A sign that reads “Epic Intergalactic Headquarters” on campus.Epic SystemsCureIS Healthcare, a managed care services company, filed a civil lawsuit against Epic Systems on Monday night, alleging the electronic health record (EHR) giant has carried out a “multi-prong scheme to destroy” CureIS’ business.CureIS offers technology and managed services for government programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and other state health initiatives. In a 40-page complaint that was made public on Tuesday, CureIS claims that Epic has interfered with its customer relationships, blocked access to necessary data and raised unfounded security concerns, among other anti-competitive practices.Epic, the leader in the EHR market, didn’t…
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On the same day that dozens of white South Africans arrived in the United States as refugees, at the invitation of President Trump himself, his administration said thousands of Afghans could be deported starting this summer.Mr. Trump’s immigration policies are riddled with contradictions, epitomized by Monday’s arrival of a chartered jet, paid for by the American government, carrying dozens of Afrikaners who say they are facing racial discrimination at home.The Trump administration’s focus on white Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that ruled during apartheid, is particularly striking as it effectively bans most other refugees and targets legal and illegal immigrants…
Shares of Coinbase and Nvidia are poised for further growth, according to David Wagner, Aptus Capital Advisors portfolio manager and head of equities. Wagner joined CNBC’s ” Power Lunch ” on Monday to discuss those names, as well as one renewable energy play, that rallied during Tuesday’s trading session. Coinbase Coinbase shares jumped 24% on Tuesday after S & P Global said the crypto exchange is getting added to the S & P 500 , putting the stock on pace for its best day in the market since the day after President Donald Trump’s November election win. The addition to…
Midcap stocks are suddenly outperforming – and investors interested in their growth prospects might find a few good dividend payers too. The SPDR S & P Midcap 400 ETF (MDY) just scored its fifth straight winning week. The fund is off to a solid start this week, up 4% over the past two days, after the U.S. and China agreed to suspen higher tariffs for 90 days . Accords on tariffs, like the one reached with the United Kingdom and potentially in the works with China, bode well for smaller companies, which tend to be particularly sensitive to the domestic…
Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFinancial technology company Chime on Tuesday filed paperwork to go public on the Nasdaq. The company intends to file under the ticker symbol “CHYM.””Chime is a technology company, not a bank,” the company said in its prospectus, noting it’s not a member of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Still, the company cited Bank of America, Capital One, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank and Wells Fargo as competitors. Most of Chime’s new members who arrange for direct deposit previously did direct deposit elsewhere, “most commonly with large incumbent banks,” the company…
Some Israeli military officials have privately concluded that Palestinians in Gaza face widespread starvation unless aid deliveries are restored within weeks, according to three Israeli defense officials familiar with conditions in the enclave.For months, Israel has maintained that its blockade on food and fuel to Gaza did not pose a major threat to civilian life in the territory, even as the United Nations and other aid agencies have said a famine was looming.But Israeli military officers who monitor humanitarian conditions in Gaza have warned their commanders in recent days that unless the blockade is lifted quickly, many areas of the…
Customers shop for produce at an H-E-B grocery store on Feb. 12, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is on pace to be the lowest annual benefit increase in five years, according to new estimates.But that may change depending on the pace of inflation in the coming months.The COLA may be 2.4% in 2026, according to new projections from both Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst, and The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan senior group.If that increase goes into effect next year, it would be lower than the…
The White House on Tuesday said that President Trump, while in Saudi Arabia, had secured $600 billion in deals with the Saudi government and firms. But the details the White House provided were vague and totaled less than half that number.And a closer look at the projects the administration provided shows several were already in the works before Mr. Trump took office.The announcement was made just before Mr. Trump spoke to a gathering of business leaders at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh, where he said the only country hotter than the United States was Saudi Arabia.“We are rocking,” he…
Shopify is the one-stop shop to help small- and medium-size businesses transact online. There was an explosion in new online business formations during Covid, and the number of new monthly business applications has maintained. However, the company is starting to diversify by onboarding larger brands such as Reebok, Overstock and Barnes & Noble, which will stabilize revenue streams. We just added SHOP to our Active Opportunities portfolio on Monday and see upside ahead. Starting on the weekly chart we see a sharp decline following the pandemic as entrepreneurs rushed to open their virtual stores as we were forced home. Since then, the stock…
Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs throws a pass in the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles during Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gregory Shamus | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesYouTube will stream the National Football League’s Week 1 game on Sept. 5 for free, the first time the dominant streaming platform has ever broadcast a live NFL game in its entirety.The game, which Front Office Sports first reported will be between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil.”Last year,…
