In this episode of "Health Further," hosts Marcus and Vic discuss the stock market and economy, the impact of AI on tech stocks, Google's earnings and AI investments, China's interest rate cut, the post-pandemic job market, and healthcare employment. They cover cybersecurity issues affecting airlines, investments in healthcare startups like Headway and Vitable, Google's abandoned acquisition of Wiz, Senate health committee actions, hospital infection rates, strong earnings from health insurers and hospital systems, the importance of behavioral health exemplified by Simone Biles' comeback, and Meta's release of Llama 3.1, an open-source AI model challenging existing large language models.

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0:00 - Intro
2:31 - Big Tech Selloff Slams Nasdaq With Worst Day Since 2022 WSJ
6:16 - Google Fails to ‘Wow’ as AI Bills Mount WSJ
8:00 - China Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate as World Markets Sag NYT
10:19 - The Hottest Job Market in a Generation Is Over WSJ
13:40 - U.S. economy grew at a 2.8% pace in the second quarter, much more than expected CNBC
16:01 - CrowdStrike Explains What Went Wrong Days After Global Tech Outage WSJ
27:22 - Headway banks $100M round to expand into Medicare and Medicaid Fierce Healthcare
29:26 - Vitable Secures $16M To Provide Primary Care to Small Employers MedCity
31:35 -  Google’s Aborted Deals Show Antitrust’s Long Shadow Over Tech Bloomberg
33:53 - Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor & Pensions) Committee issues Subpoena of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steward Health Senate website
36:56 - Steward Health Care fails to secure bids on Ohio, Pennsylvania facilities Fierce Healthcare
38:04 - CDC report on resistant hospital infections outlines need for federal investment, epidemiolo

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