Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, Mounjaro in short supply through June, FDA says 

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Most doses of Eli Lilly‘s highly popular weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes counterpart Mounjaro will be in short supply through the second quarter of this year as demand jumps, according … Read more

Eli Lilly weight loss drug Zepbound effective in sleep apnea trials

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly on Wednesday said its highly popular weight loss drug Zepbound showed the potential to treat patients with the most common sleep-related breathing disorder in two late-stage clinical trials. The … Read more

Tesla to ask holders to reinstate voided stock grant

Elon Musk attends the premiere of ”Lola” held at the Regency Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 3, 2024.  Aude Guerrucci | Reuters Tesla plans to ask shareholders to reinstate CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package from 2018 after a Delaware court voided the record-setting stock grant earlier this year and described … Read more

Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2 billion across five funds

Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Getty Images Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday that it raised $7.2 billion across five different funds, a sign of optimism in the tech startup world, which has seen a dearth of significant exits over the past two years. “This marks an important milestone for us,” Ben Horowitz, who co-founded the firm … Read more

Powell says there has been a ‘lack of progress’ this year on inflation

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal. Speaking to a policy forum focused on U.S.-Canada economic relations, Powell said that while inflation continues to make its way lower, the current state of policy should remain intact. “More recent data … Read more

Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live during a policy forum in Washington

[The stream is slated to start at 1:15 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday to the Wilson Center’s Washington Forum on the Canadian Economy, in what will likely be his last policy speech before the next central … Read more

Tesla layoffs send shares down on concerns about weakening demand

Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives for a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Companies often see their stock price jump after announcing job cuts, as Wall Street rallies around the prospects for improved efficiency and profits. But … Read more

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q1 2024

An entry sign to the Johnson & Johnson campus shows their logo in Irvine, California on August 28, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations as sales in its medical devices business surged. Meanwhile, the company’s total revenue for the … Read more

Retail sales jumped 0.7% in March, much higher than expected

Rising inflation in March didn’t deter consumers, who continued shopping at a more rapid pace than anticipated, the Commerce Department reported Monday. Retail sales increased 0.7% for the month, considerably faster than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.3% rise though below the upwardly revised 0.9% in February, according to Census Bureau data that … Read more

Biden to forgive $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2022. Evan Vucci | AP Here is who benefits from this round of forgiveness In this round of forgiveness, more than 206,000 borrowers will collectively get $3.6 billion in debt erased … Read more