WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Friday he expects Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war, while President Donald Trump said Kyiv has no cards to play with. Zelenskiy's office said the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak,...

01:02 PM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BMO has increased its one year target on Manulife Financial ( MFC ) by $2, to $52, after its fourth-quarter beat. Analyst Tom MacKinnon writes that fourth-quarter positives include strong Asia sales, better new business CSM growth, and better remittances ($7 billion, which, netting $0.75 billion reinsurance transaction capital free-up, equates to impressive...

01:07 PM EST, 02/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- UnitedHealth Group ( UNH ) on Friday refuted claims by The Wall Street Journal that the US Department of Justice had launched an investigation into the health insurer's Medicare billing practices. The Journal reported Friday, citing sources, that the DOJ was looking into UnitedHealth's ( UNH ) protocol for recording diagnoses that prompt...

(Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row to the highest level since June, energy services firm Baker Hughes ( BKR ) said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose by four to 592 in...