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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Robbins LLP reminds investors that a shareholder filed a class action on behalf of all investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH) securities between April 25, 2023 and October 22, 2024. Enphase develops, manufactures, and sells solar microinverters, which are primarily used in residential solar installations to convert solar panel output from direct current to alternating current (which can be transmitted to the power grid). For more information, submit a form , email attorney Aaron Dumas, Jr., or give us a call at (800) 350-6003. The Allegations: Robbins LLP is Investigating Allegations that Enphase Energy, Inc. (ENPH) Misled Investors Regarding Conflicts of Interest According to the complaint, during the class period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts, about the Company’s business and operations. Specifically, defendants systematically overstated the Company’s ability to maintain its pricing levels and market share for microinverter products in Europe in the face of competition from low-cost, Chinese alternatives. Plaintiff alleges that investors fully learned the truth about Enphase’s competitive positioning in Europe after the market closed on October 22, 2024, when the Company announced its third quarter 2024 financial results and revealed an approximately 15% quarter-over-quarter decline in European revenue due to “further softening in European demand.” In response to Enphase’s continued poor performance in Europe, Guggenheim downgraded Enphase stock to a sell rating from a neutral rating and explained that Enphase is “losing share to Chinese competitors who are willing to sell at less than half [Enphase]’s level.” On this news, the price of Enphase common stock declined $13.76 per share, or nearly 15%, from a close of $92.23 per share on October 22, 2024, to close at $78.47 per share on October 23, 2024. What Now: You may be eligible to participate in the class action against Enphase Energy, Inc. 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To be notified if a class action against Enphase Energies, Inc. settles or to receive free alerts when corporate executives engage in wrongdoing, sign up for Stock Watch today. Attorney Advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f14b620a-51df-42c4-b1b6-b88b286634aeCathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Niamh Kennedy has praised the heroics efforts of her hometown people after the devastating floods which struck Killybegs overnight. Parts of the town were left submerged under water after a local river overflowed during Storm Bert. At least 16 homes and a number of business on Bridge Street were left under several feet of water. Among the businesses hit was the popular local Bridge Street Community Shop which lost a lot of stock as a result of the rising waters. However, an amazing response from both the emergency services and local volunteers saw an amazing clean-up operation get underway. The Bridge Street Community Shop was one of the premises worst hit. This evening, although battered and bruised, Killybegs has fought back. Councillor Kennedy thanked all those who helped in any way following the freak flooding. She posted “Clean up started after the devastating flooding, sandbags, skips delivered, emptied and delivered again. “Generators and dehumidifiers are in place, people needing accommodation sorted and community welfare assistance for the Bridge Street residents in urgent need will be available tomorrow from 12 to 2pm at Henry Kees office on the corner. “The business community will be assisted as soon as possible. “Thanks so much to our Killybegs and Glencolmcille fire officers and to our coast guard who were here to help all day. “To the roads staff of Donegal county council who delivered the skips, the sandbags, helped with the generators and cleared any debris, to the community who helped each other today THANK YOU.” Director of Emergency Services, Garry Martin, was also at the scene of today’s floods. He praised all those who responded to the call to assist at the scene. 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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after the president-elect’s threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City . It was unclear, as Trudeau headed back to Canada from Florida, whether the conversation had alleviated Trump’s concerns. A person familiar with the details of the leaders’ hastily arranged meeting Friday night said it was a “positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours.” The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said topics included trade, border security, fentanyl, defense, Ukraine , NATO, China, the Mideast and pipelines, as well as the Group of 7 meeting in Canada next year. The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders when he takes office in January. As he was leaving his West Palm Beach hotel, Trudeau stopped briefly to answer a reporter’s question about the dinner meeting, saying it was “an excellent conversation.” Trump’s transition team did not respond to questions about what the leaders had discussed. Trump, during his first term as president, once called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest,” but it was the prime minister who was the first G-7 leader to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. “Tariffs are a crucial issue for Canada and a bold move was in order. Perhaps it was a risk, but a risk worth taking,” Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. Among those at the dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for Commerce secretary; North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, tabbed to lead the Interior Department ; and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security advisor. Accompanying Trudeau were Canada’s public safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, and Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff. Trudeau had said earlier Friday that he would resolve the tariffs issue by talking to Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said a day earlier after speaking with Trump that she is confident a tariff war with the United States will be averted . Trudeau said Trump got elected because he promised to bring down the cost of groceries but now he’s talking about adding 25% to the cost of all kinds of products including potatoes from Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. “It is important to understand that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There’s no question about it,” Trudeau said before his leaving for Florida. “Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” he added. To Nelson Wiseman, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Trump “doesn’t need convincing that new tariffs on Canadian products would not be in U.S. interests. He knows that, but cannot say it because it would detract from what he has said publicly. His goal is to project the image that he gets action when he talks.” Those tariffs could essentially blow up the North American trade pact that Trump’s team negotiated during his first term. Trudeau noted they were able to successfully renegotiate the deal, which he calls a “win win” for both countries. Trump made the tariff threat Monday while citing an influx of migrants entering the country illegally, even though the numbers at the Canadian border pale in comparison to those at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump also spoke about fentanyl from Mexico and Canada, even though seizures from the Canadian border are few in comparison to the Mexican border. Canadian officials say lumping Canada in with Mexico is unfair but say they are ready to make new investments in border security. When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canada was examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on his threats, a senior Canadian official told the Associated Press in the days before Trudeau’s visit. The person spoke on condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak publicly. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $2.7 billion worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, as are 85% of U.S. electricity imports. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is investing in for national security. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 77% of its exports go to the U.S. Associated Press writer Gillies reported from Toronto, Hussein from West Palm Beach, Fla.

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Gloria Steinem often recounts an encounter with Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay in the 1970s that had a lifelong impact on her. The American feminist met the great Indian activist with the goal of exploring the potential of Gandhian organisational tactics for use in feminist campaigns worldwide. ET Year-end Special Reads What kept India's stock market investors on toes in 2024? India's car race: How far EVs went in 2024 Investing in 2025: Six wealth management trends to watch out for Steinem recalls that Chattopadhyay listened patiently to her, before responding, 'Well, my dear, we taught him everything he knew.' She proceeded to explain how Mohandas Gandhi himself had been inspired by India's decades-long women's movements. You will be hard-pressed to find this insight in textbooks for Indian schoolchildren. 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Yet, it has taken seven years and a sensational news development in August 2024 for the national media to finally give WCC the coverage that their groundbreaking feminism merits. WCC came together in early 2017 following the sexual assault of a Malayalam film star, many months before #MeToo in the US. This year, the group attracted international attention with the release of the Hema Committee Report on the working conditions of women in Malayalam cinema. The committee was set up by the Kerala government at WCC's urging. Le Monde described its report as 'explosive' for 'revealing widespread sexual harassment and abuse' in the industry. The conversation has since fallen off the national radar. But WCC is unrelenting in its pursuit of equitable workplaces for women. While the media and public remained preoccupied with the sexual crimes unearthed by the Hema Committee Report, WCC determinedly kept drawing our focus back to the fact that these crimes are just one part of the report and a symptom of a larger problem - gender inequality - pervading the film industry and society at large. As the Kerala High Court monitors the action taken by the authorities on the Hema Committee Report findings, WCC is quietly working towards shaping government policy in the state. This single-mindedness has extracted a heavy price from the organisation's members. Actors Parvathy Thiruvothu and Ramya Nambessan are among those who have publicly spoken of losing work in their male-dominated industry as retribution for their activism. That said, the group has provided a useful template for activists in other film industries. 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By the early 1900s, Argentina was in a golden age. It rose to become a top 10 nation in global wealth. The country had a top-notch railway system, rich agricultural yields, bountiful mineral wealth, and a high-growth economy. Its middle class grew by leaps and bounds. Laissez-faire capitalism had done wonders for the country. Following the Great Depression in 1929, everything changed. The state took over economic planning. Social and welfare programs were dramatically expanded. Industries were nationalized. Government spending soared. As wealth was redistributed, corruption spread like a plague. A long period of instability followed, extending up until today. There were 7 military coups in Argentina during the 20th century. Much of the time the economy was in shambles. Inflation spiraled out of control, often surpassing 100% annually. The past 8 decades have been a very difficult period for Argentinians. A Chainsaw Massacre (For Bureaucracy) Things have finally begun to look up for Argentina. In December of 2023, President Javier Milei took office and began a libertarian reform program. The shift is reflected in the country’s stock market, as shown by the chart below. It shows the price of ARGT, the largest Argentina ETF, since its launch in 2011. Source: Yahoo Finance As you can see, Argentine stocks were basically flat for an entire decade (priced in US dollars). But since Milei took over, shares have more than doubled as foreign investment flooded into the country. What has Milei done to change Argentina’s path so dramatically? In October, Daily Reckoning contributor Joel Bowman explained in The Greatest Political Experiment of Our Age : All of that was within the first 48 hours of his presidency. Milei has taken a metaphorical chainsaw to government spending. The country just emerged from recession, and its public sector has posted a financial surplus for the first time since 2008. Impressively, inflation is down from a recent high of 25% per month to 2.5% in the most recent data. Not All Sunshine Change of this magnitude is not easy. I have spoken with a few Argentine friends recently, and every one of them has a story about people they know getting fired from their government jobs. Argentina’s poverty rate increased by 11% to 53% earlier this year. Slashing government spending will increase productivity over the mid and long term, but in the short term, it does harm employment and GDP. Despite this, all the Argentinians I talked with expressed hopefulness going forward. They acknowledge the system had to change and seem willing to bear the consequences in exchange for a shot at long-term stability. As we await Donald Trump’s second term, it is worth studying Argentina. Milei and Trump have much in common. They both campaigned on eliminating government waste and revitalizing their respective economies. Milei has a ~13-month lead on us. So if Trump does follow through with his promise to slash federal spending, we can expect a somewhat similar path. Short-term pain is traded for long-term growth. I think that’s a price well worth paying. The question is: can the U.S. government oversee its own downsizing? We shall see. Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was taking part in a cabinet committee meeting on Canada-U.S. relations today, amid increasing calls for his resignation. A mid-day adjustment to Trudeau’s itinerary was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office and noted he was taking part in the meeting virtually, though a specific time wasn’t listed. Neither Trudeau, nor Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc issued a public comment after the meeting. Last week was a chaotic one for the governing Liberals, starting with Chrystia Freeland’s cabinet resignation just hours after she was set to table the fall economic statement. RELATED: Political strategist weighs in on tumultuous week in Ottawa for Trudeau Freeland and LeBlanc have previously spoken with the media at the conclusion of these cabinet committee meetings on dealing with the incoming Trump administration. The committee was reformed following Donald Trump’s re-election, and a chief topic of discussion at the meetings has been border security after the incoming president threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian products. Several Liberal MPs publicly called for Trudeau to step down as Liberal leader since Freeland’s resignation, and the NDP has joined the other major opposition parties in saying it no longer has confidence in the minority Liberal government. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2024The new government under Prime Minister Francois Bayrou comes amid tough political deadlock in France. Two former prime ministers, Elisabeth Borne and Manuel Valls, will return in the new administration. The office of French President Emmanuel Macron presented a new government under new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday, almost three weeks after the collapse of the previous administration. This is France 's fourth government in 2024. Who will be in the new administration? Two former prime ministers are part of the country's new administration, which mostly consists of centrist and conservative figures. Elisabeth Borne, 63, will serve as education minister, while Manuel Valls, 62, becomes the country's overseas territories minister. Former Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin was appointed justice minister. Both Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot kept their jobs. However, it remains unclear if the new government will be able to remain in office for long, with left-wing parties signalling their disappointment after talks with newly-appointed Bayrou. "It's not a government, it's a provocation. The extreme right in power under the watchful eye of the extreme right," Socialist Party leader and member of the National Assembly Olivier Faure said in a social media post. France faces political crisis, flailing economy France has been mired in a deep political crisis since President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections in June, with no party emerging with a majority. At the same time, the country is facing a critical economic situation amid soaring national debt and a large budgetary deficit. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen suggested Macron would eventually have to resign as a result of the political crisis in the country. "I am preparing for an early presidential election," she told French newspaper Le Parisien last week. ftm/wd (dpa, AFP)