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Cyberattack at UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare affected 100M Americans
Data recently posted on a federal website shows the cyberattack earlier this year at a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary affected 100 million patients — apparently a U.S. record.
The tally roughly matches the scope previously described by company Chief Executive Andrew Witty, who suggested during congressional testimony in May that data for 1 in ...Read more
UAW holding strike authorization vote for GM Indiana truck plant
United Auto Workers Local 2209 is holding a vote on Wednesday on whether to strike General Motors Co.'s Fort Wayne Assembly Plant in Indiana that produces full-size trucks, according to a letter from the local's leadership.
The union and Detroit-based automaker have been in a tussle over the use of temporary workers to help build the profit-...Read more
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's pay rose to almost $80 million for 2024
Microsoft’s financial success over the past year led to a major pay bump for CEO Satya Nadella, whose total compensation for 2024 will exceed $79 million.
Most of Nadella’s pay is wrapped up in performance-based stock awards, which are valued at $71.2 million for 2024, according to a Thursday regulatory filing. Last year, Nadella received $...Read more
Report: UnitedHealth Group tops list of Medicare Advantage insurers receiving billions in questionable payments
UnitedHealth Group stood out from its peers in a new federal watchdog report that questions how Medicare Advantage insurers have used diagnosis data to boost payments from the government program for seniors by billions of dollars.
The Minnetonka-based company was the biggest recipient of the add-on funds based on “questionable” practices ...Read more
3M spinoff Solventum considers selling filtration business: report
Solventum, 3M’s health care spinoff based in Maplewood, is exploring a sale of of its purification and filtration business, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday citing unnamed sources.
Solventum’s business segment selling purification products used in commercial spaces and homes generated $238 million in sales in the most recent ...Read more
After filing for bankruptcy, True Value says it could lay off hundreds of workers in Illinois
Chicago-based hardware retailer True Value, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, could lay off nearly 900 employees in Illinois alone if the company isn’t sold during bankruptcy proceedings, it said in mandated state filings.
True Value, which has about 4,500 stores, filed for bankruptcy in federal court in Delaware on Oct. 14. In...Read more
As Machinists strike extends, Boeing is running out of runway
Boeing’s leaders have few options as they consider the potential damage of the Machinists’ rejection Wednesday of another bid to end the six-week strike.
They lack the leverage they had in the contract talks just over a decade ago.
In November 2013, the day after the Machinists delivered a resounding rejection in the first vote on a Boeing...Read more
Boeing weighs options for troubled Starliner space program
Boeing Co. is weighing options for the future of its troubled Starliner space capsule program as part of a broad portfolio review under new Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The assessment is at an early stage and no decisions about divesting the Starliner program have been made, said the ...Read more
Dock workers at East Coast ports to resume negotiations with operators
The union representing dockworkers in East Coast U.S. ports is set to return to the bargaining table with maritime employers next month, part of an arrangement reached after a three-day strike was suspended on Oct. 3.
The International Longshoremen’s Association and the group representing port operators and shipping companies said Friday that...Read more
Auto review: 2024 Honda Odyssey Elite is the minivan for many
While the minivan is almost extinct, thanks to the dominance of the SUV, the Honda Odyssey still has a favored spot in Grasso’s Garage. The 2024 Odyssey, assembled in Lincoln, Alabama, boasts tremendous room, comfort and style.
Our 2024 Honda Odyssey Elite tester came wrapped in Lunar Silver Metallic and a gray interior. Since Honda delivered...Read more
Auto review: Versatile, eco-friendly Maverick grazes a new trail
The economical Ford Maverick of the 1970s was a wildly popular sedan — equaling Mustang sales in its first year — as rising gas prices spurred shoppers to become more fuel conscious. The $1,900 starting price at launch didn’t hurt either.
Ford dusted off the nameplate a couple of years ago and is having similar success with the new ...Read more
A Wisconsin lawyer's 'cartoon head' billboards created an unlikely celebrity
At the annual Country Jam USA in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the songs sound sweeter and the beer runs colder, as its promoters like to say. And Russell Nicolet’s face is everywhere.
Concertgoers encountered Nicolet’s cartoony avatar — wavy beard, bald head, mirrored sunglasses — on billboards all over town. His mug watched over the festival...Read more
Auto review: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz EV is a modern-day homage
The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz is more than an homage to another era. It’s representative of Volkswagen’s American market conundrum.
The German automaker is celebrating its 75th year in America, an astounding feat of marketing for a company established by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s and popularized in the United States by an ad agency whose...Read more
Colorado's trial against Kroger-Albertsons merger wraps up. A ruling by judge is next.
Attorneys for the state and for the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains wrapped up a trial Thursday over the companies’ proposed $24.6 billion merger by disparaging each other’s expert witnesses and accusing the other of pushing an agenda that will harm Colorado shoppers and workers.
Closing arguments capped a trial that started Oct. 1...Read more
Former 'Jeopardy!' staffers file discrimination, retaliation complaints against Sony
Former "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" staffers have filed employment discrimination, harassment and retaliation complaints against Sony Pictures Entertainment after the Culver City, California-based company allegedly laid off workers who spoke out against toxic working conditions.
Shelley Ballance Ellis, a former production executive on the...Read more
OSHA: No safety violations in crash on set of Georgia-shot Eddie Murphy film
A federal agency said it found no safety violations following a seven-month investigation into an April crash that injured crew members during an action sequence on the set of Eddie Murphy’s metro Atlanta-filmed feature “The Pickup.”
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration closed its investigation Oct. 17, a spokeswoman told The...Read more
Tesla soars to best day in 11 years after a blowout quarter
Tesla Inc.’s shares surged the most in more than 11 years after the carmaker reported surprisingly strong earnings and forecast as much as 30% growth in vehicle sales next year.
Third-quarter results were buoyed by Tesla turning a corner with the Cybertruck, which generated profit for the first time. Lower material costs, an expanding energy ...Read more
Looking to take a bite out of Apple, Google set to open first Chicago-area store
The Thompson Center isn’t the only slice of Chicago real estate where Google is staking new ground.
The tech giant is opening its first bricks-and-mortar Google Store in the Midwest and its fifth overall next week at Oakbrook Center, offering shoppers a chance to test drive everything from new AI-enhanced Pixel phones to tablets and Fitbit ...Read more
US initial jobless claims fall back to pre-hurricanes levels
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits declined for a second week, to levels seen before Hurricanes Helene and Milton hit Southeastern states.
Initial claims decreased by 15,000 to 227,000 in the week ended Oct. 19. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 242,000 applications.
“The impact of Hurricane ...Read more
Boeing CEO's effort to rebuild planemaker suffers strike setback
Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg’s quest to stabilize the struggling US planemaker suffered a stinging setback after factory workers rejected a new labor contract that would have increased their wages by 35% over four years.
Some 64% of the union members who cast ballots on Wednesday voted against the tentative agreement, ...Read more
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