Blue Streak (Boston Globe)
'Did they flatten your butt out?" The moment the customer pulls back the dressing room curtain, the quick-talking shopkeeper peppers her with questions: "How do the jeans fit? Are they tight in the thighs? How do they feel on the hips?"

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of R.I. to launch HR software for 1,200 workers (Providence Business News)
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has decided to use human-resources software from Wayland, Mass.-based Softscape Apex to help manage and measure performance of its 1,200 employees, according to a statement from Softscape.

Georgia Blue Cross names chief (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia said Monday that it has named a new president to lead its state operations. The announcement of Monye Connolly as president comes two weeks after Blue Cross, Georgia's largest health insurer, reached a contract agreement with Piedmont Healthcare after a protracted, bitter battle that was publicly played out in the media and in ads. Caz Matthews, who led Blue