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ANZ Group Holdings Limited ( ASX:ANZ – Get Free Report ) insider Holly Kramer acquired 1,765 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 20th. The stock was bought at an average price of A$28.22 ($17.53) per share, with a total value of A$49,808.30 ($30,936.83). ANZ Group Stock Performance ANZ Group Cuts Dividend The company also recently disclosed a Final dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 19th were issued a $0.83 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, November 12th. This represents a yield of 2.58%. ANZ Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 78.32%. About ANZ Group ( Get Free Report ) Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for ANZ Group Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for ANZ Group and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .



BIG 12 THIS WEEKJalen Johnson scores 28 to lead the Hawks over the Bulls 120-110Tottenham star Micky van de Ven has been linked with a move to Real Madrid Ange Postecoglou will need to think outside the box when his Tottenham Hotspur side host Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Sunday. The Lilywhites suffered their ninth defeat of the Premier League season on Boxing Day—a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest at City Ground. Following Brentford’s 0-0 draw with Brighton on Friday, they dropped to a lowly 12th in the table. Recent results and substandard displays have seen Ange Postecoglou come under a lot of pressure at White Hart Lane. Therefore, he will be desperate to avoid a third consecutive league defeat when Wolves visit North London. The Spurs boss is likely to be without all four of his senior centre-backs for the upcoming game after Radu Dragusin went off injured in the 87th minute against Forest. To rub more salt in the wounds, Ben Davies has been ruled out for two weeks following a setback in his recovery from a hamstring issue. Amidst Tottenham’s defensive crisis, one player has been surprisingly linked with a move to Real Madrid. According to a report from Spanish outlet Relevo , Micky van de Ven has been shortlisted by Real Madrid as Carlo Ancelotti looks to bring in cover for Eder Militao. The Spanish champions didn’t make additions to their backline after missing out on Leny Yoro to Manchester United . With Eder Militao and David Alaba currently sidelined with injuries, the club’s decision not to invest in a new centre-back has come back to haunt them. Ancelotti has no natural centre-backs left at his disposal barring Antonio Rudiger, with his side conceding 29 goals in 26 games so far. As a result, Madrid have started preparing a shortlist of defensive targets for the upcoming winter transfer window. The aforementioned report adds Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven has emerged as a priority target. Among Los Blancos’ other targets are Manchester City star Josko Gvardiol and RB Leipzig’s Castello Lukeba. Van de Ven himself has endured a frustrating second season in North London thanks to persistent hamstring problems. The Dutchman has had three separate spells on the sidelines, missing 16 games in the process so far this term. He was a surprising inclusion in Spurs’ 4-3 defeat to Chelsea earlier this month as Big Ange felt the defender was fit enough to start the game. However, the decision royally backfired as he suffered a relapse of a hamstring injury. When fit, Van de Ven has been one of the first names on Big Ange’s teamsheet. The Wormer-born talent’s explosive pace, reading of the game and recovery runs make Spurs a whole lot better as a unit and allow them to play the high defensive line with minimum fuss. The Netherlands international’s persistent injury problems remain a concern. While he is expected to return in New Year at some point, as confirmed by Big Ange, there is no way Tottenham would sanction Van de Ven’s sale in January even if Madrid are ready to pay over the odds. Instead, we should be adding a quality centre-back to Big Ange’s defensive roster. This article first appeared on To The Lane And Back and was syndicated with permission.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Wade Taylor IV had 15 points and a career-high 10 assists, and Zhuric Phelps had 12 points and 10 rebounds in No. 13 Texas A&M's 92-54 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday. Taylor's 15 points passed Vernon Smith, who scored 1,778 points at A&M from 1977-81, for second on Texas A&M's all-time scoring list. Taylor now has 1,779 career points and needs 212 more to pass Bernard King, who scored 1,990 points from 1999-2003, as Texas A&M’s all-time scoring leader. Taylor returned to action after he missed his first career game on Dec. 20 against Houston Christian. The Aggies (11-2) opened the game on a 7-0 run and never looked back. Texas A&M led 48-29 at halftime and ended the game on a 12-0 run over the final 5:24. Quion Williams led Abilene Christian (8-6) with 14 points. Abilene Christian: The Wildcats lost to Texas A&M 81-80 in November 2021 but were too overmatched this season to have a chance at an upset bid. Texas A&M: The Aggies closed nonconference play on a seven-game winning streak in Taylor’s return. The Aggies used a 14-0 run in the first half to build an 18-point lead. Texas A&M guard CJ Wilcher made three straight 3-pointers during the run, including back-to-back from the right wing during fastbreaks. The Wildcats never got within single digits again. Texas A&M continued to show its depth as the Aggies had 45 bench points. Wilcher led the way with a season-high 14 points and forward Andersson Garcia had 12. Twelve players saw action and all 12 scored. The Aggies start Southeastern Conference play against rival Texas on Jan. 4. Abilene Christian closes nonconference action on Dec. 31 at home against Stephen F. Austin. Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.A New Year's resolution for habitable family housing

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EPL Wrap: Teen’s header piles pressure on Ange, Fulham rise into Euro spots with Brighton winWith the year-end holidays approaching, it is only fitting that former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari is being treated like a Christmas piñata by President Claudia Sheinbaum. During her Wednesday morning press conference, Sheinbaum was asked about a video in which Salinas declared, “My name is Carlos Salinas and I am unemployed.” Then, responding to a question, Salinas adds, “I’m not a pensioner because someone took away our pensions.” «Me llamo Carlos Salinas de Gortari y soy desempleado... Sí porque “pensionado” ya no, ahora que “alguien” nos quitó las pensiones.» dijo @CarlosGortari_ refiriéndose a que @lopezobrador_ les quitó las remuneraciones al terminar su sexenio. 💰 📹 @nexosmexico @GenuinaMedia pic.twitter.com/DXWr5Af2yy — PARI TV (@PARI__TV) December 4, 2024 Salinas was referring to the pension granted to ex-presidents, which was rescinded by Sheinbaum’s predecessor and mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. When asked about this by a reporter, Sheinbaum admitted she had not seen the video before, but invited Salinas to “apply for a pension via the Welfare [Ministry].” During Thursday’s press conference, Salinas’s name was brought up again and Sheinbaum was ready with more put-downs , first insinuating that Salinas did not even qualify as an ex-president. “I don’t call him president,” Sheinbaum said, referring to the controversial 1988 election “Despite the differences I have with Fox, Fox won the presidency, but Salinas de Gortari arrived via electoral fraud. ” Sheinbaum piled on further. “He’s so unemployed, yes, so unemployed. But nobody’s ever seen him fly commercial,” she said of the ex-president, who lives in Spain. During his six-year term which ended on Sept. 30, López Obrador frequently used Salinas as a punching bag. The feud goes back even further, with the former often referring to the latter as “El Innombrable” (“The Unmentionable One”). In 2004 while López Obrador was mayor of Mexico City, leaked videos showed members of Salinas’inner circle taking bribes to finance the midterm elections. His chief-of-staff, finance minister and a borough president were implicated, and López Obrador accused Salinas of being behind the scheme. (An added bit of irony: The borough president arrested as a result of the 2004 video scandal was none other than Carlos Imaz, who was married to Sheinbaum at the time.) Salinas was also a constant thorn in his rival’s side during López Obrador’s first presidential campaigns (2006 and, 2012). A war of words erupted during the 2018 campaign after Salinas penned a critical op-ed in El País , warning the Mexican electorate about the dangers of populism. Earlier this year, López Obrador claimed Salinas was behind a damning report published in Pro Publica, in which Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tim Golden cited a U.S. investigation into López Obrador’s links to drug cartels. So the fact that Salinas is again serving as a punching bag is no big surprise. However, the video that sparked this latest round of insults is over a year old. El Universal columnist Salvador García Soto said it was taken from an interview of Salinas conducted by the media group Nexos as part of its series on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The interview was conducted in the context of the 30th anniversary of NAFTA, which Salinas negotiated with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Canada’s Brian Mulroney. Finally, the framing of the video as an abject former president whining about the elimination of his pension is ironic on two levels. Citing anonymous sources, García Soto reported that Salinas voluntarily canceled his pension in 2001. To be clear, of this there appears to be no prior reporting on the topic; the only former president to publicly decline the pension was Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000). With reports from El Financiero , Serpientes y Escaleras , Pro Publica , La Jornada and Expansión Política

St. Thomas police officers were called to attend a south end restaurant for an assault Friday. Police learned that two individuals were having dinner when a dispute between them turned physical, resulting in a woman assaulting a man with cutlery. No injuries were sustained. According to police, the woman was on conditions not to be around the man. A 47-year-old female was arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and two counts of fail to comply with probation. The male has also been charged with party to the offence and a summons has been requested. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop. Read about us. 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