Maria Aspin

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.

The costs of health care are set to skyrocket next year for tens of millions of people on Obamacare.

They're also going up for the many more who get health insurance through their employers.

Now the companies and investors who profit from this business are also struggling financially.

Shares in UnitedHealth Group, the massive for-profit company that owns UnitedHealthcare...

have plunged 45 percent in the past year.

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.

For more than 50 years, Walmart stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

It's centuries old and the original power center of Wall Street.

But now Walmart is moving to the rival Nasdaq.

It's a younger stock market, but it's where the shares of many big tech companies trade, like Google and NVIDIA, and crucially, Walmart's mega rival, Amazon.

Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey explained the Nasdaq change to investors using buzzwords like tech-powered and AI.

In other words, at least for investors, Walmart is trying to rebrand as a tech company.

For more than 50 years, Walmart's stock has traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

It's centuries old and the original power center of Wall Street.

But now, Walmart is moving to the rival Nasdaq.

It's a younger stock market, but it's where the shares of many big tech companies trade, like Google and Nvidia, and crucially, Walmart's mega rival, Amazon.

Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey explained the Nasdaq change to investors using buzzwords like tech-powered and AI.

In other words, at least for investors, Walmart is trying to rebrand as a tech company.

Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York.