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- UnitedHealth Group Profits Hit $5.4 Billion As Costs Continue To Ease
UnitedHealth Group reported second quarter net income of $5.48 billion as medical costs dropped, triggering an improved financial outlook for the rest of the year.
- Mass Protests In Ukraine Over Sacking Of Defence Minister Fedorov
Champion of drones Fedorov was popular, successful defence minister. In his brief tenure he fought corruption and ruffled feathers, Sacking him may be a big mistake.
- Current price of oil as of July 16, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
- The legend of Cape Verde: How an island of half a million built the best team at the World Cup
Roberto Lopes almost deleted the LinkedIn message. Instead, he anchored a defense that stonewalled Spain and pushed Argentina to extra time.
- As banks post blowout earnings, CEOs reckon with America’s inequality gap
Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Technology
- Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
Union wants to halt a "perpetual cycle" of layoffs, get back to contract bargaining.
- Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
- Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
The convenience store chain will use StorMagic instead.
- Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.
- Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.
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