A Major Deal in Insurance, and Uber's Ex-CEO Has a New Gig
Health insurance giant Cigna is acquiring pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. It's the latest company to make a move to fend off competition from Amazon, which is diving into the healthcare space.
And Travis Kalanick is launching a new venture capital firm focused on major job creation. Called "10100", the investment company will focus on real estate, e-commerce, and emerging tech in India and China.
Uber's also looking for a $1.25 billion leveraged loan on the heels of securing an investment from SoftBank. And Tesla's big rigs have hit the road, carrying batteries from the Gigafactory in Nevada to Fremont, Calif.
Saudi Arabia will extend a cut in the amount of oil it sends to the world after a series of previous reductions by members of the OPEC+ alliance of major producing countries failed to prop up prices.
The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero."