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  • Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Dec. 5 #642

    Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Dec. 5 #642

    Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.


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  • PSX recovers on live PIA bidding report

    PSX recovers on live PIA bidding report


    KARACHI:

    Following a session marked by institutional profit-taking a day earlier, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a measured rebound on Thursday as renewed buying helped the benchmark KSE-100 index claw back some lost ground.

    The market briefly surged around 700 points during intra-day trade before settling with a modest uptick of around 140 points, reflecting cautious optimism and selective re-entry by investors.

    Sentiment strengthened after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that bidding for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would be broadcast live on December 23, 2025, a development that fuelled interest in PIA Holding Company, which was actively traded throughout the session.

    At the close of trading, the benchmark KSE-100 index posted a mild gain of 138.20 points, or 0.08%, settling at 166,283.55.

    Arif Habib Limited (AHL) reported a largely flat session following two consecutive days of decline, with market breadth evenly balanced as 50 stocks advanced while 49 retreated. Index support came primarily from Service Industries (+10%), Pioneer Cement (+3.84%) and PTCL (+4.95%). On the downside, Fauji Fertiliser Company (-0.86%), Pakistan Services (-6.7%) and Mari Energies (-0.62%) were the biggest drags, it said.

    In sector developments, the telecom regulator granted conditional approval for the acquisition of Telenor Pakistan by PTCL. Meanwhile, Bank Alfalah (+0.18%) accepted a non-bidding offer from Ghazanfar Bank to acquire its Afghanistan business, pending satisfactory due diligence. With key support near 164,000, the KSE-100 remains 0.24% down while heading into the final session of the week, AHL said.

    “It was a market recovery as investors re-entered,” noted Topline Securities in its review. After a heavy spell of institutional selling in Wednesday’s session, the bourse staged a welcome recovery on Thursday. The benchmark index touched the intra-day high of 691 points before closing at 166,284, up 138 points, reflecting renewed buying interest and improved intra-day sentiment.

    On the news front, it said, confidence strengthened after the prime minister announced that the bidding process for the privatisation of PIA would be broadcast live on national television on December 23. This development sparked notable investor interest in PIA Holding Company, which saw healthy volumes.

    Meanwhile, Lalpir Power emerged as one of the most actively traded stocks, with over 108 million shares changing hands. The surge aligns with the company’s ongoing share buyback programme that commenced on November 28.

    Market sentiment remained broadly positive, supported by strong performance in key heavyweights such as Service Industries, Pioneer Cement, PTCL, Engro Holdings and Pakistan Petroleum, which added 298 points to the index, Topline said.

    Mubashir Anis Naviwala of JS Global wrote that the PSX closed slightly positive as the KSE-100 settled at 166,284, up 138 points. The market witnessed choppy trading earlier in the day but it later stabilised with selective buying near support levels. Volumes remained moderate at 608 million shares, reflecting cautious sentiment. A close above 166k indicates underlying support, though momentum remains soft, he said.

    Overall trading volumes were recorded at 608 million shares compared with the previous session’s tally of 593 million. The value of shares traded during the day was Rs31.2 billion.

    Shares of a total of 477 companies were traded. Out of these, 203 closed in the green, 223 ended lower, while 51 remained unchanged.

    Lalpir Power led the volumes with 108.9 million shares, shedding Rs1.57 to close at Rs24.33. It was followed by PIA Holding Company with trading in 37.8 million shares, gaining Rs3.62 to settle at Rs41.61, while PTCL recorded trading in 34.5 million shares, gaining Rs2.07 to close at Rs43.92. Foreign investors sold shares worth Rs1.8 billion, the National Clearing Company reported.

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  • Man Utd 1-1 West Ham: Anger and frustration at Old Trafford

    Man Utd 1-1 West Ham: Anger and frustration at Old Trafford

    “Frustrated, angry, that is it.”

    Ruben Amorim was summing up his own feelings in his first answer at the post-match news conference following Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham on Thursday.

    But he could have been talking for the whole…

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  • Saluda Medical shares plummet on Australian market debut – Reuters

    1. Saluda Medical shares plummet on Australian market debut  Reuters
    2. Biocurious: Saluda Medical’s IPO tackles the $35-billion-a-year chronic pain market  Stockhead
    3. Saluda Medical the latest Aussie-founded medtech set for an ASX debut after raising $231m  Business News Australia
    4. Saluda to expand spinal cord stimulation market in AU$231M IPO  BioWorld MedTech
    5. Johson Winter Slattery advises Saluda Medical, Inc. (ASX:SLD) on its IPO and ASX Listing  Johnson Winter Slattery

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  • Paul Dano Defended by Matt Reeves After Quentin Tarantino Diss

    Paul Dano Defended by Matt Reeves After Quentin Tarantino Diss

    Riddle me this: which A-list director thinks Paul Dano is “incredible?” Not Quentin Tarantino. But there are assuredly quite a few. One of them going public with his praise is Matt Reeves, who directed Dano in the 2022 hit The Batman.

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  • From robotic surgery to radiation beams: understanding precision healing in oncology

    From robotic surgery to radiation beams: understanding precision healing in oncology

    Cancer treatment is essentially governed by the holy trinity of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. In advanced or aggressive tumours, a multimodal approach yields the best outcomes by targeting cancer at various levels. Surgery excises the…

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  • Microsoft Store Awards 2025 bring surprising winners

    Microsoft Store Awards 2025 bring surprising winners

    We now know the best apps in the Microsoft Store, at least according to the keeper of that marketplace. Early this month, Giorgio Sardo, Vice President of the Microsoft Store, shared the Microsoft Store Awards 2025 winners.

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  • Wicked For Good, One Battle After Another, Frankenstein Named Top Films of 2025 by AFI – Rotten Tomatoes

    1. Wicked For Good, One Battle After Another, Frankenstein Named Top Films of 2025 by AFI  Rotten Tomatoes
    2. AFI Top 10 Awards: One Battle After Another, Sinners and More  Variety
    3. WICKED: FOR GOOD Named One of the Top Films of the Year by The American…

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  • Google Wallet rolling out nearby notifications, flight check-in alerts

    Google Wallet rolling out nearby notifications, flight check-in alerts

    Following the announcement at I/O 2025 in May, Google Wallet is letting users set up nearby pass notifications.

    In recent weeks, we’ve seen Google Wallet send out notifications to “Check in to your flight.” The alert…

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  • Meta Poached Apple’s Top Design Guys to Fix Its Software UI

    Meta Poached Apple’s Top Design Guys to Fix Its Software UI

    Meta has made a big move to hire two prominent designers away from rival tech giant Apple, likely putting them to work on designing Meta’s next generation of AI hardware and the software that runs on it.

    Alan Dye, formerly Apple’s vice…

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