Obesity drug Wegovy’s popularity has US employers rethinking insurance coverage
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – Shawnte struggled with her weight for years before she was prescribed Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug…
New benchmark tests speed of systems training ChatGPT-like chatbots
By Jane Lanhee Lee San Francisco (Reuters) – MLCommons, a group that develops benchmark tests for artificial intelligence (AI) technology,…
DeSantis details hardline border plan, looking to compete with Trump
By James Oliphant (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday provided his most detailed plan yet for securing the…
US consumer confidence races to 17-month high; housing market regaining strength
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer confidence increased in June to the highest level in nearly 1-1/2 years…
Volvo EVs to now have access to Tesla superchargers
(Reuters) – Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Tesla to give its electric…
US 2024 hopeful Haley calls for China trade curbs over fentanyl deaths
By Gram Slattery and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley staked out one of the most hawkish…
Republican lawmakers urge U.S. to scrap China science deal
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the U.S. State Department not to renew a decades-old…
J&J’s $8.9 billion talc settlement faces US bankruptcy test
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s proposed $8.9 billion settlement of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc…
Canada’s May inflation rate slows, weakening case for a July rate hike
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s annual inflation rate came in at 3.4% in May, its slowest…
Beyonce-flation? How stars are driving prices up as fans flock to concerts
By Dawn Chmielewski, Danielle Broadway and Sachin Ravikumar LOS ANGELES/GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Call it Beyflation. Or maybe Swiftflation. The…