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A WOMAN has been left scrambling for answers after $50,000 disappeared from her retirement accounts. The 86-year-old retiree has tried for over two months to get her money back from Fidelity Investments. Nancy Smith said she'll continue to fight for answers until Fidelity resolves the issue. "I'm not gonna give up, and I have decided not to die until this is over," Smith told ABC affiliate WSB-TV. “Somebody was asleep at the switch, somebody was not doing their job, or this would have never happened." Smith is a retired teacher and mother of five who lives in Fayetteville, Georgia, about 25 miles south of Atlanta . READ MORE ON BANK SCAMS In September, Smith discovered three new joint accounts had been created at Fidelity in her name. Each of the accounts was linked to a different person who Smith didn't recognize. “Eleven different transfers had been made by these three bogus people,” Smith said. Three people sent thousands of dollars in each transfer from Smith's retirement savings to the joint accounts. Most read in The US Sun Then, the money was transferred out of the joint accounts to other individual accounts. “Then they would empty their account into God knows where,” Smith said. Smith said she never signed off on the joint accounts or the transfers. “For them not to even give me a call or require these people to have a signature, I just absolutely cannot believe it," Smith said. "But it's true." Smith slammed Fidelity for not helping her get her money back over two months after it was stolen. As scams become more sophisticated with the use of artificial intelligence, it is important you know how to spot a scam: Be skeptical of online deals that seem too good to be true, especially on social media. Scammers will often use tactics to make you panicked so you make quick decisions - be cautious if you are told to take immediate action and verify who has contacted you. Chase Bank warns customers to "never return any unexpected funds without calling Chase first." Never send money to someone you have only spoken to online or by phone as this is likely a romance scam. Unless you 100% know who you are talking to, never give someone remote access to your device. Never accept help from strangers at an ATM and always be vigilant when making withdrawals. Do not send money or click any links indicating that you have won a prize. Source: Chase.com She said a bank manager even told her over the phone to "lower her expectations." “My mother would be ashamed of me if I said what I would like to have said because I couldn’t go to the Methodist church after that,” Smith said. Fidelity hasn't returned The U.S. Sun's request for comment. FIDELITY UNDER FIRE Fraud investigations can take weeks, a spokesperson told WSB-TV. They added that Fidelity won't discuss individual cases. “To protect customer privacy, we do not discuss individual matters and work with our customers directly to answer any questions they may have concerning suspicious activity," Fidelity said in a statement to WSB-TV. Read More on The US Sun "We understand scams can impact individuals and their families and encourage everyone to take steps to protect themselves and their accounts, including monitoring accounts frequently for suspicious activity and contacting financial institutions directly should anything out of the ordinary, including phone calls or texts from unknown parties, occur.” Fidelity also came under fire in October after the asset manager confirmed 77,000 customers had their personal information exposed in a data breach.

Are ocean waves the future of energy? Scientists say more development neededAmerica is poised for a high-tech reemergence of the technology once used to dispense newspapers and sell goods to commuters in busy thoroughfares a century ago. Digital kiosks are taking over restaurant spaces across the country. A whopping 44% of restaurant brands surveyed by retail tech company Qu anticipated adding self-serve kiosks to stores in 2024. The RealReal analyzed archived news reports and industry survey data to trace the history of kiosk and self-service technology from the 1800s to modern-day fast-food restaurants, where they're finding renewed appeal. Kiosks have been a part of consumer retail culture since the early 1900s. With minimal—if not zero—employees operating them, kiosks take the form of small booths and stands, as well as self-operated racks or machines that dispense goods. Kiosks now also use internet-connected digital displays. It's easy to overlook the pervasiveness of kiosks in our everyday lives. They're in airports and train stations, dispensing tickets to travelers; in convenience stores, enabling you to withdraw and deposit cash with your bank; and in grocery stores, allowing for speedy self-checkout. Bolstered by today's computer algorithms, the technology benefits consumers and business owners by introducing convenience and cutting the cost of doing business. A growing number of consumers, especially younger generations, find them preferable to queueing up for a human-operated checkout counter. The kiosk emerged as a technology-forward solution, allowing business owners to save money and boost profit. One of the oldest kiosks is the 7-foot-tall weather kiosk, installed in 1912 in Knoxville, Tennessee, which provided information about meteorological trends to passersby. Different iterations of the vending machine have been introduced since the late 1800s. The coin-operated newspaper vending machine was invented in 1947, replacing the young men who hawked newspapers in the town square. By 1970, IBM and American Airlines had installed the first self-service ticketing kiosk in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. In 1994, camera and film manufacturer Kodak installed the first self-service kiosks for developing film photography. Kiosks have continuously captured entrepreneurs' interest with their flexibility, accessibility, and low overhead costs—a factor that's only become increasingly appealing as major in-person retail locations started losing consumer foot traffic in the digital era. You might not find film photography kiosks anymore, but mall kiosks attended by humans still exist today—50 years after they began appearing in shopping malls in the late 1970s. As the retail meccas entered their heyday around the turn of the century, these retail setups were particularly effective at capturing foot traffic and impulse purchases from passersby. Whereas permanent mall storefronts have become difficult for mall landlords to fill, human-operated kiosks still remain because they can often be rented for a fraction of the cost. Alongside them, self-service tech and advanced vending machines dispensing things like high-priced tech toys from Best Buy or DVDs from Redbox took root in the 2000s. Mall kiosks, however, are fewer and farther between in the consumer experience, as malls have seen declining interest and major retailers have pulled out of them. By contrast, kiosks are seemingly appearing everywhere in the retail food industry. This slowly began a decade ago and has ramped up since the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurant chain Panera Bread was among the pioneers who first experimented with self-service kiosks in restaurants. Facing increased competition in the fast-casual, healthy eating market, the company began overhauling its restaurants in 2014 with self-service kiosks, an initiative it called " Panera 2.0 ." The overhauled stores quickly became some of its top performers. Once just a novelty in a few restaurants willing to experiment, kiosks are poised to burgeon throughout your favorite restaurants in the coming years—if they haven't shown up already. As restaurant wages rise and industry employment has crept back to pre-COVID-19 levels , kiosks are finding new appeal with restaurant owners. And no longer as an experiment, but as a strategy for growth during a period of high costs. Josh Kobza, CEO of Restaurant Brands International, which owns Burger King and Popeyes, told investors they're seeing consumers warm up to the technology in the past year. Shake Shack now has kiosks in approximately 95% of its restaurants, according to its most recent earnings report . Its executives found that customers spend more ordering from kiosks and that using them required 50 fewer hours of paid labor per week. McDonald's has had digital kiosks in its stores since 2020 . As of October 2023, Taco Bell had ordered kiosks for at least 7,000 of its restaurants in the U.S. now. And if a major chain isn't already installing them, they're piloting or planning to install them soon. Restaurant chains are betting that kiosks can help them build loyalty by improving the customer experience, just as self-service ticket kiosks in airports have been shown to increase customer satisfaction . The kiosks eliminate long waits to order and use more targeted marketing and order histories that follow the customer, creating a more personalized experience. The new era of kiosks may also change how food is priced. Almost 40% of brands surveyed by Qu intend to leverage artificial intelligence to implement dynamic pricing—something digital menu boards and kiosks now make possible. Previously, a business owner had to physically change the price of one of the goods in their vending machine, newsstand, or restaurant. Restaurant happy hour discounts were offered at fixed, predictable times. Soon, discounts and upcharges may change in a matter of seconds as an algorithm recognizes changes in customer demand for individual items on a menu. It won't be new. Airline tickets operate on a dynamic price model that experts say keeps the companies operating and profitable. Still, kiosks may usher in an era where that kind of pricing is more pervasive than in the past. And if history is our guide, the digital kiosks of the 21st century may be here to stay. At least for the foreseeable future. Story editing by Shannon Luders-Manuel. Copy editing by Paris Close. This story originally appeared on The RealReal and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.

NoneCPEC Chili Project earned reward at the ongoing at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Friday. During a featured event-the Trade Promotion Think Tank Exchange and the release of the “One Report, Two Indices”-an awards ceremony was held for the Global Supply Chain Promotion Research Competition. Among the recognized works, the report titled “Enhancing the Quality of Green Agricultural Supply Chains under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Case Study of the Pakistan-China Chili Project”, co-authored by Professor Song Zhihui from Sichuan University’s Pakistan Study Center and Dr. Liu Yajing of China Agricultural University, stood out, earning third prize in the Business Advocacy Award category. Professor Song Zhihui told CEN that as a project aimed at improving the quality of green agricultural supply chains under CPEC, his team was confident from the start in the research’s practical significance and long-term strategic value. “Our case study on the Pakistan-China chili project gave us a thorough understanding of the critical role green agriculture plays in global supply chains. Green agriculture is not only essential for improving product quality and promoting sustainable development, but it is also a vital measure for addressing global environmental crisis and advancing agricultural modernization.” Dr. Liu Yajing noted that the recognition from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) underscores not only the outcomes of deep reflection and exploration by outstanding enterprises but also the potential and prospects for agricultural cooperation within CPEC. The study identified agriculture as a crucial area for bilateral collaboration, aligning with the resource strengths of both China and Pakistan. By sharing expertise and technology, the two countries can address economic challenges, improve farmer incomes, and promote sustainable development. The chili project exemplifies this approach, combining Pakistan’s agricultural assets with China’s supply chain expertise to create significant value. While addressing key challenges in the bilateral supply chain under CPEC, the researchers said that logistical inefficiencies, including inadequate infrastructure and high transportation costs, remain significant barriers. Differences in product standards and insufficient systems for information sharing further complicate cross-border operations. The need for resilient supply chains has become increasingly critical in the face of global economic uncertainties. The researchers proposed several solutions, including improving infrastructure, developing talent through specialized training programs, investing in e-commerce and digital platforms, and enhancing policy coordination between the two governments. These measures aim to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and build stronger connections between the two economies. The chili project under study is from Sichuan Puji Holdings Co.,Ltd., it is recognized as one of the inaugural agricultural initiatives under CPEC.R ugby union still produces some fascinating individuals and John Dobson, the head honcho at the DHL Stormers, is very much one of them. To say “Dobbo” is not your average coach is self-evident from his CV. In addition to degrees in law and business administration from the University of Cape Town there is surely no other top-level director of rugby with a creative writing degree. As he wryly puts it: “I was the only person on the course who didn’t wear a tweed skirt.” As a player he was also, for two seasons, the only white guy in an otherwise exclusively black working-class club side. “What did I learn? How privileged us white people were.” He was conscripted into the South African army during the apartheid era, has had two novels published and is the son of a noted South African rugby writer, referee and historian. He describes himself as “an accidental coach” having started out as coach of his local university fourth XV, but has subsequently guided the Stormers, then in administration, to the inaugural 2022 URC title, the franchise’s first piece of silverware. Stitch together all these disparate strands – he also loves The Cure and the poetry of Dylan Thomas – and you have someone well worth consulting on subjects such as the soul of rugby and the sport’s current health. And once he has retrieved Norman the family dog from the garden – “He’s a lazy, obese beagle” – some nagging concerns are soon evident on the eve of the Stormers’ Champions Cup tie against Harlequins at the Stoop on Saturday. For starters the Stormers are set to field a weakened team, partly because of injuries and logistics but also because of upcoming games against their local rivals the Lions and the Sharks either side of Christmas. While Dobson’s side will be competitive – “We’ll put up a fight in Harlequins , we’re not coming to get our tummies tickled” – he would love, one day, to send up his first-choice XV. “I think we’ve got to sort out the Champions Cup. Maybe because of our presence it’s a bit unwieldy at the moment. People are a bit confused by it and it’s certainly not what it was – to my mind as an outsider – a couple of years ago. That’s what I worry about: if it becomes really vanilla with teams just going through the motions.” He cites last weekend’s pool game against Toulon in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) as a cautionary case study. “We played a Champions Cup game in a beautiful city and I didn’t speak to one Frenchman. Dan Biggar came to our changing room afterwards but we didn’t do anything for them. How is it possible that guys can come from another continent and we don’t even say hello to them? It’s really odd but it’s across the board now. “It feels to me like we’re in a curious space with some of rugby’s values. I’m sounding very old fashioned now but lying down [feigning injury] to try and get the TMO involved? Not speaking to the opposition? I think we’ve all, South Africa included, trampled over rugby’s values a little bit over the last little while. It just feels like [the sport] is a little bit lost.” It is clearly a subject close to the thoughtful Dobson’s heart. “I’m old school. I like that side of the game. When I started with the Stormers some guys weren’t showering after matches. They were just getting into their tracksuits and going home. I said: ‘Jeepers, if we don’t like people here enough to have a cold drink with them afterwards we’re in trouble’. A lot of those old values ... I reckon that’s where the future of rugby could be.” In the meantime he wants his players to appreciate what they have, rather than grumbling about commuting north to play in the freezing British gloom. “I remember last year we were playing London Irish at Brentford and we were training at the Lensbury Club. The guys were complaining having just come down on a long bus ride from Glasgow. I said: ‘Listen, you fuckers. If I’d said a year ago that you could play Champions Cup rugby in London you’d have canoed up the west coast of Africa. Don’t take all this for granted.’” A return to more parochial fixtures, he warns, would be ruinous. “Are we going to go back to playing against the Griquas and Free State like in the 1980s? We’d better behave ourselves; it would be absolutely insane. We’re playing in competitions that are absolutely suited to our DNA. Every breakdown and scrum is a contest, every lineout maul is a fight. That’s actually what winning Test rugby and World Cups are all about.” Once upon a time Dobson played hooker for Western Province and has lived through all kinds of social upheaval in his homeland. Winning World Cups cannot solve every political problem – “The country isn’t united like that for the other three years and 10 months” – but he believes rugby has helped to ease some divisions. “Remember when we had the quota system with a certain number of black players in the team? Now rugby in South Africa has realised how much the so-called disadvantaged communities of the country could bring. Sign up to The Breakdown The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week's action reviewed after newsletter promotion “Players are there on merit and that is where the real transformation is coming. Before there was this stigma surrounding the quota and some of the guys weren’t good enough. I’m not sure about a unified country but in rugby it’s really bedding in deep. And that does help the country, of course it does.” It is another reason why Dobson has chosen the mission statement “Make Cape Town Smile” as his team’s mantra. “What we’ve got in Cape Town is an amazing project. Rugby is so big among all races in the Western Cape so we’ve got this connection with the city. It’s almost a day-by-day version of the Springbok project. “One or two people overseas have approached me to go and coach them, especially after we won the URC. But when the Stormers fire me I’m done in coaching. Panasonic v Mitsubishi would mean nothing to me. If the Stormers win the police say that gender-based violence drops in our poorer suburbs. That makes it a bit more than a game. South African teams always draw on a little extra edge compared to some countries because you’re playing for so much. “Our players get that. If you look at our crowd these people are making amazing sacrifices. It’s not like rugby in the 1980s here when it was all smart people of my background. This team went into administration and was bankrupt. To reconnect it and give it back to the people of Cape Town is my project.” More power to Dobbo and the cause he holds so dear.

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Veteran catcher James McCann , who is coming off two solid seasons as a backup with the Baltimore Orioles, is hitting the free agent market. McCann, 34, began his career with the Detroit Tigers, where he looked to be a star in the making. From there, he went to Chicago, where he made an All-Star Game with the White Sox, before signing a big contract with the New York Mets before the 2021 season. However, McCann could never get it going in New York and eventually was traded to the Orioles prior to the 2023 season. Over the last two years in Baltimore, McCann was primarily a backup and excelled in that role. Additionally, he was a great veteran leader on a young team, which is not an easily found trait. Now, James McCann is looking for a home for 2025. Many teams should be interested in his services as both a catcher and a leader. James McCann Free Agent Profile McCann’s Time In Baltimore After the Orioles acquired McCann, it was clear he was going to play the backup role to Adley Rutschman . However, that did not stop McCann from becoming a key part of the team’s two consecutive postseason runs. During his two seasons in Baltimore, McCann played 69 and 65 games, respectively. He averaged a .228 batting average and a .656 OPS. Those numbers are not incredible, but they will do for a backup catcher. McCann’s Leadership Despite not playing every day or not being a top hitter, McCann was one of the loudest voices in the locker room. Orioles reporter Roch Kubatko noted that one veteran player the Orioles traded for at the deadline noticed that “this is McCann’s clubhouse.” His leadership was noticeable on the diamond as well, whether he was high-fiving guys or talking them up. Additionally, McCann adds a lot of toughness to the team. This was brought to light when McCann’s nose was broken on a hit by pitch, and he stayed in the game afterward. 2024 PitchingNinja Tough Guy Award. ? Winner: James McCann Somehow staying in this game. pic.twitter.com/CZR8Skbdoz — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) November 27, 2024 This type of toughness and leadership was invaluable to all the Orioles’ young players. Besides his on-the-field leadership, McCann is an excellent person off the field. He was the Orioles’ 2024 Roberto Clemente Award nominee, and in his two years in Baltimore, McCann helped the community in countless ways. Potential Contract For McCann During his second go-around in free agency, McCann will not be commanding another four-year, $40 million contract. Spotrac projects that McCann will earn a one-year deal worth about $2.8 million. That is a fair price for McCann’s services, which extend on and off the field. Where Will James McCann Land? The Orioles should be working very hard to keep McCann in Baltimore. Rutschman is still a young catcher, and the leadership McCann provides for not only Rutschman but the whole clubhouse is invaluable. Also, top prospect Samuel Basallo , a catcher, is set to debut in 2025, and having McCann around him could help his growth. Besides the Orioles, it’s tough to tell where else McCann could land. There are plenty of playoff-caliber teams who could use McCann’s leadership and toughness. But a rebuilding team with a young catcher could also try to copy the Orioles’ plan. One rebuilding team that stands out is the Washington Nationals. They showed some spark in 2024, but could not get the offense going consistently. Adding McCann as a leader, helping out young catcher Keibert Ruiz in the process, could be an under-the-radar move that helps the Nationals make a playoff push. This article first appeared on Last Word On Sports and was syndicated with permission.

Iowa had the last laugh, but they found nothing funny about Nebraska’s actions — and made sure they knew it. Following Iowa’s 13-10 win over rival Nebraska on Friday, Hawkeyes linebackers Jay Higgins and Nick Jackson called out Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule and the team’s captains for their pregame antics. They claimed Rhule walked through Iowa’s pregame warmups. “So we immediately knew what type of game this was,” Higgins said. Soon after, Nebraska’s captains refused to shake hands with Iowa’s captains during the pregame coin toss, instead either staring straight ahead or down at the ground when the Hawkeyes reached out their arms. Higgins claimed that on Iowa’s first defensive drive, he told Rhule “It probably wasn’t a good idea to not shake our hands,” to which he says Rhule replied, “Who are you?” Nebraska entered halftime up 10-0, though, before falling apart in the second half. “How good did they feel at halftime? Didn’t shake our hands, up 10, they were probably in that locker room going crazy. But it felt great to beat them. Trophy game, everything was on the line.” Iowa then scored 13 unanswered points in the second half, culminating in a game-winning 53-yard field goal from Drew Stevens as time expired. After the game, Higgins made a beeline toward Rhule at midfield in order to shake his hand. When asked if Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz would ever do anything similar, Higgins took another shot. “No, no, no, never,” Jackson said. “Come to Iowa and be a Hawk, see the difference.” Iowa finished the regular season 8-4 overall and 6-3 in the conference, while Nebraska finished 6-6 overall and 3-6 in the conference. “I can’t imagine being some of those seniors, and then just happening like this again against Iowa, especially the way we played,” Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said after the game. Iowa’s social media department even got in on the fun, posting a video on X of Nebraska’s refusal to shake hands with the caption “ope” accompanied by a laughing emoji.Rebel troops battling Syrian government forces inside Aleppo, claim to control entirety of Idlib provinceEAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Justin Jefferson might be weary of all the safeties shadowing his every route, determined not to let the Minnesota Vikings go deep, but he's hardly angry. The double and triple coverage he continually faces, after all, is a sign of immense respect for his game-breaking ability. The strategy also simply makes sense. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

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SOCIAL MEDIA How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media platforms including X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram until their 16th birthdays is politically popular. The leaders of all eight Australian states and mainland territories unanimously backed the plan, though Tasmania, the smallest state, would have preferred the threshold were set at 14. But vocal experts in the fields of technology and child welfare responded with alarm. More than 140 of them signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemning the 16-year age limit as "too blunt an instrument to address risks effectively." The Australian Parliament has now passed the ban, and the platforms have one year to work out how to implement it. Concerned teen Leo Puglisi, a 17-year-old Melbourne student who founded the online streaming service 6 News Australia at the age of 11, laments that lawmakers imposing the ban lack the youth's perspective on social media. "With respect to the government and prime minister, they didn't grow up in the social media age, they're not growing up in the social media age, and what a lot of people are failing to understand here is that, like it or not, social media is a part of people's daily lives," Puglisi said. "It's part of their communities, it's part of work, it's part of entertainment, it's where they watch content — young people aren't listening to the radio or reading newspapers or watching free-to-air TV — and so it can't be ignored. The reality is this ban, if implemented, is just kicking the can down the road for when a young person goes on social media," he added. Puglisi is applauded for his work online. He was a finalist in his home state Victoria's nomination for the Young Australian of the Year award, which will be announced in January. His nomination bid credits his platform with "fostering a new generation of informed, critical thinkers." Grieving mom-turnedactivist One of the proposal's supporters, cyber safety campaigner Sonya Ryan, knows how dangerous social media can be for children. Her 15-year-old daughter Carly was murdered in 2007 in South Australia state by a 50-year-old pedophile who pretended to be a teenager online. In a grim milestone of the digital age, Carly was the first person in Australia to be killed by an online predator. "Kids are being exposed to harmful pornography, they're being fed misinformation, there are body image issues, there's sextortion, online predators, bullying. There are so many different harms for them to try and manage and kids just don't have the skills or the life experience to be able to manage those well," Ryan said. "The result of that is we're losing our kids," she said. "Not only what happened to Carly, predatory behavior, but also we're seeing an alarming rise in suicide of young people." Ryan is part of a group advising the government on a national strategy to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse in Australia. She wholeheartedly supports Australia setting the social media age limit at 16. "We're not going to get this perfect," she said. "We have to make sure that there are mechanisms in place to deal with what we already have, which is an anxious generation and an addicted generation of children to social media." Skeptical internet expert Tama Leaver, professor of internet studies at Curtin University, fears the government will make the platforms hold the users' identification data instead. The government already said the onus will be on the platforms, rather than on children or their parents, to ensure everyone meets the age limit. "The worst possible outcome seems to be the one that the government may be inadvertently pushing towards, which would be that the social media platforms themselves would end up being the identity arbiter," Leaver said. "They would be the holder of identity documents which would be absolutely terrible because they have a fairly poor track record so far of holding on to personal data well," he added. The platforms will have a year once the legislation becomes law to work out how the ban can be implemented. Ryan, who divides her time between Adelaide in South Australia and Fort Worth, Texas, said privacy concerns should not stand in the way of removing children from social media. "What is the cost if we don't? If we don't put the safety of our children ahead of profit and privacy?" she asked. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Woman 'Bullies' Kashmiri Shawl Sellers In Himachal, Case Filed

Afe Babalola: Dele Farotimi reunites with family after 20 days in prisonExlService Holdings's EXLS short percent of float has fallen 4.53% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 3.66 million shares sold short , which is 3.16% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 3.46 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short Interest Matters Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. Short selling is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises. Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish. See Also: List of the most shorted stocks ExlService Holdings Short Interest Graph (3 Months) As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for ExlService Holdings has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted. Comparing ExlService Holdings's Short Interest Against Its Peers Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis. According to Benzinga Pro , ExlService Holdings's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 6.54%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers. Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it. This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor. © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

The re-emergence of Donald Trump ’s territorial ambitions related to Greenland has added another strange new wrinkle to the presidential transition process. And while it’s highly unlikely that the president-elect will have any success in convincing the governments of either Greenland or Denmark to sever the ties between the European country and its autonomous North American territory, it’s worth looking into the process of how the U.S. acquires new territories — and how that territory could be classified. Greenland has been tied to Denmark politically and culturally for more than a century. Perhaps not recognizing the strength of those ties, the United States has repeatedly expressed interest in acquiring the land and its people; the first push by U.S. politicians to purchase Greenland began in 1867, led by then-Secretary of State William Seward. Little has changed since then. There is no serious interest in the population of Greenland to join the U.S., and there never has been. Close ties between the U.S. and the Danish government dating back to World War II have led to a limited but enduring American presence on the island, however, in the form of Pituffik, an air/space military installation now operated by the U.S. Space Force. The site is one of the U.S.’s most important early-warning missile defense systems. It’s the strategic military and economic interests — compounded by two-thirds of the territory falling within the Arctic Circle — that makes the island so attractive to Trump and other U.S. politicians over the years. So what would Greenland’s acquisition actually look like? Were Denmark and Greenland to suddenly reverse all opposition to the latter joining the U.S., the process would involve a treaty between Denmark and the U.S. That treaty would require ratification by two-thirds of Congress and a signature by the president before taking effect. But Greenland would not become a state automatically. The U.S. controls several territories that have not made sustained (successful) pushes for statehood: American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Were Greenland to be purchased by the U.S. or admitted otherwise, it would become a U.S. territory until a separate statehood process took place. Statehood was last granted to Hawaii in 1959, more than 60 years after the territory was first annexed by the United States following a coup backed by the U.S. military. The territory of Hawaii became the nation’s 50th state after successive statehood bills were put forward and died in Congress before finally reaching President Dwight Eisenhower’s desk. Eisenhower signed the bill, which was then ratified by a statehood vote on the island. In the modern era, Puerto Rico is the most active among the remaining U.S. territories in pushing for statehood. A majority of voters backed statehood in a referendum on the November ballot, though there is no serious movement yet in Congress behind the issue. The District of Columbia, too, has pushed for statehood; Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is a strong advocate for the nation’s capital to be admitted as a state, rather than having its affairs managed by Congress. While both developments would be unlikely under a GOP-controlled Congress and White House, the latter is a near-impossibility over the next four years given the strong liberal bent of the District’s voting population. Were Greenland to be hypothetically admitted as a territory through purchase or diplomatic arrangement, it too would face a congressional battle over statehood. Unlike a treaty vote, it would require simple majorities in both chambers to pass (with the caveat that it would have to avoid a Senate filibuster, requiring 60 votes). The island’s voters would then have the final say. As competition with China and Russia is expected to ramp up due to a warming Arctic, Greenland could remain in the spotlight for some time. More likely than not, however, the discussion in the immediate future will center around the damage the incoming president could do to U.S. relationships around the world with his dreams of territorial expansion and an “America First” foreign policy.