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.
A report from financial services website Credit Summit found that 90 percent of Americans say they enjoy receiving gift cards but a staggering $21 billion locked inside them have gone unspent.
This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in flight, July 17, 2019, after refueling over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Brisbane, Australia. Boeing announced Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, that it expects to end production of the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet in late 2025 after a final delivery to the U.S. Navy. (Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge ticked higher in January, a sign that price pressures remain entrenched in the U.S. economy and could lead the Fed to keep raising interest rates well into this year.