Doc visits for weight loss drugs, Walmart body cams, and 2025 predictions: Business news roundup

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Weight loss drugs are getting people to the doctor. Now comes the wave of long-ignored diagnoses

Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used with a weight loss plan and physical activity. - Image: UCG / Contributor (Getty Images)
Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used with a weight loss plan and physical activity. - Image: UCG / Contributor (Getty Images)

Popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are boosting the use of healthcare in the U.S., leading to an uptick in patients getting diagnosed and starting prescriptions for other conditions, according to a new analysis by health data firm Truveta.

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Nestle just launched a protein shot for weight loss that helps promote GLP-1 production

A bird’s nest logo sits on display at the Nestle SA headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. - Image: Bloomberg / Contributor (Getty Images)
A bird’s nest logo sits on display at the Nestle SA headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. - Image: Bloomberg / Contributor (Getty Images)

Nestle, the world’s largest producer of packaged food, just rolled out a new protein shot drink that it says will help people looking to lose weight manage their hunger.

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One Boeing factory has been safe from layoffs and is about to start hiring

Boeing’s South Carolina facility - Photo: Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg (Getty Images)
Boeing’s South Carolina facility - Photo: Sam Wolfe/Bloomberg (Getty Images)

Although Boeing (BA) has been slow to restart production of the planes built by its unionized workforce and has been laying many of them off amid a year of struggles, the company announced it would be making a big investment in a non-unionized plant.

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Walmart is putting body cameras on employees

A Walmart store - Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images)
A Walmart store - Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images)

As the holiday shopping season comes to a frenzied peak, Walmart is introducing a new tool that it hopes will help reduce tensions for frenzied staffers. CNBC (CMCSA) reports that the retail giant is going to start affixing body cameras to workers in its stores.

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We asked 5 AI chatbots for their 2025 AI predictions. Here’s what they said

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Image: J Studios (Getty Images)

Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT two years ago, the artificial intelligence industry has been in a race to develop chatbots that have prompted both excitement for human-level intelligence and fears of stolen jobs.

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The Trump administration’s billionaires are worth more than $450 billion. Here’s who they are

President-elect Donald Trump - Image: Oleg Nikishin (Getty Images)
President-elect Donald Trump - Image: Oleg Nikishin (Getty Images)

President-elect Donald Trump likes to surround himself with people he trusts — friends and allies — and people who win.

During his first term in office, that meant establishing the richest cabinet in U.S. history, with a collective net worth of $11 billion, CBS News reported in 2016. Now, his group of appointees and nominations, both inside and outside cabinet positions, are worth many times that. Just one of his chosen confidants is worth about 40 times that net worth alone.

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What’s ahead for Bitcoin in 2025, according to experts

Noelle Acheson - Photo: Genesis Trading
Noelle Acheson - Photo: Genesis Trading

This year has been nothing short of monumental for the cryptocurrency industry. Bitcoin began the year hovering around $40,000, only to surge past $100,000 in December. The industry shook off the lingering shadows of a prolonged crypto winter, celebrated the landmark approval of a Bitcoin ETF, and found itself increasingly entrenched in the political conversation. In many ways, 2024 marked a turning point, solidifying crypto’s role as a key player in both financial markets and public discourse.