Enlarge Health insurance giant Aetna has teamed up with Apple to create a health-tracking app for Apple Watch that will have access to Aetna members’ medical data and offer monetary rewards for meeting personalized wellness goals. The idea is to go beyond basic activity monitors and generic step goals, the two companies said in a …
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The polar vortex that’s sending a blast of extreme arctic cold air down to the Midwest this week is likely to leave Chicago residents feeling like they living in some of the coldest places on Earth, including the South Pole and Mt. Everest. According to the National Weather Service, the temperature in Chicago is forecast …
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There is hardly a group of Americans untouched by the government shutdown. Furloughed federal employees returned to lost passwords and jam-packed inboxes. Contractors are facing the grim reality of no back pay at all. And millions of individuals and families that rely on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are …
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You’re not threatened by the war You’re not shaken by the storm I know you’re in control Even in our suffering Even when it can’t be seen I know you’re in control –Look Up Child Lauren Daigle At the end of Apple’s quarterly conference call with analysts on Tuesday, the company played Lauren Daigle’s song …
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Hello, readers. With another presidential election cycle already upon us (brace yourselves), drug pricing is going to be a front and center issue yet again. And big pharma companies appear to be acknowledging both that reality, and the deeper wake-up call, that increasing list prices ad nauseum isn’t exactly a winning business strategy over the …
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Deepika Padukone began 2018 with a bang with the magnum opus Padmaavat. The actress not only won the hearts of the audience but also garnered rave reviews for her apt portrayal of Rani Padmini. The film was helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starred Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. She walked at Cannes film festival, …
Although the Padma Shri given to the late and in his own right, great, Kader Khan is being seen as a case of too-little-too-late, Kader Khan’s son Sarfaraz Khan says he ’s happy with the Indian government’s decision to honour his father. Responding to the Padma Shri from Canada, Sarfaraz says, “It (the Padma Shri) …
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Home prices rose at the slowest annual pace since 2015 as more headwinds rocked the housing market and some beaten-down metros benefitted from a big bounce.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares rally in the extended session Tuesday after the chip maker’s full-year outlook holds out some promise while its revenue and first-quarter outlook miss Wall Street estimates and earnings were in-line.
Slang Worldwide Inc. listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange Tuesday and investors valued the Canopy Growth Corp.-backed cannabis branding and distribution business at C$645 million ($480 million).