Amazon Tackles Healthcare, Apple Slashes iPhone X Production
Amazon is joining forces with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to bring their employees better and cheaper healthcare. The three companies will create an independent company solely focused on improving technology to make the healthcare system more efficient. Details are scarce as plans are still in the early stages.
And Apple is reportedly slashing production of its iPhone X due to waning demand. The company was originally planning to produce 40 million iPhone Xs but now will only produce 20 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. This comes just days before Apple is set to report its quarterly earnings.
Cheddar News' Courtney Sturgeon reports from the Cboe floor with Russell Rhoads, Associate Clinical Professor at Kelley School of Business to break down why option traders should pay close attention to the FOMC meeting on Wednesday and monthly payrolls being released on Friday.
A bipartisan group of two dozen lawmakers is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to put the brakes on an initial public offering by Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein until it verifies it does not use forced labor from the country’s predominantly Muslim Uyghur population.
Pilots at American Airlines have voted to authorize a strike, and Southwest Airlines pilots are preparing to join them, as unions put more pressure on the airlines to approve new contracts with hefty pay raises.
Cheddar News takes a look at The Day Ahead as the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting kicks off on Tuesday while earnings season continues with some big-name companies such as Ford, Pfizer, Starbucks and Uber on tap to report quarterly results. The JOLTS report is also due to be released ahead of April job numbers.
