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The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke 25,000 Jan. 4, a rally propelled by aviation giant Boeing, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Officials from Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare are facing opposition for a plan to build a 92,000-square-foot psychiatric care hospital in Reading, Pa., according to the Reading Eagle.

Apple's 2018 iPhone sales may take a hit after the company cut replacement costs for failing batteries, Reuters reports citing Barclays analysts.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health may no longer be part of Cigna's provider network if negotiations between the two parties falter, 9News reports.

From UnitedHealthcare mending a seven-month contract dispute with Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health to Humana Tricare members regaining in-network access to five Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare-owned hospitals, here are five payers making headlines this week. 

Weinstein is closing in on a sale for less than $500 million — about half of which would be assumed debt, individuals familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

The average weekly rate of business loan growth plummeted from 9.3 percent in 2016 to 2.7 percent for 2017 through Dec. 20, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Recent data suggests the "Phillips Curve" — the economic phenomenon in which wages and inflation grow when unemployment is down — may be dead, but Bloomberg Businessweek makes the case other trends are masking the curve.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York). Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a nationally recognized cancer center, is the oldest and largest private cancer hospital in the world. At Sloan Kettering, the multidisciplinary disease management teams provide comprehensive care to breast cancer…

Roche, a global pharmaceuticals and diagnostics company, is acquiring Ignyta for $27 per share in an all-cash transaction. This corresponds to a total transaction value of $1.7 billion on a fully diluted basis.