BOSTON –Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. have agreed to pay $232,000 to cities and towns across Massachusetts to settle claims that they allegedly overcharged public agencies for prescription drugs through the workers’ compensation insurance system. more

WASHINGTON – Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray joined President Barack Obama at the White House this month for the signing of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, legislation expected to create jobs in Massachusetts and across the country repairing the nation’s aging roads and bridges. more

PROVIDENCE – Cloud Silver Lining, an information technology company, has announced a strategic partnership with global management-consulting and outsourcing-company Accenture. more

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is launching its first executive-education program, an executive master of health care leadership, to begin in August 2013. more

PAWTUCKET – Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, in the midst of talks with Care New England to discuss a potential merger, has named two new members to its business team. Thomas Gough has been appointed senior vice president of business development, administration and practice operations. more

PROVIDENCE – On July 8, Coastal Medical Inc., Rhode Island’s largest primary-care group practice, initiated seven-day-a-week, 365-days-a-year coverage for its 105,000 patients. more

PROVIDENCE – Elena Tenenbaum, a researcher with Women & Infants Hospitals’ Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, was awarded a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in translational autism research, to help turn scientific discoveries into clinical treatments. more

FOXBORO, Mass. – Gillette Stadium is now a fully smoke-free facility. more

WARWICK – Kent Hospital announced on July 9 that it will serve as the corporate sponsor of a series of road races and walks during the next two years. more

Carmakers on a frantic push to meet rising, federal fuel-economy standards are looking everywhere for new materials – from carbon fiber to plastics – that will make their vehicles lighter and more efficient. more