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How eeCPA CEO Elizabeth Hale is elevating the accounting industry
After Elizabeth Hale moved to Arizona, she launched eeCPA in 2004, a Scottsdale-based accounting and tax firm whose clients include business owners, family offices and commercial real estate developers. And that's not the only business she has started.
Centene CEO Sarah London executes new strategy, seeks to balance civic investments
As executive director of Civic Progress, Tom Irwin said that he and Michael Neidorff, the late chairman and CEO of Clayton-based Centene Corp., shared the same belief about the role big businesses play in the places they call home.
“If you are located in a community and you have a large number of employees, de facto you have an obligation to that community,” said Irwin, who retired in 2018 as head of the now-defunct organization comprised of CEOs and other leading executives in the St. Louis…
Department of Labor sues UnitedHealth unit over denied claims
The government alleges that UMR Inc., a Wisconsin-based administrator owned by UnitedHealth, improperly denied payments for emergency room visits and urine drug screens.
Former Mayor Michael Coleman takes leadership role at Black-owned Adelphi Bank
“Former Mayor Coleman has helped to make this dream a reality since the very beginning, and there is no better person to lead our board of directors,” Adelphi Chairman and CEO Jordan Miller said.
Fifth Third opening eight new branches in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee
Fifth Third Bank is opening eight new branches in the Southeast, part of a move to expand there.
Service Corp. International exceeds analysts’ expectations in second quarter earnings
Service Corp. International reported revenues and earnings per share that were higher than analysts' expectations for the second quarter.
Pfizer narrows revenue targets after NC facility damaged; restart date remains unclear
Pfizer has lowered its full-year revenue guidance in part due to its facility in Eastern North Carolina being temporarily shut down after it was damaged by a tornado last month.
Honolulu Mayor has signed a bill requiring naloxone spray in bars, nightclubs
Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed a bill into law last week that requires bars and restaurants with liquor licenses in Honolulu carry naloxone spray, which is used to prevent opioid overdoses.
American Savings Bank opens application process for 2023 KeikiCo Contest
“Our KeikiCo Contest never fails to amaze us with the incredible talent displayed by Hawaii’s young leaders,” Ann Teranishi, president and CEO at ASB, said in a statement.
The Petri Dish: Alexion buys Pfizer gene therapies in $1B deal; Peter Hecht’s plan to save Cyclerion assets
Peter Hecht, the co-founder and CEO of embattled biotech Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCN), is heading up a new startup that's effectively a life raft for Cyclerion's research. Elsewhere in the Petri Dish: a $1 billion deal for Pfizer gene therapies, a succession plan for a founder-led biotech organization, and a new Longwood Fund spinout with assets from GSK.