Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review – a hit in Germany that falls flat in English

Martina Hefter’s Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? has caused much argument in German literary circles. It won the country’s most influential fiction award in 2024, and quickly sold 80,000 copies. But critics were divided: Die Zeit compared the book’s seductive power to the love scammers it depicts, while Deutschlandfunk Kultur criticised its shallow characters…

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UnitedHealth Group Reports Flat Earnings in the First Quarter

UnitedHealth Group, the giant conglomerate, showed some signs of recovery from last year’s steep decline in profits when the company reported first-quarter earnings on Tuesday that were higher than Wall Street’s expectations. The company’s earnings were relatively flat year over year, reflecting UnitedHealth’s difficulties in navigating rising medical costs, government scrutiny of its billing practices…

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