text: Tax break helps UnitedHealth 4Q earnings, 2018 guidance soar | MPR News
  Business The Associated Press ·	 Jan 16, 2018
  The UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka. Jim Mone | AP 2012
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  Updated: 7:26 a.m. | Posted: 6:06 a.m.
  The $1.5 trillion tax cut plan that Republican lawmakers and President Trump sped into law last month also has prompted other companies to raise forecasts for the new year and announce employee bonuses. UnitedHealth said it will dedicate most of the benefit it receives from the law to accelerating investments in data analytics and technology.
  Analysts forecast earnings of $2.51 per share on $51.54 billion in revenue for the Minnetonka company, which is the first big insurer to report results every quarter.
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