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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Media & Entertainment

NFL Moves Toward Allowing Private Equity into Ownership Groups

Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is en route to allowing PE groups to take ownership stakes in franchises

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Patent Drop

Ford Self-Driving Maintenance Patent Could Automate Oil Changes

Filings like these indicate that this pivot will likely have a domino effect on all other parts of the automotive industry.

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Media & Entertainment

Microsoft’s Gaming Dreams Enter Their Price-Hike Era

Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox announced it’s splitting its hugely popular subscription service Game Pass into two subscription tiers.

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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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