Category: Business News

Can Your Practice Afford a Data Breach?

Probably not.

A recent study found that the total average cost of a healthcare breach is $10.10 million.

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Can your healthcare practice afford a breach? Most healthcare entities cannot.

Since 2020, healthcare breach costs have risen by 42%.

As we know healthcare breaches are incessant, it is important to understand trends.

The trends that have emerged over the past few years are:

  1. Repeat attacks. Many healthcare entities have
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Tupperware shares tank as company warns it may go out of business

Shares in Tupperware have tumbled to their lowest level on record as the iconic food storage company warned investors that it is in danger of going out of business.

The company’s stock price fell by 50 per cent on Monday after the company said in a press release over the holiday weekend that it has hired financial advisors to explore options for the company and to “remediate its doubts regarding its ability to continue as a going concern .”

Shares in Tupperware had been on a downslope for years, as the company’s 77-year-old main business model of selling direct-to-consumers via

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Settlement reached in Fox vs Dominion lawsuit

Justin Nelson, Dominion's lead counsel, appears on CNN.
Justin Nelson, Dominion’s lead counsel, appears on CNN. (CNN)

Dominion Voting Systems had two goals in its defamation case against Fox News — accountability and “trying to make Dominion whole,” said Justin Nelson, the lead counsel election technology company.

Both were accomplished in this settlement, he told CNN on Tuesday.

The payment of more than $787 million by Fox News to Dominion and the network’s statement acknowledging that its coverage of the 2020 election was false was “a strong message of accountability” and an important victory for the employees of his client’s company.

“This is really the first time that
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New Elgin chamber committee to help minority businesses; ECC forensic team wins bronze awards at national event; Batavia campaign to educate shoppers on new bags

The Elgin Community College Forensics Team had a strong showing at the Phi Rho Pi National Tournament in Bethesda, Maryland, where more than 50 schools competed.

Students Aleah Janae of Elgin, Hannah Carpenter of Streamwood and Damian Hacz of Hampshire brought home individual and team awards and coach Tim Anderson received the Collie-Taylor Fellowship Award for outstanding coach of the year, a news release said.

The team received a bronze medal in Individual Event Sweepstakes and Overall Sweepstakes. Carpenter received a bronze medal in Speech to Entertain and Process Interpretation.

Janae received a bronze medal in International Public Debate and

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Vancouver’s April home sales down 16.5% from a year ago – Business News

Home sales are still down

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said April home sales slid 16.5 per cent from a year ago as new listings remained below historical norms.

The BC board says sales for the month totaled 2,741, almost 16 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average.

The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver hit $1,170,700 last month, down 7.4 per cent from a year ago but up 2.4 per cent from March.

There were 4,307

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WestJet closes deal to buy Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines – Business News

WestJet closes Sunwing deal

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The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first announced in March last year.

The company says that, initially, the airlines will continue independent operations.

However, WestJet says the two airlines will move from being competitors to collaborators.

Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, has been appointed CEO of the WestJet Group’s vacations business. Hunter will be responsible for all tour operating and vacation package businesses at both

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Remarriage and Estate Planning – Rickard & Associates

If you are getting remarried, it is essential to understand your spouse’s inheritance rights.

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Before you get married for a second or third time, you want to be aware of the rights your spouse will have to your estate and vice versa.

You may want to work with an attorney to draft a prenuptial agreement, prior to exchanging vows.

Then, you want to be familiar with the intestacy laws in

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Another bank collapse? As Pacific Western Bank stocks fall, fears of crisis resurface

When First Republic Bank collapsed earlier this week, some bankers like the head of JPMorgan Chase & Co. said they thought the worst of the banking crisis was coming to a close.

But the markets are showing investors are still wary.

San Francisco-based PacWest Bancorp’s shares plunged more than 39% Wednesday night and were halted for volatility multiple times Thursday after investors learned the regional bank was considering a sale. While the bank says it has not experienced a high number of customer withdrawals, the news still stocks fears of a potential surge in withdrawals among regional banks.

Regional banks

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