UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addresses Brian Thompson death

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Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Friday mourned […]


Trump eyeing privatizing US Postal Service: report

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President-elect Donald Trump has expressed interest in taking the US Postal Service private as the federal agency hemorrhages billions of dollars, according to a report.  He’s discussed the issue with Howard Lutnick, his pick for commerce secretary, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., The Washington Post reported, citing three people with knowledge of […]


Why it’s getting harder to get a free first-class flight upgrade

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Passengers deplane through the business class seating area on an American Airlines flight, London Heathrow Airport, Aug. 14, 2018. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Cheap seats aren’t enough for airline passengers anymore. Since the pandemic, travelers have shown airlines that they’re willing to pay up to sit at the relatively spacious […]


This Anheuser-Busch beer brand is now tops on tap — displacing fellow InBev brew

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There is a new champion of tap beer, and it is still within the Anheuser-Busch InBev family. Michelob Ultra, which is among the slate of brands under the Anheuser-Busch InBev umbrella, has the largest share of U.S. draft lines, according to data from Draftlines Technologies. According to data from Draftline Technologies, which monitors more than […]


Agent Scott Boras says it wasn’t just about money

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Major League Baseball super agent Scott Boras just negotiated the biggest contract of his life. On Thursday, the New York Mets signed four-time All-Star Juan Soto to a record-breaking $765 million, 15-year contract. It is the largest deal in professional sports history. Soto will be the first player in the MLB to earn more than […]


Donald Trump ‘eyes deal’ for Waldorf Astoria DC hotel

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President-elect Donald Trump is weighing a bid to save the failing Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington, DC – and rebrand it once more as a Trump International Hotel, The Post has learned. Three sources familiar with the situation said that the incoming commander-in-chief’s company, the Trump Organization, is weighing options that include a licensing deal or […]


Restaurant winners and losers include McDonald’s, Chili’s, Taco Bell

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A “location closed” sign hangs in the window of a closed Red Lobster restaurant in Torrance, California on May 14, 2024.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images A rocky year for restaurants separated the industry’s biggest chains into winners and losers, as eateries competed for a smaller pool of customers who have grown […]


How IMF bureaucrats golf at posh DC-area country club — on US taxpayers’ dime

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Jet-setting global bureaucrats can join an exclusive five-star country club outside Washington without coughing up a dime — all part of lavish perks that are effectively subsidized by the US government, The Post has learned. Staffers at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank raking in six-figure, tax-free salaries at both global bodies qualify […]


Costco (COST) earnings Q1 2025 earnings

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Costco on Thursday beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and sales estimates, as e-commerce sales jumped and shoppers bought jewelry, luggage and furniture. On the membership-based warehouse club’s earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Gary Millerchip said customers have remained selective with purchases. But, he added, they have shown they’re willing to spend, especially as inflation comes […]


YesMadam sparks more backlash after revealing truth behind ‘mass firing’ email

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The truth behind an email declaring staff had been fired after indicating they were “stressed” in a wellbeing work survey has caused even more outrage. It all started when Anouska Dutta, who, according to her LinkedIn profile, works as a copywriter at the Indian company YesMadam, shared a screenshot of a wild email she’d allegedly received […]