Serena Williams pushes Selena Gomez’s startup to $100 million valuation

In the same Vogue feature where Serena Williams announced her possible retirement after the U.S. Open, the tennis star said she’ll continue to prioritize investment in women-owned businesses.  Days la...

Chip stocks tanked as pandemic demand for electronics slumped, but there are still some winners

After two years of unprecedented chip sales and demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a long-feared reversal has struck the semiconductor industry, but some markets are still performing strongly — ...

How Comprehensive Community-Wide Hypertension Data Are Inspiring Heath Equity

It’s no secret that the best data often begets the best policy, especially when it comes to community health and wellness. Having accurate, timely, and well-informed data is often the difference maker...

Buy Haleon Stock. This GSK Spinoff Is a Bargain in Consumer Health.

In January, the United Kingdom pharmaceutical firm GSK turned down Unilever ’s offer of 50 billion pounds sterling, or about $60 billion, to buy its consumer healthcare division, saying the price was ...

Biden Signs Sweeping Climate And Health Care Package, Marking Major Victory

Topline President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a climate, health and tax bill that he called “one of the most significant laws” in U.S. history, marking a major win for Biden’s domestic agenda after mo...

Inflation Reduction Act to cap costs for Medicare patients on insulin

The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images A new legislative package signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday is a big win for Medicare patients who struggle to cover the cost of insulin...

All the reasons a dozen eggs now costs up to 38% more than one year ago

Why are eggs so expensive now?  Grocery prices continued to soar in July despite slower inflation overall, and eggs were among the foods experiencing the biggest increases. The average price of a doze...

Stock-buyback tax to be signed into law under Democrats’ climate change and health care bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have pulled off a quiet first in their just-passed legislation addressing climate change and health care: the creation of a tax on stock buybacks, a cherished tool of Corpo...

Is Solana Really Decentralized? A Validator Health Report

The Solana Foundation recently released its first report evaluating the health of the Solana network.  Its initial report digs into key metrics assessing the health of its validator network. These inc...

Invitae Goes Full Meme Stock. What’s Next?

A little momentum and a big short squeeze can go a long way. Genetic testing platform Invitae  (NVTA)  ripped 277% higher on August 10. It was truly epic. Roughly 217 million shares traded hands. For ...

Manchester City Draw Ire Of Skin Cancer Charity After Banning Sunscreen In Stadium

Manchester City fans cheer before the start of the English FA Cup semifinal soccer match between … [+] Manchester City and Liverpool at Wembley stadium in London, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP P...

House Passes Democrats’ Ambitious $430 Billion Climate And Health Bill

Topline The House of Representatives voted 220-207 to approve the $437 billion Inflation Reduction Act on Friday after months of torturous negotiations among Senate Democrats that finally resulted in ...

Johnson & Johnson Stock: Here’s the Level to Buy, and It’s a Steal

Yesterday after the close, Johnson & Johnson  (JNJ)  announced it would end talc-based baby-powder sales globally next year.  Given that the health-care giant stopped selling it in the U.S. and Ca...

Johnson & Johnson Stock Higher After Ending Baby Powder Sales

Updated at 5:35 am EST Johnson & Johnson  (JNJ)  shares edged higher Friday after the consumer healthcare group said it would completely halt the sale of its iconic talc-based baby powder products...

Which Are Morningstar’s 10 Most Undervalued REITs?

While real estate investment trusts have rallied over the past eight weeks, the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs index remains down 12% in 2022 through Aug. 10. Rising interest rates have dented REITs, which ...

New report on the health of the Solana network

Solana Foundation, after a difficult few months in the markets for Solana, has released its latest report on the health of the blockchain, considered by many to be the Ethereum killer. A Solana Founda...

After Six Month Trial, Judge Rules Flint Water Crisis Civil Case A Mistrial

Topline A Michigan judge ruled a mistrial on account of a hung jury in a civil case about the Flint water crisis, in which four children sued two engineering firms for professional negligence, allegin...

Famous Georgetown Cupcake Temporarily Shut By D.C. Health Department

Topline The wildly popular Washington, D.C., bakery Georgetown Cupcake closed Thursday for posing an “imminent health hazard to the public,” according to a notice from the city’s health department, th...

Pfizer, Moderna Take Different Paths as Vaccine Boom Ends

Pfizer is trying to add $25 billion to its 2030 revenue through acquisitions. Dan Kitwood – WPA Pool/Getty Images Text size Pfizer ’s $5.4 billion deal to acquire the biotech Global Blood Therap...

Health And Wellness Disruption Gets Personal

This story appears in the August/September 2022 issue of Forbes Magazine. Subscribe Amazon Acquires One Medical (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images With Amazon’s $3.9 billion ac...

Opinion: Why the Inflation Reduction Act is a very big deal for Americans

NEW YORK—Senate Democrats’ compromise bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, addresses not just inflation but also several key longstanding problems facing our economy and society. There is ...

Novavax slashes sales guidance in half, stock plunges 34%

Novavax Inc. executives slashed their annual sales guidance in half Monday while wildly missing financial expectations, sending shares down more than 30% in after-hours trading. Novavax NVAX, -5.01% n...

Carvana rivals’ stocks plunge after earnings

While Carvana Inc. shares soared despite weaker-than-expected financial results last week, two of the online car-seller’s smaller rivals were not as fortunate Monday. CarGurus Inc. CARG, +0.12% and Vr...

Clover Health stock drops after mixed earnings, announcement of impending CEO change

Shares of Clover Health Investments Corp. CLOV, +4.29%, which offers insurance plans to Medicare Advantage members, were off more than 6% in after-hours trading Monday after the company delivered a mi...

Palantir, Signify Health, Global Blood Therapeutics and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Palantir (PLTR) – The data analytics company’s stock plunged 15.6% in premarket trading after it reported an unexpected quarterly loss...

Health Insurers And 13M Enrollees Cheer Senate’s Extension Of Obamacare Credits

The U.S. Senate Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which expands tax credits … [+] to buy individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act for millions Americans. This vo...

CVS Plans to Bid for Signify Health

CVS Health is seeking to buy Signify Health according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health is exploring stra...

Opinion: Step aside, FAANMGs. This new crop of tech companies are the ones to watch for the next decade.

Investors have had a change of heart after selling technology stocks for the better part of eight months.   There has been a trend reversal after bellwether tech companies reported earnings for the mo...

White House Declares Public Health Emergency For Monkeypox Amid Vaccination Struggles

Topline The White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday and announced a potential new strategy to increase vaccine dose availability as cases climb and the federal government ...

Biden administration will declare monkeypox a public health emergency

People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images The Biden administratio...

Moderna CEO: No ‘Crazy’ Deals. We’re Giving Cash to Shareholders.

Text size Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel says his company will keep returning cash to investors until it finds a better way of creating value. Jason Alden/Bloomberg Moderna ’s CEO is feeling no pressure ...

Why an Arkansas town could provide a grim road map for America if car repos blow up

As recession worries loom over America, a debt crisis already bearing down on wage workers in northwest Arkansas could foreshadow bigger problem for a nation on high alert for a flood of car repossess...