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The Biden administrations first major step toward imposing limits on the pharmacy benefit managers who act as the drug industrys price negotiators is backfiring, pharmacists say. Instead, its adding to the woes of the independent drugstores it was partly designed to help. This story also ran on CBS News. It can be republished for free.

Loading… Loading… Loading… Caitlin Long, the Founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, who advocates for cryptocurrency as a burgeoning asset class at both state and federal regulatory levels, notes that Custodia Bank, a non-loan-making institution, has been encountering regulatory challenges for a while. At Benzinga's Future of Digital Assets event on Tuesday, Matthew Sigel from

Plato’s Crater — Daily Telescope: Imaging a nearly 4-billion-year-old region on the Moon “It happened to land on an interesting area, so I made a quick recording.” Eric Berger – Nov 16, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Mare Imbrium and its vicinity.Katie’s Observing Log reader comments 6 with Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There

Nov. 9 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: More than 10 million Americans have lost health care coverage as states purge their Medicaid rolls, and addiction treatment services compete with law enforcement for opioid settlement dollars. Nov. 2 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Schools struggle to keep nurses on staff,

A Catholic hospital system is suing several California patients and their advocates because the patients allegedly refused to be discharged. The suits invoke a novel legal approach: accusing them of trespassing under a California law intended to stop anti-abortion protesters from blocking access to health facilities. This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It

Loading… Loading… Loading… Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD has revolutionized trading by eliminating traditional barriers, thereby democratizing investing with its commission-free trades and simplified approach, making it more accessible to historically underrepresented groups. Steve Quirk, the chief brokerage officer at Robinhoodappearedat Benzinga's Fintech Deal Day & Awards in New York on Monday, and spoke about how

An Alabama woman is being kicked out of her longtime home as investors are looking to buy the 40-acre plot from her family, which could be worth upwards of $20 million. Corine Woodson, 84, has been living in the same house on the outskirts of Auburn for over 60 years and is forced to leave

President Biden defended Israel’s raid of Gaza’s main hospital Wednesday, reiterating Israeli assertions that Hamas has used the medical facility as a control center to plan its attacks. “You have a circumstance where the first war crime is being committed by Hamas by having their headquarters, their military, hidden under a hospital,” Biden said. “And

Loading… Loading… Loading… JPM Coin, the digital token launched by JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM , is forecasted to handle up to $10 billion in daily transactions within the upcoming one to two years, marking a significant growth from the current $1 billion daily transactions. What Happened Since its launch in 2019, JPM Coin has

A group of thieves ransacked an Amazon delivery van as the helpless driver looked on stunned during the brazen daylight robbery in Atlanta in the latest string of attacks on delivery trucks. The female driver told the cops she was delivering a package to the Country Oaks Apartments in the Fairburn Mays neighborhood Sunday afternoon

Loading… Loading… Loading… VanEck's Portfolio Manager Pranav Kanade, the driving force behind the Digital Assets Alpha Strategy, recognizes both significant potential and challenges in investing in Bitcoin. At the Benzinga Future of Digital Assets event on Tuesday, Kanade drew a comparison between VanEck (a firm managing approximately $80 billion in traditional assets)and BlackRock, highlighting that

Decked out — Review: Steam Deck OLEDs brilliant screen fixes the portables biggest flaw New upgrade packs plenty of quality-of-life improvements but no power boost. Kyle Orland – Nov 14, 2023 5:45 pm UTC Enlarge / The Steam Deck OLED (bottom) sunbathing with its older brother. reader comments 82 with Further ReadingSteam Deck: The comprehensive

Loading… Loading… Loading… Blockchain technology has the potential to enhance transaction security and efficiency in various sectors, and the capacity to coexist with traditional assets, a panel of financial experts including Rajeev Bamra, head of DeFi and digital assets strategy at Moodys Corp. MCO , and Patrick Martinez, vice president at Northern Trust Corp. NTRS

Loading… Loading… Loading… Financial executives are looking at how to save people from themselves and the lending institutions that often, not always, prey on them. A panel atBenzingas Fintech Deal Daytalked about the all too common issue of cash-strapped individuals including freelance workers who end up getting in over their heads and become vulnerable to

Flying too close to the sun — Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android Upstart Android OEM hopes Apple won’t immediately shut the project down. Ron Amadeo – Nov 14, 2023 11:47 pm UTC Enlarge / The Nothing Phone 2 all lit up. Ron Amadeo reader comments 174 with