Category: Business News

EHR Threats? – Rickard & Associates

A recent warning highlights that electronic health records (EHRs) are a top target of cybercriminals.

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The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) issued a warning to healthcare entities regarding EHR vulnerabilities and protections.

Protected health information (PHI) continues to hold its value on the dark web and is a constant target of cybercriminals.

With the recent growth of telehealth and healthcare technology, we have seen a large increase in cybercrime

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Could AI threaten Gen Z’s career prospects? College students express concerns

AUSTIN, Texas – University of Texas students shared with Fox News whether they fear AI replacing them in their future jobs, with one computer science major saying ChatGPT poses a “big risk” to his planned career.

“A lot of my career path revolves around trying to go into software engineering,” Abhinav, a computer science and business major, told Fox News. “I can see that ChatGPT and a lot of the advanced AI is able to complete a lot of the easier tasks, especially for front-end development.”

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Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic – Business News

People working from home are becoming younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move on during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

Tilray results

Cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. will report its latest quarterly results after the close of trading on Monday. The results come after the CEO of rival Hexo Corp. said earlier this year that a “price war” has taken shape in the Canadian cannabis industry and could cause “significant” damage.

Laurentian Bank annual meeting

Laurentian Bank of Canada will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. The Montreal-based bank reported earlier this year that its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year

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Fox News settles lawsuit with Venezuelan businessman it accuses of helping rig the 2020 US presidential election, as it readies for $1.6 billion Dominion trial

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Then-Fox News hosted Lou Dobbs.John Lamparski/Getty Images

  • Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil.

  • Khalil was accused on air of rigging the 2020 presidential election by then-Fox host Lou Dobbs.

  • The network faces a slew of lawsuits, with jury selection imminent in the $1.6 billion Dominion trial.

Fox News settled a lawsuit filed by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, who accused the news outlet of defamation after then-Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs claimed on air that Khalil helped rig the 2020 US presidential election.

Shortly after the election, Dobbs took to Twitter to

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Stocks trending up – Business News

Stocks closed higher again as more fear evaporated from Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.6% Thursday, its fifth gain in the last six days. The benchmark index is headed for a gain in March after struggling in earlier weeks on worries about whether the banking system was cracking under the weight of higher interest rates. Forceful actions by regulators worldwide have helped restore confidence. Also boosting stocks have been big batches that the Federal Reserve may cut rates

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Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Karachi, April 8 (IANS) Business confidence in Pakistan continued to slide in the first three months of 2023 amid multiple economic crises, according to the latest edition of the Gallup Business Confidence Index.

“Last year’s political instability has carried over to combine with various economic crises and exacerbated business insecurity,” Dawn news quoted the survey as saying.

Wave-9 of the survey is based on interviews with around 520 business owners conducted in the first quarter of 2023 across Pakistan.

The exercise consists of three broad strands, namely the current business situation, the future business situation and the direction of the

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Economy grew 0.5 per cent in January, Statistics Canada reports – Business News

Economy grows 0.5%

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Statistics Canada says economic growth resumed in January following a small contraction in December.

The agency says real gross domestic product rose 0.5 per cent to start the year after contracting 0.1 per cent in the final month of 2022.

It also says that its initial estimate for February indicates continued growth with a gain of 0.3 per cent, though it cautions the figure will be updated.

For January, the growth came as the wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, and

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