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Dow Closes Above 40000, a Day After First Crossing Threshold

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for May 17. The Dow officially closed above 40000 today, for the first time ever. Special writer Gregory Zuckerman explains why investors are striking gold—and how long it could last. And Heard on the Street columnist David Wainer has more on why the Medicare bubble may have burst. Plus, workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama reject unionization, in a setback for the United Auto Workers union. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Dow closed above 40,000 today and investors are striking gold everywhere, but for how long?

0:28.8

You would think more optimism and enthusiasm is good for stocks, but often it's not.

0:34.8

And has the Medicare bubble burst.

0:37.4

Plus Microsoft makes a big bet

0:39.3

with plans to change how it sells call of duty.

0:42.4

It's Friday, May 17th. I'm Anne Marie Fertoli for the Wall Street Journal.

0:46.2

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that

0:55.0

the world today.

1:02.0

Medicare used to be a big moneymaker for private insurance, that is until recently. Companies like United

1:05.2

Health Group and Humana bet big on the government health insurance program and investors

1:09.8

rewarded them for it. But now the windfall is slowing down, and investors gold rush may be over.

1:15.0

The Baden administrations made a series of policy changes that have negatively affected

1:20.0

what the plans get paid.

1:21.0

And years of reports, lawsuits, and whistleblower accounts, accusing

1:25.4

big insurers of gaming the system and overcharging the government, haven't helped.

1:29.9

So has the Medicare bubble burst? Wall Street Journal heard on the street columnist David Wainer writes about health care,

1:35.2

and he joins me now with more.

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