Luigi Mangione won’t face death penalty in CEO murder case, federal judge rules

Luigi Mangione won’t face death penalty in CEO murder case, federal judge rules

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, walks on the day of an arraignment hearing, at New York Supreme Court in New York City, U.S. December 23, 2024.  Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Luigi Mangione will not face a possible death penalty sentence in the New York federal criminal … Read more

Man poses as FBI agent to try to free Luigi Mangione from jail, source says

Man poses as FBI agent to try to free Luigi Mangione from jail, source says

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Dec. 2, 2025. Curtis Means | Via Reuters A Minnesota man was arrested after allegedly showing up Wednesday night at a New York federal jail claiming to be an FBI agent and saying … Read more

UnitedHealth posts modest earnings beat, soft revenue guidance as insurer plots turnaround

UnitedHealth posts modest earnings beat, soft revenue guidance as insurer plots turnaround

UnitedHealth Group Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday posted a modest fourth-quarter earnings beat, but issued soft revenue guidance, as the parent company of the nation’s largest private insurer … Read more

Alex Pretti killing: Minnesota CEOs, including UnitedHealth, Target, call for ‘immediate deescalation’

Alex Pretti killing: Minnesota CEOs, including UnitedHealth, Target, call for ‘immediate deescalation’

An undated handout image of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by U.S. immigration agents as they tried to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, obtained by Reuters on Jan. 25, 2026. U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs | Via Reuters Major Minnesota business leaders on Sunday called for an “immediate deescalation of tensions” after federal immigration … Read more

Megacap earnings next week could lift a stock market that’s broadening out. Here’s what’s ahead

Megacap earnings next week could lift a stock market that’s broadening out. Here’s what’s ahead

Megacap earnings results next week could lift a stock market that’s broadened out to include a larger number of winners. Earnings kick into high gear next week, with four of the so-called Magnificent Seven companies set to report: Meta Platforms , Microsoft , and Tesla report Wednesday, while Apple posts Thursday. But the group isn’t … Read more

UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash

UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash

UnitedHealthcare sign is displayed at its office building in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S., Dec. 11, 2025. Tim Evans | Reuters UnitedHealth Group on Friday released the first results from a sprawling independent audit of its business practices and committed to a wide range of steps to track and implement improvements in three specific areas. The health-care … Read more

Stock futures are little changed as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed as traders absorb shaky U.S. economic data: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York on December 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline after the S&P 500 fell Tuesday, as investors weighed newly released U.S. economic data. S&P 500 futures slipped 0.08%. … Read more

UnitedHealth agrees to sell South American business to private equity firm Patria for $1 billion, sources say

UnitedHealth agrees to sell South American business to private equity firm Patria for  billion, sources say

Idrees Abbas | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group has agreed to sell its last South American business Banmedica to Brazilian private equity group Patria Investments for $1 billion, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. The final agreement was signed on Saturday and an announcement is expected on Monday, the … Read more

Eli Lilly hits $1 trillion market value, a first for a health-care company

Eli Lilly hits  trillion market value, a first for a health-care company

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Eli Lilly reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Friday, the first health-care company in the world to join the exclusive club dominated by tech firms.  Eli Lilly briefly hit … Read more