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UnitedHealth Shares Slide After Senate Report Flags Medicare Practices
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) shares edged about 1% lower on Monday morning after a U.S. Senate committee report concluded that the healthcare group employed aggressive methods to increase payments under the Medicare Advantage program. The investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviewed roughly 50,000 pages of internal company documents, found that UnitedHealth had “turned risk…
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Tempus AI Shares Jump After Company Posts Record $1.1bn Contract Backlog
Shares of Tempus AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:TEM) climbed around 12% on Monday after the precision medicine and data analytics company revealed it had reached a new milestone in total contract value, surpassing $1.1 billion as of December 31, 2025. The Chicago-based group also released preliminary, unaudited figures showing full-year 2025 data and application revenue of roughly…
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Alaska Air Group Plans Technology Overhaul After Disruptive System Failures
Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE:ALK) is preparing to modernise its technology infrastructure after a series of outages disrupted operations and weighed on financial performance, as the airline works toward its ambition of becoming a global carrier. The Seattle-based airline is evaluating a shift of key operational systems, back-office processes and data center functions to cloud-based…
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Lululemon Signals Q4 Results Likely at Top of Forecast Range
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) said it now expects its fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 net revenue and diluted earnings per share to come in at the upper end of its previously issued guidance. The athleticwear group indicated that both net revenue and diluted EPS are trending toward the top of its earlier ranges of $3.500 billion to…
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J. Jill Shares Climb After Company Lifts Q4 Guidance
J. Jill (NYSE:JILL) boosted its outlook for the fourth quarter after reporting a better-than-expected close to the holiday shopping period. The retailer’s shares jumped about 6% in premarket trading on Monday following the announcement. J. Jill now projects adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter in the range of $5.0 million to $6.0 million, compared with…
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Exxon Shares Slip After Trump Says Company Is Being “Too Cute” on Venezuela
Shares in Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) edged lower after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the oil giant could be excluded from Venezuela’s energy sector, criticizing its stance on a potential return to the country. “I didn’t like Exxon’s response. You know we have so many that want it. I’d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,”…
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Eli Lilly Reportedly Prepares €15bn Bid for French Biotech Abivax
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) is said to be working on a potential €15 billion offer to acquire French biotechnology company Abivax (NASDAQ:ABVX), according to a report published on Monday by La Lettre. The U.S. pharmaceutical group has not yet formally approached Abivax’s board, but remains interested in the transaction, the report said. Before launching an official…
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Goldman Warns Oil Prices May Ease Further in 2026 as Oversupply Deepens
Oil prices are expected to come under renewed pressure in 2026 as accelerating supply growth leaves the market increasingly oversupplied, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. The bank believes the dynamic that dominated 2025 will largely persist, with plentiful production offsetting geopolitical risks and limiting any sustained upside in prices. Brent crude declined 14% year…
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Gold Sets Fresh Highs as Experts Say It Is “No Longer Just a Hedge in Portfolios”
A mix of political tension and macroeconomic uncertainty, compounded by the investigation involving Jerome Powell, has driven gold to unprecedented levels, with prices breaking above $4,600 an ounce for the first time. Spot gold climbed to $4,601.17 earlier today, while futures reached $4,612.40 an ounce. Silver has also continued its powerful advance, hitting new all-time…
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Dollar Slides as Scrutiny of Powell Intensifies
The U.S. dollar came under pressure during European trading on Monday after American prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, raising fresh concerns about political interference in the U.S. central bank. By 04:25 ET (09:25 GMT), the Dollar Index — which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies…