Executive

• Plain Truths about Dental and Vision Within Health Care Reform

  By Sponsor: Ameritas  |  May 17, 2013

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  Experts warn of huge cost disparities in reform

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 13, 2013

  Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Marsh & McLennan reports first-quarter bump

  By The Associated Press  |  May 3, 2013

  Marsh & McLennan Cos. said Thursday its first-quarter net income rose 19 percent, helped by better results at its risk and insurance services business.

• Latest HIV vaccine doesn’t work

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  April 26, 2013

  The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren't preventing HIV infection.

• UnitedHealth’s first-quarter profit tumbles

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 18, 2013

  UnitedHealth Group's first-quarter earnings sank 14 percent, as medical costs dulled enrollment-fueled revenue gains for the nation's largest health insurer, which also expects federal budget cuts will pressure its performance the rest of the year.

• Macy’s CEO take big pay cut

  By Sarah Skidmore  |  April 5, 2013

  Macy’s gave its chief executive Terry Lundgren pay package worth $11.3 million in 2012. That's down 22 percent from 2011 as he failed to meet all of Macy's financial performance goals.

• PepsiCo CEO’s pay drops

  By Candice Choi  |  March 25, 2013

  PepsiCo gave CEO Indra Nooyi a pay package worth $12.6 million last year, which is down 11 percent from the previous year, as the soda-and-snack food giant changed the way it awards long-term incentive compensation.

• Genworth elects former Sen. Conrad to board

  By The Associated Press  |  March 22, 2013

  Genworth Financial Inc. has elected former Sen. Kent Conrad to serve as a new independent director, the insurance holding company said Friday.

• Express Scripts boasts huge fourth quarter

  By The Associated Press  |  February 19, 2013

  Mail-order and online druggist Express Scripts said on Monday its earnings jumped almost 74 percent as more people used generic drugs and it continued to absorb Medco Health Solutions.

• Workers approve new contract with CL&P

  By The Associated Press  |  January 18, 2013

  Connecticut Light & Power and the union that represents about 1,100 workers reached a contract agreement Thursday that proposes a wage increase of about 11 percent over four years.