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Tom Werner/DigitalVision via Getty Images While the market opportunity for dental products and equipment appears to be vast, macroeconomic factors such as high interest rates and fluctuations in consumer spending will likely limit growth in the near-term, according to a note by Needham. Needham said that the size of the current dental market is around $30B and expected to grow at a rate in the mid-single digits, driven largely driven by demand for emerging categories such as intraoral scanners, computer-aided design and manufacturing, value implants, and clear aligners. Growth for core dental categories, meanwhile, has generally seen low single-digit growth.…
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., championed news of a possible deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas ahead of Thanksgiving, but rejected calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made clear that there is a difference a cease-fire in Gaza and humanitarian pauses. “Well, let’s draw a distinction here,” Coons told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream, “between a cease-fire – some folks are calling for a cease-fire and protests across Europe and in our country, by which they mean Israel should stop fighting Hamas, should end their campaign in Gaza –…
The Yucatán Peninsula’s underwater caves cover over 900 miles.Its cenotes, or sinkholes, are an important drinking water resource for the region.Researchers mapped unique communities of microbes in a dozen areas of the cave system. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app The Sac Actun cave system on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula contains many wonders, from a 13,000-year-old skeleton to human artifacts and fossils of giant sloths.It’s also part of the Yucatán Peninsula Aquifer. Its cenotes, or water-filled sinkholes, provide drinking water for millions of…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A person waits for a teller at a Signature Bank branch in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado (Reuters) – Blackstone (NYSE:) is the lead to win the $17 billion portfolio of commercial-property loans from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp’s sale of Signature Bank (OTC:) debt, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. In September, the FDIC was seeking buyers for the $33 billion commercial real estate loan portfolio of failed New York lender Signature Bank. The bidding process has brought in several finance companies such as Starwood Capital Group and Brookfield Asset…
Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift.Populist Javier Milei, an upstart candidate who got his start as a television talking head, has frequently been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump. He faces Economy Minister Sergio Massa of the Peronist party, which has been a leading force in Argentine politics for decades.On Massa’s watch, inflation has soared to more than 140% and poverty has increased. Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, proposes to slash the size of the state and rein in…
Fears over the speed of AI development at OpenAI may have sowed discord within its top ranks.Some OpenAI board members may have disagreed with Altman’s approach to AI innovation.OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has long called for caution due to concerns AI could harm humanity. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Sam Altman’s possibly brief dismissal from OpenAI has exposed a schism between the company’s top leaders over how to curb the existential threat posed by AI. While Altman has spoken about the dangers…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Pensions industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.A UK government push to unlock £50bn in capital from the country’s biggest pension funds is running into roadblocks as retirement funds balk at shifting savers’ investments into costlier and riskier assets.Pension funds have been seeking to align with the UK’s ambition to fuel economic growth through pension fund finance dubbed the “Mansion House” reforms announced in July. The voluntary “Mansion House” compact signed by nine pension funds, with about £400bn in combined assets, aims to invest at least 5 per cent…
© Reuters Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.60% Investing.com – Israel stocks were lower after the close on Sunday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tel Aviv, the fell 0.60%. The best performers of the session on the were Israel Corp (TASE:), which rose 4.83% or 4,140.00 points to trade at 89,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:) added 2.44% or 81.00 points to end at 3,395.00 and Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:) was up 2.17% or 89.00 points to 4,198.00 in late…
Even with the holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, several prominent companies are set to unveil their quarterly results next week. The docket includes tech giant Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), as well as Zoom Video (NASDAQ:ZM), HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) and Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU).Meanwhile, appropriate for the Black Friday week, attention will turn to apparel retailers such as Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN), Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO), with each set to announce quarterly results. The retail sector is poised for a flurry of other reports as well, including those from Burlington Stores (BURL), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Best Buy (BBY), Lowe’s (LOW), Kohl’s…
The city of Denver has spent millions of dollars in the last year transporting thousands of migrants to other parts of the country, officials confirmed this week.CBS News first reported that Denver has spent nearly $4.5 million transporting more than 12,000 migrants out-of-state.A spokesperson for the city’s government confirmed the figures to Fox News Digital.LIBERAL CITY’S COSTS FOR SHELTERING MIGRANTS NEARS $25 MILLION”We provide migrant guests who wish to stay in Denver with shelter and support. However, we also understand that many individuals arriving in Denver from the southern border have other destinations in mind,” the spokesperson said. “This is…