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Silverado Receives 4-Star Rating From Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Silverado Hospice , a leading provider of hospice and palliative care, recently received a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Key Points: 
  • Silverado Hospice , a leading provider of hospice and palliative care, recently received a 4-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
  • “I am beyond proud of our team at Silverado Orange County Hospice for achieving this national recognition from CMS,” said Loren Shook, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Silverado .
  • “Hospice is a profoundly challenging time for patients and their families,” said Angela Mounton, Senior Vice President of Hospice and Supportive Care Operations, Silverado.
  • “I am elated to see all their hard work recognized with our recent 4-star rating from CMS.

Vonage and Telkomsel Collaborate to Drive Ecosystem Digital Innovation by Making Network APIs Available to Developers and Enterprises in Indonesia

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Vonage will collaborate with Telkomsel to expand the power of network APIs for developers, enterprises, and Communications Service Providers (CSPs).

Key Points: 
  • Vonage will collaborate with Telkomsel to expand the power of network APIs for developers, enterprises, and Communications Service Providers (CSPs).
  • By combining Vonage's global communications and network APIs with Telkomsel's leading network APIs, we will be able to deliver new capabilities to enterprises and end users in Indonesia, while accelerating innovation for the network.
  • In facilitating access to network APIs for developers and enterprises, Telkomsel has launched Digihub, a platform that provides access to Telkomsel's network APIs.
  • Vonage's communications and network APIs make it easy for developers to embed communications capabilities into applications, systems, and workflows.

Verizon and Vonage announce collaboration to bring advanced 5G network APIs to developers

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

The collaboration will build on existing APIs to innovate on next generation, advanced APIs that will drive the global industry forward towards easy, ubiquitous access to cutting-edge network capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • The collaboration will build on existing APIs to innovate on next generation, advanced APIs that will drive the global industry forward towards easy, ubiquitous access to cutting-edge network capabilities.
  • This is essential to unleash the full potential of the 5G network, speed digital transformation within enterprises and create incremental monetization of network assets.
  • Verizon operates the most reliable 5G network with advanced capabilities deployed from the core to the edge.
  • With Ericsson’s network leadership, this platform will be extended to enable developers to build advanced secure, reliable and innovative applications by exposing 5G capabilities as APIs.

AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Grupo Nacional Provincial S.A.B.

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Friday, December 15, 2023

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent), the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) and the Mexico National Scale Rating of “aaa.MX” (Exceptional) of Grupo Nacional Provincial S.A.B.

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  • AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent), the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) and the Mexico National Scale Rating of “aaa.MX” (Exceptional) of Grupo Nacional Provincial S.A.B.
  • The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
  • For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best’s Credit Ratings .
  • For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Performance Assessments, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & Assessments .

Silverado Memory Care Experts Share Insights for the Holiday Season

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

As friends and families prepare to spend time together during the holiday season, Silverado Memory Care , a recognized expert in the memory care field, released tips today for recognizing memory loss in a loved one.

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  • As friends and families prepare to spend time together during the holiday season, Silverado Memory Care , a recognized expert in the memory care field, released tips today for recognizing memory loss in a loved one.
  • The most common signs that dementia-related changes may be taking place in the brain include:
    Forgetting new information and important dates or events.
  • Difficulties during conversations — repetition, losing their thought, not finding the right word or using an incorrect one.
  • During the holidays, it is key to help loved ones experiencing memory loss connect to the joy they felt this time of year.

Disaster Risk Index Report Reveals the World's Most Vulnerable Nations

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DisasterAWARE™ Enterprise , the leader in disaster risk intelligence and management solutions, has today published its 2024 Disaster Risk Index Report of the world's most vulnerable nations, providing a comprehensive evaluation of disaster risk, vulnerability and resilience of the 10 largest nations by Gross National Product (GNP).

Key Points: 
  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DisasterAWARE™ Enterprise , the leader in disaster risk intelligence and management solutions, has today published its 2024 Disaster Risk Index Report of the world's most vulnerable nations, providing a comprehensive evaluation of disaster risk, vulnerability and resilience of the 10 largest nations by Gross National Product (GNP).
  • The Disaster Risk Index offers crucial insights into how catastrophic events could impact the economies and populations of these different countries, as well as assessing their readiness and ability to recover from events.
  • Understanding each country's disaster risk can help security operations professionals, supply chain managers, retailers, CFOs, and risk adjusters make more informed decisions regarding investment, risk management, and resource allocation.
  • France, Japan and Italy have recently experienced major disaster impacts, highlighting the need for improved mitigation and preparedness.

EpositBox Revolutionizes Personally Identifiable Information and Sensitive Data Storage using Immutable Blockchain Technology

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

EpositBox recently announced the patent pending development of an IBM Hyperledger Blockchain data storage and protection service that provides a secure platform to protect a company's PII/SD by acting as a third party to separate companies from their PII/SD without interrupting the usability of their own property via a secure performant API protocol.

Key Points: 
  • EpositBox recently announced the patent pending development of an IBM Hyperledger Blockchain data storage and protection service that provides a secure platform to protect a company's PII/SD by acting as a third party to separate companies from their PII/SD without interrupting the usability of their own property via a secure performant API protocol.
  • Then this data is over- encrypted within the IBM Blockchain, increasing the difficulty and compute time of decrypting stolen data out to 100+ years, beyond its relevant value.
  • Stealing data from EpositBox requires the threat actor to collaboratively breach the security defenses of the company, EpositBox and IBM Blockchain, increasing the cost and complexity of harvesting stolen data beyond its black-market value.
  • The EpositBox platform drives up the cost of acquisition to a threat actor, steering them toward lower hanging fruit elsewhere, as it destroys the value of any stolen data in the criminal black market.

World Furniture Outlook 2024: A Blueprint for Thriving in Furniture Industry's Circular Transition - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

The World Furniture Outlook 2023/2024 provides an overview of the global furniture sector through a historical series of basic data (furniture production, consumption, imports, exports 2013-2022), and prospects of the furniture market for the years 2023 and 2024.

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  • The World Furniture Outlook 2023/2024 provides an overview of the global furniture sector through a historical series of basic data (furniture production, consumption, imports, exports 2013-2022), and prospects of the furniture market for the years 2023 and 2024.
  • Furniture market forecasts for 100 countries included in this study reflect in-depth knowledge of the markets and their ongoing evaluation.
  • Statistics and outlook data are available in summary country tables providing:
    Each Country Table also includes:
    Overview of furniture production and trade, world geographic regions and trade areas
    The main furniture exporting countries and the opening of furniture markets.
  • Overview of the world furniture industry - Production, Exports, Consumption and Imports
    The opening of the furniture markets: 2013-2022
    Economic indicators (population, area, total and per capita GNP, household consumption expenditure, data at purchasing power parity)
    Real growth of furniture consumption: 2023-2024 forecasts

Silverado Vindicated from Egregious, Unfounded Charges

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

Company officials announced today that all charges against Silverado Memory Care have been summarily dismissed without ever getting to trial.

Key Points: 
  • Company officials announced today that all charges against Silverado Memory Care have been summarily dismissed without ever getting to trial.
  • “The baseless, egregious claims unfairly attacked our caregivers, who selflessly and courageously served our residents, worked to provide essential life-sustaining services and quality of life throughout a 100-year pandemic,” said Loren Shook, President, CEO & Chairman of Silverado.
  • “We honor the courageous among us who met the challenge and saved others through their dedication and service,” said Kim Butrum, MS, RN, GNP, Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for Silverado.
  • Now, the leaders and caregivers at Silverado can return to fully directing their energy into what they do best: providing residents and patients with the utmost dignity, freedom, respect, and quality of life.

Ericsson announces impairment charge of SEK 32 billion and provides update on Q3 earnings

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Non-cash impairment of SEK 32 billion in the third quarter 2023, relating to the impairment of goodwill attributed to the Vonage acquisition.

Key Points: 
  • Non-cash impairment of SEK 32 billion in the third quarter 2023, relating to the impairment of goodwill attributed to the Vonage acquisition.
  • Ericsson also announces highlights from the Q3 results with a group EBITA margin excluding restructuring charges of 7.3% which is in line with previous guidance.
  • STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced that, in accordance with IFRS accounting requirements, it will record a non-cash impairment charge of SEK 32 billion in the third quarter of 2023.
  • The impairment charge represents 50% of the total amount of goodwill and other intangible assets attributed to Vonage.