At the Hospitals: Feb. 28, 2016
Registered Nurse Receives Lake Sunapee VNA and Hospice Award New London — Scott Ross , a hospice registered nurse and case manager, received the Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice “Imagine the Possibilities” award at the nonprofit’s annual meeting on Feb. 18. The annual award is given to a staff member who has a “positive impact throughout the agency” and is willing to look at situations from all perspectives in order to achieve...
At the Hospitals: Jan. 3, 2016
Alice Peck Day Adopts Electronic Registration System Lebanon — Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital has adopted an electronic patient registration system. Patients arriving for appointments at APD’s outpatient clinics now check themselves in using a digital tablet provided by Phreesia, a health care software company. The tablet, which has a wireless connection, is used to collect insurance updates, co-pays, outstanding balances and...
Of Fashion: What’s Next for Ralph Lauren?
New York — For the first time in its 48-year history, Ralph Lauren’s fashion empire has new leadership. Stefan Larsson inherits a label with rich heritage and global name recognition. But it’s also one that’s grown a bit stodgy and stale. Ralph Lauren’s had a rough year. Shares had dropped 44 percent this year before Lauren announced Tuesday that he was stepping down as CEO from the company he founded. Comparable sales fell 2 percent...
Chinese President: No Progress ‘Without Reform’
Seattle — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and other top American and Chinese business leaders Wednesday, vowing that his country would work to remove barriers to foreign investment and improve intellectual property protections. Xi’s conference with the business leaders in Seattle was part of a busy day. He also toured the Boeing production facility in Everett,...
Shrimp Imports Drive Down Price
Chicago — The most popular seafood in the U.S. isn’t very American anymore, but it sure is getting cheaper. A surge of imported shrimp from Indonesia, Ecuador and India has sent prices plunging by more than a third in the past year. While that’s good news for consumers, who eat more of the crustaceans than any aquatic creature, including salmon and tuna, record supplies from foreign shrimp farms is compounding the strain on U.S....
