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Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather – Business News

Tom Krisher And Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press – | Stories: 414415

Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as -46 C, is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus.

But here is Bus No. 50, with a cartoon horse decal on its side, quietly traversing about 40 miles of snowy and icy roads each day in Tok, shuttling students to school not far from the Canadian border.

It works OK on the daily route. But cold temperatures rob electric vehicle batteries

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Peace River School Division approved for Class 1 Driver Program business plan

The Peace River School Division (PRSD) has received approval from Alberta Education to develop a business plan for a Class 1 Driver Education Program. Superintended Adam Murray says they have received feedback from people who own and operate truck farms on Class Drivers’ needs.

“Currently, I’m getting feedback from people who own and operate small trucking farms, that on any given day 30% of the trucks that could be driving and transporting goods are parked due to a shortage of drivers.”

Murray says they are exploring the program as it is quite beneficial for students’ success and will create a

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What is the Cost of a Data Breach?

A recent study found that the total average cost of a healthcare breach is $10.10 million. Can your healthcare practice afford a breach?

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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
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BrightHR: Smart HR software that can transform people management for small businesses.

Toronto, ON, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Last year was challenging for many business owners across the country. And this year is expected to be much the same, with rising costs, staff shortages, and employee retention just some of the challenges facing SMB’s.

Along with these challenges, employers must also stay on top of their people management, ensuring daily HR tasks are done properly and in a timely manner.

Ramsey Aburaneh, Head of Digital Growth at BrightHR Canada, says, “It’s crucial to build a strong infrastructure in your workplace to ensure company operations run smoothly

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Are Finance Stocks Lagging Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA) This Year?

The Finance group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Is Banco Bilbao (BBVA) one of those stocks right now? By taking a look at the stock’s year-to-date performance in comparison to its Finance peers, we might be able to answer that question.

Banco Bilbao is one of 870 individual stocks in the Finance sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #10 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank considers 16 different groups, measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the sector to gauge the

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UK businesses plan smallest price rises in a year: BoE survey By Reuters


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People carry shopping bags during the Black Friday sales on Oxford Street in London, Britain, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

By David Milliken

LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses scaled back plans for price rises in February but overall intentions for price and wage increases remain high, according to a Bank of England survey which is unlikely to resolve policymakers’ agreements on the inflation outlook.

The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee has been split for several months over how much further interest rates need to rise to return double-digit inflation to its 2% target, and how persistent underlying

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3 Things You Should Know About Irrevocable Trusts

A trust is an estate planning tool that allows a person to control their assets during their lifetime and make provisions for incapacity and death.

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One thing you should know about irrevocable trusts is that, unlike revocable or living trusts, irrevocable trusts cannot be changed or amended. They are set in stone.

A second thing that you should know about irrevocable trusts is that they have significant advantages, and

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