Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Aetna fully exits Obamacare exchanges with pull-out in two states and other top stories.

  • Aetna fully exits Obamacare exchanges with pull-out in two states

    Aetna fully exits Obamacare exchanges with pull-out in two states
    Health insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N) said on Wednesday it will exit the 2018 Obamacare individual insurance market in Delaware and Nebraska - the two remaining states where it offered the plans.Aetna had already said it would exit the individual commercial market in Virginia and Iowa, after pulling out of several other states last year.Aetna has now "completely exited the exchanges," the company said in an emailed statement.Insurers Humana Inc (HUM.N) and UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) have also p..
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  • Boeing Halts Test Flights of New 737 Over Engine Issue

    Boeing Halts Test Flights of New 737 Over Engine Issue
    DALLAS รข€” Boeing is suspending test flights of a new airliner because of a possible problem in the manufacturing of a key engine part. The company said Wednesday that it still plans to deliver the first Boeing 737 Max later this month, and production will continue. A Boeing 737 MAX 9 under construction at the company's production facility in Renton, Washington, on Feb. 13. JASON REDMOND / Reuters, file The news sent Boeing Co. shares down nearly 4 percent, although they recovered..
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  • Brawl breaks out as plane taxis to the gate

    Brawl breaks out as plane taxis to the gate
    In the latest proof that airheads and airplanes don’t mix, two passengers traded blows on a Southwest jetliner that had just landed in Burbank, Calif. Flight 2530 from Dallas was on a stopover en route to Oakland on Sunday when the brawl erupted between two men as the plane taxied to the gate, ABC News reported. During a verbal exchange, the suspect attacked the other passenger, leaving him with a contusion to his left eye, a laceration to his nose and a chipped tooth, police said. The alleged ..
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  • Why Sears Holdings Corp. Stock Was Climbing Today

    Why Sears Holdings Corp. Stock Was Climbing Today
    What happened Shares of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:SHLD) were gaining after CEO Eddie Lampert vigorously defended the retailer in a rare interview yesterday and in the company's shareholder meeting today. As of 3:46 p.m. EDT, the stock was up 7.1%. Image source: Sears Holdings. So what Speaking to the hometown Chicago Tribune, Lampert said, "We're fighting ... to change the way people do business with us," as he insisted that the former retail giant was still capable of coming back. Despite..
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  • European Airlines Bracing for Expansion of Trump's Laptop Ban

    European Airlines Bracing for Expansion of Trump's Laptop Ban
    European airlines are preparing for the anticipated widening of a U.S. ban on bringing laptops and other large electronic devices on board planes bound for American airports.Air France-KLM Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG are among carriers to say they’re making preparations for the moratorium on devices, including tablets and games consoles, to be expanded to their hubs after initially targeting Mideast and African airports. The European Commission has written to President Donald Trump’s admini..
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  • Say what? Report pegs airline passenger satisfaction at all-time high

    Say what? Report pegs airline passenger satisfaction at all-time high
    In a bizarre quirk of timing, a top market research company capped off six weeks of highly publicized incidents involving unruly behavior by airline passengers and employees with a report that says passenger satisfaction with North American airlines is at an all-time high. The seemingly contradictory nature of the report raises questions about what’s really going on between airlines and passengers. “It’s impossible to think about airline customer satisfaction without replaying the recent image..
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  • Apple announces $1b Reno datacentre expansion

    Apple announces $1b Reno datacentre expansion
    Apple has announced that it will be building out a $1 billion datacentre expansion in Reno, Nevada, which will provide an additional 100 jobs within the datacentre once complete, as well as 300 temporary construction-based jobs.Apple had first flagged significant expansion plans for its Reno datacentre back in 2014, at the time applying for permits to build additional wings of the original $1 billion datacentre it built in 2012. "We're excited to be increasing our contributions to the local ..
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  • Oil price jump pulls stocks higher

    Oil price jump pulls stocks higher
    LONDON World stocks held near all-time highs on Thursday, helped by a rebound in energy shares as oil prices rose after U.S. fuel inventories declined and Saudi Arabia cut supplies of crude to Asia more than expected.MSCI's gauge of global stock markets was up 0.1 percent, bringing their gains for the year to nearly 10 percent.European shares underperformed as investors looked to lock in gains after their strong run so far this year. Government bond yields rose as rising oil prices reinforced ..
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  • Tesla's Solar Roof Sets Musk's Grand Unification Into Motion

    Tesla's Solar Roof Sets Musk's Grand Unification Into Motion
    Tesla has begun taking orders for its transformative new solar roof. The pricing is competitive, and it marks the final piece in Elon Musk’s vision for a grand unification of his clean-energy ambitions—combining solar power, home batteries, and electric cars. “These are really the three legs of the stool for a sustainable energy future,” Musk said. “Solar power going to a stationary battery pack so you have power at night, and then charging an electric vehicle … you can scale that to all the wo..
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  • Live notes from Snap's first-ever earnings call

    Live notes from Snap's first-ever earnings call
    Snap's stock was down more than 21 percent in early after-hours trading following its first earnings report. by Kurt Wagner May 10, 2017, 5:37pm EDT. tweet · share · Linkedin. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair. Wall Street didn't like Snap's ...
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Yes, Boston, you are racist .Why won't Lynch, Raiders play hardball with Seahawks? .
Tigers 6, Red Sox 5: Boston comes up short in Detroit .St. Patrick's Day parade kicks off at 1 pm under cloudy skies .

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