WeightWatchers going into prescription weight loss business with telehealth provider acquisition

WeightWatchers’ stock soared on Tuesday after the company said it is getting into the prescription drug weight loss business with the acquisition of Sequence.Sequence is a telehealth provider that offers users access to drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity under such brand names as Ozempic, Wegovy and Trulicity.The drugs all work by the same mechanism: They

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Paramount+ Is Going Up in Price

viewimage/Shutterstock.com Paramount already confirmed that it was merging Showtime into its Paramount+ streaming service, but it turns out, there’s some bad news. The new service will be more expensive than the existing Paramount+ subscription. The price of Paramount+’s existing “Essential” plan, which is ad-supported and won’t have content from Showtime, will cost $5.99, up from

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