Executive

• 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.

• NAFE honors MassMutual exec

  By Noah Guillaume  |  January 3, 2013

  The National Association for Female Executives honored Elaine Sarsynski with its 2012 Woman of Excellence International Achievement award.

• White House urges dockworkers, shippers deal

  By Ken Thomas  |  December 27, 2012

  The White House is urging dockworkers and shipping companies to reach agreement "as quickly as possible" on a contract extension for East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers whose existing pact expires this week.

• Allstate OKs billion-dollar share buyback plan

  By The Associated Press  |  December 17, 2012

  The Allstate Corp. said Monday that its board of directors approved a plan to buy back up to $1 billion of the insurer's shares by the end of next year.

• AIG could raise billions from AIA stake sale

  By The Associated Press  |  December 17, 2012

  AIG may raise as much as $6.52 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in Asian life insurer AIA Group Ltd.

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  Employers move beyond ‘wait and see’ approach to health care

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  December 6, 2012

  With President Obama’s re-election, employers are considering again what to do about their health care offerings. By the looks of it, dropping health coverage isn’t part of the plan.

• WebMD extends poison pill defense

  By The Associated Press  |  October 19, 2012

  WebMD extended its poison pill defense, first put into place to ward off billionaire investor Carl Icahn, for another two years.

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  Obama, Romney hunker down for debates

  By Julie Pace  |  October 1, 2012

  Nearing their first face-off, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are hunkering down for intense preparations ahead of Wednesday's presidential debate, where the GOP nominee hopes to change the trajectory of the White House race.

• Salary growth to hit 3 percent for US, Canadian workers

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  September 21, 2012

  As salary budgets have seemingly stabilized following three years of record lows, U.S. and Canadian workers expect to afford a 3 percent increase to the salary budget for all employees, according to the U.S. 2012-2013 National Salary Budget Survey conducted by Kenexa Compensation, a global provider of business solutions for...