Health Care

The Latest on proposals by President Donald Trump and in the Senate budget bill to lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries (all times local): 9 p.m. President Donald Trump is proposing to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and other middlemen.

The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceuticals says he is making "strong progress" on the company's restructuring plan, but has acknowledged the generic drug giant faces a challenging 2018.

The appointment is not the first for Mr. Immelt since his departure last year from GE, where he spent 16 years as CEO.

For the third time in the past three years, General Motors has asked the U.S. government for permission to avoid recalls of potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators.

The man buying the Los Angeles Times is a 65-year-old physician-entrepreneur described by Forbes Magazine as "America's richest doctor."

Under pressure from U.S. safety regulators, Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 175,000 motorcycles because the brakes might fail.

Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline sank to a fourth-quarter loss of 546 million pounds ($758 million) from a profit of 257 million pounds a year earlier, as it dealt with U.S. tax changes.

Chipotle, which has been struggling to turn its business around after a series of food safety scares, said a key sales figure rose in the fourth quarter as it raised menu prices.

The drugmaker said patients on its treatment were relieved of pain after two hours, and did not experience migraine symptoms compared to a placebo.

Greece's government says it has evidence that senior politicians from the previous administration were involved in a bribery case in which Swiss drugmaker Novartis is accused of making illegal payments to fix prices and increase market access.

President Donald Trump is citing protests over health care funding in Britain to attack Democrats for "pushing for Universal HealthCare."

There’s one aspect of the health care venture that Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway announced last week that is especially revolutionary.

___ Dow industrials drop 600 points, extending a weeklong slump NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Friday, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years.

A Walgreens brand of pain cream is being recalled because the packaging is not child-resistant.

If you missed the shortened open enrollment window for 2018, there are still plenty of available options for coverage.

Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway each bring something unique to a newly-announced health care venture, aimed at lowering costs for employees.

Mitsubishi is recalling nearly 227,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix glass sunroofs that can fly off and parking brakes that may not work.