By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) -U.S. health insurer Humana said on Thursday an increase in demand for medical care among older adults was driving up costs and warned of a potential hit to its outlook for 2024 from the surge, sending its shares down 14% before the bell. Humana is the second major insurer to flag …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since late 2022, suggesting job growth likely remained solid in January. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 187,000 for the week ended Jan. 13, the lowest level since September …
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By Jarrett Renshaw CHEYENNE, Wyoming (Reuters) – American Bridge is the Democratic Party’s primary opposition research organization, spending tens of millions of dollars to track Republican rivals and produce attack ads. But in 2024, the deep-pocketed ally of President Joe Biden is adding a new role that could help shape the Nov. 5 presidential election: …
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(Removes the word TARGET from cross-head) By Maha El Dahan and Dmitry Zhdannikov DAVOS (Reuters) – The war in Gaza will hit economies across the Middle East if it is not resolved and the conflict urgently needs a non-military solution, Qatar’s finance minister told Reuters. Qatar, whose mediators are involved in talks on the release …
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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – For third-party U.S. presidential candidates, getting on state ballots is challenging and expensive, thanks to a patchwork of U.S. laws designed by Republicans and Democrats, the dominant parties which control statehouses nationwide. In many cases, outsider challengers can seek to qualify either as an independent candidate or a candidate from …
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By Blake Brittain and Stephen Nellis WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Apple said on Wednesday it would remove a blood oxygen monitoring feature from two flagship Apple Watch models in the U.S. as the iPhone maker fights a legal battle over patents on the technology behind the feature. The legal fight could take a year to resolve, …
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WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has been barred from entering the U.S. over allegations of “his  involvement in significant corruption,” the State Department said on Wednesday. “The State Department has credible information indicating  that Giammattei  accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his  public functions during his tenure  as president of …
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By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate stayed at a 1-1/2 year high, adding to the case that interest rates have peaked as the red-hot labour market cools. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed net …
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By Nandita Bose, Richard Cowan and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson pressed President Joe Biden on Wednesday to recast U.S. immigration policy during a meeting with lawmakers at the White House about funding for Ukraine. Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding that Biden has requested for Ukraine and threaten to …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Wednesday that its forces conducted strikes on 14 Houthi missiles that were loaded to be fired from Yemen. U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on the social media platform X that the Houthi missiles presented an imminent threat to merchant …
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