HHS announced savings for 64 drugs earlier this year also due to the rebate program. The lowered prices for those drugs were in effect during the third quarter of 2024, ending Monday. According to HHS, an estimated 822,000 enrollees use these 54 drugs for conditions like cancer, osteoporosis and pneumonia. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) plans to begin invoicing companies...

Every year, weather events from winter storms to hurricanes have an outsized impact on U.S. businesses but the size of that impact is difficult to measure. The U.S. Census Bureau’s new Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) addresses this challenge by collecting data on the monetary impact of weather.

In a research project I observed, a room full of young professionals expressed outright distrust for local TV news. One participant bluntly said, “If I see it’s a local news reporter, I don’t trust it.” 

The Strike Approximately 50,000 of the International Longshoreman Association’s 85,000 members went on strike on Oct. 1 after ILA leadership failed to agree to a new contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) – a port management organization whose members include Maersk, APM Terminals and MSC – by the Sept. 30 deadline. The stoppage reportedly affects 14 ports from New England to Texas,...

DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become dominant. DirecTV said Monday that it will acquire Dish TV and Sling TV from its owner EchoStar in a debt exchange transaction that includes a payment of $1, plus the assumption of approximately $9.8 billion in debt.