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Nonfarm payroll growth revised down by 818,000, Labor Department says
The U.S. economy created 818,000 fewer jobs than originally reported in the 12-month period through March 2024, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. As part of its preliminary annual benchmark revisions to the nonfarm payroll numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the actual job growth was nearly 30% less than the initially reported 2.9 million […]
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Health-care system Sesame to offer compounded versions of Wegovy through new $249 weight loss program
Health-care marketplace Sesame on Wednesday announced a new clinical weight loss program that will help eligible consumers access compounded versions of Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy for $249 per month. Sesame allows patients to book and pay for appointments with doctors and specialists directly through its website, so it cuts out middlemen such as […]
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Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug slashes the risk of developing diabetes in long-term trial
An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss drug reduced the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in obese or overweight adults with pre-diabetes compared to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Advanced Micro Devices, HP, Sweetgreen and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Advanced Micro Devices — The chipmaker’s stock gained more than 2%. Advanced Micro Devices announced plans to buy server builder ZT Systems in a cash-and-stock deal totaling $4.9 billion. HP — Shares slid more than 3% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the personal computing company to equal […]
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Here’s why Walgreens and CVS retail pharmacies are struggling — and what they’re doing to fix it
The abundance of Walgreens and CVS Health stores makes them convenient for whenever Shriya Raghavan, a research associate based in Philadelphia, needs to pick up necessities like gum, deodorant and soap. But she said she often has to wait for employees to unlock cabinets or stand in lengthy lines to pick up prescriptions as pharmacists […]
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Here’s how a week’s worth of huge economic news will affect the Fed’s decision-making
The past week’s data deluge left behind a few distinct impressions: Inflation is on the run, the labor market appears to be OK if no longer on fire, and the economy is not headed off a cliff despite the ever-lingering potential for a substantial slowdown. That’s the backdrop for a markedly critical period ahead for […]
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Consumer spending jumped in July as retail sales were up 1%, much better than expected
Consumer spending held up even better than expected in July as inflation pressures showed more signs of easing, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Advanced retail sales accelerated 1% on the month, according to numbers that are adjusted for seasonality but not inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a 0.3% increase. June […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Cisco Systems and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Ulta Beauty — Shares of the beauty retailer popped a whopping 13% in premarket trading after a regulatory filing revealed that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway took a stake worth $266 million in the second quarter. The bet is relatively minor for Berkshire, whose equity portfolio is […]
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Biden administration to release prices for first 10 drugs subject to landmark Medicare negotiations
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Biden administration on Thursday will release prices for the first 10 prescription drugs that were subject to landmark negotiations between drugmakers and […]
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How Elliott’s monthslong Starbucks campaign got it a better deal than it asked for
People seen around the Starbucks coffee store in Shenzhen, China. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images In May, it was a $2.5 billion stake in Texas Instruments and a $1 billion-plus position at Johnson Controls. In June came a $2 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and an equally large investment in Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. […]
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