By Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -An OPEC+ panel stressed the need for achieving full compliance with oil output agreements and extra output cuts that some members are required to make to compensate for earlier exceeding quotas at a meeting on Wednesday, OPEC said in a statement. The online meeting of the Joint …
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By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -GoodRx said on Wednesday it has partnered with Kroger’s healthcare unit to expand its prescription savings services for branded drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. The retail tie-up, RxSmartSaver, could help customers access GoodRx savings services for branded treatments at nearly 2,200 Kroger pharmacies across the U.S. as well …
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(Reuters) – U.S. packaged food makers have rolled out plans to eliminate the use of ingredients such as FD&C colors — a category of synthetic dyes — and sweeteners like corn syrup from their products, responding to the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative and changing consumer preferences. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. power company Duke Energy is considering adding large nuclear reactors to its fleet and extending the life of some coal plants as part of a long-term energy plan aimed at meeting sharply rising electricity demand in the Carolinas. Electric utilities across the U.S. are boosting power infrastructure plans …
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By Patrick Wingrove, Michael Erman and Maggie Fick NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on branded drugs ratcheted up pressure on pharmaceutical companies to agree price cuts and shift manufacturing after talks faltered earlier this year, industry lobbyists and executives said. The squeeze produced what Trump is touting as …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. private payrolls unexpectedly fell in September, suggesting a weakening in labor market conditions. Private employment fell by 32,000 jobs last month after a downwardly revised 3,000 decrease in August, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast private employment increasing 50,000 following a previously …
By Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) -T-Mobile said on Wednesday its satellite-to-cell network now supports widely used apps, including WhatsApp, Google Maps and X, broadening the service that offers connectivity to mobile dead zones and remote regions. This marks a pivotal step for the service, which commercially launched in July with access limited to SMS texting, …
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By John Kruzel and Daniel Wiessner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -On January 27, workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods voted to become the first store in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to unionize. When the result was announced that night, produce worker Ed Dupree, who helped organize the monthslong campaign, ran to the produce cooler with his coworkers. …
(Reuters) -Humana said on Wednesday about 83% of stand-alone prescription drug plans for 2026 will offer a premium decrease. The health insurer said it expects more than 80% of its Medicare Advantage members will be in plans with stable benefits. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Amazon.com’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, announced a multi-year partnership with the National Basketball Association to launch new AI-powered features and data insights from games, the organizations said on Wednesday. The deal, which did not have a financial value attached, will introduce “NBA Inside the Game”, a basketball platform that will …
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