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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo was available for the Milwaukee Bucks against the Washington Wizards Saturday night after missing one game with swelling in his left knee. Antetokounmpo sat out the Bucks' 106-103 NBA Cup victory at Miami on Tuesday. The two-time MVP had been listed as probable with tendinopathy in his right patellar tendon. “He's good,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before the game. Antetokounmpo entered Saturday as the league's leading scorer at 32.4 points per game. He ranked fifth in rebounds (11.9) and 20th in assists (6.4). AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba9 issues affecting fisheries in the philippines 。

Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lessened its holdings in Agilysys, Inc. ( NASDAQ:AGYS – Free Report ) by 61.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,012 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 6,387 shares during the quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank’s holdings in Agilysys were worth $437,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Agilysys by 162.1% during the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 249 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 154 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC raised its holdings in Agilysys by 390.2% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 250 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in Agilysys during the second quarter worth approximately $1,847,000. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Agilysys by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 10,200 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,062,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, RiverPark Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Agilysys by 9.6% in the 2nd quarter. RiverPark Advisors LLC now owns 1,936 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $202,000 after buying an additional 170 shares in the last quarter. 88.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth AGYS has been the subject of a number of research reports. BTIG Research boosted their price target on shares of Agilysys from $118.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Agilysys from $125.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com downgraded Agilysys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Northland Securities reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $145.00 price objective (up previously from $132.00) on shares of Agilysys in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Agilysys from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $137.80. Insider Transactions at Agilysys In other Agilysys news, insider Chris J. Robertson sold 264 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.86, for a total value of $26,627.04. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 22,624 shares in the company, valued at $2,281,856.64. The trade was a 1.15 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website . Also, CEO Ramesh Srinivasan sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.03, for a total transaction of $1,020,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 738,367 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $75,335,585.01. The trade was a 1.34 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders sold 20,122 shares of company stock valued at $2,251,691 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 19.30% of the company’s stock. Agilysys Trading Up 1.3 % NASDAQ:AGYS opened at $133.66 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Agilysys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $73.52 and a 12-month high of $139.99. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $118.40 and its 200-day simple moving average is $108.96. The firm has a market cap of $3.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.08 and a beta of 0.93. Agilysys ( NASDAQ:AGYS – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The software maker reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.04. Agilysys had a net margin of 37.54% and a return on equity of 10.53%. The firm had revenue of $68.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $67.54 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.25 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that Agilysys, Inc. will post 0.81 EPS for the current year. Agilysys Company Profile ( Free Report ) Agilysys, Inc operates as a developer and marketer of software-enabled solutions and services to the hospitality industry in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and India. It offers software solutions fully integrated with third party hardware and operating systems; cloud applications, support, and maintenance; subscription and maintenance; and professional services. 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Reeves fails the credibility test: One can no longer take the Chancellor's pronouncements at face value, says ALEX BRUMMER By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 22:33 GMT, 26 November 2024 e-mail View comments Unfortunately, one can no longer take pronouncements by Rachel Reeves at face value. The Chancellor’s vow made to the CBI that ‘she would not have to come back for more’ taxes needs to be examined with Talmudic detail. Keir Starmer and Reeves lost respect in the boardrooms of Britain when they took the decision to punish enterprise and jobs with a £23.8billion hit to be paid by raising employers National Insurance contributions (NIC). Now Reeves’ words to the CBI are being reinterpreted just 24 hours after they were uttered. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds explains that there will not be a further tax ask of the business community ‘comparable to what we had to do at the beginning of this parliament’. Surprise, surprise, there may be more to come. The Labour government circumvented the manifesto pledge not to tamper with NICs by explaining it only applied to working people, so raising taxes on employers was fine. Jobs tax: Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) lost respect in the boardrooms of Britain with their £23.8bn hit to be paid by raising employers NI contributions Yet it is more than clear from most of Britain’s biggest employers – such as Tesco and the Royal Mail – that working people will pay the price. A combination of hiring freezes, lost jobs and higher prices means that workers will be hard hit. Higher NICs will make it much harder for the Government to complete a mission of encouraging Britain’s army of 9.2m people (including 2.8m long-term sick) of economically inactive citizens back into the workforce. The notion that there was ‘no alternative’ but to heap £40billion of extra taxes on Britain, with business lumbered with the lion’s share, is fanciful. Ministers may have been instructed (they still do it in every interview) to repeat the calumny that there was a £22billion black hole in the public finances. However, some £9.4billion of this was a result of unconditional public pay settlements. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next John Lewis pins its hopes on a bumper Black Friday as it... Minister demands rapid rates reform: Reynolds urges Reeves... Share this article Share HOW THIS IS MONEY CAN HELP How to choose the best (and cheapest) stocks and shares Isa and the right DIY investing account Hitting employers was not the only choice. A Musk-style government efficiency drive might have been one solution. Reeves could have backtracked on the Tories’ last cut in employees’ National Insurance. Fuel duties could have risen as part of the green agenda and so on. Instead of heaping funds into the NHS before reforms have been cemented, the extra spend could have been phased. The economy was doing nicely until the tax rises came along. By destroying confidence, output has been slowed, potential tax revenues sacrificed and the interest bill on the national debt increased. Reeves’ CBI pledge not to raise taxes was naïve from someone who claims strong economic credentials. We live in uncertain times. Harold Macmillan’s quote ‘Events, dear boy, events’ made in 1984, is as relevant today as it has ever been. The public finances were blown off course by the great financial crisis, the pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine. There is no shortage of geo-political shocks to contemplate, such as hostilities in the South China sea, trade wars, further conflict in the Middle East and dislocation caused by climate change. Only yesterday, Vauxhall ended more than a century of carmaking at Luton. There were high hopes for Reeves when she took office, and a desire to see stability restored after the roller-coaster ride of the Tories. It has taken just five months to dismantle the credibility so critical to growth. Bankers’ feast Liz Truss’s credibility was destroyed in a few short days after her tax-cutting mini-Budget. Among the factors which cost her dearly was a decision to lower the top rate of income tax and abolish restrictions on bankers’ bonuses in one statement. Her intention to encourage enterprise was a noble cause. But the combination of the two was seen by Labour as a giveaway to rich City grandees who were responsible for the great financial crisis. Now that Labour is in power, the importance of finance to Britain’s efforts to rekindle output has become obvious. Taking advantage of the freedoms granted by Brexit, the Bank of England is seeking to underpin London as Europe’s financial hub by allowing faster access to earned bonuses. The new rules proposed mean that bankers will be able to receive some of their bonuses in year one instead of having to wait three years. The Old Lady, at least, is embracing a growth and competitiveness agenda. 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Woodstock City Council has endorsed a proposal by Mayor Jerry Acchione to create a new shelter for those currently living on Woodstock streets and in encampments. The so-called homelessness service centre would be paid for by a recent cash windfall from the province. Woodstock resident Andrew Blackmore said it can’t happen soon enough. “We have a lot of homeless here in Woodstock and the surrounding area that don’t have a place to go, and they just take over everything,” commented Blackmore. Woodstock is receiving $1.99 million from the province’s Building Faster Fund after exceeding its target for housing starts in 2023. The money would be used to buy property for the service centre, explained Mayor Acchione. “What I envision is a low barrier shelter system that accepts couples, maybe has a storage spot for stuff that they’re collecting. Somewhere they can go, stay an entire day and night,” he said. Woodstock Mayor Jerry Acchione speaks with CTV News (Bryan Bicknell/CTV News London) Woodstock currently has 50 shelter beds in three different locations. It’s a model the mayor said is not practical. “They have to be out first thing in the morning, so there’s that quick, ‘you gotta pack up and go again,’” he said. Woodstock council’s vote on the mayor’s proposal came in at 4-3. Among those opposed, Councillor Mark Schadenberg, who said the money could be better spent on infrastructure projects. “Only so much money to spend out there, and to earmark 1.99 million to a homelessness project that doesn’t have a plan - there’s no building purchase, there’s no land purchase. What it is, is a good idea that has no backing behind it, no structure or framework to it,” said Schadenberg. The proposed service centre would be created in partnership with Oxford County. County council still has to sign off on the arrangement. County Council will consider a notice of motion from the mayor on Wednesday. In the meantime, Woodstock has a deadline of March 2026 to spend the provincial funding, which can only be used for housing related projects. “We’re taking resources, and we’re taking it away from other things to try to clean up encampments, and just keep throwing band aids on something. We’re not helping the solution,” said Mayor Acchione. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop. Read about us. 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Under a canopy of eight heart-monitoring screens in a cardiac catheterization lab on a recent Monday, Mayo Clinic doctors briefly paused a procedure treating atrial fibrillation to inspect a new tool: a long tube with what looked like flower petals made out of wire at its end. That wiry flower is the focus of a multibillion-dollar innovation race between some of the world’s largest medical technology companies. Medtronic and Boston Scientific, which both have major cardiac-device operations in Minnesota, and Johnson & Johnson MedTech are vying to control the large and fast-growing market for minimally invasive medical devices to treat the widespread heart problem atrial fibrillation with a safer and quicker procedure called pulsed field ablation (PFA). PFA uses electric pulses instead of extreme heat or cooling to ablate cardiac tissue around pulmonary veins on the heart, blocking bioelectric signals in the tissue that cause the heart’s atrial chambers to quiver, or fibrillate. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is believed to affect more than 10 million Americans, greatly increasing their risk of having a stroke, the latest scientific estimates show. Doctors say the new ablation procedure cuts down a patient’s time in the cath lab by hours, and reduces risks for serious complications compared to older techniques. Medtech executives expect the technology to help fuel their companies’ future growth. Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney has said the company’s new Farapulse ablation system is “the most transformational product that I’ve seen in my career.” Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha has said, “We’re at one of those moments in medtech where a new technology is causing a rapid shift in the treatment of a disease. In this case, PFA is that technology.” Analytics company Clarivate projects pulsed field ablation devices will surpass $1.3 billion in sales globally this year, and the total number of procedures performed will at least quadruple in the next two to three years as PFA makes up an increasingly large share of all ablations performed. The Farapulse system was first to market in Europe, gaining regulatory approval in early 2021, before Boston Scientific acquired it later that year. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration then approved Medtronic’s system, called PulseSelect, last December. Then Farapulse, which includes hardware built in Minnesota, received FDA approval in January. Johnson & Johnson MedTech also received FDA approval for its Varipulse system earlier this month. The companies are now pushing to commercialize premium PFA systems that map the heart and reduce incisions into the body as the technology floods hospitals. Tony Crisci of Ocean City, N.J., said he held off for a procedure at Mount Sinai in New York until the new technology became available. “I thought I was just getting older, and I couldn’t work out as hard [without getting] out of breath,” Crisci, 67, said of his condition before he received treatment with Boston Scientific’s system. “But now I feel like 20 years younger.” In the Mayo Clinic heart-catheterization lab, a patient was on the table swarmed by health care professionals, wires and massive devices that made the room look like the inside of a spacecraft by roughly 8:30 one recent morning. The ablation wrapped up by 10:30 a.m. That’s not how quickly AFib procedures formerly went. Older radiofrequency ablation tools use heat, taking minutes for each round of ablation near the pulmonary vein. During PFA, each electric pulse is delivered in a matter of nanoseconds during a secondslong delivery window, reducing the procedure’s time by hours. Mapping and monitoring the heart seemed to take longer than the ablation during the Mayo Clinic procedure. AFib is an irregular heart rhythm when the heart’s upper chambers chaotically beat out of sync with the lower chambers, increasing risk of stroke and heart failure. Mayo Electrophysiology laboratory director Dr. Suraj Kapa said incidence of the arrhythmia is expected to increase as the population becomes older and the world faces an obesity epidemic. Common symptoms include a racing or fluttering heart, lightheadedness, chest pain and extreme fatigue, but some patients have no symptoms: “It can range from somebody being totally asymptomatic — they don’t feel it at all — all the way to somebody feeling essentially like a truck ran them over,” Kapa said. Crisci, who had a PFA procedure at Mount Sinai, said he felt short of breath whenever he exerted himself in recent years. A doctor discovered his AFib during a routine physical in 2022. Patients can control AFib through medications or ablation procedures, but there’s no true cure. Dr. Khaldoun Tarakji, chief medical officer of Medtronic’s cardiac ablation unit, said anti-arrhythmic drugs can cause potentially fatal side effects. Boston Scientific Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ken Stein said drugs are often ineffective. “Even a decade ago,” Stein said, “it was clear that some type of ablation procedure was ultimately going to be preferred versus drugs for patients.” Pulsed field ablation is at least as effective and is certainly more efficient than conventional thermal ablation, which includes radiofrequency and cryoablation methods, Stein said. During a cryoablation procedure, a balloon expands inside a pulmonary vein, freezing tissue with extreme cold, said Dr. Henri Roukoz, director of electrophysiology at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Radiofrequency ablation, which is more common, cauterizes tissue around the pulmonary vein point by point, in intervals that take minutes and add up to hours. Using thermal sources, doctors can inadvertently damage other organs like the esophagus, leading to rare but potentially fatal complications, Roukoz said. Pulsed field ablation uses a high voltage impulse to create pores in cells in the area surrounding the pulmonary vein, causing them to disintegrate and die, doctors said. Because the pulses are localized to targeted cells, doctors said there’s a smaller chance the procedure affects adjacent organs. Crisci said physicians offered him drugs or ablation but he declined long-term medication for treatment: “I don’t take aspirin or anything.” He said he held off on the procedure until he landed a spot in Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s clinical trial. In the Mayo Clinic cath lab, Dr. Peter Noseworthy and Dr. Robert Ward made two incisions on the left and right side of the patient’s groin to insert catheters, which are thin tube-shaped devices physicians can advance to the heart through blood vessels, allowing access to the heart without open surgery. The doctors threaded a mapping catheter — with several tiny legs sprouting from its end — through the groin, moving it up blood vessels until it reached the heart. There, its metallic legs danced across the interior surface of the heart as the physician toggled the device’s controller. This produced a model of the heart that allowed the physicians to precisely identify spots for ablation. Then the physicians threaded a Farapulse catheter into the right incision and snaked it toward the heart. They poked a hole in the heart’s interior so the catheter could move from the right upper chamber to the left upper chamber, which the arrhythmia affects. The doctors delivered roughly eight electric pulses to the heart. Each pulse gets delivered after the tap of an iPad-like touchscreen. The procedure wraps up quickly. It’s at least as effective as radiofrequency ablation, but the arrhythmia can return, doctors say. Crisci said he healed quickly following his first ablation in March using the J & J technology, but he went back into AFib about a week and a half later. He received a second procedure in July, and he said he hasn’t had AFib since. Now, he’s hitting the gym more. “It’s really giving me a second youth,” Crisci said. At the electrophysiology divisions of the biggest medtech companies, executives spotted the promising market years ago. Boston Scientific acquired University of Iowa startup Farapulse in 2021 for hundreds of millions of dollars after first investing in the company in 2014. In 2022, Medtronic acquired Affera, the company behind its new catheter that ablates and maps the heart, for $925 million. Stein said physicians use Farapulse in the large majority of pulsed field procedures. Its Minnesota-based division within Boston Scientific grew by 177% on an organic basis during the most recent quarter. Jasmina Brooks, president of Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s electrophysiology division, said the company’s pulsed field system was the first in the U.S. to fully integrate with the company’s 3D heart-mapping system, which helps doctors visualize the heart as they position the catheter and deliver the energy. And Tarakji of Medtronic said the adoption of PFA “has even exceeded the wildest expectation.” With PulseSelect, he said patients often don’t experience some of the side effects of radiofrequency ablation like chest pain. He pointed out that that the company’s catheter has one of the smallest diameters, which can reduce recovery time. The race doesn’t come without obstacles. A supplier problem held back Medtronic PulseSelect sales for the most recent reported quarter. Boston Scientific paused an important clinical trial to expand the use of its technology as a first-line treatment for persistent AFib after making unanticipated observations — and then restarted it weeks later. The companies are now incorporating mapping technology into the ablating catheter to further streamline the procedure. And Tarakji said Medtronic is in early feasibility studies to study whether the company’s technology can treat a serious arrhythmia called ventricular tachycardia. Nick Spadea-Anello, president of Boston Scientific’s electrophysiology division, said the the new technology will fuel future innovation. Said Stein: “The potential now is to offer them ... a therapy that is safe, a therapy that’s effective and a therapy that is efficient for the system as a whole: It just changes patients’ lives.”

Fmr LLC reduced its stake in shares of Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PLRX – Free Report ) by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,899,481 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,278 shares during the quarter. Fmr LLC owned 0.06% of Pliant Therapeutics worth $43,713,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of PLRX. Summit Securities Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pliant Therapeutics during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $59,000. Atria Investments Inc acquired a new stake in Pliant Therapeutics during the third quarter valued at $112,000. Deerfield Management Company L.P. Series C purchased a new position in Pliant Therapeutics in the second quarter valued at $126,000. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in Pliant Therapeutics by 65.0% in the third quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 11,694 shares of the company’s stock valued at $131,000 after buying an additional 4,607 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pliant Therapeutics in the third quarter worth about $145,000. 97.30% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Pliant Therapeutics Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ:PLRX opened at $14.69 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 10.26 and a quick ratio of 10.26. Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $10.22 and a 1 year high of $19.62. The firm has a market capitalization of $893.89 million, a PE ratio of -4.40 and a beta of 1.05. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $13.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $12.75. Analysts Set New Price Targets Read Our Latest Stock Report on PLRX Pliant Therapeutics Company Profile ( Free Report ) Pliant Therapeutics, Inc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapies for the treatment of fibrosis and related diseases in the United States. The company's lead candidate is bexotegrast, an oral, small-molecule, dual selective inhibitor of avß6 and avß1 integrins, which is in phase 2b trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and in phase 2a trial for primary sclerosing cholangitis. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding PLRX? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. ( NASDAQ:PLRX – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Pliant Therapeutics Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Pliant Therapeutics and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

In total, the Company issued 25,104,545 FT Shares for gross proceeds of $1,380,750 at a price per FT Share of $0.055 and 2,300,000 Units for gross proceeds of $115,000 at a price per Unit of $0.05, with each Unit being comprised of one common share of the Company (a“ Share ”) and one common share purchase warrant (each a“ Warrant ”, and together, the“ Warrants ”), with each Warrant entitling the holder to acquire one common share (each a“ Warrant Share ”) at an exercise price of $0.10 per Share for a period of 36 months following the closing of the Offering. The gross amount raised from the issuance of FT Shares will be used by the Company for exploration on its mineral exploration properties and the net proceeds raised from the issuance of Units will be used for general working capital of the Company and payment of fees related to the Offering. The FT Share and Units were offered by way of the“accredited investor” exemption under National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions in all the provinces of Canada. The Units, FT Shares, Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares are subject to a four-month hold period in Canada following the closing of the Offering. In aggregate, the Company paid 8% in cash finders fees and issued a total of 363,636 compensation warrants to arm's length finders, with each such compensation warrant being exercisable for a period of 24 months following the closing at a price of $0.055 per Share. Closing is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and other customary closing conditions. Related Party Transaction Patrick Fernet, a director of the Company, acquired 600,000 FT Shares for total consideration of $33,000. Patrick Fernet is hereinafter referred to as the“Insider”. The Insider is considered a“related party” and“insider” of the Company for the purposes of applicable securities laws and stock exchange rules. The subscription and issuance of FT Shares by the Insider constitutes a related party transaction but is exempt from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements of Regulation 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions as neither the fair market value of the common shares issued to the Insider, nor the consideration paid by such Insider, exceeds 25% of the Company's market capitalization. The Insider abstained from voting on all matters relating to the Offering. Clarification regarding previous private placement On August 12th and September 11th, 2024, the Company announced the closing of a previous private placement of units of the company. The Company wishes to clarify the intended use of the net proceeds raised from said private placement, being $361,000, as follows (noting that no amount was payable to investor relations service providers, and less than 10% was payable to non-arm's length parties): Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the release. ABOUT OPUS ONE GOLD CORPORATION Opus One Gold Corporation is a mining exploration company focused on discovering high quality gold and base metals deposits within strategically located properties in proven mining camps, close to existing mines in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, north-western Quebec and north-eastern Ontario - one of the most prolific gold mining areas in the world. Opus One holds assets in Val-d'Or and Matagami areas. For more information, please contact: Louis Morin Chief Executive Officer & Director Tel.: (514) 591-3988 Michael W. Kinley, CPA, CA President, Chief Financial Officer & Director Tel: (902) 402-0388 ... Visit Opus One's website: MENAFN24122024004107003653ID1109028427 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.MADRID (AP) — Spanish King Felipe VI used his traditional Christmas Eve speech to remember the victims of the catastrophic Valencia flash floods, and urged the country to remain calm despite public debates around hot-button issues such as immigration and housing affordability. In a pre-recorded speech that usually reviews the year’s most relevant issues, Felipe said Spain “must never forget the pain and sadness” the flood have caused. The Oct. 29 floods killed more than 225 people in eastern Spain, damaging countless homes and leaving graveyards of cars piled on top of each other. In some towns, the heavy downpours that caused the floods dropped as much as a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours. In early November, as Spaniards’ shock at the wreckage turned into frustration, a political blame game began, directed especially at regional authorities who failed to send timely emergency alerts to cell phones on the day of the floods. The frustration of residents in hard-hit Paiporta near Valencia was on display when people tossed mud and shouted insults at the king and government officials in early November when they made their first visit to the town. “We have seen — and understood — the frustration, the pain, the impatience, the demands for greater and more effective coordination,” Felipe said about how the disaster was managed, adding that he had asked that aid be sent to everyone who needed it. He also addressed the country’s housing crunch and high rents, which have become a leading concern in this European Union country that is the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. Fast-rising rents are especially acute in cities like Barcelona and Madrid, where incomes have failed to keep up, especially for younger people in a country with chronically high unemployment. Felipe urged that “all the actors involved reflect” and “listen to each other” so that they facilitate bringing access to housing under “affordable conditions.” Spain’s immigration debate should keep in mind the country’s European partners and immigrants’ countries of origin, Felipe said, warning that “the way in which we are able to address immigration ... will say a lot in the future about our principles and the quality of our democracy.” Felipe said Spain need to remain calm in the public sphere, even in the face of a “sometimes thunderous” contest in its politics.

IN the run-up to Christmas, the Delta Marriott hotel on the outskirts of Warwick would usually be bustling with locals enjoying family meals and guests celebrating festive weddings. The four-star hotel advertises itself as the perfect location for tourists visiting Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon and boasts a restaurant with a menu drawn up by a Michelin-starred chef. But that all changed in the middle of November when security fences were put up and a plastic sheet was placed over the sign at its front entrance. The takeover of the hotel by the Home Office to house asylum seekers while their claims are ­processed came as a shock to paying guests and those living nearby, with bookings cancelled at less than 24 hours’ notice. The site is one of the seven new asylum hotels opened since the ­election, despite Labour’s manifesto pledge to end their use. With 133,409 asylum seekers ­waiting at the end of September for an initial decision on their claims, hotels are used as a quick fix for an overwhelmed system. The processing of claims ground to a halt under the previous Tory government after they passed a law which meant anyone who arrived illegally could not claim ­asylum and would instead be told they could be heading to Rwanda . When Labour won the July election they restarted the system, but a huge backlog remains on top of the nearly 100,000 people who applied for asylum in the year to September. Since the ­election, the number housed in hotels like the Delta ­Marriott has jumped by 21 per cent to 35,361. There are currently 220 such hotels in operation across the country. The Delta Marriott’s manager Naveed Hussain apologised on ­ Tripadvisor to one disgruntled guest who had had their stay cancelled, saying it was due to “unforeseen ­circumstances, as the hotel is currently committed to an exclusive-use booking until mid-February 2025”. Previously a night’s stay at the hotel cost £104 on average, according to Tripadvisor, where guests praised it for the friendly staff and “super-comfy” beds. Komal Pahl, who lives with three generations of her family a stone’s throw from the hotel, told The Sun on ­Sunday that they were given no notice of what would be happening. She said: “My sister used to go to the gym there, as did several of our neighbours, but obviously that has all changed now. “We had no knowledge of what was about to happen. We saw they covered up their hotel signs, which was odd, and the next day metal fences arrived, along with security guards. I found out from Facebook.” Komal, 25, who works for an anti-racism charity in Coventry, added: “It was a shock. I don’t know much about politics but we all voted ­Labour and for this to happen with no warning and no one telling us anything does not feel right.” Neighbour Manjit Atwal, 75, a retired company director, often visited the hotel before it closed to paying guests. He said: “My son used to be the duty manager there, the staff know us and we use it for drinks if we have guests staying. "The hotel was our neighbour. We’re not happy. We were told ­nothing about this, and as we’re in the middle of selling our house it’s very stressful.” Andrew Day, a Tory councillor on Warwick District Council, said: “You can’t blame the hotel for ­taking guaranteed revenue in the quiet months but it does represent a loss to the community.” He added: “This is just another example of Labour saying one thing to get elected, then doing another when in power. “It just shows that this is an intractable problem, no matter who is in power.” In Altrincham, Gtr Manchester, residents held a meeting to voice concerns that they have been left in an “information vacuum” after the nearby Cresta Court Hotel was turned into an asylum hotel without their knowledge. Gwyneth and Roger Roper, who have previously housed Ukrainian refugees, said they were concerned about the lack of information. Gwyneth said: “I can’t say I agree or disagree with what’s going on because we’ve just been kept in the dark and treated like mushrooms. “It’s wrong of local and central government not to consult us on something that could impact the local community.” Annually £5.38billion is spent on the UK’s asylum system, or nearly £15million a day. It is the highest total spending since comparable records began in 2010 and is up by nearly 12 times in ten years. The hotel bill was previously £8.3million a day, when the number of people housed in hotels peaked at 56,042 in September 2023. Labour’s pledge to cut that bill was laid out clearly in their manifesto, which stated: “Labour will turn the page and restore order to the asylum system so that it ­operates swiftly, firmly and fairly, and the rules are properly enforced. Among the reasons why so many people are in hotels is that for a long time the claims weren’t being ­processed “We will hire additional caseworkers to clear the Conservatives’ backlog and end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions.” With more asylum seekers arriving, more accommodation is needed. But after nearly seven months, work to convert a student accommodation block in Huddersfield, West Yorks is incomplete. In the year to September, 99,790 people applied for asylum, up slightly from the 98,926 total in the previous 12 months. Of the latest arrivals, those who had crossed the Channel in small boats made up 28 per cent of the total. At a press conference this week Sir Keir Starmer said: “We must bring the cost of asylum down and we have a manifesto pledge to bring the number of hotels down, to end the use of hotels, which we are driving hard at. “The way to do that is to increase the processing of claims. Among the reasons why so many people are in hotels is that for a long time the claims weren’t being ­processed.” He added: “We’ve returned 9,600 since the election and we have got more flights off than has ever been done before.” This week Kemi Badenoch used her first major policy speech as Tory leader to say “immigration, both legal and illegal, is too high”. She said: “We can argue about the effects of migration on the economy, we can discuss the impact on public services and housing, and we haven’t done that enough. “But ­fundamentally, this country is not a dormitory or a hotel, it is our home. We need to look after it.” A Labour source said: “When the Tories were kicked out of power on July 4, the immigration system was on its knees. “Between the start of the year and the General Election, asylum decisions dropped by 75 per cent and asylum interviews fell by more than 80 per cent. “We’re now making over 10,000 asylum decisions per month, clearing the backlog. “If the chaotic Conservatives had carried on, we would have had more than 10,000 additional people in hotels by the end of the year. “We said we will fix the broken asylum system — we are getting on with the job.” FRANCE’S Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is ready for a “showdown” with the UK over Channel crossings unless the British government opens more legal asylum routes. On a visit to Calais on Friday he said he wants a “comprehensive” deal with Britain and the wider European community rather than more UK funding to police French beaches. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is to meet him on December 9 as figures show more than 50 people have died trying to cross the Channel this year – the highest total ever. Mr Retailleau called for a deal in which the UK would accept asylum applicants, with the EU taking back those it rejects, and said he would “arm-wrestle” with the EU over the issue, adding: “Only a comprehensive deal between the UK and the EU can really turn things around.”Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank raised its holdings in Federated Hermes, Inc. ( NYSE:FHI – Free Report ) by 2.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 16,638 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 340 shares during the quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank’s holdings in Federated Hermes were worth $612,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in FHI. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Federated Hermes by 49.0% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,061 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 349 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. purchased a new position in shares of Federated Hermes in the second quarter worth $47,000. CWM LLC lifted its stake in shares of Federated Hermes by 985.7% during the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,000 after buying an additional 1,311 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in shares of Federated Hermes by 26.0% during the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 296 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC increased its position in shares of Federated Hermes by 134.9% in the 2nd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 1,945 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after acquiring an additional 1,117 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.94% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In FHI has been the subject of a number of research reports. TD Cowen raised Federated Hermes from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $35.00 to $46.00 in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Federated Hermes from $36.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of Federated Hermes from $43.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. StockNews.com cut shares of Federated Hermes from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Federated Hermes from $36.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $43.33. Federated Hermes Stock Down 1.2 % FHI stock opened at $42.79 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $39.95 and its 200 day moving average is $35.87. The firm has a market cap of $3.50 billion, a PE ratio of 13.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.15. Federated Hermes, Inc. has a one year low of $31.24 and a one year high of $43.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 2.03 and a current ratio of 2.75. Federated Hermes ( NYSE:FHI – Get Free Report ) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 24th. The company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.14. Federated Hermes had a return on equity of 29.85% and a net margin of 16.62%. The company had revenue of $408.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $410.26 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.86 EPS. Federated Hermes’s quarterly revenue was up 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that Federated Hermes, Inc. will post 3.88 EPS for the current year. Federated Hermes Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 15th. Investors of record on Friday, November 8th were paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.90%. Federated Hermes’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.87%. Insider Activity at Federated Hermes In related news, VP Paul A. Uhlman sold 6,311 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.39, for a total transaction of $261,212.29. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 310,767 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,862,646.13. The trade was a 1.99 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website . Also, CEO Saker Anwar Nusseibeh sold 12,152 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $39.86, for a total value of $484,378.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 179,096 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,138,766.56. This represents a 6.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last quarter, insiders have sold 29,280 shares of company stock valued at $1,185,871. 3.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders. Federated Hermes Profile ( Free Report ) Federated Hermes, Inc is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm provides its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and registered investment advisors. Featured Articles Want to see what other hedge funds are holding FHI? 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The Chargers continue to deal with injuries in the running game, placing a running back on injured reserve for the second time this year. A couple weeks after the return of Gus Edwards from IR, J.K. Dobbins has been placed on the injured list . Joining Dobbins in an absence of at least four weeks is safety Alohi Gilman . It’s frustrating news for Dobbins, who will fail to play a healthy, full season yet again. Dobbins missed a game with a COVID-19 designation in his rookie season and, since then, has missed the entire 2021 season, nine games the following year and 16 games last year. Through 12 weeks this season, it finally looked like Dobbins was going to put together a full season. Instead, the 25-year-old will miss the next four games, at least, with a sprained MCL . He’ll hope to come back for a potential playoff run at the end of the season. Gilman is dealing with a hamstring injury that will cause him to miss his first game of the season since Week 2. Gilman’s in the first year of a new contract, after securing an extension by grading out as the seventh-best safety in the league last year, according to Pro Football Focus. Gilman has slumped in 2024, ranking 80th out of 89 graded safeties, per PFF. He’ll hope to make a return late in the season to try to turn things around. The Chargers will fill one of the two vacated roster spots by signing veteran safety Tony Jefferson to the 53-man roster from the practice squad. The 32-year-old has extensive starting experience and has appeared in three games this year for Los Angeles. He’ll likely be included in the plan to replace Gilman over the next several weeks. The team also named cornerback Dicaprio Bootle and linebacker Jeremiah Jean-Baptiste as standard game-day practice squad elevations for this weekend. This article first appeared on Pro Football Rumors and was syndicated with permission.

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