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Xabi Alonso has the full backing of Jude Bellingham amid growing speculation the Real Madrid manger could be in danger of losing his job after defeat against Manchester City in the Champions League. Los Blancos suffered a second-straight defeat at the Bernabeu as they were beaten 2-1 by Manchester City just three days after losing to Celta Vigo in LaLiga. Rodrygo ended his 32-game goal drought but a comeback before the break courtesy of Nico O’Reilly and an Erling Haaland penalty turned the tie in City’s favour as Real’s dismal run was extended to just two wins from their last…

BRUSSELS – The development of a new European Union (EU) strategy to combat drug trafficking and organized crimewhich includes cooperation with third countries, was discussed by the European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath and the Bulgarian Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev, the Ministry of Justice reported. Georgiev took part in the meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, Justice section, in Brussels. Drug trafficking is expected to remain a primary threat in the coming years as well, and the fight against it to be among the central priorities of the new Protect EU Internal Security Strategy, the ministry’s statement…

A staple of mid-1980’s investment modeling, q-theory was an alternative to the Keynes’ marginal efficiency of capital or Jorgenson user cost of capital approaches. A version of q –the ratio of market value to replacement value of a corporation’s capital — was central in Summers’ 1981 BPEA paper modeling corporate investment behavior. And yet, q-theory is now almost completely absent from recent discussion of the level of capital investment (in contrast to the debate nearly two decades ago). Why? First a picture of q, the market price relative to replacement cost of physical capital. Figure 1: Tobin’s q (blue), and…

UEFA Champions League8:00 PMDecember 9, 2025League Stage – 6Tottenham Hotspur StadiumReferee: Benoît Bastien, France Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Tottenham World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Slavia Prague World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics2.55Expected goals (xG)0.96Passing293 (83%)Accurate passes219 (73%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 1 G William Vicar 7.9 24 D Djed Spence 7.3 37 D Micky van de Ven 15′ 7.0 17 D Cristian Romero (C) 7.9 23 D Pedro Porro 7.3…

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo believes his team belongs in the contender conversation, even as outside expectations remain mixed. Speaking with Marc J. Spears of Andscape, Adebayo addressed how public perception contrasts with the confidence inside the locker room. “People are going to call us crazy, but I think we’re a contender,” Adebayo said. “We’re […] The post Bam Adebayo says Heat is “not delusional” about contending appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

South Dakota Highway Patrol Captain Robert Mayer joined FOX Weather to discuss highway conditions as snowstorms spawn dangerous situations for travelers. ST. PAUL, Minn. – A man was killed on Tuesday night after a snowplow accident at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP).BLIZZARD WARNINGS ISSUED IN WEST VIRGINIA AS PARADE OF FAST-MOVING CLIPPERS TARGET MIDWEST, NORTHEASTAn MSP spokesperson confirmed to FOX Weather that the accident occurred shortly after 7:30pm on Dec. 9, when a 47-year-old male was struck by a snowplow in the parking lot of the LSG Sky Chefs facility of the airport.The facility is located in the 3100 block…

President Donald Trump has often said that since he took office in January, the U.S. has received trillions of dollars in promises of investments, and the dollar amount he cites changes. On his second day in office, Jan. 21Trump said the U.S. had “already secured nearly $3 trillion of new investments.” By May 8that figure rose to “close to $10 trillion.” It eventually peaked Oct. 29 during a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok: “I think by the end of my first term, we should have $21 or $22 trillion dollars invested in the United States from other…

From The Hill: “The biggest threat in history to United States National Security would be a negative decision on Tariffs by the U.S. Supreme Court. We would be financially defenseless,” the president wrote in an early morning Truth Social post. Is that a threat? Anyway, seems like a lot o ftrade policy uncertainty… Figure 1: EPU-trade from Baker, Bloom and Davis (blue, left scale), and Trade Policy Uncertainty from Caldara et al. (red, right scale). Source: policyuncertainty.com and Iacoviello.com. This entry was posted on December 9, 2025 by Menzie Chinn.

All-Star pitcher Edwin Diaz has agreed a three-year contract worth $69 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to a report. Diaz, who played for the New York Mets between 2019 and 2022 and from 2024 until opting out of his contract this year, will average a record $23m salary for an MLB reliever, according to The Athletic. The 31-year-old recorded a 1.63 ERA with 28 saves in his sixth season with the Mets, as well as earning his third All-Star call-up. Edwin Diaz contract: Los Angeles Dodgers ‘land pitcher’ The previous record for Diaz’s position was set by the…

HEROIC RESCUE: Virginia State trooper jumps into action to pull driver from burning vehicle in snowy conditionsCAROLINE COUNTY, Va. – A Virginia State Police trooper is being hailed a hero after his daring rescue on Interstate 95 when he saved a driver from a burning vehicle. MORE SNOW STRETCHES AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AFTER WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED IN MID-ATLANTICSergeant S. Page was deciding if he should head southbound on I-95 to check on a rest area, or if he should travel northbound. Luckily, he followed his gut and chose the latter. “Something told me to go…