MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — UnitedHealth’s third-quarter performance topped Wall Street’s view, bolstered by the improving performance of its Optum segment. The country’s biggest U.S. health insurer also raised its full-year adjusted earnings forecast again. For the three months ended Sept. 30, UnitedHealth earned $4.09 billion, or $4.28 per share. A year earlier the Minnetonka, Minnesota-based
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business About 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere early Thursday morning. The UAW had reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contact with the company two weeks ago, only to see 90% of the rank-and-file members
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El juego de la gallina de Steve Bannon, aliado de Trump, con la comisión de la Cámara de Representantes que investiga los disturbios del 6 de enero en el Capitolio está a punto de entrar en una nueva y crítica fase este jueves, ya que se enfrenta a su última
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the
Continue ReadingBy CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the Washington
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Dean Cain, uno de los actores que ha interpretado a Superman, dio su postura acerca de que la última versión del personaje del cómic de DC es bisexual. Cain, quien interpretó al superhéroe en la serie de televisión de la década de 1990 “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, apareció
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona hosts Valencia on Sunday to start a three-game home stint that Ronald Koeman has said must mark a turnaround for his beleaguered team. Koeman has had a two-week international break to regroup after a tumultuous stretch for Barcelona. Club president Joan Laporta publicly supported Koeman
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A trash bin installed next to a bus stop in Jerusalem thanks people for not littering. Drop a piece of trash in, and sensors powered by a solar panel trigger a voice recording. It’s part of an initiative by local residents supported by the municipality. Jerusalem is known for its world-famous religious
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China and Russia are holding joint naval drills off the Russian Far East in the latest sign of their growing political and military alignment. The exercises Joint Sea 2021 kicked off with a ceremony on Thursday in Russia’s Peter the Great Gulf and will run through Sunday. Chinese state media say the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business The cost of goods leaving China’s factories is surging by the highest rate on record, stoking fears about stagflation in the world’s second largest economy at a time when it is already grappling with an extreme power crunch and deepening debt woes. The producer price index — which measures the
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL By Laura He, CNN Business The cost of goods leaving China’s factories is surging by the highest rate on record, stoking fears about stagflation in the world’s second largest economy at a time when it is already grappling with an extreme power crunch and deepening debt woes. The producer price index — which
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Lens coach Franck Haise is gaining respect from his peers in the French league. Haise led the Northern club to a seventh-place finish last season and the 50-year-old coach has guided his players near the top of the standings this season. The “Sang et Or” have established themselves as PSG’s closest rival
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group that provided further evidence that it was used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents has won the top European Union journalism prize. The European Parliament said Thursday that the “unprecedented leak of more
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group that provided further evidence that it was used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents has won the top European Union journalism prize. The European Parliament said Thursday that the “unprecedented leak of more
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje, CNN Oscar-nominated actor Jonah Hill wants the world to know that his body is not an appropriate talking point. The 37-year-old star, best known for his comedic performances in movies including “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “21 Jump Street” and “Superbad,” took to his verified Instagram page on Wednesday to inform fans
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry has warned against what it calls possible “political manipulation” of a renewed probe by the World Health Organization into the origins of the coronavirus. A spokesperson for the foreign ministry said Thursday Beijing would support the U.N. health agency’s efforts but it would “firmly oppose any forms of political
Continue Reading By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok, an app best known for dancing videos with 1 billion users worldwide, has also become a shopping phenomenon. National chains, hoping to get TikTok’s mostly young users into its stores, are setting up TikTok sections, reminiscent of “As Seen On TV” stores that sold
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Los asesores en materia de vacunas de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) se reúnen este jueves y viernes para abordar la siguiente ronda de preguntas sobre las vacunas de refuerzo para el covid-19, y verán los primeros datos sobre las dosis
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has recorded the highest daily numbers of coronavirus infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic, a rapidly surging toll that has severely strained the nation’s health care system. The government’s coronavirus task force reported 31,299 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 986 deaths on Thursday.
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