Category: Business News

Family says Amazon shipped fake product, refuses refund until ‘correct’ item returned

When Matthew Legault graduated from high school in June, his parents figured they’d recognize his hard work by buying the parts he needed to build his own personal computer.

They placed an order with Amazon and it arrived at their Calgary home quickly.

But when Matthew opened the graphics card — a $690 part — he discovered the plastic casing had been hollowed out and filled with a putty-like substance to give it weight.

“It was actually a bit of a shock,” he said. “Everything looked pretty official up to the point where I pulled it out and took a

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5 Reasons to Discuss Estate Plans Over the Holidays

When you think of your family festivities to celebrate the holidays, estate planning may not be on your mind. We think it should be.

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While eggnog and estate planning might not be the typical tradition, the holidays are a great time to have important discussions with family members.

Why should estate planning be a topic at the dinner table?

Because of the following:

  1. In person discussions are so important when
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Why Alibaba, JD.com, and other Chinese stocks are surging [Video]

E-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA) and other Chinese stocks rallied at the open on Wednesday amid easing regulatory concerns.

Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, received approval from regulators to raise $1.5 billion for its consumer finance unit. The move would make it easier for the fintech giant, of which Alibaba owns 33%, to restart any efforts towards a public offering. Plans for an Ant Group IPO were squashed by regulators in 2020.

The fintech company operates one of China’s prominent mobile pay apps, Alipay. The move to expand its consumer finance unit is seen as a sign of easing regulations

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Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve privacy suit – Business News

Google has to pay up

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Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced.

Rokita filed a separate lawsuit against Google when negotiations between the company and a coalition of state attorneys general stalled, he said. Those states agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with the company in November.

As a result of a separate lawsuit, Indiana received about twice as much money as it would

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Can You Get Your PHI Back?

If you had concerns about your healthcare data in the hands of your vendors, what do your contracts say in regards to getting that data back?

A recent court case required a healthcare vendor to return data to the healthcare entity.

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CommonSpirit Health hired Emerge Clinical Solutions to process and archive protected health information in 2021.

However, CommonSpirit Health began experiencing issues with the data extracts and was unable to

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Bills’ Damar Hamlin is in critical condition after collapsing on the field

By MITCH STACY, AP Sports Writer

CINCINNATI (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was in critical condition after he collapsed on the field Monday night, the NFL said, and Buffalo’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended.







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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin


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Hamlin was administered CPR on the field, ESPN reported, and he was surrounded by teammates, some of them were in tears, after he was hurt while tackling Bengals receiver Tee Higgins.

Higgins led with his right shoulder, which hit Hamlin in the chest. Hamlin then wrapped his arms around Higgins’ shoulders and a

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Protests as German village to make way for coal mine – Business News

Village to be razed for mine

The Canadian Press – | Stories: 404149

Scuffles broke out on Monday outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists.

Activists threw fireworks, bottles and stones at police outside the village of Luetzerath before the situation calmed down and officers pulled back, the German news agency dpa reported.

Protesters previously had set up a burning barricade, and one glued his hand to the access

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Telehealth in 2023 – Rickard & Associates

Healthcare continues to utilize telehealth platforms for appointments and various services. This will continue into the new year, thanks to legislative updates.

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While telehealth continues to expand and change, there are several notable updates.

So what’s new?

In Michigan, the Governor just signed a bill allowing psychologists to use telehealth with clients in multiple states. They will be able to temporarily offer in-person services in other states.

Michigan entered the

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