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Daily Mirror
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Bryan Mbeumo told next move is no-brainer as Man Utd and Spurs fight to sign him
Bryan Mbeumo is wanted by Manchester United and Tottenham, with former Old Trafford winger Lee Sharpe telling the forward there is only one club he must join this summer Bryan Mbeumo has been told it is a no-brainer choosing a move to Manchester United over Tottenham. United have already failed with a £55million bid for Mbeumo, with Spurs hopeful the appointment of Thomas Frank as boss can help convince the striker to make the same switch from Brentford. The two Premier League clubs are fighting it out for Mbeumo, but former United winger Lee Sharpe said he must choose the Red Devils over Spurs – despite the lack of European football. United lost the Europa League final 1-0 to Spurs last month, meaning Old Trafford will not play host to European football for only the second time in 35 years. Despite that, Sharpe has told 26-year-old Mbeumo he must choose United, despite the fact he will be turning his back on the Champions League and the chance to link up with his former boss. 'It will be a really tough decision for Mbeumo,' Sharpe told 'To go to Tottenham, playing in the Champions League with the manager you have been playing under and trusts you, knows your game and personality which makes the transition a lot easier. 'But there's only one Manchester United and the opportunity to play for United doesn't come along many times in your career - maybe even not at all. 'I understand that Tottenham are playing in Europe, and might seem like a better option to him, with a manager he knows. But I think that if he can be a part of this rebuild and do well, he will never look back.' Sharpe, who spent eight years at United, making 263 appearances and scoring 36 goals, also questioned whether Jadon Sancho is good enough to play in the Premier League. United winger Sancho spent last season on loan at Chelsea and is facing an uncertain future, with the London club having paid the Red Devils a £5m fee not to make the move permanent. Against that backdrop, Sharpe questioned whether Sancho is cut out for the Premier League and suggested a move back to Germany – where he played for Borussia Dortmund – may better suit him. 'It's been a shame with Sancho, because he's one of the players I would pay an entrance fee to go and watch,' said Sharpe. 'His footwork and ability to take people on is great. 'As a kid, I would have wanted his name in the back of my shirt. I want to watch him dribble and beat players. On his day he's awesome. 'He just doesn't seem to be able to do in the Premier League and the pace the league is at. I think he's quick enough, but I don't know if likes dealing with the physicality. He can go past people like they're not even there and at times he just seems to take the easy option and pass it square. 'With his ability, he should be taking players on at every opportunity and I don't think he does it enough. He's unbelievably talented but doesn't do it enough. Maybe Germany suits him more, where teams don't sit in as much and he has more time and space to beat players.'
Hamilton Spectator
a day ago
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Dundee Corporation Announces Voting Results from 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
TORONTO, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dundee Corporation (TSX: DC.A) ('Dundee' or the 'Corporation') is pleased to announce the voting results from its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 'Meeting') which was held earlier today. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the Meeting, as follows: Appointment of Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were appointed as Auditor of the Corporation and the directors of the Corporation were authorized to fix the remuneration of the Auditor. Details of the voting results are set out below: Election of Directors The shareholders elected each of the seven nominees listed in the Corporation's Management Proxy Circular. Details of the voting results are set out below: The Corporation also announces the departure of Steven Sharpe as Executive Vice Chair with the Corporation's orderly disposition of its non-mining legacy investment portfolio nearly complete. We would like to thank Mr. Sharpe for his valuable contribution to the organization and wish him continued success in his future endeavors. ABOUT DUNDEE CORPORATION Dundee Corporation is a public Canadian independent mining-focused holding company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DC.A'. The Corporation is primarily engaged in acquiring mineral resource assets. The Corporation operates with the objective of unlocking value through strategic investments in mining projects globally. Our team conducts due diligence in order to assess the geological, technical, environmental, and financial merits and risks of each project and looks to deploy capital where it can either seek to generate investment returns or where the Corporation can collaborate with operating partners and take strategic partnerships through direct interests in mining operations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Investor and Media Relations T: (416) 864-3584 E: ir@
Scientific American
a day ago
- Science
- Scientific American
Humpback Whales Are Blowing ‘Bubble Rings' at Boats. Are They Trying to Communicate?
Humpback whales are known for their extensive use of bubbles—from powerful, aggressive bursts that prove their prowess during courtship to the bubble-net 'curtains' they produce to round up prey in a spectacle that often draws tourists from around the world. Now a new study published in Marine Mammal Science explores rare instances when humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae) create dramatic, doughnut-shaped vortex bubbles that look like a rolling underwater smoke ring. On supporting science journalism If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today. Video credit: Simon Hilbourne, Molly Gaughan, Karime Nicholas Researchers at the University of California, Davis, and their colleagues at other institutions—including the SETI Institute, which is known for focusing on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) but is also interested in nonhuman intelligences on Earth—were looking for examples of whales' general bubble behavior when they uncovered a striking video taken by videographer Dan Knaub in 1988. In the footage, a humpback called 'Thorn' blows 19 bubble structures—including 11 rings—over a 10-minute period. 'We were just gobsmacked—like, 'What the hell is going on?'' says Fred Sharpe, a whale biologist at U.C. Davis. 'For a team that's interested in assisting astrobiologists parse unusual signals coming from deep space, it just fell real neatly into our paradigm.... It's so bizarre.' Sharpe and his colleagues soon found more examples on social media and from other researchers. Study co-author Jodi Frediani, a wildlife photographer who is also at U.C. Davis, even noticed a telltale circle in a photograph a friend showed during a presentation about humpback whales. With this phenomenon on her mind, she says, 'I went, 'Gee, there's a bubble ring!'' For the study, the team recorded 12 events across the North and South Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans in which 11 individual humpbacks were seen blowing bubble rings. The researchers described 39 rings in total. 'It's not a lot in the world of whales but enough—and in multiple oceans,' Frediani says. 'It's a really fun paper,' says Syracuse University biologist Susan E. Parks, who studies bubble-net feeding in humpbacks and wasn't involved in the new study. 'It reads like a detective story that's trying to piece together information about something that's not widely studied and happens rarely.' Parks hasn't observed any bubble rings herself—as far as she knows, she says, 'I may have seen them before and never really thought anything of them.' Despite compiling so many examples of the rings, Sharpe still doesn't know what to think about their purpose. 'My guess is that this is what it's going to feel like when we first make contact with aliens,' he says. The researchers speculate that the behavior could be playful. One whale would blow a bubble ring and then swim through it or 'do a spy hop right through the middle of it,' Frediani says—when performing such a spy hop, the whale would peep its head vertically above the surface, right through the bubble ring. Or perhaps the animals' behavior could respresent curiosity toward humans: of the 12 recorded events, nine involved whales that approached the human observers more closely before they blew rings. 'We need the entire human brain trust's help deciphering this. It's almost like [the whales'] blowhole is a mouth, and the symbols coming out are bubbles, as opposed to sounds.' —Fred Sharpe University of California, Davis Could the whales be trying to communicate with us? Sharpe doesn't rule this out as a possibility. He posits that the presence of humans seems to trigger bubble blowing and that humpbacks improve with practice. 'This may be a species-atypical signal that's crafted for people,' he says, 'whales reaching out to humans ... using their own parlance, their own form of communication.' Parks thinks it's plausible that the animals are putting on a display for humans, but she adds that it's too soon to tell with such a small sample size. 'They'd want a lot more [observations] before they could say with certainty,' she says. Because most of the observations were made by people, this could skew the data, she notes, although there were 'two observations from planes, so we know [the whales] do produce them [bubble rings] when people aren't present, too.' Now that more researchers know to look for these bubble rings, Parks says, reported sightings may greatly increase. With more data, Sharpe and his colleagues hope to figure out what the purpose of these swirling doughnuts of air is—and whether the rings could possibly contain information. 'We need the entire human brain trust's help deciphering this,' Sharpe says. 'It's almost like [the whales'] blowhole is a mouth, and the symbols coming out are bubbles, as opposed to sounds.' Sharpe hopes footage from the study will help people feel connected with whales and make them want to protect the animals from human threats such as ship strikes, entanglement, noise and chemical pollution, habitat loss and disruption of the food web. He says that he also wants to find a way to let the whales 'know that they've been heard.' For him, trying to decipher potential messages and find a way to respond puts the team 'in the same place you would be if you were trying to communicate with aliens—and you got a message.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Dave Portnoy sold Barstool Sports for $551M — then got it back for $1 — what to learn from this ‘great trade'
Shortly after selling his sports media company Barstool Sports to Penn Entertainment for $551 million, founder Dave Portnoy turned around and repurchased 100% of the company for just $1 in 2023, according to Business Insider. 'It's one of the [greatest] trades of all time,' he told Shannon Sharpe in a recent interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast. Sharpe then joked that the deal was 'better than the Louisiana Purchase.' Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here's how I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 6 of the easiest ways you can catch up (and fast) Nervous about the stock market in 2025? Find out how you can access this $1B private real estate fund (with as little as $10) Companies don't often sell for less than the price of a candy bar, but Portnoy says a combination of unique factors gave him the opportunity to pull it off. Here's why Penn decided to let him buy the company he founded in 2003 back and what it taught him about getting rich in America. According to Portnoy, the brash image he had cultivated for himself online while building the Barstool Sports business quickly collided with the heavily-regulated gambling and casino industry Penn Entertainment operates within. 'Gambling [is] super regulated, you need licenses,' he told Sharpe. 'If a state regulator in Indiana doesn't like you, you're in trouble. I'm a controversial guy [and] it was definitely creating issues for Penn getting licenses.' Penn Entertainment CEO Jay Snowden hinted at these struggles during an earnings call in 2023, Variety reported. 'Being part of a publicly held, highly regulated, licensed gaming company, it became clear that we were an unnatural owner' for Barstool Sports, he told shareholders. Portnoy also admitted that Barstool Sports was losing money at the time. However, the ultimate trigger for the sale was Penn's megadeal with ESPN to rebrand its sports betting service from Barstool Sportsbook to ESPN Bet, according to Variety. As part of the deal, Portnoy agreed to repurchase Barstool and abide by specific non-compete restrictions. Penn also retains the rights to claim 50% of the gross proceeds from any subsequent sale of the company. As of 2025, Portnoy is still the sole owner of Barstool Sports. But he claims the company's boomerang journey taught him a key lesson about how to get rich in America. Read more: Want an extra $1,300,000 when you retire? Dave Ramsey says — and that 'anyone' can do it Portnoy's roughly $550 million windfall from selling his company underscored a key lesson — building and selling a business can be one of the most powerful wealth-building tools in the U.S. economy. Unless you're already in elite industries like finance or private equity, Portnoy believes entrepreneurship offers a real, achievable path to becoming super rich. To be fair, entrepreneurship is just as risky as it is accessible. Anyone can start a business, but 65% of them fail within the first 10 years, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Even a successful business might not make you super rich. In the first quarter of 2025, roughly 2,368 private businesses were acquired for a median valuation of $349,000, according to BizBuySell. That's far from generational wealth. To unlock tremendous, life-changing wealth, you need to start a business that is not only profitable and successful, but also scaled up in size. A typical mid-size company's enterprise value was $166.8 million in 2024, according to Capstone Partners and only 5% of all businesses in America are large enough to fit in this category, according to JP Morgan. Simply put, entrepreneurship is a great way to build a fortune, but the path is much narrower and more treacherous than most people assume. Rich, young Americans are ditching the stormy stock market — here are the alternative assets they're banking on instead Robert Kiyosaki warns of a 'Greater Depression' coming to the US — with millions of Americans going poor. But he says these 2 'easy-money' assets will bring in 'great wealth'. How to get in now This tiny hot Costco item has skyrocketed 74% in price in under 2 years — but now the retail giant is restricting purchases. Here's how to buy the coveted asset in bulk Here are 5 'must have' items that Americans (almost) always overpay for — and very quickly regret. How many are hurting you? Like what you read? Join 200,000+ readers and get the best of Moneywise straight to your inbox every week. This article provides information only and should not be construed as advice. It is provided without warranty of any kind. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
North Wales Chronicle
4 days ago
- Politics
- North Wales Chronicle
Tearing up strikes law branded ‘recklessness' by Government opponents
In moving to scrap the legislation, introduced by the previous Tory administration, the Government argued it was ineffective, having failed to prevent a single day of industrial action while in force. The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act became law back in July 2023 in the face of fierce opposition. The controversial move allowed ministers to impose minimum levels of service during industrial action by ambulance staff, firefighters, railway workers and those in other sectors deemed essential. It was brought in against a backdrop of disruptive strikes in the NHS and on the railway. Labour promised at the time to repeal the legislation if it got into office. Provisions contained in the Employment Rights Bill, currently going through the House of Lords, will deliver on this pledge. The Conservative opposition frontbench has called for a review to assess the impact on the emergency services of ripping up the law. Describing it as 'a public protection measure', Tory shadow business minister Lord Sharpe of Epsom said: 'The truth is that this law has teeth, it provides leverage, and it establishes a legal baseline. 'The Government want to remove it not because it is useless but because it places limits on how far certain interests can allow disruption to stretch.' He added: 'What is the Government's alternative? If we strip away the only existing mechanism for maintaining safe service levels during strikes, what replaces it? Nothing in the Bill offers an equivalent safeguard.' Lord Sharpe went on: 'We are about to discard the only statutory mechanism for ensuring minimum service level provision during strikes… without evidence, without a plan and without a single word of accountability to Parliament. That is not governance; it is recklessness.' But former general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Labour peer Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway pointed out the legislation had not been used. She said: 'That was because the Act was so widely regarded as unfair and unworkable and, in addition, that it would put fuel on the fire of difficult industrial disputes when all decent people wanted to resolve those disputes. 'Finally, it ignored the fact that life-and-limb voluntary agreements are in place in the industries and sectors where safety is genuinely at stake.' Conservative peer Baroness Noakes said: 'I accept that those in the party opposite, throughout the passage of that Bill, registered their strong opposition to it. 'So I understand that, in power, they seek to expunge it from the statute book. However, that is a grave mistake that ignores the needs of ordinary citizens and places unions above the needs of ordinary citizens.' Fellow Conservative peer Baroness Lawlor said repealing the legislation would appear to many 'as an irresponsible act of Government'. Responding, Labour minister Lord Leong said scrapping the strikes law had been an election manifesto commitment. He told peers: 'It has not prevented a single day of industrial action but has contributed to industrial unrest. 'Before the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, most industrial action was consulted on, and voluntary agreements were put in place for minimum service levels in the interests of security. The system worked perfectly, so I do not see why this Act should be in place.' In reply, Lord Sharpe said: 'All we have done is ask for the Government to pause and consider the real-world consequences of repealing a law that was designed to protect public safety during times of industrial action.' He added: 'There is no analysis of outcomes, no tracking of safety impacts, no consultation findings and no plan for what replaces the protections that they are so eager to tear down. In short, there is no case, just conviction without content.'
