Drugs

Inflation & Prices

CVS Names New CEO Amid Uncertain Retail Pharmacy Landscape

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The leadership change comes as the retail pharmacy industry faces thin profit margins, store closures, and layoffs.

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Media & Entertainment

Can the Enhanced Games Get the World Hooked on Steroids?

After nearly 3,000 years, the business of the Olympics is ripe for disruption. Could performance enhancing drugs shake up the games?

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Healthcare

Medicare to Cut Costs on 64 Drugs, May Influence Private Insurance Prices

The Department of Health announced this week that Medicare is cutting prices for dozens of prescription drugs that have outpaced inflation.

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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