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...US health insurer Cigna has abandoned plans to merge with Humana, a blockbuster transaction that would have created a $140bn insurance giant, according to people familiar with the matter....
...One thing to start: Cigna is in talks to merge with Humana in a deal that would create a US health insurance giant worth $140bn and provide a significant test for antitrust authorities, according to people...
...Blockchain is also the foundation for so-called Crypto Rico on Puerto Rico....
...The settlement with 33 states and Puerto Rico will resolve one of the biggest legal threats facing Juul, in which Altria has a 35 per cent stake....
...More than 1,000 rhesus macaque monkeys roam the islet of Cayo Santiago, off the coast of Puerto Rico....
...restructuring of their health plan....
...The Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority is one of the island’s few municipal borrowers that did not default on senior debt over the past several years. But it still has plenty of problems....
...CVS Health unveiled plans to close about 900 stores and launch dedicated primary care offices, as part of an effort to revamp the company’s retail business....
...Many states have imposed vaccine mandates on healthcare workers and teachers, while Puerto Rico has said there will be a vaccine or test requirement for all private employers with 50 staff or more in the...
...At the Family Health Centers of San Diego, where Rico had her antibody infusion, supplies almost ran out last week....
...Puerto Rico is facing a huge explosion in cases of Covid-19....
...Something similar has happened at Cigna and Humana. Regardless of future Congressional inertia, listed health insurers do not price in the return of patients to hospitals....
...But for the long-run health of the world’s nations, the most important pieces of recent economic news may have come from two unexpected places: Puerto Rico and the moon....
...In August, LPWAN operator Everynet rolled out an IoT network as part of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure modernisation plans....
...There is no chance Mr Biden would be able to abolish the Senate filibuster, add new states to the US, such as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, or expand the size of the Supreme Court....
...The quarantine list recently included 34 states and the US territory of Puerto Rico....
...Acadia is the biggest behavioural health provider in the world with 585 facilities and about 18,200 beds in 40 US states, Puerto Rico and the UK....
...The oversight board was created as part of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act of 2016, or Promesa, which was designed to help the stricken statelet back to health....
...Puerto Ricans on Puerto Rico are increasingly treated as colonial subjects, with more intrusive federal oversight of the police, electric company, health services and so on....
...Microsoft managed to shift at least $39bn in US profits to Puerto Rico, where the company paid a tax rate of nearly 0 per cent....
...It could also entail “packing the states” by awarding statehood to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and possibly the American Virgin Islands....
...Alex Azar, health and human services secretary, has put forward a proposal to ban the complex system of rebates in the two major government-backed health plans — Medicare, for seniors, and Medicaid, for...
...From Miami to Havana, Puerto Rico to Biarritz, Cape Town to Los Angeles, local versions of Art Deco sprang up in the most desirable seaside neighbourhoods. The style has no single root....
...We should not ignore the disasters, of course, such as Detroit and Puerto Rico....
...In return, Europe would like California, Oregon, Alaska, Maryland and Puerto Rico....
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