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Harris woos Republican votes with Liz Cheney event, centrist moves

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris plans to campaign with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Thursday in Wisconsin as the Democratic presidential candidate tries to court Republican and centrist voters in a battleground state for the Nov. 5 election. Cheney and her father Dick Cheney, former Vice President under…

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Humana shares tumble as 2025 membership for its top-rated Medicare plans slump

(Reuters) -Humana said on Wednesday that a lower-performance rating for a widely used Medicare insurance plan hurt enrollments for 2025 and will potentially hit the health insurer’s revenue and bonus payments in 2026, sending shares down about 23% premarket. The company said it has about 1.6 million, or 25% of its total members, currently enrolled…

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OpenAI closes $6.6 billion funding haul at valuation of $157 billion with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia

By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – OpenAI has raised $6.6 billion from investors at a post-money valuation of $157 billion, cementing the ChatGPT maker’s status as one of the most valuable private companies in the world,sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The funding has attracted returning venture capital investors including Thrive Capital and Khosla…

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SoFi debuts platform for companies to offer expanded access to IPOs

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -California fintech giant SoFi is teaming up with British capital markets platform PrimaryBid Technologies to expand its initial public offering share placement business, the company told Reuters. SoFi’s new directed share platform, which went live on Wednesday, is designed to allow companies raising capital to allocate a portion of their offering…

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OpenAI closes $6.6 billion funding haul with investment from Microsoft and Nvidia

By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has raised $6.6 billion from investors, which could value the company at $157 billion and cement its position as one of the most valuable private companies in the world. The funding has attracted returning venture capital investors including Thrive Capital and Khosla Ventures, as well as…

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