Nasdaq at 5,120. S p 5002,087 and the russell down almost a full percent. But we begin now with the big deal in health insurance. It is official. An them agreeing to buy cigna for 188 per share in cash and stock. An enterprised are value of 54 billion. Straight to bertha coombs. Combined anthem and sigma would unseat United Health to become the largest u. S. Health insurer with 150 billion in annual revenues. More than 50 million members covering nearly 1 in 5 americans. Anthems ceo joseph swedish aide mitts put admits putting the two big firms together will be challenging but with that scale they can generate operating savings and make them more affordable. It will improper our ability to serve customers across commercial medicaid medicare and International Markets and create greater efficiencies and afford ability for our customers. But the anthem deal taken with aetnas proposed merger with humana would result in the big five insurers becoming the big three. One antitrust lawyer tell
Lebanons Prime Minister is due to give an interview in saudi arabia its the first time hell speak publicly since his sudden resignation eight days ago saudis state t. V. Has shown pictures of a meeting with king solomon as back in lebanon on those growing support for the absent leader amid suspicion hes being held against his will also on the grid the cloud over Trumps White House questions about russian interference in the twenty sixteen election now followed the president on his trip to asia is not to walk back comments he made suggesting he believes russian president putin over u. S. Intelligence agencies but when it be enough to quell the fierce criticism back in washington and putting the plastic polluting our oceans to good use a group of boat makers along kenyas coast is making history by building a Traditional Boat made entirely out of recycled plastics and flipflops plastic pollution is a growing global problem the u. N. Says by twenty fifty theyll be more plastic in the ocean
For stockholders definitely. For their patients maybe not so much. But that is getting a little bit into the weeds here. Lets focus on the Bigger Picture this is finally out there. There is bickering back and forth the timing of all of this, whether this is obamacare light. You heard all the criticism, protests amassing on capitol hill those say it goes too far, that it will kill americans. Protesters are going that far. To adam shapiro on latest on all of that. Hey, adam. Reporter better care reconciliation act. That is what senate introducing. Go you through a few details. It will continue subsidize in some cases for obamaCare Coverage to stablize insurance markets. No subsidies for could have includes abortion services. Defunds planned parenthood for one year. It will repeal billions of dollars in obamacare taxes. Repeals the individual and employer mandate. It caps medicaid payments. It preserves tax credits for people but theyre less generous. Phased out medicaid funding. This is
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Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Right now at 10 00 police in Delaware County need help finding this man. They say he shot three people less than 24 hours ago. Two of those people died. One of them was just 16 years old. Good evening, everybody. Im joyce evans. Now tonight the shooter is still roaming the streets. A third victim, a 15yearold is recovering from his gunshot wounds. Our Joanne Pileggi has been following this investigation all day long much shes life in colwyn borough tonight with the very latest details. Joanne . Reporter thats right, joyce. We are just a couple of blocks away from the shooting scene right here at the police station. This is the story that everyone in colwyn is talking about. Who is this shooter and when are police going to find him . Violence got to stop. Reporter gina bell heard the gunshots in her neighborhood last night. Some people ran. She didnt. The guy was over there laying on the ground dead. I just kneeled down