Health

Cameron Costa | CNBC Larry Merlo, CEO of CVS and Mark Bertolini, CEO of AETNA appear on Squawk Box on Dec. 4th, 2017. Shares of CVS Health and Aetna rose Thursday on a report the Department of Justice won’t challenge their merger. Bloomberg reported the news, citing trade publication Reorg …

Jie Zhao | Corbis | Getty Images A newborn baby is fed milk in a hospital in Huaibei, Anhui province, China. The U.S. government reportedly threatened Ecuador with trade sanctions if it didn’t water down a resolution drafted to promote breastfeeding around the world. The resolution had been expected to …

Walgreens Boots Alliance shares sank to a 52-week low Thursday as investors dug into the company’s third-quarter earnings results and Amazon announced a potentially disruptive deal. Shares cratered more than 10 percent in morning trading, at one point hitting a 52-week low of $59.33. Walgreens shares are now down more …

Thomas M. Barwick | Getty Images Retiring baby boomers will more than double Medicare and Medicaid costs by 2020, according to industry data. Retirement savers who have contributed the maximum to their 401(k) plans don’t have to look far for the next big growth opportunity for nest eggs: It’s right …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump hosts a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2018. The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a rule that will enable millions of Americans to buy skimpy health insurance plans that …

Raymond Boyd | Getty Images Old Post Office Building in Chicago, Illinois. Walgreens will move about 1,800 jobs into a new Chicago office. The company plans to open a 200,000-square foot space in Chicago’s Old Post Office building in the fall of 2019. Walgreens expects about 1,300 employees will relocate …

With U.S. stocks on the climb thanks to bullish institutional buyers, CNBC’s Jim Cramer figured investors would start to get hesitant about buying into a market that’s heating up. But after consulting technician Rob Moreno, the “Mad Money” host concluded that that would be a mistake. “There’s a lot to …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A job seeker talks to a Johnson & Johnson job recruiter at a career fair in Washington, D.C. Johnson & Johnson has accepted an offer of about $2.1 billion for its LifeScan business from private equity firm Platinum Equity. J&J announced in March …

J.P. Morgan added Weight Watchers to the firm’s list of “overweight” stocks, saying the weight loss company is poised for “outsized” growth as it looks to add more big-name celebrities through its partnership with Oprah Winfrey. “Management stabilized the trajectory … by revamping its points program, significantly improving the mobile …

Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers shop the produce aisle at a Kroger grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky. Kroger is removing some of its fresh fruit products from shelves in its stores following a spate of illnesses. The Cincinnati-based retailer withdrew pre-cut cantaloupe, watermelon and melon mixes from …