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This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. These are eight more stories that we're following today. And it's an active day in the markets and in business. Back with you again. We hope we don't drive you crazy. First UnitedHealth Group is getting crushed today. It's down more than 22% on missed earnings. Humana, another large payer, is down nearly 7%. So both taken on the chin today. Second President Trump and Chairman Powell seem to truly hate each other. President Trump said yesterday Chairman Powell's term can't end soon enough. We've obviously talked about a lot. We're big fans of Chairman Powell. It is what it is. Third the markets are overall having a tough week, but they've turned somewhat upwards this afternoon after a tough morning. The Dow is still down, but I think the NASDAQ and SP are currently up fourth. We're just thrilled to see the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast ranked first again in the Apple Business News rankings. So God bless that and our listeners. Thank you so much for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. If you're the first person to hear this and you send me a text, Scott Becker of Becker Private Equity a text at 773-766-5322. We will send you a 50Amazon gift certificate. You got to be the first person to text. 5th Hearst the rent a car company is up big today. It's up currently about 38. I knew is that Bill Ackman and Persian Square might take a piece of the company. Have taken a stake in the company already. 6th we're thrilled today to visit with Alan Condon. We just talked to and Jacob Emerson today on the Beckers Healthcare podcast. We'll talk federal policy. We'll talk United Healthcare. We'll talk a lot more. Thank you for listening. 7th pounds and dollars Periodically we do a podcast. We talk about how poorly my weight or my stock portfolio is going. We often refer to that as scales in portfolios. Recently we asked readers for a better title. One of them that I liked was called Pounds and Dollars. We also did a Twitter poll based on that. Pounds and Dollars versus Scales of Portfolio. Pounds of Dollars won the Twitter poll by a substantial margin. So now when we talk about how badly my weight is doing or how poorly my portfolio is doing, we may title it or subtitle it Pounds and Dollars versus Scales in Portfolios. And again, we talk about these issues because they're issues that I think most of us worry about or think about. So it is what it is. 8th. Finally, we also discussed on a separate podcast, when you're struggling at something, do you grind and reflect? Do you grind or do you reflect? Do you sort of grind through the problem and keep on trying to hit it and get better or do you take a step back and try and relax and reflect on it? I don't have a perfect answer, but I know when things are going awfully poorly with me sometimes I keep on pushing myself forward and it's of no use and I'd be better off taking a step back and relaxing a little bit and just taking a breath. But but hard to do for many of us. Thank you again for listening to the Becker Private Equity Business Podcast. Again. If you're the first person to respond and say congrats on being ranked first in podcast, we'll send you a $50Amazon gift certificate. You have to text 773-766-5322. God bless you all. Thank you for listening.