Industries

Healthcare

UnitedHealth CEO Replaced by Predecessor as Stock Plummets

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UnitedHealth Group has called in its CEO to deal with a Medicare Advantage program that’s crunching margins.

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Digital Car Key Patent Hints at Additions to the Walled Garden

Apple never wants you to lose your keys again. The company filed two patents for digital car key pairing.

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Industries

Choice Hotels Puts an $8 Billion Merger Squeeze on Wyndham

Choice Hotels International went public on Tuesday with a nearly $8 billion hostile bid to acquire Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.

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Healthcare

Corporate America is Fretting the Rising Costs of Employee Healthcare

Health insurance costs are expected to surge by as much as 6.5% next year, according to a recent survey from consulting firm Mercer.

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Industries

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Gets Bite at Major Amtrak Contract

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company has held talks with the Federal Railroad Administration about building a multi-billion dollar Amtrak tunnel.

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Media & Entertainment

The Show’s Over: Is Hollywood Moving Past Peak-TV?

A scale back in production was inevitable to achieve positive cash flow. But can Hollywood’s streaming era survive with fewer new TV shows?

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Consumer

Ikea Slashes Prices Amid Cooling Inflation

On Thursday, Ikea announced that cooling inflation means it can finally return to its customer-friendly ways.

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Electric Vehicles

Chinese EV Suppliers Look to Tap US Market With a Little Help From Friends

Chinese raw materials companies are cozying up with battery makers in Morocco and South Korea as a way of bypassing US restrictions.

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Healthcare

Trump Prescribes Deep Discounts for Big Pharma

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The Trump administration promised to drastically cut prescription drugs prices in the US, where the industry makes most of its money.

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International Economics

UK-US Strike Trade Deal Affirming ‘Special Relationship’

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The UK and US announced a “historic” trade deal Thursday that does little to reduce Washington’s overall global trade war.

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