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Total Canadian credit active consumers holding at least one credit product at an all time high of 31.2 million.While average credit card balance per consumer rose due to higher cost of living, the number of consumers paying more than the monthly minimum dropped by 311 bps YoY.While consumer-level delinquencies at 1.55% are up by 12 bps YoY, they remain below pre-pandemic levels, highlighting Canadians’ financial resilience. TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With a backdrop of ongoing economic pressures, the number of Canadians accessing credit increased in Q3 2023, with 31.2 million people holding at least one credit product…

Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SPEE3D, a leading metal additive manufacturing company, today announced the appointment of Adam Lewis as the Chairman of its Board of Directors. He is preceded by Grant Anderson, who will be retiring.  Adam has built a distinguished career and will bring that expertise to SPEE3D as the company looks to provide its patented cold spray additive manufacturing technology to customers worldwide. Adam was previously at McKinsey & Company for 20 years rising to Senior Partner of Australia and New Zealand. He served a wide range of clients worldwide with a focus on…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS: Hole MTC-23-059, a 150-metre step-out hole down-dip, returned 4.79 grams of gold per tonne (“g/t Au”) over 12.8 metres (“m”) including 10.05 g/t Au over 4.3 m at the Montclerg Gold Project (“Montclerg” or the “Project”).Hole MTC-23-063 returned 3.38 g/t Au over 5.8 m near surface.Assay results from 12 holes remain pending. Drilling is planned to resume in February with a primary focus at Montclerg and testing high-priority targets across the Goldarm Property.Completed a first pass till sampling program consisting of 224 samples across the Dore Gold Project (“Dore”), located south of the Pen Gold Project and adjacent…

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM, BEEMW), a leading provider of innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for the electrification of transportation and energy security, announced that Judy Krandel has joined the Beam Global board of directors. Ms. Krandel joins Beam Global’s board as an independent board member and Chair of the Audit Committee, with an impressive track record in strategic planning and financial leadership. She brings more than 20 years of experience in asset management, investment, operations, financial reporting and oversight, as well as formal accounting expertise. She has successfully leveraged new technologies to…

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Macerich (NYSE: MAC), one of the nation’s leading owners, operators and developers of major retail and mixed-use properties in top markets, today announced that Macerich’s joint venture that owns Tysons Corner Center has just closed a $710 million refinance on this high-quality property in Northern Virginia. The new CMBS loan, which closed on Monday, Dec. 4, bears a fixed interest rate of 6.60% with interest-only payments throughout the loan term, matures on Dec. 6, 2028, and replaces an existing $666 million loan that was scheduled to mature on Jan. 1, 2024.…

(Dubai/Oslo/Delft, 5 December 2023) Norwegian renewables company Statkraft and Dutch climate tech start-up Aquabattery partner to develop a promising technology to improve long-term storage of electricity through a flow battery made with salt water. Aquabattery has developed a Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) flow battery technology in which energy can be stored with table salt and water. LDES is energy storage with duration exceeding six hours. Today, large-scale battery energy storage systems typically have duration between one and four hours. LDES will play a pivotal role in creating a sustainable and stable energy system globally and regulating the shifting supply…

TURIN, Italy, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Yacht Club de Monaco and the Royal Selangor Yacht Club signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on November 27th in Kuala Lumpur to strengthen the relations between the two Clubs. Following the signing in 2008 of a reciprocity agreement between Yacht Club de Monaco, whose President Prince Albert II of Monaco, and the Royal Selangor Yacht Club, under the Royal Patronage of The Sultan of Selangor, the two Clubs wish to reinforce their bonds of friendship and collaboration by signing the document  with a view to the Royal Selangor Yacht Club…

TORONTO, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — High borrowing costs and uncertain economic conditions continued to weigh on Greater Toronto Area (GTA) home sales in November 2023. Sales were down on a year-over-year basis, while listings were up from last year’s trough in supply. With more choice in the market, selling prices remained basically flat year-over-year. “Inflation and elevated borrowing costs have taken their toll on affordability. This has been no more apparent than in the interest rate-sensitive housing market. However, it does appear relief is on the horizon. Bond yields, which underpin fixed rate mortgages have been trending lower…

Dublin, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Specimen Retrieval – Global Strategic Business Report” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.Global Specimen Retrieval Market to Reach $408.4 Million by 2030The global market for Specimen Retrieval estimated at US$276.1 Million in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$408.4 Million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 5% over the analysis period 2022-2030. Non-Detachable, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record 5.7% CAGR and reach US$278.9 Million by the end of the analysis period. Growth in the Detachable segment is estimated…

Dublin, Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Student Information Systems – Global Strategic Business Report” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.Global Student Information Systems Market to Reach $34.1 Billion by 2030The global market for Student Information Systems estimated at US$11.3 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to reach a revised size of US$34.1 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 14.8% over the analysis period 2022-2030. Solutions, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to record 13.4% CAGR and reach US$22.9 Billion by the end of the analysis period. Growth in the Services…