Visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments at Hong Kong’s public hospitals have dropped by nearly 12 per cent since a new pricing regime took effect, while the number of people benefiting from fee waivers has tripled. The Hospital Authority said on Friday that in the first week after the new fees regime was implemented on New Year’s Day it had seen a “significant decrease” in average daily...
Visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments at Hong Kong’s public hospitals have dropped by nearly 12 per cent since a new pricing regime took effect, while the number of people benefiting from fee waivers has tripled. The Hospital Authority said on Friday that in the first week after the new fees regime was implemented on New Year’s Day it had seen a “significant decrease” in average daily A&E attendance, while more low-income families and underprivileged groups were being...
In this article NVO AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Amazon announced Friday it now offers Novo Nordisk 's Wegovy weight-loss pill through its digital pharmacy. Novo Nordisk began rolling out an oral version of its injec...
In this article NVO AMZN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Amazon announced Friday it now offers Novo Nordisk 's Wegovy weight-loss pill through its digital pharmacy. Novo Nordisk began rolling out an oral version of its injectable obesity drug Wegovy in the U.S. on Monday, offering a starting dose for cash-paying patients at $149 per month. Patients with insurance coverage can get the pill for as low as $25 a month. The daily pill enters the market with some of the lowest cash prices in the booming obesity and diabetes drug space, which costly weekly injections from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have long dominated. Its availability on Amazon underscores Novo Nordisk's strategy to expand beyond traditional channels and reach new patients. Amazon said eligible customers with insurance can pay as little as $25 for a one-month supply of the drug. Its cash-pay option will start at $149 a month. In the coming weeks, Amazon said it will also offer the Wegovy pill through its prescription vending kiosks , which are located in select One Medical clinics. The e-commerce giant launched Amazon Pharmacy in 2020 as part of its deeper push into the multitrillion-dollar U.S. health-care industry. The service was born out of its acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack for roughly $750 million in 2018. It then bought primary-care clinic One Medical in 2022 for $3.9 billion. Amazon has sought to attract users to its service by offering speedy delivery and price transparency. It offers same-day prescription delivery to nearly half of U.S. consumers, Amazon said. The company hasn't disclosed how many users Amazon Pharmacy has, but analysts have estimated it could generate about $2 billion in annual revenue. In October, WeightWatchers said it would partner with Amazon Pharmacy to deliver weight-loss medications for it...
After a tremendous 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery could be heading for another bidding war. See what the latest buyout news means for WBD, NFLX, and PSKY.
After a tremendous 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery could be heading for another bidding war. See what the latest buyout news means for WBD, NFLX, and PSKY.
In trading on Friday, shares of Sensient Technologies Corp. (Symbol: SXT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $97.14, changing hands as high as $98.14 per share. Sensient Technologies Corp. shares are currently trading up about 0.3% on the day. The chart below shows
In trading on Friday, shares of Sensient Technologies Corp. (Symbol: SXT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $97.14, changing hands as high as $98.14 per share. Sensient Technologies Corp. shares are currently trading up about 0.3% on the day. The chart below shows
In trading on Friday, shares of Avient Corp (Symbol: AVNT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $33.52, changing hands as high as $34.13 per share. Avient Corp shares are currently trading up about 2.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of AVN
In trading on Friday, shares of Avient Corp (Symbol: AVNT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $33.52, changing hands as high as $34.13 per share. Avient Corp shares are currently trading up about 2.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of AVN
In trading on Friday, shares of Meritage Homes Corp (Symbol: MTH) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $69.95, changing hands as high as $71.81 per share. Meritage Homes Corp shares are currently trading up about 3.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year per
In trading on Friday, shares of Meritage Homes Corp (Symbol: MTH) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $69.95, changing hands as high as $71.81 per share. Meritage Homes Corp shares are currently trading up about 3.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year per
In trading on Friday, shares of NVR Inc. (Symbol: NVR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $7522.00, changing hands as high as $7589.00 per share. NVR Inc. shares are currently trading up about 2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of NVR shar
In trading on Friday, shares of NVR Inc. (Symbol: NVR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $7522.00, changing hands as high as $7589.00 per share. NVR Inc. shares are currently trading up about 2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of NVR shar
In trading on Friday, shares of the SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF (Symbol: BILS) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $99.31, changing hands as high as $99.32 per share. SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill shares are currently trading trading flat on the day. The
In trading on Friday, shares of the SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF (Symbol: BILS) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $99.31, changing hands as high as $99.32 per share. SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill shares are currently trading trading flat on the day. The
Ayatollah Breaks Silence: Blames US For Instigating "Vandals & Saboteurs" As Cities Burn Iran's supreme leader has just taken to X where he for the first time explicitly called out the United States for instigating ongoing unrest in the Islamic Republic , where raging economic protests have taken root in more that one hundred cities and towns - with in some instances rioters torching buildings and...
Ayatollah Breaks Silence: Blames US For Instigating "Vandals & Saboteurs" As Cities Burn Iran's supreme leader has just taken to X where he for the first time explicitly called out the United States for instigating ongoing unrest in the Islamic Republic , where raging economic protests have taken root in more that one hundred cities and towns - with in some instances rioters torching buildings and cars. "Today like the past, the US is wrong in its calculations about Iran," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote . Importantly he added context to this assertion in a Friday speech - his first since protests began in a Tehran market 13 days ago - that authorities will "not back down" as Tehran officials have charged that the unrest has a foreign hand behind it. This Guardian image is sourced to the MEK(!) The Ayatollah denounced the protesters as "vandals" and "saboteurs" and called out their alleged foreign agendas, amid increased images of city sectors burning, ongoing clashes with police, and reports of some limited exchanges of gunfire. Protesters are now " ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy … because he said he would come to their aid" - in reference to President Trump, after the US leader has warned at least twice that there could be American military intervention if Iran starts killing protesters. Trump also claimed in a FOX interview, but without citing specific intel or any evidence that the Ayatollah is "looking to go somewhere. It’s getting very bad." The claim is based on anonymously sourced reports that he could flee to Moscow if things got bad enough. The US President has said that if the Iranian govt. does such-and-such, I’ll take the side of the rioters. The rioters have put their hopes in him. If he’s so capable, he should manage his own country. — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) January 9, 2026 However, given the nature of Iran's brand of Shia revolutionary Islam, it remains highly unlikely that the country's Supreme Leader and t...
Jaques Moretti arrested on Friday as lawyers representing families of victims say investigators are not moving fast enough Like many young people across Switzerland, Kenzo Ronnow, a university student in Lausanne, slept in on 1 January after celebrating the new year. But as he scrolled through his phone soon after waking, he saw the lead story of a foreign news website was about Switzerland. Conti...
Jaques Moretti arrested on Friday as lawyers representing families of victims say investigators are not moving fast enough Like many young people across Switzerland, Kenzo Ronnow, a university student in Lausanne, slept in on 1 January after celebrating the new year. But as he scrolled through his phone soon after waking, he saw the lead story of a foreign news website was about Switzerland. Continue reading...
A 'For Sale' sign is posted beside property for sale in Alhambra, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images In an effort to improve housing affordability, President Donald Trump posted on social media Thursday that he is instructing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds. "This will drive Mortgage Rates DOWN, monthly payments DOWN, and make the co...
A 'For Sale' sign is posted beside property for sale in Alhambra, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images In an effort to improve housing affordability, President Donald Trump posted on social media Thursday that he is instructing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds. "This will drive Mortgage Rates DOWN, monthly payments DOWN, and make the cost of owning a home more affordable," he said in the Truth Social post. Fannie Mae and Freddie, which are in government conservatorship, do not originate home loans. They buy loans from lenders, bundle them into mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and sell them to investors — thereby replenishing lender funds for new loans and keeping interest rates lower and more stable for homebuyers. Purchasing more mortgage-backed bonds or securities does move mortgage rates lower. In the first two months of the Covid pandemic, as markets reeled, the Federal Reserve purchased $580 billion in agency MBS. It then continued buying more throughout the year. From March 2020 through June 2021, the Federal Reserve increased its agency MBS holdings from $1.4 trillion to $2.3 trillion, according to the Dallas Fed. The Federal Reserve also lowered its own lending rate to zero. The combination brought the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage to record lows, hitting just 2.75% at the start of 2021, according to Mortgage News Daily. The current rate is 6.21%. "How big a deal is $200 billion? This depends on a few factors, but the reaction in the MBS market is enough to tell you that it matters," said Matthew Graham, chief operating office at Mortgage News Daily which tracks rates closely and is already seeing them fall just from the news of the announcement. While it is still not known how quickly this would start and how long it will take, analysts are predicting where mortgage rates could end up; most put the drop somewhere between 25 and 50 basis points, some even lower. "We believe that $200b...