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Terminating Your Physician Employment Agreement

Many of our physician clients are unaware of their termination rights prior to meeting with us.

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If you want to terminate your employment, the first thing you need to do is read your contract.

Most physician employment agreements have substantial termination provisions. You need to know what yours says regarding termination with and without cause, what notice is required, and what other provisions will be triggered by termination.

Many

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‘That happened on Donald Trump’s watch’

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  • Former New Jersey governor and current GOP presidential candidate appeared on “Fox News Tonight” on Tuesday.

  • On it, he blamed former President Donald Trump for North Korea’s weaponry advancements.

  • “That happened on Donald Trump’s watch,” he said.

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie blamed former President Donald Trump for North Korean weapon advancements in a televised interview.

Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, pushed back against “Fox News Tonight” guest host Piers Morgan, who suggested that adversarial leaders such as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were dissuaded from improving their missile technology

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As Canadian cities make pandemic patios permanent, experts call for clear standards – Business News

At the height of social distancing and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadian cities rolled out temporary patio policies, loosening rules and waiving fees for bars and restaurants looking to seat more customers outdoors.

These programs brought a

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So you gave personal info to a company caught in a data breach. Now what?

Hacks, ransomware attacks and data breaches seem to be in the news more and more often — and many people are getting alerts that their information has been compromised in the process.

Just this week, Petro-Points members learned an unauthorized party had obtained their basic contact information, such as mailing and email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. Petro-Canada sent an email to its customers to watch out for unusual emails and messages as a result.

In February, a ransomware attack on Indigo compromised the data of current and former employees. And late last year, thousands of people in

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Right-wing users join Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘friendly’ Threads within 24 hours of launch

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019, wearing a suit and looking serious with facebook logo in background.

Mark Zuckerberg.Erin Scott/Reuters

  • Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads.

  • Several right-wing users have signed up to the platform, with some posting antagonistic content.

  • Zuckerberg has tried to position Threads as a friendly alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter.

Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s “friendly” Twitter alternative, Threads.

According to a news post from Media Matters, far-right figures including white nationalist Richard Spencer and white supremacist Nick Fuentes joined the app within the first 24 hours of its launch. Richard Spencer’s account has since gone.

Fuentes said in a livestream on July 6

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Canadian economy steady in April as real GDP remains unchanged – Business News

Economy holds steady

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Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy remained essentially unchanged in April, following a slight uptick in March.

The federal agency’s advance estimate suggests real gross domestic product grew 0.4 per cent in May, led by the manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors.

The April figure came in lower than expected by Statistics Canada as services-producing industries were unchanged while goods-producing industries edged up 0.1 per cent.

The Canadian economy is largely expected to stall in the latter half of this year

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Small plane with at least six people on board crashes in California

At least six people were on board a small plane when it crashed in California early Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CBS News.

The Cessna C550 business jet crashed at around 4:15 am local time near the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California in Riverside County. The craft was “down in a field” and “fully involved in fire,” the Riverside County Fire Department tweeted on Saturday. The fire burned “approximately one acre of vegetation” and was contained at about 5:35 am

Officials did not provide information about the passengers’ conditions. CBS News has reached out to

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Businesses expect slowing prices, wage increases: BoC survey – Business News

Businesses continue to expect wage and price increases to be larger than normal, but they are shifting to closer to what they were before the pandemic, a new survey by the Bank of Canada suggests.

In its business outlook survey released Friday, the central bank said for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic businesses on balance expected slower wage growth over the next year.

Firms on balance also expected their input and output prices to grow at a slower rate over the next 12 months.

“Although firms still see cost pressures and labor

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