The largest U.S. health insurer says it will add another 600 new customer service, claims processing, and nursing jobs in North Carolina.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill giving tens of thousands of state employees a 2 percent raise.

Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law Tuesday changes to North Carolina's unemployment insurance system that supporters say puts the plan on firmer footing and gives businesses more certainty. Critics say it will devastate the jobless with decreased benefits or none at all.

The Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern Georgia city.

Mail-order and online druggist Express Scripts said on Monday its earnings jumped almost 74 percent as more people used generic drugs and it continued to absorb Medco Health Solutions.

AIG said Tuesday that it wants to buy back up to $1.25 billion of its bonds in a move to cut down its debt.

Supporters of raising the minimum wage say it will help a sixth of New Mexico's work force and provide $105 million in higher wages.

The $46.6 billion pension fund for New York City schoolteachers has sold its stock in companies that make guns and ammunition, city officials announced Friday.