Industries

Inflation & Prices

Walmart Blames Upcoming Price Hikes on Tariffs

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Walmart says price hikes are coming this month and in the summer. You can thank tariffs on imports for them.

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Healthcare

Weight-Loss Drugs Might Not Tank Medicare After All

New estimates say that Medicare will spend tens of billions of dollars over nine years to cover weight-loss drugs.

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Healthcare

Biotech That Once Promised ‘Next Gen’ COVID Vaccine Files for Bankruptcy

Gritstone Bio announced it is “taking action” to “preserve value and strengthen capital structure” on Thursday.

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Consumer

7-Eleven Parent Company Has a New Plan to Ward off Couche-Tard’s Takeover

As the takeover bid from Couche-Tard heats up, Seven & i Holdings announced a plan to split its business in two.

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Industries

Thinning Cattle Herds Drive US Beef Prices to Record Highs

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US cattle inventories have been battered by drought, leading to record beef prices and a long road to bringing them down.

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Consumer

Airbnb Reinvents Itself to Regain Rizz

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Aibnb is branching out beyond short term rentals as it faces falling travel demand and regulatory pushback from some cities.

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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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