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Eddie Jones and the Wallabies have spent this week preparing for the remote possibility of making the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after a disastrous campaign. Their chances hinge not on their own performance, but a mathematical miracle in Portugal’s upcoming game against Fiji.

Taylor Morrison CEO Sheryl Palmer discusses the headwinds facing the housing market after a drop in August existing home sales on The Claman Countdown.

By Chibuike Oguh

Tata Consultancy Services said on Thursday it has won a deal from the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) to replace its 1980s-era legacy platform with a scalable cloud-based unemployment insurance system that streamlines the claims process. Deal financials were not disclosed. The system will ensure that eligible individuals receive prompt financial assistance and support. During the pandemic, Georgia experienced an unprecedented surge in unemployment claims – the third highest in the nation – placing tremendous strain on the state's aging 40-year-old unemployment system and underscoring the urgent need for change.

Hardy has canceled two upcoming shows on his fall tour, The Mockingbird & the Crow, due to anxiety and panic attacks. The affected concerts were scheduled for October 5 in Simpsonville, South Carolina, and October 7 in Brandon, Mississippi. Additionally, the Georgia Rodeo show planned for October 6 has been rescheduled for April 12, 2024. Hardy shared his struggles in a text-only post on social media. He revealed that he has been battling anxiety since a bus accident last year, and the past two weeks have been particularly challenging, resulting in multiple panic attacks and hospital visits. He expressed his need to take some time for self-care to improve for his family and fans. Hardy plans to return and refocus on October 12, expressing gratitude for the understanding of his fans. Refunds for the October 5 and October 7 shows can be obtained from the original point of purchase. His next performance is scheduled for October 12 at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The Mockingbird & the Crow tour will continue through December. Last October, Hardy and his touring team were involved in a bus accident in Tennessee, which caused injuries to the group when the bus ran off the highway and overturned. At that time, Hardy had confirmed that despite the severity of the accident, there were only four people on the bus, including himself, and they all received medical attention for their injuries.

Heartstopper Season 3 is coming on Netflix. The production for the UK-based coming-of-age series has begun, according to a report in WhatsOnNetflix. The second season of Heartstopper was released in August. All eight episodes of the second season premiered on Netflix on August 3, 2023. Production for the show is managed by See-Saw Films, and it's worth noting that the series is set to film once again in London, UK, as per the report. Alice Oseman, the original creator of the graphic novel that inspired the series, remains involved as the writer for the Netflix adaptation. Euros Lyn has directed all the episodes up to this point. Netflix UK made an official announcement on October 2, 2023, via a tweet confirming the commencement of production for season 3. Season 3 of the series will consist of eight episodes in total, and the title of the first episode has already been unveiled as «Love.»

Europe ended a weeks-long work stoppage in Germany including a hunger strike after reaching a pay deal at the weekend, labour representatives said. Edwin Atema, head of the Road Transport Due Diligence Foundation, which monitors and addresses violations of work standards in Europe, said Saturday that the striking truckers had seen their demands met. «All claims and charges against the Graefenhausen drivers are withdrawn, money has been paid and the strike is over,» he said on X, formerly known as Twitter, referring to the location in western Germany where some 80 drivers had set up a protest encampment. Atema, who led the negotiations on the labour side, said the drivers had been previously «invisible» in European road transport supply chains but achieved «fundamental changes» with their industrial action. «Not invisible anymore, but invincible,» he said. The truckers — mostly from Uzbekistan and Georgia, with a handful also from Tajikistan, Ukraine and Turkey — work for several Polish trucking companies owned by the Mazur Group. They said they were not being regularly paid their salaries — at a daily rate of about 80 euros ($85) — and were charged hefty amounts to even take the jobs in the first place while having to work extremely long hours. Believing their Polish employers would not respond to their growing desperation amid the 10-week strike, some of the drivers stopped eating last month. They were demanding a total of 500,000 euros in what they said were unpaid wages.

The Wallabies’ World Cup in France remains alive – for another day at least – with Fiji failing to secure the maximum points needed to secure their quarter-final berth.

By Tim Reid and James Oliphant

FOX News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pegram reports on Congress’ efforts to avoid a government shutdown.

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has announced that it will advance its research on a digital lari central bank digital currency (CBDC) in a limited-access live pilot environment. Nine companies, including Ripple Labs, will take part in the project, and one of them will be selected to move forward to the next stage of testing.

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has shortlisted nine companies to compete as technology partners for the nation's central bank digital currency (CBDC) project dubbed Digital GEL.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged Newell Brands and former Chief Executive Newell Brands Inc and former CEO Michael Polk with misleading investors about sales.

AmeriVet Securities head of U.S. rates Gregory Faranello on the Fed pausing rate hikes, his outlook for the market and the UAW strike.  

AmeriVet Securities head of U.S. rates Gregory Faranello on the Fed pausing rate hikes, his outlook for the market and the UAW strike.  

By Jan Strupczewski

By Jan Strupczewski

The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century after the birth of a concept that obliterated Blockbuster video stores while providing a springboard into video streaming that has transformed entertainment

The U.S. state of Texas accounts for over 28% of all Bitcoin (BTC) hashing power in the United States, according to the latest Hashrate Map by crypto mining service provider Foundry USA. 

The U.S. state of Texas has become a hotbed for cryptocurrency mining, making up 28.50% of the hashrate in the U.S. as of July 2023.

Elton John sick, cuts show short