Business & Markets — October 13, 2026

UnitedHealth raises outlook again. UnitedHealth topped Wall Street estimates and raised its 2026 profit outlook to at least $20.50 per share after reining in medical spending -- a bellwether read on U.S. healthcare costs.

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Kroger cuts 3,000 corporate jobs. Kroger will eliminate about 3,000 corporate roles over the next three years, CEO Greg Foran said, as the grocery chain works to simplify operations.

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Economics Nobel honors crisis research. Stanford's Robert Hall and Columbia's Michael Woodford won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for research on stabilizing economies in crisis, work that shaped pandemic-era interventions.

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