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Business Headlines
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
This morning's top stories

Despite low obesity rate, Mass. has the third-highest increase in weight-loss drug prescriptions nationwide. Why?

About 140,400 obese patients in Massachusetts were prescribed medications like Wegovy and Zepbound in 2024, a 255 percent increase from 2023, according to a Globe analysis of insurance claims data.  Continue reading →

Trump holds off on tariffs, but paves the way for future trade action

The decision suggests that Trump is taking a more measured approach to fulfilling a key campaign promise of using tariffs to reorder America’s trading relationships.  Continue reading →

TikTok return draws scrutiny of Trump’s stance

While Trump gained praise from users for the reprieve, he faces long-time skeptics in his own Republican Party about what they see as the app’s ongoing national security threat.  Continue reading →

Do US adults support Trump’s day 1 actions? Here’s what polling shows.

President Trump ‘s second term is beginning with efforts to deliver on his promise to crack down on immigration and restore " energy dominance.”  Continue reading →

Trump issues an executive order to suspend the US TikTok ban. But can it stick?

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to keep TikTok operating for 75 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.  Continue reading →

What Melania Trump wore to the inauguration — including the hat

While red baseball caps have become synonymous with President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump made her own millinery-related fashion statement, sporting a navy wide-brimmed hat by an American designer.  Continue reading →

Healey administration reaches deal with feds on $2.5 billion bill for unemployment insurance payments

The agreement, signed Friday on one of the last days of the Biden administration, reduces the total cost owed to the federal government by about $1 billion.  Continue reading →

Trump, a populist president, is flanked by tech billionaires at his inauguration

Some of the most exclusive seats at President Donald Trump’s inauguration were reserved for powerful tech CEOs who also happen to be among the world’s richest men.  Continue reading →

In wake of Steward collapse, new state law takes aim at private equity in health care

The first-in-the-nation legislation prohibits hospitals from selling their primary campus to outside investors and establishes financial oversight of investors in a health care provider.  Continue reading →

Trump is holding off on tariffs but betting Day 1 moves can cut energy prices and tame inflation

Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation.  Continue reading →