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What is a Medical Power of Attorney?

One document that we recommend for almost all of our estate planning clients is a Medical Durable Power of Attorney. This document allows you to select the person who will make medical decisions on your behalf, if you are incapacitated or unable to make them yourself.

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A Medical Durable Power of Attorney is an essential document, as no one can predict their incapacity.

This legal document allows you to list

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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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Magnitude 7.1 quake hits remote Pacific, no tsunami threat – World News

7.1 quake hits Pacific

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A magnitude 7.1 quake struck in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean on Monday but did not appear to generate a tsunami.

The quake struck near the Kermadec Islands about 900 kilometers (560 miles) northeast of New Zealand’s North Island at a depth of 49 kilometers (30 miles), according to the US Geological Survey.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake posed no threat to Hawaii and the wider Pacific. A localized potential for a tsunami passed without any

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Tucker Carlson’s Fox News exit wipes out $690 million in value

Tucker Carlson, one of the most popular Fox News prime-time hosts, was worth more than $690 million to the parent company. At least that is what trading in the stock indicates.

Shares of Fox Corp. sank as much as 5.4 per cent Monday, the most since October, after the company said Carlson had left with immediate effect. The departure comes just days after the network agreed to pay US$787 million to settle a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc.

As speculation over Carlson’s next landing spot spread, investors snapped up shares

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Physician Contracting 101 – Rickard & Associates

Physician contracts are often complicated and have unique terms. We help our clients understand the terms and negotiate their contracts.

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Many of our clients are physicians who are negotiating or renegotiating their employment contracts with their employers. Sometimes these are with health systems, hospitals, or small physician offices.

We also have clients come to us with issues after they negotiated their own contracts.

Physician contracts are unique, as they have

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Meet Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, the successor to his father’s media empire and one of the people who decided to fire Tucker Carlson

Lachlan Rupert Murdoch

Lachlan Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch at Day 10 of the US Open held at the USTA Tennis Center on September 5, 2018 in New York City.Adrian Edwards/GC Images

  • Lachlan Murdoch is Rupert Murdoch’s oldest son and current successor to his father’s media empire.

  • He currently serves as executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and co-chairman of News Corp.

  • Lachlan and Fox News’ CEO jointly decided to fire Tucker Carlson, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Insider’s Claire Atkinson.

Lachlan, 51, was born in London in 1971. He was raised in New York with his older sister

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Sudbury news: Business owner says copy cat business is costing her money

A woman who runs an escape room business in Sudbury is unhappy because she says a company in Owen Sound is copying her logo and business model.

Meagan Grant says it’s affecting her bottom line. Grant owns the escape room business called PUZZLED in the city.

She said the logo used by an Owen Sound firm was obviously similar to the one her company uses.

“I can’t speak to their intent, I just only know that there have been real-world implications for the choice for me,” Grants said.

“Which is incredibly disappointing and the response has been disappointing.”

Grant found

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Tupperware stock plummets after warning it may go out of business

Tupperware says it may go out of business


Tupperware may go out of business, the company warns

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Tupperware is warning it may go out of business, just three years after the retro brand enjoyed a surprise surge from legions of pandemic shut-ins trying their hands at cooking.

The Orlando-based company said it had “substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern” in a press release and filing securities.

Shares of the direct marketing company plunged 50% after the announcement late Friday. Tupperware’s stock was trading at about $1.28 a share Tuesday, down 70% since the start

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