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HCA Healthcare shares dropped 8.8% after first-quarter profit narrowly beat estimates, but weaker patient volumes and payer-mix concerns rattled investors.

Tenet Healthcare shares surged 16% after posting robust fourth-quarter earnings and raising its 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook to $4.485–$4.785 billion. The company flagged a potential $250 million headwind from expiring ACA subsidies.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) introduced a prototype quantum switch that links diverse quantum computers and sensors over standard telecom fiber at room temperature, with data degradation of 4% or less.