spin near me In conclusion, the saga of the 32-year-old former star serves as a powerful reminder of the unpredictable nature of football and the importance of making strategic decisions to ensure a club's long-term success. As Liverpool celebrates the windfall from selling a player whose star has faded, they set an example for the rest of the industry, showcasing the rewards that can come from astute decision-making and forward-thinking strategies. Let this serve as a lesson to all clubs: in football, timing is everything, and knowing when to let go can sometimes be the key to unlocking untold riches.

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Actress Blake Lively was arguably the internet's public enemy number one for a couple of weeks in the summer. She's now filed an explosive legal case that she claims lifts the lid on "sinister" tactics used to harm reputations in Hollywood - and which is making people question who and what to believe. Blake Lively had always been a pretty inoffensive kind of actress. She had been in successful TV shows and films, like Gossip Girl and The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. She married fellow superstar Ryan Reynolds. She's friends with Taylor Swift. Then in August, while promoting her latest movie It Ends With Us, she suddenly became controversial , to the verge of being cancelled . She was criticised for comments appearing to downplay domestic violence, the film's theme; while awkward old interviews were resurfaced and repurposed as evidence of bullying behaviour. Public opinion - at least among those who knew and cared - seemed to have turned against her. Then the film came out, the furore died down, and social media moved on. But Lively has now filed a legal case that claims she suffered sexual harassment by It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni - and that when she complained, he and his studio Wayfarer retaliated by waging a campaign to "destroy" her reputation. She was the subject of "a sophisticated, co-ordinated, and well-financed retaliation plan" designed "to silence her", involving a "weaponised a digital army" and fake stories being fed to "unwitting reporters", her lawyers have alleged - and that's why she became the focus of negative publicity. Her lawyers have published text messages sent between Baldoni's publicist Jennifer Abel and Melissa Nathan, a crisis communications specialist hired by his studio to help manage the harassment complaint. They appear to give a rare glimpse into conversations that are normally kept well out of the spotlight. Nathan pitched a strategy to "start threads of theories" on social media, to "create, seed, and promote content that appeared to be authentic", and engage in "social manipulation", according to the legal papers. "You know we can bury anyone," Nathan wrote to Abel in one damning discussion. Now, the people hired to do crisis PR for Baldoni are doing crisis PR for themselves. Abel has said Lively's lawyers "cherry picked" messages to include in their case without crucial context, and that there was "no 'smear' implemented". "No negative press was ever facilitated, no social combat plan, although we were prepared for it as it's our job to be ready for any scenario. "But we didn't have to implement anything because the internet was doing the work for us." The backlash against Lively occurred naturally and didn't need their help, Abel said. Lawyer Bryan Freedman, representing Baldoni and his studio as well as Abel and Nathan, echoed that. He said Baldoni hired a crisis manager due to "multiple demands and threats" allegedly made by Lively, including "threatening to not [show] up to set, threatening to not promote the film, ultimately leading to its demise during release, if her demands were not met". He said the plan drawn up by Nathan's firm "proved unnecessary as audiences found Lively's own actions, interviews and marketing during the promotional tour distasteful, and responded organically to that, which the media themselves picked up on". Overall, Freedman called Lively's complaint "shameful" and full of "categorically false accusations". In recent days, Lively has received support from a string of former co-stars and others in Hollywood. The name of one of her supporters stands out. Amber Heard, former wife of Johnny Depp, told NBC : "Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying, 'A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on.' "I saw this firsthand and up close. It's as horrifying as it is destructive." Heard was on the receiving end of social media hostility during two high-profile libel trials involving Depp in the UK and US in 2020 and 2022. Nathan also reportedly worked for Depp. Freedman responded to Heard by saying the only connection between her and Lively was that "for decades every move they have made has been out there for everyone to see" so the public could "make up their own minds - which they did, organically". Tortoise Media head of investigations Alexi Mostrous, who hosted a podcast called Who Trolled Amber? earlier this year examining the abuse she received, said there were parallels. "In both the Blake Lively case and the Amber Heard case, you see PR companies working with digital media specialists and other 'contractors' to promote online stories beneficial to their wealthy clients in ways that are opaque and not well understood," he told BBC News. "It's an unregulated world where all sorts of tactics can take place behind closed doors." Variety said Lively's case "lays bare a show business process that's meant to operate in the shadows – the hiring of expensive crisis communications experts to sway opinion and uplift clients". Her allegations suggest a "sinister shadow campaign" that went "beyond what most publicity firms in Hollywood see as acceptable", The Wrap's Sharon Waxman wrote . According to Rory Lynch, partner and head of reputation management law at Gateley Legal, it is "quite a common tactic" in Hollywood and business disputes to "have PRs on both sides planting negative stories, sometimes false stories, about the opposition". "Even back in the golden era of Hollywood, there were rumours that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were using PR professionals to negatively brief against each other." However, the PR people who worked for Baldoni and his studio "dropped the ball a little bit" by discussing tactics in texts, he told BBC News. "It doesn't surprise me, especially in the US and Hollywood, that you've got quite aggressive crisis PR people. "But the fact that they put that in writing, I think, was possibly not the wisest thing. Normally they might do something like that over the phone." Lively herself is "a sophisticated operator" who will "have her own PR people working away in the background as well", Lynch added. The New York Times , which broke the story of Lively's complaint at the weekend, said she "denied that she or any of her representatives planted or spread negative information about Mr Baldoni or Wayfarer". The paper also pointed out that "it is impossible to know how much of the negative publicity" towards Lively was originally seeded by those working on behalf of Baldoni, "and how much they noticed and amplified". Many fans who turned against Lively now see the situation in a different light. "We are so able to be manipulated into hating a woman that all it takes is a co-ordinated PR effort for us to switch sides against a domestic abuse victim, or a long-beloved American sweetheart," wrote Maddy Mussen in the Standard . "Now our eyes are open, will we be harder to fool? Or will we still want any excuse to turn on a famous woman who is suddenly, in our eyes and the eyes of the ones manipulating us, no longer worthy?" The Guardian's Laura Snapes wrote that she and her friends had now "looked back, horrified, on what we had said about her in recent months". She added: "Lively's complaint has left my head spinning. What can you really trust?"With little savings and a dream in his heart, Liang arrived in Wuhan with a simple plan – to start a small business selling ice cream. Despite facing challenges and uncertainty, Liang was determined to make it work, not just for himself, but for the love of his life.In recent weeks, there have been reports of increased activity by the Syrian opposition forces, with some even suggesting that they have gained ground in certain strategic areas. The timing of these developments has raised eyebrows, as they come at a time when Turkey, a key player in the region, has seemingly turned a blind eye to the actions of the opposition.

As we celebrate this record-breaking sale, we are reminded of the timeless appeal of movies and the treasures they bring into our lives. The ruby slippers may now belong to a private collector, but their magic lives on in the hearts of fans everywhere, proving that some pieces of movie history are truly priceless.The captain of the 707 Special Forces unit, a seasoned veteran with a long and distinguished service record, found himself at the center of a humiliating incident that has shaken the very foundation of the unit. During a routine training exercise, a critical mistake was made that resulted in a significant loss of equipment and compromised the safety of the team. The captain, overwhelmed with guilt and regret, could not contain his emotions and broke down in tears in front of his subordinates.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Super Micro Computer, a stock that’s been on an AI-driven roller coaster, soared 28.7% to lead the market. Following allegations of misconduct and the resignation of its public auditor , the maker of servers used in artificial-intelligence technology said an investigation found no evidence of misconduct by its management or by the company’s board. It also said that it doesn’t expect to restate its past financials and that it will find a new chief financial officer, appoint a general counsel and make other moves to strengthen its governance. Big Tech stocks also helped prop up the market. Gains of 1.8% for Microsoft and 3.2% for Meta Platforms were the two strongest forces pushing upward on the S&P 500. Intel was another propellant during the morning, but it lost an early gain to fall 0.5% after the chip company said CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the board. Intel is looking for Gelsinger’s replacement, and its chair said it’s “committed to restoring investor confidence.” Intel recently lost its spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Nvidia, which has skyrocketed in Wall Street’s frenzy around AI. Stellantis, meanwhile, skidded following the announcement of its CEO’s departure . Carlos Tavares steps down after nearly four years in the top spot of the automaker, which owns car brands like Jeep, Citroën and Ram, amid an ongoing struggle with slumping sales and an inventory backlog at dealerships. The world’s fourth-largest automaker’s stock fell 6.3% in Milan. The majority of stocks in the S&P 500 likewise fell, including California utility PG&E. It dropped 5% after saying it would sell $2.4 billion of stock and preferred shares to raise cash. Retailers were mixed amid what’s expected to be the best Cyber Monday on record and coming off Black Friday . Target, which recently gave a forecast for the holiday season that left investors discouraged , fell 1.2%. Walmart , which gave a more optimistic forecast, rose 0.2%. Amazon, which looks to benefit from online sales from Cyber Monday, climbed 1.4%. All told, the S&P 500 added 14.77 points to 6,047.15. The Dow fell 128.65 to 44,782.00, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 185.78 to 19,403.95. The stock market largely took Donald Trump’s latest threat on tariffs in stride. The president-elect on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a group of developing economies if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar. Trump said he wants the group, headlined by Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promise it won’t create a new currency or otherwise try to undercut the U.S. dollar. The dollar has long been the currency of choice for global trade. Speculation has also been around a long time that other currencies could knock it off its mantle, but no contender has come close. The U.S. dollar’s value rose Monday against several other currencies, but one of its strongest moves likely had less to do with the tariff threats. The euro fell amid a political battle in Paris over the French government’s budget . The euro sank 0.7% against the U.S. dollar and broke below $1.05. In the bond market, Treasury yields gave up early gains to hold relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed above 4.23% during the morning before falling back to 4.19%. That was just above its level of 4.18% late Friday. A report in the morning showed the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted again last month, but not by as much as economists expected. This upcoming week will bring several big updates on the job market, including the October job openings report, weekly unemployment benefits data and the all-important November jobs report. They could steer the next moves for Federal Reserve, which recently began pulling interest rates lower to give support to the economy. Economists expect Friday’s headliner report to show U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in November, coming off October’s lackluster growth that was hampered by damaging hurricanes and strikes. “We now find ourselves in the middle of this Goldilocks zone, where economic health supports earnings growth while remaining weak enough to justify potential Fed rate cuts,” according to Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. In financial markets abroad, Chinese stocks led gains worldwide as monthly surveys showed improving conditions for manufacturing, partly driven by a surge in orders ahead of Trump’s inauguration next month. Both official and private sector surveys of factory managers showed strong new orders and export orders, possibly partly linked to efforts by importers in the U.S. to beat potential tariff hikes by Trump once he takes office. Indexes rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 1.1% in Shanghai. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid a mixed Monday of trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% from its all-time high set on Friday to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

Shimla: Finding a retired professor and Umang Foundation chairperson, Ajai Srivastava , indulging in "misadventure" by filing "publicity interest litigation," the Himachal Pradesh high court slapped him with a fine of Rs 50,000. The division bench, comprising acting chief justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and justice Satyen Vaidya, while dismissing Srivastava's petition with cost on Monday, held, " Not only is there no merit in this petition, but we find the same to be mischievous, having been filed with an oblique motive of getting publicity but at the same time, adversely affecting the rights of respondents No 4 to 7 (employees of Observation Home, Hira Nagar, Shimla)." Mincing no words, the division bench said that the retired professor was not expected to behave like a "knight errant roaming at will" in pursuit of issues providing publicity. "The petitioner, to say the least, was negligent and reckless in indirectly besmirching the character of others, more particularly, respondents No. 4 to 7, who have unnecessarily been dragged into this litigation and, on account of this petition, have suffered untold humiliation, miseries, and sufferings," held the division bench. Out of the Rs 50,000 fine slapped on Srivastava, he would pay Rs 35,000 to respondent No 4 and Rs 5,000 each to respondents No. 5, 6, and 7 as token damages within a period of two weeks. The court also clarified that this judgment shall not come in the way of the private respondents in claiming damages from the petitioner in case they are entitled to. "It is on account of the wild, reckless, and unsubstantiated allegations levelled by the petitioner that respondent No. 4 lost his job apart from being condemned and maligned. Even respondents No. 5 to 7, though not losing their job, have had their reputation tarnished in the public, and thus their rights need to be vindicated and their reputation restored," observed the court. The division bench further added, "It is more than settled that public interest litigation is a weapon, which has to be used with great care and circumspection, and the judiciary has to be extremely careful to see that behind the beautiful veil of public interest, an ugly private malice, vested interest, or public interest seeking is not lurking. It is to be used as an effective weapon in the armoury of law for delivering social justice to the citizens." The case Srivastava, on May 13 addressed a letter to the high court chief justice alleging gross violation of human rights of the children in conflict with law lodged at the Observation Home, Hira Nagar in Shimla, which was treated as a criminal writ petition public interest litigation, but eventually, all his allegations were found not to be true. In the meanwhile, services of the superintendent of Observation Home were terminated. The court directed the officials to maintain status quo regarding respondents No. 4 to 7 as existing prior to Srivastava's letter, along with all consequential benefits. MSID:: 116632069 413 | Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword . Spread love this holiday season with these Christmas wishes , messages , and quotes .

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One of the key tenets of China's foreign policy towards South Korea is the principle of non-interference in each other's internal affairs. This principle underscores China's respect for South Korea's sovereignty and the recognition of its right to pursue independent domestic policies without external interference. By upholding this principle, China not only demonstrates its commitment to the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference but also cultivates a foundation of mutual trust and respect in its relations with South Korea.Trump aims to appoint son-in-law’s father as US ambassador to FrancePresident-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Mr Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. Mr Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post, calling Charles Kushner “a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker”. Mr Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former senior Trump adviser who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka. The elder Mr Kushner was pardoned by Trump in December 2020 after pleading guilty years earlier to tax evasion and making illegal campaign donations. Prosecutors alleged that after Charles Kushner discovered his brother-in-law was co-operating with federal authorities in an investigation, he hatched a scheme for revenge and intimidation. Mr Kushner hired a prostitute to lure his brother-in-law, then arranged to have the encounter in a New Jersey motel room recorded with a hidden camera and the recording sent to his own sister, the man’s wife, prosecutors said. Mr Kushner eventually pleaded guilty to 18 counts including tax evasion and witness tampering. He was sentenced in 2005 to two years in prison – the most he could receive under a plea deal, but less than what Chris Christie, the US attorney for New Jersey at the time and later governor and Republican presidential candidate, had sought. Mr Christie has blamed Jared Kushner for his firing from Mr Trump’s transition team in 2016, and has called Charles Kushner’s offences “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted when I was US attorney”. Mr Trump and the elder Mr Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.

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mainstay has reportedly taken a significant pay cut to stay with the network The popular anchor and host of the eponymously titled has renegotiated a new five-year contract, which sees her typical $30 million annual salary now down to $25 million, according to “This is a difficult time and they needed to keep her. No one else can do what she does. You can’t build a brand like it overnight,” one executive told the publication of the network’s decision. has contacted MSNBC for further comment. The left-leaning news channel has seen a drop in ratings after ’s election victory, with Nielson ratings showing a 40 percent drop compared to last year’s ratings, reported. Network producers are also having to figure out how to properly platform conservative voices on the “only safe space for a liberal TV audience,” another insider told “We were so Harris propaganda that when she lost, viewers were shocked,” one anonymous on-air pundit told the outlet. “It turned into one giant circle j**k and echo chamber. If MSNBC wants to be of service to its viewers, they can’t keep them in fantasy land.” Maddow, 51, was praised by one executive network who called her “ratings Viagra.” She first joined MSNBC in January 2008 as a political analyst and a regular panelist on its program with David Gregory. She was also a substitute host for its show. In August of that year, the channel announced would replace its ’s 9 p.m. slot the following month. With her new contract, Maddow will continue hosting her Monday-night show in addition to producing podcasts and documentaries for the network. Maddow’s pay cut comes amid an increasingly rocky media landscape. Just last week veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace announced he was departing CNN However, it was later reported that his exit came after he was informed his two shows — and were getting canceled, and his His salary reduction came as part of the company’s wider cost-cutting initiatives, according to . It was also reported that CNN chief executive Mark Thompson had told Wallace he was welcome to stay with the network – but as an analyst with a much lower salary. Wallace insisted that he did not partake in any discussions about his future with the network, telling the outlet: “It doesn’t matter what was or wasn’t said in that meeting because I had already decided with my wife six months ago to leave CNN. Any further speculation is irrelevant.”