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LPL Financial to gain Prudential’s 2,600 advisers, $50B wealth management business
Fort Mill-based LPL Financial Inc. will gain 2,600 financial advisers after landing an agreement with insurer Prudential Financial Inc. to become the platform of its wealth management arm.
Highmark to bring more workers back to the office Sept. 5
The health plan could see as many as 1,000 of its 1,400 local workers return to the office three days a week.
The Petri Dish: Boston Scientific device succeeds in trial, Sanofi vet joins Flagship
Cambridge venture firm Flagship Pioneering hired David Khougazian away from Sanofi ADR (Nasdaq: SNY) this week, bringing him on as a new growth partner. Khougazian had been with Sanofi since 2008, when he started as the general manager for the French pharmaceutical firm's Slovenian business. He was, for a time, chief of staff to Christopher Viehbacher while he was CEO, and from 2015 to 2017 served as CEO of Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a joint vaccine venture between Sanofi and Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK).
Meet Joyce Markiewicz, Catholic Health’s new CEO
Markiewicz officially takes over on Sept. 1.
Procter & Gamble launches Clearblue menopause indicator test
Procter & Gamble on Aug. 29 announced what one medical expert described as a “game-changing” product for women in an underserved market segment.
Clearblue, a P&G (NYSE: PG) subsidiary and world’s best-selling brand of home pregnancy and fertility tests, launched the Clearblue Menopause Stage Indicator. It’s the only product that tests hormone levels in combination with a woman’s age and cycle history to show a likely menopause stage on a mobile app, according to Clearblue Brand Director Leah…
Citizens Insurance sees drop in new lawsuits
Citizens and other insurers have long blamed lawsuits for driving up costs in the industry.
Proposed Central Ohio women-owned bank Fortuna gets OK to raise $20M
A proposed women-owned bank aims to raise $20 million and open by the end of the year in the latest expansion of Grandview Yard.
Fortuna Bank, still in organization, received the state's conditional approval this month to start fundraising, proposed CEO Ilaria Rawlins told Columbus Business First.
“That was obviously a big milestone because it allows us to kick off our capital raise,” Rawlins said Wednesday. “We have a really aggressive timeline.”
The Division of Financial Institutions in the…
Jabil plans $2.2 billion sale of mobility business to Chinese manufacturer
The deal would be “transformational” and the largest transaction in Jabil’s corporate history.
Proposed Central Ohio women-owned bank gets OK to raise $20M, picks Grandview HQ
“We have a really aggressive timeline,” the CEO of the in-organization Fortuna Bank said.
Health care revolution: Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley is changing the game for local and global communities
The Tri-Valley is now the fastest-growing region in the Bay Area, and with a growing population comes an increasing need for health care. Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley thrives in the region's culture of innovation and has grown alongside the population since 2015 when the community hospital, formerly called ValleyCare, joined Stanford Medicine. The organization has continued to invest heavily in the region, providing stellar care for its residents.
To keep innovation at the forefront of its…