Humana Inc. is well-positioned to handle challenges posed in the next couple years as the health care overhaul unfolds, according to several analysts who cover the health insurer.

A new report says Missouri gained about 13,000 non-farm payroll jobs in October while the state's unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 percent.

Missouri's minimum wage will rise by a dime to $7.35 an hour in 2013.

Boeing Co. is studying different ways to account for pension expenses, which reduced the aerospace company's third-quarter earnings.

Boeing Co. is studying different ways to account for pension expenses, which reduced the aerospace company's third-quarter earnings.

A top Roman Catholic bishop says the church will never comply with the Obama administration mandate to provide birth control coverage in health insurance.

Officials with supermarket chain Raleys and union representatives spent a second day back at the bargaining table, but late Monday there was no word of any possible progress in ending a strike.

Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday that it will participate in a project designed to lower health care costs for people who are eligible for both federal Medicare and state-run Medicaid programs.