General Medicine founders TJ Parker, Ashwin Muralidharan and Elliot Cohen.General MedicineAfter selling online pharmacy PillPack to Amazon seven years ago, the founding team is launching a new company that aims to make the experience of getting medical care “as easy as shopping online.”PillPack founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen on Thursday launched a new venture called General Medicine. Parker and Cohen are joined by Ashwin Muralidharan, who most recently served as the technical adviser, or “shadow,” to Amazon’s top health executive Neil Lindsay.General Medicine is an online health-care marketplace, where users can get connected with a provider based on specific medical…
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A general view of the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center on February 17, 2024, at Harvard Business School in Allston, MA.Erica Denhoff | Icon Sportswire | Icon Sportswire | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration on Thursday blocked the ability of Harvard University to enroll international students.”This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,” Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in a statement posted on the social media site X.”It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help…
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 18, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesHopes for an active year of mergers and acquisitions could be back on track after being briefly derailed by the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff policies last month.Dealmaking in the U.S. was off to a strong start this year before President Donald Trump announced tariff policies that led to extremely volatile market conditions that put a chill on activity. In a pre-tariffs world, dealmakers were encouraged by the Trump administration’s pro-business flavor and deregulatory agenda, as well as previously easing concerns…
With a number of mega cap technology and communication stocks struggling to maintain positive momentum after their recent gains, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) appears to be separating itself from the pack. With a decisive move above the 200-day moving average this week, there could be much further upside for this tech giant. The bullish case for GOOGL really started back at the April low, where the stock reached an oversold condition as it retested key support from May 2024. Subsequent lows in April and early May confirmed this support level, and suggested limited downside beyond what had already played out. Over…
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives came together early Thursday to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill out of the chamber on a narrow vote.Every Democrat on the floor voted no, as did Republican Reps. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, voted present. The final vote tally was 215-214.The passage was a major victory for Republican leaders, who spent the past two months crafting the bill and the past two days making last-minute changes to it. The more than 1,000 pages of…
Hinge Health signage outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Hinge Health popped in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the digital physical therapy company raised about $273 million in its IPO.The stock opened at $39.25, rising 23% from its $32 IPO price. Hinge sold 8.52 million shares in the offering, while the total offering was for 13.7 million shares, with the balance being sold by existing shareholders.Hinge, founded in 2014, uses software…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Advance Auto Parts — Shares skyrocketed 55% following a better-than-expected report from the car part retailer. The company lost an adjusted 22 cents per share in the third quarter, narrower than the loss of 82 cents per share anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue came in at $2.58 billion, ahead of Wall Street’s $2.50 billion forecast. Health insurance stocks — Shares fell after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced an aggressive expansion of Medicare Advantage audits. Humana dropped more than 4.9%, while CVS Health lost more than 1%.…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSnowflake raised its fiscal 2026 forecast for product revenue on Wednesday, betting on strong demand for its data analytics services as enterprises prioritize artificial intelligence spending.The company’s shares rose 6% to $190.09 in extended trading after it topped first-quarter results estimates and forecast current-quarter revenue above expectations. Snowflake’s stock has risen 16% so far this year.Snowflake’s push to integrate artificial intelligence into its cloud through partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic allows customers to build and run more advanced AI models to streamline large swathes of data.The company is also benefiting from…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh: One sector that’s been down and out for most of this year has been energy. These stocks have not participated. Many of the blue chip names in the space have completely missed out on the rally this spring. So I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the better stocks in the energy sector as a prelude to a possible rotation. It’s been my experience that paying attention to good stocks in a bad…
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after the House narrowly passed a bill forwarding President Donald Trump’s agenda at the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesHouse Republicans on Thursday advanced a multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending package that could have sweeping impacts on household finances.If enacted, the legislation — called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — could make permanent President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, while adding new provisions that could significantly overhaul student borrowing, health savings accounts and car ownership, among other changes.With control of…
