BRIEF-The Cigna Group Foundation Launches Grant Program To Improve Veteran Mental Health Aug 12 (Reuters) - Cigna Group CI.N : THE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION LAUNCHES GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH Source text for Eikon: ID:nPn2HqD7a Further company coverage: CI.N ( Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com )

U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP- Booking Holdings, Doordash, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Aug 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies including Booking Holdings, Doordash and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc ASO.O : JP Morgan cuts to neutral from overweight * Booking Holdings Inc BKNG.O : Jefferies cuts target price to $4350 from $4650 * Doordash DASH.O : D.A.

BUZZ-Cigna falls after unchanged annual forecast despite profit beat ** Shares of health insurer Cigna fall 4.8% to $331.80 ** Set for biggest one-day pct. fall since Nov. 2023 ** Co maintains its annual profit forecast after Q2 profit beat ** The lack of forecast raise despite the beat will be likely viewed as a modest disappointment - Leerink Partners ** Brokerage expects investors to keenly focus on determining if this resulted from more prudent posturing or a synthetic guide-down of the seco

UPDATE 2-Health insurer Cigna's cautious annual forecast spooks investors, shares fall New throughout, adds details, background, analyst comments, updates share price By Amina Niasse and Sriparna Roy Aug 1 (Reuters) - Cigna CI.N took a cautious stance on its full-year profit outlook on Thursday despite reporting lower-than-feared medical costs in the second quarter and beating Wall Street's profit estimates, and the health insurer's shares fell more than 4%.

MORNING BID AMERICAS-Fed nods to cut, chips rebound, BoE up next A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Federal Reserve left Wall Street with little doubt about a first U.S. interest rate cut in seven weeks' time, but multiple cross-currents from the earnings season , Japan and China, and domestic politics all make for a noisy start to August.