UPDATE 4-Microsoft to buy AI firm Nuance for $16 bln to boost healthcare business (Adds CEO comments, analyst comments, company and industry background, updates share price) April 12 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would buy artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications Inc for about $16 billion, as it builds out its cloud strategy for healthcare and enterprise customers. The deal comes after the companies partnered in 2019 to automate clinical administrative work such as documentation and as Microsoft tries to extend its leadership in vertical cloud

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"I cannot believe it," Blackmore said. "He was a sensational spin. It is unbelievable." There were no spectators at the Merseyside track because of Covid-19 protocols, but the historic moment was not lost on the jockeys, trainers and owners in attendance who cheered the pair back into the winner's enclosure. The 1-2 for De Bromhead sealed his own remarkable story, having won the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold Cup at Cheltenham. One of the 40 runners, The Long Mile, was euthanised after suffering an injury while running on the flat between fences. It was the second equine fatality

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By Matt Stone | matthew.stone@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald like this Worcester, MA. - April 12: Governor Charlie Baker speaks to the media at the Family Health Center on April 12, 2021 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Worcester, MA. - April 12: Jessica Lim RN, gets ready to vaccinate Michael Lahair of Worcester at the Family Health Center on April 12, 2021 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Worcester, MA. - April 12: Vaccinations await a patients at the Family Health Center on April

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Commercial segment sales were $145.7 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared with $142.6 million in the first quarter of 2020. Volume in the first quarter of 2021 was 1.3 billion gallons compared with 1.5 billion gallons in the same period of 2020. Wholesale navigate to this web-site segment volume was 0.9 billion gallons in the first quarter of 2021 compared with 1.1 billion gallons in the first quarter of 2020. GDSO volume was 334.1 million gallons in the first quarter of 2021 compared with 351.4 million gallons in the first quarter of 2020. Commercial segment volume was 81.4 million

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The KRADOS suite of applications, which was developed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center ’s Detachment 12—also known as Kessel Run—is being implemented to phase out the legacy Theater Battle Management Core System, and is the future system for all AOCs across the Air Force. “This is an extremely important moment for the command and Air Force,” said Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot , 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander. “Improving the Air Tasking Order process makes AFCENT and our distributed command and control capabilities more efficient, and this innovation will also help improve

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“So just do your homework and you’ll be fine.” Forhan advises firms that possess ample resources and perform many single audits to devote one person or team as a specialist in each of the new federal funding sources, such as the PRF, the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), and the Education Stabilization Fund, including the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Those specialists can scrutinize the individual programs carefully on all of a firm’s audits to make sure nothing is overlooked on the SEFA and that engagement teams are educated on the requirements. Because the rules have changed over

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CMS had no comment. Though controversial, extrapolation is commonly used in medical fraud investigations — except for investigations into Medicare Advantage. Since 2007, the industry has criticized the extrapolation method and, as a result, largely avoided accountability for pervasive billing errors. Industry protests aside, OIG officials say they are confident their enhanced audit tools will withstand scrutiny. "I believe what we have here is solid," OIG official Bresette said. Michael Geruso , an associate professor of economics at the University of Texas-Austin who has researched Medicare

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Trump’s effort to unravel restrictions on methane emissions that had been put in place during the Obama administration. “Methane gets less attention than its big bad brother, carbon dioxide, but in truth methane is like carbon dioxide on steroids,” Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, said on Thursday. If the Senate does vote to reverse the policy, it could become the first official reinstatement of one of the many climate regulations that Mr. Trump weakened during his administration. For scientists who have long focused on methane, its rising prominence in climate policy is a welcome

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"It's not saying climate change doesn't exist. But climate scientists are also really clear that we need to be proactive and take strong, ambitious steps," he said. "By not taking action, it [seems like] a very similar mindset for young people." Polis was already facing skepticism from several corners of the left. The Environmental Defense Fund and WildEarth Guardians sued him to compel faster climate action. Others have chafed at what they see as his accommodation of oil and gas companies. "My community has seen him fail in a lot of places," said Ean Tafoya, a Colorado field advocate with

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