online game app to earn money TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended Tuesday narrowly in the red, weighed down by losses in energy and base metals stocks, while U.S. markets moved higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 5.21 points at 25,405.14. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 123.74 points at 44,860.31. The S&P 500 index was up 34.26 points at 6,021.63, while the Nasdaq composite was up 119.46 points at 19,174.30. The Canadian dollar traded for 71.01 cents US compared with 71.53 cents US on Monday. The January crude oil contract was down 17 cents at US$68.77 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up three cents at US$3.47 per mmBTU. The December gold contract was up US$2.80 at US$2,621.30 an ounce and the March copper contract was down four cents at US$4.12 a pound. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2024. Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD) The Canadian Press

NoneSHENZHEN, China , Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 26, 2024 , Access Advance LLC ("AA") and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited ("TCL" or "Client") announced that TCL had officially joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool as a licensee. PurpleVine IP Group ("PurpleVine") played a pivotal role in this achievement, providing full-spectrum services, including strategic planning, global litigation management, and licensing negotiation support. PurpleVine's efforts were instrumental in helping TCL finalize agreements with AA and multiple HEVC Advance licensors, resolving years of complex global litigation over HEVC standard-essential patents("SEPs"). Since 2021, leading HEVC Advance licensors - including Dolby, GEVC, Philips, Mitsubishi Electric, JVCKENWOOD, NEC, ETRI, and IP Bridge - have filed dozens of infringement lawsuits and sought injunctions against TCL across jurisdictions such as Germany , the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Europe , and Brazil . PurpleVine provided TCL with a comprehensive defense strategy tailored to each jurisdiction. Working closely with local counsel, the PurpleVine team devised FRAND-compliant arguments, non-infringement defenses, and patent invalidation strategies that not only neutralized injunction threats but also achieved an outstanding success rate of over 90% in invalidating asserted patents during first-instance rulings. PurpleVine also spearheaded counteractions against AA and HEVC Advance licensors in multiple jurisdictions, including China , Brazil , and Germany . Notably, PurpleVine assisted TCL in filing two landmark cases in Chinese courts - one challenging SEP licensing rates and another alleging abuse of market dominance. These cases were the first in the world where courts asserted jurisdiction over SEP pool licensing rates and alleged monopolistic practices, setting a groundbreaking legal precedent. Daniel Fu , General Counsel of TCL, stated, "We are pleased to have signed a license with Access Advance's HEVC patent pool, with the help of PurpleVine IP. The transaction is beneficial to the licensing ecosystem and the development of cutting-edge technologies for the welfare of consumers." This multi-jurisdictional case, involving complex legal challenges, spanning several years, highlights PurpleVine's expertise in managing high-stakes IP disputes. PurpleVine's strategic leadership, effective litigation management, and skilled negotiations reaffirm its position as a leading provider of cross-border intellectual property services. Disclaimer: This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or an official statement regarding litigation. About PurpleVine IP Group PurpleVine IP Group, based in Shenzhen, China , is a leading intellectual property service provider with a global perspective. The firm offers one-stop IP services, including patent and trademark prosecution, analysis, global transactions, licensing negotiations, and dispute resolution. The core members of PurpleVine's litigation and dispute resolution team have backgrounds in top international law firms and leading corporate legal departments. They have managed patent litigation and invalidation cases in over 50 courts worldwide. The firm also includes SEP (Standard Essential Patent) experts from the telecommunications industry, who have been involved in hundreds of patent licensing negotiations and litigations. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/purplevine-drives-tcls-successful-entry-into-the-hevc-advance-patent-pool-302320761.html SOURCE PurpleVine IP

SAN ANTONIO — Can Coach Prime afford to stand pat on Pat Shurmur? Deion Sanders turned up in Boulder two Decembers ago with an NFL-ready pocket passer ready to take the wheel. He won’t have that in 2025. Kaidon Salters isn’t Shedeur Sanders. Julian Lewis won’t be as a true freshman. As an NFL lifer, offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur smoothed over some of what few rough edges Shedeur had left in his game. But as a 36-14 shellacking in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night cautioned America ... not all of them. Instead of finishing off his collegiate tenure with 10 wins and a signature take-me-with-the-first-pick moment, Son of Prime held onto the rock too long and checked into “hero ball” mode, time and again. The Buffs offense faced five distances of 3 yards or fewer in the first half before things went flying off the rails. CU threw it on four of them. Three passes netted only 1 yard and another drop-back, on third-and-3, turned into a 23-yard loss on a sack. Which then became a missed field goal from 48 yards out. “Yeah, (there) was nothing that we did great tonight,” Shedeur reflected after the game. “Ditto,” his father replied. So how much of that was on Shurmur and how much was on No. 2? We’re about to find out. If BYU reminded Buffs fans of anything at the Alamodome, besides pain, it was the power of balance. The Cougars won almost every battle along the line of scrimmage, then ran away — BYU went for 180 on the ground, with 6-foot-2 hammer LJ Martin accounting for 93 of those — and hid. Salter or Lewis could sure use a Martin of their own, at least in the short term. “They did a wonderful job,” the elder Sanders said late Saturday night when asked about his coordinators. “I’m proud of them. I love them for life. They know how to communicate with all our young men. They really put them in positions for them to be extremely successful. And I love what we had. I’m proud of those two.” One of the worst-kept secrets in BoCo is that Shedeur had more or less been CU’s de facto play-caller since his arrival. With Sean Lewis, it didn’t take. With Shurmur, it improved. After a few roster overhauls via the transfer portal, it clicked. The good far outweighed the bad. But Shurmur doesn’t have a top-5 pick pulling the strings now, nor a Heisman Trophy winner in Travis Hunter who could out-leap double teams and out-run entire defenses. Nobody’s seen a Coach Prime offense in college without Shedeur running it. Which makes Shurmur one of the more pivotal, and fascinating, storylines of the winter and spring prep to come. How much power will the OC really have in the post-Shedeur Era? Will he adapt his pro-style proclivities to better fit Salter or Lewis? Will he be flexible enough to sprinkle in more option or zone-read looks, the way BYU did with its quarterback, Jake Retzlaff, a dangerous, instinctive runner but a wildly inconsistent passer? If asked to meet in the middle, to compromise, can he get there? “We’ve established expectation,” Coach Prime said after the game. “So now you expect us to perform a certain way. You expect us to win. You expect us to be exciting. You expect us to (be) a lot more disciplined than we’ve displayed (Saturday). You just have expectations of us now. That’s what we’ve established.” Sure have. But the only thing harder than dragging a program to elevation is keeping it there. You just hope Shedeur left Shurmur a spare set of keys on the way out the door. ©2024 MediaNews Group, Inc. Visit at denverpost.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Here’s how HP’s CEO says the company is thinking about possible tariffs - MarketWatch

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A reinterpretation of Trump’s ‘ENCS’ (KOR) Published: 30 Dec. 2024, 09:06 AN PYEONG-EOK The author is a professor of international relations at Daegu University. Donald Trump will resume the job of president of the United States on January 20, 2025. For trade partners with a surplus, such as China, Korea and Germany, to prepare for a tariff war and new international order, the “Trump Doctrine” must be understood correctly. Gideon Rachman, an international affairs columnist for the Financial Times, and experts sum up Trump’s major policies with the abbreviation “ENCS.” The following is a reinterpretation of “ENCS” from Korea’s point of view. The first is “Economy.” During the campaign, Trump liked to say “tariff” was the most beautiful word. He strictly calculates gains and loses even when dealing with military allies and friendly countries. A notable example is demanding that Korea increase its contribution to United States Forces Korea ninefold. Second, in putting the “Nation-State” at the forefront, Trump considers international organizations nuisances. He said during the 2016 campaign that the EU was a means for Germany to gain an advantage and that Brexit was a great thing. He became friends with Nigel Farage, who led the movement in the Britain to leave the EU at the time of Brexit. His first overseas trip after his inauguration in May 2017 was to Brussels, the administrative capital of the EU, but he only revealed differences in positions with the EU as he advocated for trade protectionism and was indifferent to climate change. The third is “Culture.” Rather than universal human values such as human rights and democracy, he puts culture and identity first. While the United States is a country built on immigration, he even wants to reduce legal immigration. He puts white people at the center and is wary of the rest as “others” who threaten the country. European far-right parties share the idea. RN of France and AfD of Germany openly promote exaggerated worries that too many Muslim immigrants are coming in to replace the white population. The last one is “Spheres of Influence.” The plan calls for the United States to selectively intervene in terms of the spheres of influence. Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned NATO’s eastward expansion as a justification to invade Ukraine. Trump’s point of view is that a war is not necessary if Russia’s sphere of influence is recognized. Since his reelection, Trump has been pressuring Ukraine for an early ceasefire and EU members to take responsibility for wars related to Europe’s security. France and Poland have started to discuss sending peacekeeping forces made up of EU members after a ceasefire. The Trump Doctrine is the polar opposite of the proliferation of free trade and democracy pursued by the United States after World War II. Now, let’s forget the country that showed the way like a lighthouse in the rough seas of international politics, the model of democracy leading the world. We have to quickly adjust to an unfamiliar United States drawn up by Trump 2.0. ‘ENCS’로 요약되는 트럼프 독트린의 정체 안병억 대구대 교수(국제관계) 도널드 트럼프가 새해 1월 20일 미국 대통령 집무를 재개한다. 중국과 한국, 독일 등 대미 무역흑자국들이 트럼프발 관세전쟁과 새 국제질서에 대비하려면 ‘트럼프 독트린’을 명확히 이해해야 한다. 영국 일간지 파이낸셜타임스(FT)의 국제문제 칼럼니스트 기디언 래크먼과 전문가들이 트럼프의 주요정책을 영어 약어 ‘ENCS’로 정리했다. 이 기사를 우리나라 입장에서 재해석하면 이렇다. 우선, 경제(Economy)다. 트럼프는 유세 전쟁에서 “관세가 가장 아름다운 단어”라고 즐겨 말했다. 군사동맹, 우방국이라도 철저하게 거래하며 이해타산을 따진다. 주한미군 방위 분담금을 9배 인상하라는 요구가 대표적이다. 둘째, 민족국가(Nation State)를 전면에 내세우는 한편, 국제기구는 매우 성가신 존재로 여긴다. 그는 2016년 대선에서 유럽연합(EU)은 “독일이 이득을 보는 수단”, 영국이 EU를 탈퇴하는 브렉시트는 “멋진 일”이라고 평했다. 영국의 EU 탈퇴 운동을 주도한 나이절 패라지와 브렉시트를 계기로 친분을 맺었다. 대통령 취임 후 첫 해외순방으로 2017년 5월 말 EU의 행정수도 브뤼셀을 방문했지만, 보호무역에 앞장서고 기후변화에 무관심한 트럼프는 정반대 입장인 EU와 견해차만 드러냈다. 문화(Culture)가 세 번째다. 인권이나 민주주의 같은 인류 보편의 공통적인 가치가 아니라 문화와 정체성을 앞장세운다. 미국은 이민자가 가꿔온 나라이지만 합법적인 이민조차 줄이려 한다. 백인을 중심에 놓고, 나머지는 미국을 위협하는 타자로 경계한다. 유럽 극우정당들과 같은 생각이다. 프랑스의 국민연합(RN)이나 독일대안당(AfD)은 ‘이슬람 이민자들이 너무 많이 들어와 백인을 대체한다’는 과장된 우려를 공공연하게 드러낸다. 마지막은 세력권(Spheres of Influence)이다. 미국이 세력권을 기준으로 국제분쟁에 지극히 선택적으로 개입해야 한다는 구상이다. 러시아의 푸틴은 우크라이나 침략 명분으로 나토의 동진을 거론했다. 트럼프가 볼 때 러시아의 세력권을 인정해주면 전쟁은 불필요했다. 그는 지난달 재선부터 우크라이나에 조기 휴전을, EU 회원국들에는 유럽 안보와 관련된 전쟁은 유럽이 책임지라고 강하게 압박 중이다. 프랑스와 폴란드 일부에서 휴전 후 EU 회원국들로 구성된 평화유지군 파견이 논의되는 것도 이런 배경에서다. 트럼프 독트린은 2차대전 후 미국이 실행한 자유무역과 민주주의 확산과 극과 극이다. 이제는, 국제정치라는 거센 바다에서 등대처럼 항로를 제시한 미국, 민주주의 모범국으로서 세계를 이끈 미국을 잊자. 트럼프 2.0이 그리는 낯선 미국에 빨리 적응해야 한다.Activating your credit card? Don’t skip the mobile wallet step

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With over five million units sold globally in the past year, Tineco reinforces its leadership in the industry SEATTLE , Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Tineco is proud to announce that Euromonitor International, the world's leading independent provider of strategic market research, has recognized the company as the #1 global leader in the household wet & dry vacuum cleaner category * . With over five million units sold between July 1, 2023 , and June 30, 2024 , the honor reflects Tineco's commitment to innovation and quality in the home cleaning sector. Harnessing more than two decades of industry innovation, Tineco began its journey with a single vacuum cleaner. Pioneering industry excellence, a notable moment in company history was the launch of the first-ever smart vacuum to market in 2018, quickly followed by an inaugural smart floor washer in 2019, and an intelligent carpet cleaner in 2022. Today, Tineco products are enjoyed by 14 million users across key markets worldwide, including regions in North America , Europe , and Asia . Tineco is now a globally recognized market leader in smart home appliances across the floor care, kitchen, and personal care categories, with 975 patents and 577 registered trademarks across domestic and international markets. For three consecutive years, the company has also held the title of being the #1 wet & dry vacuum brand on Amazon in the United States , Canada , France , Italy , Australia , and Japan . "At Tineco's inception, we set out to simplify life and household tasks with the help of smart technology. Over the past 26 years, our robust R&D team has made significant investments and a steadfast dedication to setting the standard for excellence in floor care solutions," said Ling Leng , CEO of Tineco. "The honor of being named the #1 global leader in the wet & dry vacuum cleaner category by Euromonitor International is an incredible milestone achievement. This recognition fuels our commitment to continuing to innovate and push boundaries to bring exceptional products to market that enhance the lives of our customers worldwide. Looking ahead, we are laser-focused on making Tineco more accessible by expanding into new markets, introducing new advanced technologies to simplify our customers' lives, and expanding our product lineup to meet diverse needs." Tineco's flagship models, including FLOOR ONE Stretch S6 , PURE ONE Station 5 , and Carpet One Cruiser , combine intelligent features with superior power and user-friendly capabilities to revolutionize cleaning. Tineco's R&D team has carefully engineered each model to address real-world challenges and enhance user satisfaction by incorporating technological advancements and valuable consumer feedback. Specifically: FLOOR ONE Stretch S6: Building off the incredible success of Tineco's social-media viral Floor Washers, which vacuum and mop simultaneously, FLOOR ONE S6 offers exceptional maneuverability. Its 180° tilting design lets the floor washer lay completely flat, compressing its height to just 5.1 inches. Coupled with mini assistive wheels that swivel 45° to the left and right, this makes cleaning under furniture, beds, or in hard-to-reach areas effortless. PURE ONE Station 5: Setting a new standard in stick vacuums, the PURE ONE Station 5 provides a brand new vacuum after each and every clean. Its 3-in-1 Smart Station will entirely self-clean, charge, and store the unit, keeping it in pristine condition for subsequent use. Paired with 175W of powerful suction, this is an indispensable tool for households of all types and sizes. Carpet One Cruiser: The Carpet One Cruiser is designed to transform deep cleaning carpets into a regular household activity. It effectively deep cleans various carpet types and powerfully extracts water to reduce drying times by 50% or more than traditional models. Three levels of SmoothPower tech, bidirectional assist wheels, and repositioned water tanks lessen the unit's weight, making the machine easy to maneuver, suitable for users of all ages and strengths, and ideal for frequent use. A leader in the intelligent floor care category, Tineco smart models are equipped with Tineco's proprietary iLoop technology that adjusts suction power in real-time based on the mess detected, which not only optimizes battery power but also allows the user to visualize cleaner floors on the unit's display ring that will change from red to blue once the surface is clean. Guided by customer insights, all new Tineco models also feature self-cleaning capabilities that significantly streamline maintenance. Tineco products are available globally, with distribution in North America on Amazon, Tineco's official online store, and in over 10,000 major retail locations, including Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Costco, Home Depot, and Canadian Tire. To learn more about Tineco and its entire portfolio of intelligent stick vacuums, floor washers, carpet cleaners, and more, please visit us.tineco.com . *Source: Euromonitor International ( Shanghai ) Co., Ltd.; measured in terms of 2023 H2 and 2024 H1 retail sales volume in the world; household wet & dry vacuum cleaners are defined as household cleaners that dispense clean water (or cleaning solution) to wash hard floors and vacuum the dirty water and garbage thereafter; research completed in Nov. 2024 . About Tineco Tineco was founded in 1998 with its first SKU as a vacuum cleaner and, in 2019, pioneered the first-ever smart vacuum. Today, the brand has innovated into a global leader offering intelligent appliances across home categories, including floor care, kitchen, and personal care. Tineco is dedicated to its brand vision of making life easier through smart technologies and consistently innovating new devices. For more information, visit us.tineco.com . SOURCE TINECO