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aspects: The Professional Dental Care market is segmented depending on the major aspects including applications, end-use industry, and other leading factors, according to MSNBC. Along with this the sub segments are also included in this report. The report highlights the market essentials, opportunities, regional market, Emerging Growth Factors, market challenges, forecast and competitors joined with their market share. In the next sections, other components and elements are discussed which contribute to the growth of the market. Professional Dental Care manufacturers and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies. These consequences help in analyzing the current position of the market. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

regional-list system: They believe the May elections across the EU could serve as an ideal and timely electoral launchpad for their fledgling party, and plan to use the slogan They want to stand candidates for all 73 seats across the 12 UK regions and believe the contest, conducted under a regional-list system in which seats are allocated to parties in proportion to their share of the vote, could give them their first electoral successes, particularly in the Remain-dominated London and South East regions, according to The Independent. The 11 independent MPs will begin selecting candidates this week. The Independent Group's team of eight former Labour and three former Tory MPs all strongly pro-Remain and in favour of a second referendum have applied to the Electoral Commission to register as a party and take part in the elections under the name Change UK The Independent Group. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Independent Group's interim leader, Heidi Allen, holds the group's first public meeting in her South Cambridgeshire constituency on 30 March 2019. Labour's 20 existing MEPs, who had expected like all UK members to be giving up their seats on 29 March, were given until last Friday to say if they wanted to continue. Photograph Nicola Tree/Getty Images Labour has also started selecting its candidates and mobilising staff for a campaign. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

retirement: Two-thirds of millennials have nothing saved for retirement, according to the National Institute for Retirement Studies, and 95% are not properly saving, according to Market Watch. Critics say these young people, who are in their mid-20s to mid-30s, would rather drop all their money on lattes and avocado toast instead of funding a retirement account or a home down payment. But maybe it doesn't need to be so hard. They're also called entitled and lazy. They're not completely wrong, considering student debt is at a record 1.56 trillion in the country and rents and mortgages are getting more expensive. The generation argues, however, they're not as well-off as their parents were at their age, and they can't save for retirement because they have too many other financial obligations. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

share lunch: Nkundiye was convicted of the killing and other crimes and spent eight years in prison. ; Today he lives nearby the widow of the man he killed, according to The Japan Times. And somehow they are friends their children and grandchildren play and share lunch together, their cows graze in the same field. The 43-year-old Hutu and a few other men from his Rwandan village chopped the Tutsi man to pieces one horrific slaying during a 100-day genocide that killed an estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and the Hutus who tried to protect them. I am very grateful to her, Nkundiye, now 68, said of the widow, 58-year-old Laurencia Mukalemera. I even leave my children with her when I am away. Ever since I apologized to her after prison life, confessing to my crimes and asking her for forgiveness, she has accepted me. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

tokyo prosecutors: The initial arrest last November over what some viewed as a relatively minor charge of understating compensation was a tactical move to buy time to analyze money flowing to and from Oman, according to people familiar with the matter, according to The Japan Times. Additional charges followed. Turns out that was just the opening act. Nissan executives have since been cooperating with Tokyo prosecutors and received plea agreements in at least two instances, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing private matters. ; The ousted auto titan is now facing far more serious charges that he enriched himself via a web of complex financial transactions involving business partners in Oman and Saudi Arabia, as well as in his ancestral home of Lebanon, where he's still lionized as a visionary. A Tokyo court on Friday approved his detention through April 14. With prosecutors confident they could make a case, they arrested Ghosn again on April 4, just weeks after he'd been released on bail. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

yields: This divergence between equities and yields goes against textbook finance theory, drawing questions of how long this benign environment for both risk and haven assets can last, according to Market Watch. The truth could be somewhere between what stocks and bonds are saying. Yet market participants say these gains have led equities and debt yields to send wildly contradictory signals over the U.S. economy's health, with the rise in equities indicating the recent slowdown will only remain a soft patch, even as the rise in bond prices and slide in yields imply a more pessimistic outlook for the rest of the year. But it's unsustainable, Franck Dixmier, head of global fixed-income at Allianz Global Investors, told Market Watch. A positive correlation reflects when two indicators move in sync, while a negative correlation shows when they move in opposite directions. See The traditional stock-bond correlation disappeared in 2018, spelling trouble for investors Analysts say the driver for these investment riches has been a dramatic breakdown of the positive correlation between stocks and bond yields in 2019 - when equities rise, bond prices fall, pushing yields higher. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

backsliding: I think when there is backsliding internally then you have less moral force in that argument, Obama said. 70 years of NATO -- and this year might be its most crucial Obama said the alliances created a structure and a set of aspirations so that small countries, defenseless peoples, vulnerable groups could appeal to the ideals and the principles and take that charter or piece of paper and say, 'Look this is what you said' and that gave some leverage and force to the argument that over time improved the situation, according to CNN. Read More Obama also said he recognizes there are some strains currently between the United States and NATO. President Donald Trump has threatened to leave NATO several times privately, and as recently as last year, according to the New York Times. At the event hosted by his foundation, the former Democratic president was asked by a town hall participant what smaller countries like the Baltic states could do to stress the importance of international alliances like NATO. Obama suggested that these smaller nations in alliances reflect internally the values of democracy, freedom, rule of law so they can hold the larger countries accountable. He has frequently criticized NATO members for not meeting the target of spending 2% of their gross domestic product on defense. Obama said on Saturday that as President, I was very clear that there were no junior or senior members of NATO and that Article 4 and Article 5 means what it says and that it has to be not just talked about with nice phrases but there has to be planning and work done to prepare for the possibility of mutual defense. Trump has also slammed the alliance as obsolete and last year appeared to waver on whether the US should come to the defense of all NATO member countries, though he had previously committed to Article 5, which deems an attack on one member of NATO an attack on all countries in the alliance. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

timpson group: After serving more than two years for a violent assault, Barker had been turned down for nearly 70 jobs, according to The Guardian. But the family-owned Timpson group offered her a second chance, training her to work in one of its photo-processing shops on day release from prison before she eventually moved on to cutting keys, and mending shoes and watches at one of its Manchester outlets. That is because at the end of the day she would be returning to her prison cell. If I had not got the job at Timpson I dread to think what would have happened, says the former prisoner. From the kind gesture of a manager who gave her somewhere to live when she left prison to company-funded counselling and a loan for a deposit on a flat. Having suffered depression since going into care when her mother died when she was 15, Barker says Timpson has helped turn her life around. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

vehicle doors: Lucie County Detention Facility in Fort Pierce, Florida, where he'd been held on grand theft charges, according to an arrest affidavit, according to CNN. The affidavit says after he was released, Lewis then began walking around the jail's parking lot acting suspicious and checking vehicle doors. The 37-year-old had just been released Thursday from the St. Surveillance video showed Lewis looking into cars and opening the door of a silver vehicle, according to the affidavit. He then exited the vehicle and walked around the length of the lot, checking vehicles along the way by either looking into the windows or lifting door handles to see whether they were unsecured, the affidavit said. The report says Lewis entered the vehicle from the driver's side and sat in the car for about two and a half minutes. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

video clip: Chris Hayes of MSNBC retweeted a video clip of Trump talking about MS-13 gang members, according to MSNBC. But the clip was edited to make it appear as if he were talking about asylum seekers. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times MSNBC Host, Presidential Candidate Share Post Falsely Claiming Trump Called Asylum Seekers Animals'By Zachary Stieber April 6, 2019 Updated April 6, 2019 Share An MSNBC host, a CNN analyst, and a Democratic presidential candidate were among those sharing and commenting on a post that falsely claimed President Donald Trump called asylum seekers animals, a cycle of renewed disinformation about a clip from 2018. Mark Elliott, with the nonprofit Economic Mobility Corp., originally shared the misleading video with the caption Trump on people asking for asylum These aren't people. Hayes shared Apatow's post without adding any context. These are animals.' Judd Apatow, a famous movie director, shared Elliott's post, adding the caption, Nazi garbage. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

wiltshire: The society is starting small, according to The Guardian. The project, called Oakfield, close to Nationwide's headquarters in Swindon, Wiltshire, is for 239 homes, making it a new neighbourhood, not a new town. Now the mutual society is going back to the future and is to start building homes again for the first time in a hundred years, in a revolutionary not-for-profit venture challenging the major housebuilders' grip on the property market. It is aiming to build better and bigger homes as it has to cover just its costs, not squeeze out the 20%-plus margins that the big housebuilders usually expect. The value in this project will be in replicating it across the country. Profit is not our driving factor. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

american officials: It is a country of just 4 million people, but its canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans makes it one of the world's busiest trade arteries and strategically important both to Washington and Beijing. ; As American officials express alarm at Beijing's ambitions in the U.S.-dominated Western Hemisphere, China has launched a charm offensive, wooing Panamanian politicians, professionals and journalists, according to The Japan Times. The Chinese ambassador, a Spanish-speaking Latin American veteran, has been talking up the benefits of Belt and Road on TV and Twitter. China is hardly a newcomer to the region, but now it is focusing on countries in Central America such as Panama. Beijing has flown professionals and journalists on junkets to China. We see a big opportunity to connect Asia and America to Panama, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said during a visit to Hong Kong this week. It seems to be paying off. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

benchmarks fare: The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, 0.15% advanced 40.36 points, or 0.2%, to 26,424.99 and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, 0.59% rose 46.91 points, or 0.6%, to 7,938.69, according to Market Watch. For the week, the S&P 500 gained 2.1%, the blue-chip index added 1.9% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rallied 2.7%. What drove the market March jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added 196,000 new jobs, above consensus expectations of 177,000 in a Market Watch poll of economists. How did the benchmarks fare The S&P 500 index SPX, 0.46% climbed 13.35 points, or 0.5%, to 2,892.74, rising for the seventh straight session. The Labor Department's official measure of unemployment held steady at 3.8%. However, despite what appears to be strong demand for workers, wage growth remained modest, with average hourly earnings rising 4 cents to 27.70, a year-over-year increase of 3.2%, down from 3.4% in February. Earlier Thursday, Trump said the U.S. and China were rounding the turn in lengthy talks and predicted that something monumental for both countries could be announced in a matter of weeks. Read Hiring speeds up as U.S. economy adds 196,000 jobs in March The positive sentiment was also supported by Xinhua News Agency's report that Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a letter to President Donald Trump that substantial progress had been made in U.S.-China talks over the past months and called for negotiations to be wrapped up as soon as possible. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

fintech revolution: The fintech revolution is just at the edge of the starting line, and it presents a tremendous opportunity for developing countries to further enhance the integration of digital technologies across financial services, said Jing, according to Global Times China. He said the partnership of local vendors in ASEAN countries and Alipay helps them learn how to develop mobile payment and how digital technologies can drive a country's economic growth. 2019 marked the first time in history that finance and economic ministers from ASEAN member states invited a leader from the fintech industry to participate in an exclusive knowledge sharing session, highlighting the rapid development of transfer and payment technologies in the region as well as the implications for ASEAN's financial landscape. Speaking as the only corporate representative at the ASEAN Finance Ministers' Retreat, Eric Jing, Chairman and CEO of Ant Financial that runs Alipay, said Alipay is joining hands with e-wallets of ASEAN countries to help accelerate the digitalization of the region. Southeast Asia represents a market with significant potential for financial inclusion as the region still has a hefty unbanked population. Globally, 52 percent of adults have sent or received digital payments in the past year, up from 42 percent in 2014. According to the World Bank's latest Global Financial Inclusion Index, digital technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in the payments industry. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

brokerage industry: The company hopes to restore its earning power by reviewing its cost structure, according to The Japan Times. The brokerage industry faces a rapid change in the domestic business environment due to the aging of customers and the development of digital technology. The brokerage giant aims to cut operating costs by a total of 140 billion by the end of March 2022 from the level four years before. ; Nomura will mainly consolidate outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan region whose sales areas overlap. Nomura hopes to improve the efficiency of outlets located close to each other, as well as those sales bases hit by a decline in customer visits, which is due chiefly to the popularity of online trading and other services. As for overseas operations, the Nomura group will focus resources on the United States and the growing markets in China and other Asian countries while scaling down its operations in Europe. Nomura Securities Co., the core unit of the holding company, will review its staffing of some 3,000 sales personnel over several years. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

colombo: Investment in the Urban Regeneration Project will support the construction of about 5,500 housing units and other related infrastructure in Colombo, according to Global Times China. The housing units will be provided to individuals and families currently living in under-served settlements that are impacted by poor sewer and solid waste management systems and dilapidated housing structures. A 200-million-dollar loan will improve housing conditions for low-income communities in Colombo by constructing affordable housing and redeveloping land, while another loan of 80 million dollars will be used to reduce the risk and damage from landslides in Sri Lanka, the AIIB said. Providing affording housing will improve the quality of life for those in need in Colombo, said AIIB Vice President and Chief Investment Officer D.J. Pandian. The investment to reduce landslide risk will support the design and construction of mitigation or protection measures where landslides have already occurred or are at risk of occurring. Smarter urban planning will also enable the city to attract more foreign investment and increase its potential as an economic hub for the country. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

hedge-fund: In fact, the quiz will surely challenge some adults, according to Market Watch. Plus, read why your assumptions about ETFs and index funds might be mistaken, digest warnings from hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio about the urgent need to make capitalism fairer for all, and see how one couple is doing whatever it takes to retire early. Could you Investors' widely held beliefs about ETFs and index funds may be wrong Hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio says capitalism needs urgent reform This is the real reason why the U.S. economy isn't in recession danger now Millionaires next door One couple's frugal path to early retirement The stories resonating with readers this week include the frustration many teenagers feel about their financial future, as evidenced by the fact that about half of teens weren't able to pass a basic personal finance quiz. Jonathan Burton INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS About half of teens can't pass this basic 8-question financial quiz. About half of teens can't pass this basic 8-question financial quiz. Could you Many teens don't think they'll be financially independent from their parents even by age 30, new survey finds. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

omani distributor: Less than a month after being released on bail, Ghosn was arrested again Thursday over a fresh allegation of aggravated breach of trust, this time in connection with the misuse of the funds paid to the distributor, according to The Japan Times. He denied all of the allegations. ; Hours before his arrest on Thursday, Ghosn vowed to prove he was innocent of the alleged financial misdeeds but raised doubts in an interview with French television that he would receive a fair trial in Japan. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is suspected by prosecutors of having redirected to himself money paid by the automaker to an Omani distributor that had no say over the received funds, sources close to the matter said Friday. The ousted boss of Nissan and Renault, whose case has gripped Japan and the rest of the business world, said in the interview that if he knew his trial would turn out fair, he would not be worried. The Tokyo District Court approved detention for 10 days until April 14 on Friday, prompting criticism from Ghosn's defense lawyer Junichiro Hironaka, who said he would file an appeal the same day. But he told broadcasters TF1 and I have doubts about how this trial is going to play out these doubts aren't mine, they're those of my lawyers. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

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conservatives: But Labour says the governing Conservatives needed to be more flexible and have not shown any movement on a political declaration of intent on the future relationship between London and Brussels once Britain has left the EU. No talks have been arranged yet between the two sides for this weekend, a Labour source told Reuters, according to Nine News Australia. Prime Minister Theresa May has asked EU leaders to postpone Britain's exit from the bloc next Friday until June 30 but the EU insists she must first show a viable plan to secure agreement on her thrice-rejected divorce deal in the British parliament. To improve your experience update it here News WorldUK minister sees Brexit deal with Labour By AAP7 09am Apr 6, 2019Facebook Tweet Mail The British government is optimistic about reaching some form of deal with the opposition Labour Party to end a deadlock on Brexit, Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond says. It is the latest twist in a saga which leaves Britain, the world's fifth-biggest economy, struggling to find a way to honour a 2016 referendum vote to take the country out of the globe's largest trading bloc. I am optimistic that we will reach some form of agreement with Labour, he said on the sidelines of a meeting of EU finance ministers in Bucharest. Hammond, however, told reporters on Saturday he was upbeat about breaking the impasse. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

dodson: The budget's approach to Indigenous education is just more of the same Margaret Malezer for IndigenousXRead more The West Australian Labor senator Pat Dodson said he was perplexed by the 7.3m allocation, and asked whether it meant the prime minister, Scullion, or the party had changed their minds about rejecting a voice to parliament, according to The Guardian. I don't accept that I or anyone else has changed their mind, senator, Scullion replied. Scullion told parliament the voice still after all this time, is five letters . We would like to understand what a voice is before we put it to the Australian people, Scullion said in response to repeated questioning. Dodson said the request of the First Nations peoples at Uluru was a voice entrenched in the constitution. You know my view about that. The premise you are putting forward is somehow we should support the Uluru statement, Scullion replied. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

stock trades: That rationale that even skilled fund managers can't beat the stock-market indices, so there's no reason to pay someone to try, according to Market Watch. Not true, write finance and accounting professors Linda Chen of the University of Idaho, Wei Huang of the College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University, and George Jiang of Washington State University, after an exhaustive study of nearly 2,000 U.S. mutual funds' stock trades by month from January 1998 to March 2015. An analysis of mutual-fund stock trades over the past two decades has thrown into question the rationale that has sent everybody and her grandmother stampeding into low-cost index funds and exchange traded funds. Instead, their research found substantial evidence that many skilled money managers are adept at picking stocks. And, critically, they are good at picking the stocks that are going to beat earnings expectations ahead of time L arge active trades by mutual funds prior to the month of earnings announcements have significantly positive abnormal returns in the subsequent one-, two- and three-month horizons, they wrote. Mutual fund trades outperform their benchmarks, they wrote. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

temperature controls: They boil water nearly twice as fast and quietly as conventional kettles, the nifty automatic shut-off controls are saviors for those who get distracted easily and forget to turn off the stove, and many come with temperature controls that allow you to fine-tune the right temperature perfectly suited for your brew of choice, according to The Independent. With so many options on the market, it's worth doing your research before splashing out. And if you haven't discovered the joy these countertop essentials can bring, then consider this your chance to be introduced. From identifying variable temperatures you need to brew your perfect beverage, to choosing design aesthetics such as non-slip grip and the shape of the spout, to considering the finish and look of your kettle - all while keeping your budget in mind. Keying in factors like speed, ease of use and accuracy, we round-up eight of the very best options on the market. It's a tough choice and we are here to help. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

deal: At a meeting between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, US time, officials from both sides sounded optimistic about the ongoing talks, though they also maintained a fine line in discussing a specific deadline for a deal, according to Global Times China. In the meeting, Liu, who is leading the Chinese delegation to Washington, told Trump that the two teams had productive consultations in the past two days and that new consensuses had been reached over important issues such as the text of the potential trade deal, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Though the two sides appear inching closer to a much-anticipated trade deal, there remains several key sticking points, including the tariffs which are already in place and an enforcement mechanism, on which Chinese officials are expected to hold a firm position, analysts said. Trump also said that the two countries are close to what he described will be an epic deal and suggested that officials are aiming to reach a deal within the next four weeks, according to US media outlets. Chinese and US officials held talks on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, where they apparently focused on the text of the potential trade agreement, the tariffs they have imposed on goods worth billions of dollars, a verification mechanism and other related issues. In a message to Trump, conveyed by Liu at the meeting, President Xi Jinping called for the two sides to keep up with the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and resolve issues of mutual concern so as to conclude the negotiations on the agreement text as soon as possible, Xinhua reported. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

wage growth: The latest figures indicate that February's unexpectedly poor showing was a blip rather than a worrying sign of a slowdown, as some analysts had feared, according to The Independent. Unemployment remained at 3.8 per cent, close to its lowest level in 50 years, while wage growth slowed marginally. Employers added 196,000 jobs in the month up sharply from a meagre gain of 33,000 in February. Average hourly pay increased 3.2 per cent from a year earlier down from February's gain of 3.4 per cent. You can form your own view. ISOCountry Groups euro at be cy ee fi fr de gr ie it lv lt lu mc mt nl pt sk si sm es va uk gb us us variants 1 33.4, 2 33.3, 3 33.3 We'll tell you what's true. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.

washington post: Pugh, a Democrat, is facing accusations of self-dealing, calls for her resignation and an investigation by the state prosector after revelations that she received nearly 800,000 for her books from groups with ties to state and local government, according to The Independent. The Baltimore Sun reported that Kaiser Permanente paid Pugh more than 100,000 for copies of Healthy Holly at the same time it was seeking a 48 million contract from a city board controlled by the mayor; Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield said it donated 14,500 to Associated Black Charities to buy 2,000 books; the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund gave a 7,500 donation when Pugh was a state lawmaker sponsoring legislation it favored. Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post By Rachel Chason Rachel Chason Reporter covering local politics Email Bio Follow April 5The independent state agency that regulates Maryland's insurance industry announced Friday that it is conducting a review of insurers that gave money to Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's Healthy Holly children's book company. The Maryland Insurance Administration said in a statement it had expanded its initial review from those three insurers and will not be releasing further information until the inquiry concludes. McCurdy said the donation was inconsistent with what we've been doing here since 2015, when he became the director. Mark McCurdy, the director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Funding, said the quasi-public company is comfortable with the review and has forwarded the agency its related documents. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.