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Wages for 12,000 local employees on line when Ford, United Auto Workers begin...
The wages and benefits of more than 12,000 Louisville workers will be on the line when national contract negotiations between Ford Motor Co. and 55,000 members of the United Auto Workers union begin...
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UofL professor creates app to help businesses, parents track vehicles
A UofL professor has created a tracking app that gives business owners real-time information about their fleet of vehicles — and allows nervous parents to keep a closer eye on their children’s driving...
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EdjAnalytics hopes FDA project fuels growth in life sciences sector
Louisville-based EdjAnalytics has developed a predictive model that helps federal regulators more effectively select drug makers for inspections, which should improve public health. The model helps the...
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Churchill Downs, Apellis shares surge in June; Papa John’s plunges
Shares of Apellis Pharmaceuticals and Churchill Downs surged in June, a month that saw most stocks of local importance beat the S&P 500. Thanks to a strong rebound in June, about half the 14 local...
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Dental surgeons: Passport’s 35% cuts to put strain on health system
Two Louisville dental surgeons told Insider that Passport Health Plan will cut reimbursement rates by up to 35%, which will put the state’s dental and medical systems under further strain. The dental...
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Louisville food coloring company expands in Europe, South America
Louisville food coloring company D.D. Williamson has acquired a part of DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences division, including two manufacturing plants in Europe and South America. “The acquisition...
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Jewish Hospital’s transplant program is in trouble. Its demise would have...
Jewish Hospital’s pioneering transplant program is in trouble, and its demise could produce far-reaching repercussions on the community. Surgical teams have performed only one heart transplant in the...
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Shares of Passport Health Plan’s would-be buyer down 75% since November
Shares of Passport Health Plan‘s would-be buyer Evolent tumbled again Thursday, hitting an all-time low of $7.16. The plummeting stock price also is undermining the finances of Passport, which...
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Some Louisvillians will see lower health insurance premiums next year
Some Louisvillians will see lower health insurance premiums in 2020, based on preliminary rate filings from insurers CareSource and Anthem. However, other Kentuckians, including some in the western...
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GE Appliances uses virtual reality, patent-pending tech to lower costs
Donning virtual reality goggles in a GE Appliances warehouse, employee Blake Meade operated a forklift simulator to move cardboard boxes of appliances from a trailer to a designated spot in a virtual...
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Jewish Hospital to suspend pioneering heart transplant program
Jewish Hospital said it will suspend its pioneering heart transplant program in August because of low availability of hearts and an exodus of cardiologists. As Insider Louisville reported on July 11,...
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Louisville financial services firm gaining national attention for BlackSwan...
A Louisville-based financial services firm is gaining national attention for developing a BlackSwan strategy that helps protect investors from steep losses when markets crash. The strategy places 90%...
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Three local stocks see big moves
Shares of three Louisville companies moved sharply Monday, with Apellis Pharmaceuticals gaining 7.25%, manufacturer Sypris Solutions rising 6.25% and tobacco products company Turning Point Brands...
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UPS to begin Sunday deliveries; Q2 earnings boost share price
UPS said it will begin Sunday deliveries and pickups on Jan. 1, though it told Insider that the impact on Worldport’s 22,000 employees is as yet unclear. The logistics giant also said that rising...
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Republic Bancorp to sell four branches to Louisville rival Limestone for $10M
Louisville-based Limestone Bancorp is buying four Kentucky bank branches from its larger Louisville-based competitor Republic Bancorp for about $10 million. Limestone plans to acquire two branches in...
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Kentucky AG clears Passport Health acquisition by Evolent
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has cleared the Evolent Health acquisition of Louisville-based Passport Health Plan. “Based upon our review … the anticipated transactions will result in the...
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DEA: Pharmacies distributed 300M opioid pills in Louisville from 2006 to 2012
Louisville area pharmacies from 2006 through 2012 distributed more than 300 million opioid pills — enough for about 60 pills per year for every man, woman and child in Jefferson County. The...
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Opioids are harming businesses; few have answers
Beyond the human toll that the opioid crisis is exacting — more than 1,000 Kentuckians die from overdoses every year — addictions are harming an increasing number of businesses, and many are struggling...
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Humana shares jump on Q2 earnings, customer growth
Humana shares jumped more than 4% on Wednesday after the insurer said that it gained more customers in the second quarter than at any time in the last decade. The Louisville-based company also said it...
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Norton lowers opioid prescriptions by over 50% through data analysis, education
Norton Healthcare has lowered its opioid prescriptions by more than half since 2014 through data analysis and further educating its doctors — and their patients. Norton in 2013 created an opioid task...
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Louisville-based SkuVault just landed a big partner: Alibaba.com
Local software startup SkuVault just got a big reputational boost by landing a partnership with Alibaba.com, one of the world’s biggest e-commerce companies. SkuVault President and CEO Andy Eastes told...
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UPDATE: Stocks plunge on China trade concerns
Stocks have pulled back sharply since Thursday on fears about rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, and many local stocks, too, have been affected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the...
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Employees of Passport’s would-be buyer file labor lawsuits
Employees of Passport Health Plan’s would-by buyer Evolent Health have asserted in class-action lawsuits that the health care consulting company has violated state and federal wage laws. The employees...
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Humana: Wellness rewards program improved employee health
Humana said its wellness rewards program has increased employee fitness, improved their diet and reduced their health care costs. The company’s Go365 program rewards employees with gift cards, fitness...
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Evolent loaned Passport $40M ahead of Kentucky Medicaid contract application
Evolent Health gave Passport Health Plan a $40 million loan to shore up the nonprofit’s finances before it reapplied for the Kentucky Medicaid contract, which last year paid Passport about $2 billion....
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