The largest publicly run health plan in the nation, L.A. Care, will let customers pay their health insurance premiums with cash at some 680 locations, including 7-Eleven and Family Dollar stores. At the register, customers scan a bar code sent to their smartphone, then pay cash. The payment posts to L.A. Care within 24 hours, and the service is free to customers. "It's as quick as buying a Slurpee," said Danny Shader, the founder and CEO of PayNearMe, the for-profit company that established the electronic cash transaction network.

Cadillac will put two tire-spinning models on the road in the months ahead, the latest additions to its V-Series line-up. But the launch of the 2016 Caddy ATS-V and CTS-V will mark just the beginning of what could become a significant line-up of high-performance products to be introduced by the end of the decade. General Motors' flagship brand is setting out on the most rapid rollout of new products in its history, with eight new models - five targeting all-new market segments - due to debut before the end of the decade.

Long John Silver's has named industry veteran Brian Unger as COO, the company said Wednesday. Unger was most recently COO at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc., where he worked with Long John Silver's recently appointed CEO James O'Reilly. He Forrest Ragsdale, who remains with the brand's Louisville, Ky.-based parent company LSJ Partners LLC as vice president and chief legal counsel.

Morgan Stanley, which last year paid a $275 million ticket for flipping subprime mortgages back in the recession, has some serious spending change. And it is spending it on a new campaign to let us know that it's a change agent, but the good kind. A new brand campaign, via Interpublic's agency Huge, touts the investment bank's financial muscle as a lever for culture, technology and infrastructure. It also talks up its partnerships with the likes of Netflix and Alibaba.

Danish cows on organic farms dance with joy when they are released to pasture in the springtime. Organic Denmark made the bovine rite of spring a spectator sport a decade ago as a way to make the idea of "organic" more visual (most cows on conventional farms don't get to go outside.) In 2005, Okodag, or "Organic Day," attracted about 10,000 visitors. This year, a record 247,000 people lined the fields.

According to the new "Why? Behind the Buy" report from Acosta Sales & Marketing, 72% of shoppers age 18-34 will spend fuel savings on groceries. Ninety-five percent of shoppers report buying household groceries at regular supermarkets in the past six months; followed by shopping at mass merchants (79%); warehouse/club stores (42%); dollar and drug stores (39%); convenience stores (25%); natural/organic grocers (21%).

The Landwind X7, a pretty direct copy of the Range Rover Evoque, first appeared at the Guangzhou Auto Show last year. Now the Chinese car is at the Shanghai show. Jaguar Land Rover, which is planning a $1.8-billion factory in China, isn't happy. "I really regret that all of a sudden copy-paste is coming up again," Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralph Speth said at a press conference. "That will not help the reputation of China, of Chinese industry at all."

California almonds are a multibillion-dollar business, and a growing one, up 1,000% in global consumption versus a decade ago. Last year they became California's top export crop, thanks to China. But the nuts are thirsty, consuming more water than all of the indoor household water use of California's 39 million people. The $6.5 billion almond crop is in the spotlight as "the poster child of all things bad in water," almond grower Bob Weimer said.

Uber Technologies Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing the ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs, a federal judge ruled. In a decision late Friday night, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins in San Jose, Calif., said the plaintiffs could pursue a claim that Uber is a "travel service" subject to potential liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Florida citrus officials are trying to establishing a federal program to promote orange juice. Issues remain. "If we're really assessing the processor and asking it to contribute money into generic advertising at the expense of brand advertising, I'm not sure that makes sense," said Michael Haycock, Citrus Commission member and retired executive for Tropicana Products Inc. At issue is whether Florida citrus wants to create a federal promotion program for orange juice.