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China’s crackdown on sugar smuggling leaves global storage headache – Reuters

(This 13th October story has been refiled to add dropped word to paragraph 1) FILE PHOTO: White sugar products are placed for sale at a supermarket in Beijing, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo By Maytaal Angel and Hallie Gu LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – A crackdown on sugar smuggling into China has left abundantly supplied… Read More: China’s crackdown on sugar smuggling leaves global storage headache –… »

GGS Spotlight: Hilary Milsome

Name: Hilary MilsomeAge: 60Location: Melbourne, Australia What does it mean to you to be part of the GGS Community?It’s wonderful to have a safe place to ask questions, share successes, or even vent. These women are wonderfully supportive, and my idea of what “strong” looks like has changed radically since being introduced to such a… Read More: GGS Spotlight: Hilary Milsome »

AWS says Amazon Textract is now HIPAA-eligible

In another big move aimed at its healthcare clients, Amazon Web Services revealed this week that its Textract machine learning technology – which can help healthcare organizations more easily extract data from scanned documents – is now HIPAA eligible, joining a half-dozen other cloud-based AI tools. WHY IT MATTERSIt’s important to note that HIPAA-eligible is… Read More: AWS says Amazon Textract is now HIPAA-eligible »

Sutter, Kaiser among hospitals hit by Northern California blackouts

Dive Brief: The blackouts created by the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility in Northern California have led to numerous hospitals relying on their backup generators for power. Many of the hospitals have had to cancel elective procedures. No hospital has had to close down, but some clinics have had to cut back on operations.… Read More: Sutter, Kaiser among hospitals hit by Northern California blackouts »