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How much parental leave are Louisville employers offering?
About half of Louisville’s 10 largest employers offer at least a month of paid time off for births or adoptions — but the other half offers little to none. Sportswear company Nike made headlines last...
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Louisville City soccer club tops conference, sees growing support — though...
By all accounts, the Louisville City soccer club is having a good second season: The team is in first place in its conference, revenues from sponsors have improved, and attendance has increased. And...
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UofL researchers team up with NASA to study fundamentals of physics
Louisville-resident Gerold Willing sat in his recliner in early December and stared at the laptop screen, which was transmitting the launch of a NASA supply rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the...
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Louisville soccer club to host potential major league match — in Lexington
The local third-division pro soccer club plans to host a potential June 15 clash with first-division team Chicago Fire not in Louisville — but in Lexington. Louisville City FC would get to play the...
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Report: Cigna and Anthem quarreling about merger — which could benefit Humana...
Shares of Cigna plunged more than 4 percent after a Wall Street Journal article indicated the health insurer’s proposed merger with Anthem was in trouble — and falling behind the industry’s other mega...
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Bullitt County schools save millions through energy efficiency
At North Bullitt High School, about a half hour’s drive south of Louisville, school officials can control temperature settings for each individual room — with a smartphone. The high-tech control...
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Quebec leaders visit Louisville to foster trade
A Quebec official who visited Louisville this week said he and Gov. Matt Bevin have set an informal goal to double trade between the two regions to $5 billion “very quickly.” Trade between the province...
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Missouri first state to rule against Aetna-Humana deal
Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana has received its first negative diagnosis: Missouri’s top insurance official has ordered that if the health insurance giants merge, they must stop doing business...
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Louisville foundation to partner with Michael J. Fox on Parkinson’s treatment
A local organization is partnering with the Michael J. Fox Foundation to help fund the development a cutting-edge therapy to treat Parkinson’s disease. The National Stem Cell Foundation, based in...
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CEO: PharMerica to benefit from demographic trends
PharMerica CEO Greg Weishar said that demographic trends — including a projected rise in the number of older Americans and cancer patients — will present great opportunities for the Louisville-based...
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Health insurers want you to pay up to 65 percent more
Humana, Anthem and other insurers want you to pay more for health insurance — a lot more. For months, health insurers have lamented that the costs to care for patients they have gained through the...
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FedEx Ground unveils new $80 million Louisville facility
FedEx Ground today unveiled a 300,000-square-foot, $80 million package sorting facility in Jeffersontown that employs 300 and can handle up to 15,000 packages per hour. Executives said the investment...
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Humana, Aetna shares spike after merger-related announcement
Investors are cheering Aetna’s announcement that it is issuing $13 billion in bonds to help pay for the company’s planned acquisition of Louisville-based Humana. Shares of both companies were up more...
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New website, children’s festival to promote Muhammad Ali’s legacy
A new website and a festival for children will help the city and its residents promote the legacy of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali. The city said it launched the website because people...
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Nǐ hǎo: GE completes appliance division sale to China-based Haier
Zài jiàn (goodbye) General Electric. Nǐ hǎo (hello) Haier. China-based Qingdao Haier today officially completed its $5.6 billion acquisition of GE Appliances, severing the iconic American brand’s ties...
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Premium whiskey fuels Brown-Forman sales
Brown-Forman shares jumped about 2.5 percent in early morning trading as the distiller reported higher fourth-quarter sales and income and predicted that sales would grow about 5 percent in the next...
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Humana uses virtual reality to promote exercise in the great outdoors
The climber perched near the top of Atlantis Wall in Joshua Tree National Park, as a fellow mountaineer reached up with his hand to try to close the distance. Before he could catch up, however, a...
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House speaker talks local option sales tax, education, right-to-work and more...
Kentucky Democrats likely will make passage of a local option sales tax law their top priority in the next legislative session, the state’s House speaker said during a speaking engagement in Louisville...
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Aetna exec: More than 200 employees working on Humana acquisition
More than 200 employees of Aetna and Humana are working to integrate the companies ahead of their planned merger, Aetna President Karen Lynch said this week. “It’s been a very collaborative effort. We...
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City leaders: Engaging citizens is critical to solving complex problems
Government officials must find innovative ways to engage their residents to combat racial and religious strife, violent crime, inequality and other complex social problems, leaders from four U.S....
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