Walgreen, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, said Thursday that its August sales fell 4.5 percent to $5.85 billion, partly because it was not a part of the Express Scripts pharmacy network. Its fourth-quarter revenue also missed Wall Street's view.

Commissioner Roger Goodell say he wants the best officials on the field for the new NFL season, but he's got to think about what's important for the long-term future of the league.

LinkedIn Corp.'s shares climbed more than 6 percent Wednesday after an investment research report weighed in with a favorable opinion about the online professional network's growth prospects.

Drugstore operator Rite Aid Corp. said Wednesday that its sales improved in August on greater sales of non-pharmacy items like food, magazines, and cosmetics.

The NFL has pledged $30 million for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.

Lending to small businesses rose only slightly in July, another sign that companies are hunkering down because of uncertainty about the economy.

The U.N.'s labor office says youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.9 percent by 2017 as more young people leave the work force and the euro crisis spreads to emerging economies.

Kindred Healthcare Inc. said Tuesday that it completed its purchase of home health care provider and hospice company IntegraCare Holdings.