At the Hospitals: March 6, 2016
Nurse Named Community Health Director At Mt. Ascutney Hospital Windsor — Jill Lord, chief nursing officer at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, has been tapped to become the hospital’s director of community health. Deanna Orfanidis, a registered nurse, will serve as interim chief nursing officer. Lord’s appointment reflects her long commitment to community health and “effectiveness in leading initiatives aimed at improving...
Increase in Beef Supply Should Cut Retail Prices
A mountain of meat has ended the longest rally in U.S. cattle prices since at least the 1960s, when baby boomers and McDonald’s ushered in the American burger boom. Not only have ranchers added to their herds, but consumers are being inundated with increased supplies of cheaper pork and poultry. Ground-beef prices are down from a record high 11 months ago, and buyers like Darden Restaurants Inc., owner of the LongHorn Steakhouse...
Corporate Canada Lags in Women Leaders
Toronto — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just made 50 percent of his Cabinet women. Female management in the country’s corporations is well below that. Women hold an average 12 percent of executive positions and 14 percent of board seats according to available data on 242 companies on the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index, Canada’s main equity index. They hold 25 percent of management positions and only seven...
Wal-Mart Warns Wall Street That Its Profits Will Fall; Shares Plummet
Wal-Mart delivered a disappointing message to Wall Street on Wednesday: Sales will remain sluggish, and profit will be hampered next year by efforts to raise workers’ salaries and improve e-commerce capabilities. The mega-retailer’s stock plunged 10 percent on the news, wiping out about $20 billion in market value. The lackluster forecasts underscore the problems that have dogged Wal-Mart in recent years: It has scrambled to catch up...
People: August 2015
Nancy A. Barrington, of Lyme, has joined The Hanover Group at Morgan Stanley as a financial adviser. Barrington has 20 years of experience as a certified public accountant. Most recently, she worked as a senior accountant with Gallagher, Flynn & Co. LLC. She earlier served as interim chief financial officer at Sixth Gear Inc., a New York-based venture capitalist funded consumer finance company, and prior to that owned Barrington...
