCSF (University of California San Francisco). He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and, in addition to the National Academy of Medicine, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. As an extension of his leadership at the Moore Foundation, Fineberg chairs the board of the Science Philanthropy Alliance, now including more than three dozen philanthropies that support science and are dedicated to helping philanthropists new to science to make fully informed choices. The Alliance has also been instrumental in promoting the role of philanthropy in the U.S. research enterprise, symbolized by this year’s enlargement of the National Academies’ research roundtable to include philanthropy alongside government, universities, and industry. Before joining the Moore Foundation, Fineberg served as president of the Institute of Medicine, where he engineered its conversion to the National Academy of Medicine. He helped found and served as president of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Fineberg previously served as provost of Harvard University and dean of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He served on the board of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and had taken up the role as chair before resigning to become president of the Moore Foundation. About the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore established the foundation to create positive outcomes for future generations. In pursuit of that vision, we advance scientific discovery, environmental conservation, and the special character of the San Francisco Bay Area. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241216559162/en/ CONTACT: Caitlin Cobb Caitlin.Cobb@moore.org 925-890-9766 KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PHILANTHROPY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION RESEARCH SCIENCE SOURCE: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/16/2024 05:00 PM/DISC: 12/16/2024 04:58 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241216559162/en

NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) — Nico Iamaleava threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns rallying No. 7 Tennessee from a 14-point deficit within the first five minutes to rout in-state rival Vanderbilt 36-23 Saturday. “Man, it couldn't have started any worse,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel told his Vols postgame . “And you know what? Competitive composure ... You just kept coming. That's what elite people, champions do. You just keep coming.” The Volunteers (10-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference; No. 8 CFP) needed a big victory to impress the College Football Playoff committee enough to earn a home playoff game in December. They beat Vanderbilt (6-6, 3-5) for a sixth straight season leaving the Commodores needing to win their bowl game to post their first winning record since 2013. Better yet, the Vols rebounded from a nightmare start giving up the first 14 points by scoring 29 straight points. They led 24-17 at halftime on Iamaleava's first three TD passes. “Once they took the momentum, we kind of allowed them to have it for the rest of the game," Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said. "And you got to credit Tennessee. I mean, obviously, they were playing for the playoffs and credit coach Heupel and his team for their winning performance.” Junior Sherrill returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown for Vanderbilt to stun a mostly orange crowd. Dylan Sampson fumbled on the Vols’ second play from scrimmage, and Sedrick Alexanader's 4-yard TD run on a 26-yard drive put Vandy up 14-0 quickly. Then Iamaleava got Tennessee going with a 28-yard TD pass to Dont’e Thornton Jr. Tennessee got a break when Max Gilbert's 50-yard field goal bounced off the crossbar and over. Iamaleava found Thornton again on an 86-yard catch-and-run TD, then he tossed an 18-yard TD pass to Miles Kitselman just before halftime. Iamaleava capped the opening drive of the third quarter hitting Mike Matthews with a 14-yard TD pass for a 31-17 lead. The Vols added a safety by Tyre West and another Gilbert field goal. Diego Pavia threw a 31-yard TD pass to Richie Hoskins late with Vandy's 2-point conversion failing for the final margin. Tennessee didn't make a good early impression with yet another slow start. The Vols need to hope for some help to have a chance at moving up a spot or two . The big question is whether the Vols get to host a playoff game in December at Neyland Stadium where they went undefeated this season. Tennessee put together TD drives of 91 and 96 yards in the first half alone. The Vols then beat Vandy at its own game of keepaway after not even managing 10 minutes of possession in the first half. They finished with the edge in that stat outgaining Vandy 538-212. Vanderbilt had some of the best offensive success against Tennessee of any opponent this season. The Commodores had 114 yards rushing and 17 points by halftime against a defense that came in ranked sixth nationally allowing just 98.8 yards a game. The Vols had been fourth in the country giving up just 13.1 points a game having held 10 of 11 opponents under 20 points this season. But Lea said the Commodores ran just 11 plays to Tennessee's 44 after halftime. The Tennessee running back, who set the program record with 22 rushing TDs this season, didn't reach the end zone for the first time this season. Sampson finished with 178 yards rushing to reach 1,485 yards for the season, topping the school mark of 1,464 set by Travis Stephens in 2001. Tennessee waits to hear its spot in the CFP field, while Vanderbilt learns its bowl destination Dec. 8. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football.Shares of Nektar Therapeutics ( NASDAQ:NKTR – Get Free Report ) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the five research firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $3.50. A number of equities analysts recently commented on NKTR shares. Piper Sandler initiated coverage on Nektar Therapeutics in a research note on Monday, November 4th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $7.00 price target for the company. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $4.00 target price on shares of Nektar Therapeutics in a report on Monday, September 30th. View Our Latest Research Report on Nektar Therapeutics Institutional Trading of Nektar Therapeutics Nektar Therapeutics Stock Up 0.9 % Shares of NKTR stock opened at $1.14 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $1.26 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $1.30. Nektar Therapeutics has a 52 week low of $0.46 and a 52 week high of $1.93. The stock has a market cap of $210.28 million, a P/E ratio of -1.34 and a beta of 0.61. Nektar Therapeutics Company Profile ( Get Free Report Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy in the United States and internationally. The company is developing rezpegaldesleukin, a cytokine Treg stimulant that is in phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and ulcerative colitis, as well as phase 2b clinical trial to treat atopic dermatitis and psoriasis; and NKTR-255, an IL-15 receptor agonist, which is in phase 1 clinical trial to boost the immune system's natural ability to fight cancer. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for Nektar Therapeutics Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Nektar Therapeutics and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

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