Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Friday mourned…
NEW DELHI: In a first for the road sector, NHAI on Thursday said it will issue Rs 1,000 crore green bonds in second week of Dec to raise funds to implement environment-friendly steps on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) project.“This fund will be used for activities such as expenditure on avenue plantation, median plantation, construction of animal…
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The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Tuesday said its experimental weight loss injection helped patients with obesity lose up to 20% of their weight on average after a year in a critical mid-stage trial, as the company races…
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NEW DELHI: NTPC will focus on gigawatt (GW)-scale solar power projects and limit wind and battery storage projects to 10% of its renewable portfolio as the country’s largest coal-fired power producer chases a green dream of adding 60 GW green capacity by 2035.“NTPC is in generation, not distribution business. In large solar projects (usually in…
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Aykut Karahan | Istock | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Happy Friday! Buried in the election news this week was new data from drugmakers vying to enter the booming weight…
In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As McDonald’s and health authorities race to contain a deadly E. coli outbreak, the burger chain faces challenges…
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MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday extended the deadline for the implementation of direct securities payouts to client’s demat account to November 11 to ensure smooth implementation, without any disruption to the market players and investors.Sebi explained that the extension, initially set for October 14 is a response to feedback…
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Trade Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are demanding Federal Trade Commission…
Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large U.S. health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the…
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NEW DELHI: The ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday announced that the Center has removed the minimum export price (MEP) threshold for basmati rice exports, in order to increase farmers income by with the export of basmati rice, a premier GI-tagged variety from India.This decision was taken in light of adequate domestic rice availability…
