The recent settlement brings the state's total share of opioid-related payouts to more than $700 million.

Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group Inc.(NYSE: UNH) said Monday it has appointed Google executive Kirsten Gil to its board of directors.

Gil has served Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) as vice president and business finance officer and has been a business operations, strategy and finance leader at Google’s parent company since joining in 2007. Her leadership has involved in the Google search, maps, research & AI, and sustainability departments.

“Kristen is ideally suited and an outstanding…

During a recent visit to Tampa, Bank of America's president of retail operations said consumer strength is holding out, despite a sharp rise in interest rates since May and persistently high inflation.

The Federal Open Market Committee is anticipated to raise interest rates by an additional half a percentage point on Wednesday when it holds its final meeting of the year.

“Economists are calling for a mild recession next year, but we’re still really not seeing that in consumer accounts,”…

The money includes a mix of federal and city funds as well as corporate donations.

The class-action lawsuit claimed that the hometown insurance company charged universal life policy holders more in management fees than their contract allowed. A Jackson County jury agreed and awarded a $28.4 million verdict.

Multi-investor fund aims to spur economic activity.

The company, led by executives Clinton Bembry and Scott Lewis, raised more than $23 million in March.

The leaders of Fort Worth, Texas-based Whitley Penn and Greenville, South Carolina-based Elliott Davis reportedly have called off their merger-of-equals deal that was proposed to close on Nov. 1.

Its footprint has been growing rapidly around the Southeast.

“Employers are waiting and wanting to interview our students.”