UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by hack at tech unit, TechCrunch reports
(Reuters) – The cyberattack at UnitedHealth’s tech unit Change affected the personal information of 190 million Americans, TechCrunch reported on Friday. UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. This post appeared first on investing.com
Pfizer to pay $59.7 million over kickbacks for migraine drug
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) will pay $59.7 million to resolve charges that a company it acquired defrauded Medicare and other healthcare programs by paying kickbacks so doctors would prescribe the migraine drug Nurtec ODT,
Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of muzzling it because of Trump
By Jessica DiNapoli and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben & Jerry’s on Friday ratcheted up its censorship lawsuit against Unilever (LON:ULVR), accusing its parent company of suppressing a social policy statement the U.S. ice cream maker wanted
Bankrupt Purdue buys time to advance $7.4 billion opioid deal
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Purdue Pharma said on Friday it needs more time to build support for a new $7.4 billion settlement that could complete the company’s years-long effort to resolve thousands of lawsuits over its addictive pain
Analysis-Trump’s high-wire act to transform US power grid won’t be easy
By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s oversight of an increasingly unreliable U.S. power grid requires swift action, he said this week, but there is no easy fix for one of the grid’s most complex and troubled