UBS cuts price target on Bayer on weak outlookThe majority of British families say fixing the country’s broken NHS should be top of Keir Starmer ’s list of priorities, according to an exclusive poll for the Mirror . Almost two-thirds (64%) of people put fixing the health service in their top three priorities - ahead of money worries, immigration and cutting crime. Some 54% put controlling the cost of living in their top priorities, which was also some way ahead of the 34% who selected reducing immigration and the 33% who chose growing the economy. After this, only a fifth (20%) of people put cutting crime in their most important priorities, while 12% put helping the environment and tackling climate change. Some 9% thought rejoining the EU was a top priority, while 8% respectively said improving education standards and increasing defence spending was. Unions representing NHS staff and health experts said it was “no surprise” the public wants action to fix the health service after years of “shameful neglect” under the Tories. They warned ministers they must “heed the message” from people across the country and put the NHS at the forefront of its thinking in 2025. The NHS is currently being hit by a “tidal wave of flu” as winter bugs hit the health service over the festive period. More than one in 10 patients waited longer than 12 hours for treatment in A&E in November - and experts have warned the dangerous waits could cause more than 14,000 deaths this year. And more than 7.5million people are still languishing on the NHS backlog waiting for hospital procedures or appointments. Overworked doctors and nurses are continuing to leave the profession in their droves as they struggle with poor pay and working conditions. At the start of the month NHS workers responded with fury after ministers proposed a 2.8% pay rise. Nurses said the “offensive” pay rise was worth as little as £2 extra a day - “less than the price of a coffee” - while Unison warned waves of strikes in the NHS could return again next year. Meanwhile the Tories’ plans to build 40 new hospitals have been delayed with patients left to be treated in crumbling, dilapidated buildings. Rachel Harrison, GMB national secretary, said: “It’s no surprise the public are right behind rescuing the NHS from the crisis it’s faced for years. Our health service and the workers that keep it running are there for us and our families when we need them the most.” But she warned that the health service is currently “in the midst of a terrible winter crisis” and told ministers their plans to fix the NHS must come with addressing workforce challenges, including “staffing shortages linked to retention issues and sickness due to burnout”. Professor Nicola Ranger, the Royal College of Nursing’s general secretary and chief executive, said health workers “know only too well of the pressures facing services and will be heartened to hear the public have their support and share their concerns”. She continued: “Today ambulances are dropping patients at the front door of hospitals when the beds are full and there is no social care to take the strain. Patients are routinely being treated in corridors as staff are regularly being forced to comprise care just to make room. “As we head towards the new year those in government would do well to heed the message from the public and invest in the nursing workforce so those on the front line can give patients the treatment they deserve.” Rory Deighton, director of the acute network at the NHS Confederation, said the polling shows that the public “is acutely aware of the immense pressure facing the NHS”. He went on: “October saw record demand in A&E departments, and as winter sets in, the flu surge is only adding to the strain on an already stretched system. "To respond to public concerns and ensure the NHS is properly supported next winter and beyond, the government’s ten-year plan must address the root causes of this pressure. “Key to this is investing in social care, not only to free up hospital beds but also to shift more care closer to people’s homes. With rising demand and increasingly complex cases, social care can help ease the burden on hospitals and improve patient flow." Be the first with news from Mirror Politics BLUESKY: Follow our Mirror Politics account on Bluesky here . And follow our Mirror Politics team here - Lizzy Buchan , Jason Beattie , Kevin Maguire , Sophie Huskisson , Dave Burke , Ashley Cowburn , Mikey Smith POLITICS WHATSAPP: Be first to get the biggest bombshells and breaking news by joining our Politics WhatsApp group here . We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you want to leave our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice . NEWSLETTER: Or sign up here to the Mirror's Politics newsletter for all the best exclusives and opinions straight to your inbox. PODCAST: And listen to our exciting new political podcast The Division Bell , hosted by the Mirror and the Express every Thursday. Helen Morgan, the Liberal Democrat health and social care spokeswoman, said: “It should come as no surprise that the public are demanding action on our NHS after years of the previous Conservative government’s shameful neglect. The new government should listen to the public and realise that rescuing our health service is the greatest challenge facing this country and make it their driving focus.” She also emphasised that the Labour government must start with “recognising that you cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care”, adding: “Until that happens we will continue to see sky-high waiting lists and patients going through unnecessary misery.” Health Secretary Wes Streeting last weekend admitted he felt a “combination of pride and shame” when he visited A&Es and saw heroic staff working hard but at the same time elderly people waiting for sometimes 30 hours on a trolley in a corridor. The Cabinet minister has declared the NHS “broken but not beaten” and has been clear about the challenges ahead for the health service. Speaking to the Mirror on Thursday night, Mr Streeting said: “We share the immense pride and value that the British public feels towards the NHS, which is why fixing the NHS is a key mission within our Plan for Change. “That’s why we’re focused on slashing huge waiting lists we have inherited so people can be seen faster and through our 10-Year-Plan we will make the crucial reforms to make our healthcare service work better for everyone. We have already made progress, and are backing wider improvements in the NHS with a record £22billion investment in day to day spending, with a further £3billion capital spending which will include hospital repairs and new equipment.” The government's 10-year health plan will be published in Spring 2025 and will be underlined by three big shifts in healthcare - hospital to community, analogue to digital and sickness to prevention. In Labour’s October Budget the government announced a £22.6billion boost to day-to-day spending for NHS England and £3.1billion to spend on capital projects like buildings. It was the largest increase since 2010, outside of the Covid pandemic. The cash will be used to fund 40,000 elective appointments per week. And in the Prime Minister’s Plan for Change speech at the start of the month, Mr Starmer set a target for 92% of patients to wait no longer than 18 weeks from being referred to starting treatment for non-urgent health conditions. The NHS already has this target but it hasn’t been met for years. Ministers said they want to harness the power of technology , including the use of the NHS App, to “transform patients’ experience of care” and help deliver the milestone. The public are invited to submit ideas on improving the health service on the Change NHS online platform. More than 10,000 suggestions have already been made about the future of the NHS. ::: Deltapoll interviewed 1,552 British adults online between December 19 to 23. The data have been weighted to be representative of the British adult population as a whole.But perhaps the most significant shift in the media's perception of Mbappe came during the aftermath of the World Cup. As the French team struggled to come to terms with their early exit, Mbappe was no longer shielded from criticism. The media began to question his attitude, his commitment to the team, and his decision-making on and off the field. Suddenly, the notion that Mbappe was untouchable and beyond reproach was shattered.

Precedent Wealth Partners LLC reduced its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Co. ( NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report ) by 9.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,131 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 1,051 shares during the quarter. Precedent Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,230,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1,900.0% during the second quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the period. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth $26,000. CGC Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $148.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. William Blair began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $155.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, New Street Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $120.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.15. NVIDIA Stock Performance NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $141.95 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.89, a PEG ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.66. The business has a 50 day moving average of $134.01 and a 200 day moving average of $122.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.79. NVIDIA Co. has a 1-year low of $45.01 and a 1-year high of $152.89. NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $33.15 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The firm’s revenue was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.38 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 1.57%. NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 28th that allows the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued. Insider Activity In related news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.27, for a total value of $119,270,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 5,852,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $698,025,289.60. The trade was a 14.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link . Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total transaction of $20,501,850.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 8,100,117 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,071,402,475.59. The trade was a 1.88 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . In the last quarter, insiders sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock valued at $254,784,327. Insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock. About NVIDIA ( Free Report ) NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications. Featured Stories Five stocks we like better than NVIDIA How to buy stock: A step-by-step guide for beginners Vertiv’s Cool Tech Makes Its Stock Red-Hot What Does a Stock Split Mean? 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On the other hand, Inter Milan, despite having the option to buy back Esposito, has chosen not to exercise that right. The decision reflects their confidence in the players they currently have in their squad and their willingness to let Esposito continue his development at Napoli.As community members push back — primarily over how fast they perceive the process — on a new one-stop shop to house city departments and services, Corvallis is pushing forward. City Council members met last week to ruminate on the findings of a community task force regarding possible new city buildings — and renovations to old ones — consider what they thought about the preliminary design options and to narrow down which concepts they wanted to pursue further. The Nov. 21 City Council work session to consider layout options for a new civic campus, in addition to related findings from a community task force, was better attended than typical Thursday afternoon meetings. The city has been working to revamp its facilities for the last four years, and some projects are already underway. But city staff believe there is much more to be done. A facility needs assessment in 2021 revealed major deficiencies with the four buildings that house administrative services downtown — City Hall, the nearby annex, the Municipal Court building and the Madison Avenue building. Overarching issues included a lack of space and inefficient workflow, with staff scattered across the four buildings . The assessment identified similar issues with the police facility. The proposed solution is a so-called “civic campus” — an all-encompassing hub for city departments and services, and part of the revitalization of a 100-year-plus-old Madison Avenue. In this vision, the street serves as the “main artery” of the city’s core, connecting Oregon State University to the downtown district, and the downtown district to the riverfront Alongside the civic campus, the city is considering a new police facility. In recent weeks, as the civic campus and police facility have been given more attention by council, community members have repeatedly raised concerns that the process is “rushed.” City Manager Mark Shepard has pushed back on this notion, pointing to the project’s origins four years ago. A lot of community attention is on the Civic Campus Engagement Task Force, which presented its findings to council last month. It recommended that Corvallis retain and repurpose its existing City Hall structure and construct a new, purpose-built city hall or public service building as part of an “enhanced” civic campus. Members further suggested the city adopt an overall, multiphase strategy to reinvigorate downtown, in which the civic campus project would be a second or third phase. This would give the city more time to engage with the community about the civic campus as well as create an overall plan for downtown. In the aftermath of the task force’s presentation, community members have voiced concern that its recommendations were not taken into consideration when developing the four design options that the council is now eying. According to Shepard, these designs, which are still in their infancy, were developed concurrently with the task force’s work. Presented at the Nov. 7 work session, the layout options are as follows: All four options also include a three-story police facility. And all four cost around $200 million. At the Thursday, Nov. 21 work session, Councilor Charlyn Ellis advocated for an incremental approach to the facilities’ upgrades. She believes the city needs new buildings but was concerned about alienating voters with an expensive project for a town that is already feeling “pinched.” The Nov. 21 City Council work session to consider layout options for a new civic campus, in addition to related findings from a community task force, was better attended than typical Thursday afternoon meetings. But other councilors were against decoupling the projects, citing how costs will increase over time. At the previous work session, Ian Gelbrich with FFA Architecture and Interiors, which has been assisting on the project, said the city loses $1 million in buying power with each month that passes due to cost escalation. Councilor Gabe Shepherd said he felt that the task force’s recommendations fit into some of the design options, pushing back against community requests for a fifth option that directly addresses those findings. He said he hadn’t heard anyone specify what was wrong with the available layouts. He went on to say that community support may move away from a renovated city hall option, which is most aligned with the task force’s recommendations, due to expenses and accessibility concerns. The option in which City Hall is retained and renovated in its existing form is $12 million more expensive than the option that demolishes the former church building and constructs a civic campus in its place. And the option in which it is renovated and attached to an administrative building struggles the most in terms of universal accessibility out of all four options, according to Gelbrich. “I think the community right now is supporting ‘renovate detached,’” Shepherd said, “and I’m hoping we can move them towards just the ‘remove.’” Community Development Director Paul Bilotta noted that people’s desire to retain City Jall might not be distinct from a desire to save money. “The survey was not done with them seeing the costs of the various options,” he said. “I think a lot of people thought that keeping a building and reusing it is cheaper than tearing a building down and building something new.” The general consensus was that most councilors supported the option that demos the current City Hall and replaced it with a new civic campus, with some advocating to flip the locations of the civic campus and the police station so that the police station is built on the north side of Madison Avenue. Some also threw their support toward the option that added a parking garage, citing a need for downtown parking despite the increased cost. During community comments, task force Co-chair Steve Clark emphasized the group’s recommendation that a new civic campus be part of an overall strategy for a revitalized downtown. “You address needs of downtown first as a city, as a community, as landowners,” he said, “and then begin to address the needs of the city hall and so forth.” He also highlighted the importance of actively engaging other organizations and governing bodies, such as the school district and the county, as the process continues. “That needs to happen at a greater degree now than it has in the past,” he said. On Dec. 2, the City Council will consider a resolution regarding which design option to select. On Dec. 16, the conversation about funding the new civic campus will begin, a conversation that Shepard acknowledged will be “difficult.” More Corvallis news Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

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In conclusion, the wave of mergers and acquisitions involving village and town banks in Hebei reflects the broader transformation taking place in the banking sector in China. While efforts to enhance stability, efficiency, and competitiveness are essential, it is crucial for regulators and industry players to balance these goals with the need to ensure continued access to financial services for all segments of the population. Only through careful planning and execution can the consolidation of village and town banks in Hebei bring about positive outcomes for both the industry and the communities it serves.Fans of YIN Ziwei and followers of Chinese cinema are eagerly awaiting more updates on "The Accidental Killing 3," with many already marking the film's release date on their calendars. The buzz surrounding the project continues to grow, fueled by the anticipation of seeing YIN Ziwei in a new and exciting role that is sure to showcase his talents in a fresh light.

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to working to address the border and fentanyl smuggling, key issues that have led the incoming US president to threaten massive tariffs. Trump, in a Truth Social post on Saturday, called their dinner Friday night at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida a “very productive meeting” and made no mention of his earlier 25% tariff threat. “I made it very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic, caused mainly by the Drug Cartels, and Fentanyl pouring in from China,” he said. “Prime Minister Trudeau has made a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation of US Families.” The dinner included incoming Commerce Secretary and trade czar Howard Lutnick, incoming Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and incoming National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. Trudeau’s delegation included Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Chief of Staff Katie Telford. Trump has threatened tariffs on both Canada and Mexico while demanding action on the border. Trudeau, speaking briefly to press as he left his West Palm Beach hotel Saturday, called it “an excellent conversation.” The dinner lasted roughly three hours, with discussion of trade, border security, fentanyl, Ukraine, NATO, Arctic icebreakers, China, pipeline projects and the Middle East, officials with knowledge of the meeting said. They described the meeting as positive. Trump gave no specific indication at the dinner of whether he’d proceed with his tariff plans, one official said. At one point, Trump began choosing a playlist, offering two versions of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah — a nod to the Canadian delegation — and playing other songs that were common at his rallies. Trump and Trudeau ate steak and mashed potatoes, while other menu options included meatloaf from a recipe by Mary Trump, the president-elect’s late mother. (Updates with description of dinner starting in seventh paragraph.)