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Good wednesday morning welcome to squawk alley. Im john for the with caro quintanilla and Julia Borstin well start with apple, a cost cut for Small Developers josh lipton breaks down the news for us. Here is how the new program is going to work its called the App Store Small Business Program it launches on january 1st and it does represent a big change here. Developers earning up to 1 million during the Previous Year will now be eligible for a commission of 15 on paid apps and inapp purchases, a...

Drag draghis press conference begins. Stocks set to open in the green this morning after jobless claims fell by 15,000 ahead of tomorrows big job number. Plus, macys says it will layoff 2,500 workers and close 5 stores in a move that could save the company up to 100 million a year. Shares are up this morning on that news. While macys in the green, its been a rough morning for some of the other retail names, Family Dollar, Bed Bath Beyond expected to open well to the downside after Third Quarter ...

At 2. 664 and europe is back to work and largely mixed. Our road map, the jobs number, payrolls above consensus. The Unemployment Rate dives to the 5. 5 year low. Watch the participation, rate, wages, more americans drop out of the work force in april. Pfizer raising its bid to try to buy astrazeneca. Astrazeneca says a few hours later no thank you. Astrazeneca shares trading below the offer price. Pfizer may need to raise a bit more. Were going to have a lot more. Upbeat morning for internet st...

And carl quiis live at the Performing Arts Center in california, just 1. 3 miles from apple. You know, carl, there is a real historical sort of echo that theyre having this event at the flint center, a place they havent used for Product Launches in quite sometime but some of the most important ones actually were unveiled. Absolutely true, tyler. This is where steve jobs unveiled the mac in 1984. 30 years ago. Its been four years since apple introduced a completely new product category and four y...

One of Montana’s largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off workers. The retrenchment mirrors similar cuts around the country as safety-net health

BILLINGS, Mont. - The largest community health care center in the state, RiverStone Health, announced they will be laying off 29 employees which is about 9% of their total workforce.

Jason George began noticing in September that Medicaid payments had stalled for some of his assisted living facility residents, people who need help with daily living.

More than 127,200 people in Montana lost Medicaid with tens of thousands of cases still processing, according to the latest state data, from mid-February.

Providers who take Medicaid have said their state payments have been disrupted, leaving them financially struggling amid the unwinding.

Delayed state payments affect long-term care facilities, substance use disorder clinics, and federally funded health centers in Montana.