Industries

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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Energy

Oil Prices Trapped Between Falling US Crude Inventories and Rising Gasoline Stockpiles

A spill of new data Wednesday sent oil futures slipping and sliding in opposite directions. So is Big Oil’s tank is half-full or half-empty?

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Media & Entertainment

Apple Wants in on the News Business, but its News AI Is Alienating Publishers

According to the Financial Times, Apple is ramping up its Apple News division. But can it fix its irritating AI hallucinations?

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Consumer

Florida Oranges are Doing So Badly a Tropicana Supplier is Ditching its Citrus Business

Alico, a major supplier to Tropicana, announced Monday that it is sunsetting its citrus business in the Sunshine State.

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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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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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