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Wine exports to China crash on tariff hit Share Australian wine exports to China crashed to just $12 million in the four months ended March 31 from $325 million a year earlier, as punishing tariffs meant it was almost pointless for Australian producers to try to ship wine to that country. New figures from industry body Wine Australia detailed the full extent of the hefty tariffs of up to 212 per cent which have been placed on bottled products from Australia by the Chinese government in a spat t...

By Geoff Pender Apr 9, 2021 2:49 PM The Mississippi Hospital Association’s board of governors on Friday voted to join in the drive to put Medicaid expansion — Initiative 76 — before voters in 2022. “We will start by May 1 collecting signatures,” said MHA president Tim Ford. Mississippi is one of 12 states that has refused to expand Medicaid via the Affordable Care Act, with the state’s GOP political leadership rejecting at least $1 billion a year in federal funds that woul...

Yves Le Marquand 9th April 2021, 1:26 myairops has expanded their market offering to provide Trip Support as part of it’s managed flight support services portfolio.  A leader in the SaaS air operations software market with over 30 years of development experience, in combination with real-world operational flight planning knowledge and global trip support coverage, providing trip support is a natural move said Tim Ford, President & Managing Director. “ To build better technology that drive...

Springfield Hospital hires next CEO Springfield Hospital’s Board of Directors has announced Robert S. Adcock will be its new Chief Executive Officer. (Courtesy photograph) Modified: 4/5/2021 9:18:27 PM SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Hospital has hired a health care consultant to serve as its next CEO, according to a hospital news release. Robert “Bob” Adcock, of Wildwood, Mo., is set replace interim CEO Mike Halstead later this month. Adcock most recently provided consulting services t...

The Washington state Supreme Court has overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20,...

Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the automatic life-without-parole sentences given to two men for murders committed when they were 19 and 20, saying judges must consider the youthfulness of such defendants in sentencing them. The ruling appeared to make Washington the first state to ban mandatory life-without-parole terms for offenders who, wh...

Treasury Wines sells four US brands for $100m Save Share Treasury Wine Estates has offloaded four commercial wine brands in the United States to privately-owned The Wine Group for $100 million as it accelerates a slimdown of its cheaper wine portfolio in the US. The likelihood of the deal with The Wine Group, the second-largest wine company in the US by volume, was outlined by Treasury Wines CEO Tim Ford.  Simon Schluter The Wine Group, headquartered in California, owns more than 60 bran...

CEO of Randolph Health steps down Shawna De La Rosa | Mar 9, 2021 Share this:     During Orth’s tenure, she navigated the health system through a bankruptcy, financial performance improvements which led to profitability and through the sale of the system to American Health Systems, LLC. In a statement, Orth said she appreciated American Healthcare Systems’ offer for her to stay, but she decided against it. “When I accepted the role as CEO of Randolph Health three years ago, m...

A new blended acid solution for formulating zinc and other critical micronutrients has become available amidst EDTA shortages caused by the recent deep freeze on the Gulf Coast. Rogers, AR (PRUnderground) March 9th, 2021 Earth Science Laboratories (ESL) has developed a new blended acid solution for formulating zinc and other micronutrients. The new solution can replace EDTA and is now available to agrochemical formulators hit by the recent shortage of EDTA. The solution can help formulato...

Randolph Health, a medical facility centered in Asheboro, serves 140,000 Randolph County residents and employs over 1,000 people in the area. Burdened by debts and hurt by massive changes underway in the healthcare industry, Randolph Health decided to look for a new buyer in 2015. The problem was, no one wanted to buy it. Presented with this situation, executives at Randolph Health, including current CEO Angie Orth, made a series of strategic decisions over the years to turn it into an attracti...