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Bank named best employer

WARREN — Northwest Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking products, has been recognized on the Forbes list of America’s Best Midsize Employers for 2023. The awards list ranks the 500 midsize employers that received the most recommendations from a survey of 45,000 American workers. Northwest Bank is 60th on the list. The prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on Feb. 15 and can currently be viewed on the ...

The Meadows Psychiatric Center names new chief executive officer

STATE COLLEGE – The Meadows Psychiatric Center has announced the appointment of Rod Kornrumpf, FACHE to chief executive officer/managingdDirector of The Meadows Psychiatric Center, effective earlier this month. In this role, Kornrumpf is responsible to provide oversight and direction to ensure the delivery of high-quality care and attention to those who entrust us with their psychiatric care and treatment. Kornrumpf brings more than 20 years of behavioral health leadership and expertise to his new role. Prior to joining The Meadows Psychiatric Center, Kornrumpf served (under ...

Women still underrepresented in FBS leadership ranks study

The Associated Press Women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions at the Football Subdivision level of college athletics, a new study shows. Thursday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) issued another F for gender hiring, a C for racial hiring and an overall grade of D+ for 2022. Those grades largely look as they have in past editions of the study, which have shown leadership positions like president or chancellor, athletic director and conference commissioner are dominated by white men. TIDES director and lead report ...

TikTok banned from Commission phones over cybersecurity in EU

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch said Thursday that it has temporarily banned TikTok from phones used by employees as a cybersecurity measure, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. In a first for the European Commission, its Corporate Management Board suspended the use of TikTok on devices issued to staff or personal devices that staff use for work. TikTok faces intensifying scrutiny from Europe and the U.S. over security and data privacy amid worries that the hugely popular app could be used to promote ...

Microsoft brings Bing chatbot to phones after curbing quirks

The Associated Press Microsoft is ready to take its new Bing chatbot mainstream — less than a week after making major fixes to stop the artificially intelligent search engine from going off the rails. The company said Wednesday it is bringing the new AI technology to its Bing smartphone app, as well as the app for its Edge internet browser, though it is still requiring people to sign up for a waitlist before using it. Putting the new AI-enhanced search engine into the hands of smartphone users is meant to give Microsoft an advantage over Google, which dominates the internet search ...

UK grocers limit sales of some vegetables amid shortages

LONDON (AP) — Several British supermarket chains have limited the amount of some fresh fruits and vegetables that customers can buy amid shortages blamed on bad weather in Spain and Morocco. Tesco, the U.K.’s largest grocery chain, said Wednesday that it would temporarily limit customers to buying three items each of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. It follows similar moves by rival chains Aldi and Morrisons. The empty shelves have become a political issue, with opponents of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union blaming Brexit for the fruit and vegetable ...