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A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • Business

Why UnitedHealth's terrible year is dragging down the Dow

The health care giant's shares are down more than 50% in the last month. That's hurting the powerful U.S. stock-market index.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in May 2024, over a massive data breach at his company's Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth's business and reputational problems have mounted since then, and Witty resigned "for personal reasons" on Tuesday. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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  • Business

UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
A See's Candies worker restocks the display next to a cutout of Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting exhibit hall Friday, May 2, 2025 in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

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  • Business

Warren Buffett announces his retirement and warns the trade war will hurt America

The billionaire investor, now 94, also said he would be resigning as CEO at the end of the year. He spoke at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting known as "Woodstock for Capitalists."

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • Business

Why some are accusing Trump of manipulating stock markets

Senators Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego have asked for "an urgent inquiry" into whether President Trump or others engaged in insider trading on advanced knowledge of his tariff policy changes.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, which saw the worst markets selloff in five years.

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  • Business

Stocks sink in another brutal day, as Trump's tariffs send global shockwaves

Investors, businesses and consumers all seem terrified of how President Trump's tariffs could upend the global economy.

April 04, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on a screen as a currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

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  • Business

Markets in Asia and Europe fall following U.S. announcement of global tariffs

Shares tumbled in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures tumbled Thursday following U.S. President Donald Trump 's announcement of big increases in tariffs on imports of goods from around the world.

April 03, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Gold prices have been hitting record highs. Pictured are gold bullion bars in Birmingham, England on Dec. 13, 2023.

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  • Business

Why gold prices are surging to record highs

Tariffs are roiling stock markets — but making gold hotter than ever.

April 02, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
President Trump arrives at the Business Roundtable's quarterly meeting on March 11, to address a group of CEOs amid an ongoing market selloff sparked by his new tariffs.

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  • Analysis

Why CEOs are calm about tariffs in public — but 'very discouraged' in private

Business leaders are trying to engage in a delicate diplomacy with the White House — even as their companies brace for the impact of market volatility and tariffs.

March 14, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 11: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2025 in New York City. Following the worst day for the markets this year, the Dow was down nearly 500 points in morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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  • Business

Stocks sink again, as Trump's tariff policies spark chaos

Trump has long boasted about the market's performance under him. But now he seems to have other priorities.

March 11, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the Financial District in New York City on Tuesday.

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  • Business

U.S. stock markets plunge as Trump's tariffs spark fears about a trade war

U.S. stock markets plummeted on Tuesday morning as a new global trade war began.

March 04, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing on Jan. 27. Chinese firm DeepSeek's artificial intelligence chatbot has soared to the top of the Apple Store's download charts.

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  • Business

U.S. stock markets tumble as investors worry about DeepSeek

The Chinese AI company may be about to burst Silicon Valley's bubble.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the start of production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Grünheide, southeast of Berlin, Germany, on March 22. The billionaire, who has run afoul of regulators before, is in their sights again as he tries to buy Twitter. It's raising questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to police the rich and powerful.

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  • Business

Can the SEC stand up to the richest man on the planet?

The world's richest man, who has run afoul of regulators before, is in their sights again as he tries to buy Twitter. It's raising questions about the SEC's ability to police the rich and powerful.

June 04, 2022
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By:
  • David Gura

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