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Walgreens to Pay Humana $360 Million to Settle Drug-Pricing Dispute
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $360 million to insurance company Humana to settle a lawsuit alleging the retail-pharmacy chain overcharged for prescription-drug reimbursements. Walgreens disclosed the settlement in a securities filing last week. The company said it had asked a federal court to vacate a previous award in Humana’s favor for $642 million….
World Economic Forum ditches Greta Thunberg for Sam Altman in push toward AI: sources
Goodbye, Greta – and hello, Sam. Those flying into next week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are quietly rejoicing that climate activist Greta Thunberg – a notable fixture at the conference in recent years – isn’t expected to make an appearance this time around, sources told On The Money. Instead, OpenAI boss Sam Altman…
Software firm SAP to pay $220m over bribery charges
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Unite Here Local 11 reaches deal with Beverly Wilshire, strikes Sheraton near Disneyland
Unite Here Local 11 has reached a tentative agreement with a 10th hotel, marking continued momentum in the contract campaign it began earlier this year. The deal with the Beverly Wilshire was reached days after the union nailed down agreements with two other major Beverly Hills hotels, the Beverly Hilton and the Waldorf Astoria. It…
Gautam Singhania: Domestic abuse claims threaten India tycoon’s fortune
“Close to 96% of the net worth of the promoters of India’s wealthiest families is parked in trusts,” said Rishabh Shroff, partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, a Mumbai law firm. “These structures are increasingly attractive to wealthy business families, to shield their assets and insulate their businesses from insolvency, family or creditor disputes.”