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  • Reuters

    Cigna sees strong annual profit on lower costs, pharmacy benefit strength

    The company now expects an adjusted profit of at least $28.40 per share in 2024, up 15 cents from its previous forecast. Cigna's forecast lift comes in contrast to CVS Health, which slashed its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, citing higher medical costs, especially for its Medicare Advantage (MA) plans for adults aged 65 and above.

  • Reuters

    Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order

    New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial to impose more fines on the former U.S. president for violating a gag order that prohibits him from talking about witnesses and jurors. The $4,000 total penalty prosecutors are seeking would come on top of a $9,000 fine Justice Juan Merchan imposed on Tuesday, when he held the Republican presidential candidate in contempt of court for social media posts that questioned the jury selection process and insulted his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who is expected to be a crucial witness. Merchan said Tuesday that he might jail Trump if he continues to defy the gag order, saying the fines allowed by New York law -- $1,000 per violation -- might not be enough to serve as a deterrent for the wealthy businessman-turned-politician.

  • The Telegraph

    Love Lies Bleeding: Kristen Stewart is superb in this jaw-dropping, gruesome psychosexual thriller

    Jackie (Katy O’Brian) has an incredible physique, and the word primarily applies in the Bruce Banner sense. This young amateur bodybuilder from goodness-knows-where is making her way to a contest in Las Vegas, sleeping rough under bridges that double as pull-up rigs at dawn, as the sun heaves itself over the horizon for another day’s graft.