The Mystery $30 Million Crypto Bets on a Trump Win

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Oct. 18. WSJ reporter Alexander Osipovich discusses a wave of pro-Trump bets in one popular betting market. And Journal health reporter Anna Wilde Mathews discusses why CVS Health is getting a new chief executive and a new strategy. Plus, U.S. federal regulators are investigating esla’s automated-driving technology, following a deadly crash. Tracie Hunte 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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0:30.0	After an earnings warning, CVS, one of the US's biggest health care companies is getting a new executive and a new strategy.
0:41.0	And we look at the mystery of the $30 billion wave of bets on a Trump presidential
0:46.4	win.
0:47.4	Over the past couple months and especially in the past few weeks, there have been a small number of Polymarket accounts that have been
0:56.4	plowing millions of dollars into bets that Trump will win.
1:00.3	Plus, why auto safety regulators are investigating Tesla's self-driving technology.
1:06.0	It's Friday, October 18th.
1:08.0	I'm Tracy Hunt for the Wall Street Journal.
1:10.0	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:18.0	CVS Health has replaced its top executive as it warned that its coming earnings report will once again fall short of Wall Street expectations.
1:27.2	The company today said David Joyner will take over as the new chief executive of the
1:31.5	struggling health care giant.
1:33.0	Joyner has been president of CVS Caremark, the company's pharmacy benefit manager,
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