Health Care

Insurance software provider Ebix and an affiliate of Goldman Sachs terminated their proposed merger amid an investigation into alleged misconduct at the insurance software provider.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Solera Holdings Inc., down $4.21 to $53.66 The insurance claims software company is being acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $3.74 billion.

With their appealing slides and wave pools, splashing around at waterparks is an increasingly popular way to spend a summer day.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Novartis AG, up $3.43 to $93.47 The drug developer presented positive data for a potential heart-failure drug and will ask for approval by the end of the year.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Burger King Worldwide Inc., up $5.29 to $32.40 The burger chain is considering a tie-up with Canada's Tim Hortons in a maneuver that could lower its U.S. tax bill substantially.

High chairs that can potentially entrap a child and poses a strangulation hazard are among this week's recalled consumer products.

The Obama administration says it wants to end discrimination against transgender people throughout the health care system.

Shares of Mallinckrodt slid 12 percent Tuesday after the Irish drugmaker reported disappointing quarterly revenue and said growth in sales of its HP Acthar Gel, the target of a $5.6 billion acquisition last year, may be lower than it expected.

Ford's aluminum-sided F-150 pickup saw mixed results in new crash tests.

Blockbuster hepatitis C medicine Harvoni lifted Gilead Sciences' second-quarter profit by 23 percent as total revenue for the biotech drugmaker jumped 26 percent and it raised its 2015 sales forecast for the second time.

Anthem Inc.'s $48 billion purchase of rival Cigna Corp. is set to create the nation's largest health insurance company.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $1.59 billion.

Health insurer Aetna Inc. has made a deal to buy competitor Humana Inc. in a $37 billion deal the companies say would create the second-largest managed care company.

More than a third of the U.S. population has health coverage through an insurer that either wants to make a huge acquisition or is about to be swallowed up in one.

___ US probing possible airline collusion that kept fares high WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating possible collusion among major airlines to limit available seats, which keeps airfares high, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.

Major health insurers are trading higher before the opening bell Monday after Anthem went public with a bid to buy Cigna for about $47 billion and a report of another major acquisition surfaced.

Anthem says it still backs an approximately $47-billion bid to buy Cigna, a day after the rival health insurer delivered a caustic rejection of Anthem's proposed cash-and-stock offer.

U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc. is making an offer to buy rival Cigna Corp. for $54 billion, including debt.

The shares of some major health insurers are climbing on a down day for the broader market after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Anthem tried to buy Cigna.

Only three of seven midsize SUVs from the 2015 model year performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group.