health and insurance

Gross Domestic Product by State, 4th quarter 2018 and annual 2018 (preliminary)

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2018. The percent change in real GDP in the fourth quarter ranged from 6.6 percent in Texas to 0.0 percent in Delaware. Full Text

Published May 01, 2019 at 03:30PM
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CVS Beats All Around and Ups Expectations for the Year

By The Associated Press
NYT Business Day
Earnings power from a major acquisition helped push profit at CVS Health up 42% in the first quarter and the company raised its 2019 forecast after it had started the year with a more pessimistic outlook.
Published date: May 1, 2019 at 02:21PM
AP
New York Times article

Today in History - May 1

Today in History - May 1

On May 1, 1764, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, considered to be the first professional architect in America, was born at Fulneck, a settlement of the Moravian Church near Leeds in Yorkshire, England. Continue reading.

On May 1, 1931, with the press of a ceremonial button in Washington, D.C., President Herbert Hoover turned on the lights of the Empire State Building. Continue reading.

On May 1, 1916, employees of the Puritan Underwear Company participated in the May Day worker’s parade in New York City. Continue reading.

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Factbox: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway at a Glance

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
Warren Buffett will host tens of thousands of people in Omaha, Nebraska from May 3-5 at what he calls "Woodstock for Capitalists," the annual shareholder weekend for his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Published date: May 1, 2019 at 02:22PM
Reuters
New York Times article

New diabetes clinical trial: EXpanded Combination of Evolocumab Plus Empagliflozin on Diabetes: EXCEED-BHS3 Trial

Published on: May 01, 2019 at 07:00PM
Conditions: Dyslipidemia Associated With Type II Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Hypertension Arterial
Intervention: Drug: Standard of Care + Evolocumab 140 MG/ML
Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil
Recruiting

New diabetes clinical trial: Closing the Loop on a Low Carbohydrate Diet - a Randomised Two Period Crossover Trial

Published on: May 01, 2019 at 07:00PM
Conditions: Diabetes; Type 1 Diabetes
Interventions: Other: Low carbohydrate diet; Other: balanced diet
Sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Not yet recruiting

Lloyd's of London Plans Two Automated Insurance Exchanges

By Reuters
NYT Business Day
Traditional insurance market Lloyd's of London plans to launch two automated exchanges to make doing business cheaper and quicker, it said on Wednesday.
Published date: May 1, 2019 at 02:07PM
Reuters
New York Times article

Wednesday, May 1, 2019