During Wednesday’s Morning trade, Shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), gained 1.85% to $116.51.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated - Expectant mothers who enroll in UnitedHealthcare Community Plan’s Baby Blocks® interactive incentive program keep healthy-baby appointments and maintain healthy behaviors through their pregnancies, in addition to deliver healthy babies.
Baby Blocks assists new and expectant moms manage doctor visits and promotes healthy behavior during pregnancy and the first 15 months of their baby’s life. The interactive tool is available to women covered by UnitedHealthcare Community Plan in 16 states, counting Tennessee. Expectant moms receive incentives for concluding prenatal, postpartum and healthy-baby appointments. Users can access Baby Blocks via a mobile web application on their iPhones and Android smartphones.
“The response we’ve received from moms and mom’s to be that are using UnitedHealthcare’s Baby Blocks program has been very positive,” said Rita Johnson-Mills, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee. “This fun and easy-to-use tool gives mothers a assisting hand – it’s an opportunity to improve their health and the health of their babies, and receive some rewards as well.”
The program enables users to receive email appointment alerts and wellness-related text messages, connect directly with maternity nurses and earn rewards for keeping the appointments. Rewards comprise gift cards to retail outlets, and maternity-related items such as teething rings, diaper bags, thermometers and other items.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), operates as a diversified health and well-being company in the United States. The company’s UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; and health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals aged 50 and older addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services.
Shares of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), inclined 2.30% to $17.83, during its current trading session.
Bank of America Corporation, Merrill Lynch released its 2016 CFO Outlook recently, reporting that CFOs rate the U.S. economy is at its highest level since the 2008 recession and predict continued growth for their companies and workforce in 2016.
In a survey of 500 financial executives from companies with annual revenues ranging from $25 million to $2 billion, a majority of CFOs report the outlook for the economy and their companies as increasingly positive. Important findings comprise:
The U.S. and world economies
On a 100-point index, with zero being extremely weak and 100 being extremely strong, CFOs give the U.S. economy an average score of 61, up from last year (59) and the highest of the last eight years.
Ninety percent of CFOs believe that the U.S. economy will expand (49 percent) or remain the same (41 percent). The top factors that CFOs feel will impact the U.S. economy in 2016 are the elections (63 percent) and health care costs (50 percent).
If interest rates were to rise, 70 percent of CFOs surveyed say it would have no impact on how they would invest their working capital, maintaining their current allocation of instruments and deposits. This is up significantly from 51 percent in 2015, suggesting that CFOs formerly made adjustments in anticipation of rising interest rates.
CFOs remain cautious about the world economy. The average rating is 49, down from the 51 stated for 2015, reflecting the current economic and political instability abroad.
Bank of America Corporation is a bank holding company. The company, through its auxiliaries, operates through Consumer and Business Banking; Consumer Real Estate Services; Global Wealth and Investment Administration; Global Banking; Global Markets; and Other segments. Its Consumer and Business Banking segment offers a range of deposits and consumer lending services.
Finally, QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM), lost -9.67%, and is now trading at $47.86, as South Korea’s antitrust agency is accusing the chip maker for allegedly violating local competition law.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission sent an “examiner’s report” to Qualcomm, alleging that the company does not properly negotiate aspects of its licences and that it improperly maintains both chip and intellectual property licenses, Barron’s.com reports.
Consequently, Qualcomm should be fined, regulators said.
QUALCOMM Incorporated develops, designs, manufactures, and markets digital communications products and services in China, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Planned Initiatives (QSI).
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