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Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute, for Friday, January 9th.

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

Amazon Pharmacy has started offering Novo Nordisk's weight loss pill week Ovi. The Food and Drug

Administration approved the oral pill form last month. And this week, Nova Nordisk said it's now

widely available in the U.S. in 70,000 pharmacies, including CVS and Costco,

as well as telehealth providers, such as LifeMD and Weight Watchers. Amazon says for its pharmacy,

customers with commercial insurance will pay a minimum of $25 for a one-month supply,

and those without insurance will pay a minimum of $149 a month.

Andresen Horwitz has raised over $15 billion across several funds.

The U.S. venture firm's co-founder and general partner Ben Horowitz said Andresen Horwitz

will invest in AI and crypto technologies and their applications across biology, defense, education,

entertainment, and more. He also emphasized an American-centric mission for the firm, saying it'll

invest in tech competitive with China. According to Pitchbook data, U.S. venture firms last year

raised a total of $66 billion. And LG Electronics expects to post a quarterly operating loss for the first time in nine years.

The South Korean Consumer Electronics Giants said today that it likely swung to a fourth quarter

operating loss of more than $75 million from an operating profit a year earlier.

LG has been hampered by a sluggish recovery in demand for televisions and other electronics amid intensified competition. It's also wrestling with

higher tariffs and increased restructuring costs. Despite suffering and operating loss,

the company said revenue is expected to grow by almost 5% for the quarter.

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