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December Buybacks Near $30 Billion Already, More For 2011 (T, AET, AZO, ADSK, CB, CAG, CCK, ECA, ENZN, HD, INTC, MAN, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, TIBX, PKW, CSCO, GE, BAC, WFC, JPM)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 12:38 pm

There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced ...
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December Buybacks Over $15 Billion, More For 2011 (AET, CB, CAG, ECA, HD, INTC, MKL, SWY, SYK, TEVA, CSCO, BAC, WFC, JPM)

Posted: December 10, 2010 at 7:55 am

There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders.  The theory is a simple one:  reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AET, MO, BBBY, BA, CLWR, ETN, HUM, MPEL, NVDA, ZQK, RSG, HOT, UNH, WM, WSM)

Posted: November 12, 2010 at 8:11 am

These are some of this Friday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Jefferies. Altria Group Inc. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, ATPG, BAC, C, CVS, FITB, GS, HEW, JPM, MS, NTRS, STT, UNH, VIP, WFC, WLP)

Posted: July 13, 2010 at 8:29 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Started as Hold at Citigroup. ATP Oil ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AUO, COWN, MAR, MDT, MSFT, NUS, SNDK, WY, YHOO)

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 8:28 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street firms: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Neutral at UBS. AU Optronics ...
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New Regulations Could Limit Health Insurers’ Profits (UNH, AET, HUM, WLP, CI, ANAT, AIZ)

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 2:53 pm

The next major change coming to the US health-care industry is due to take effect on January 1, 2011. The health care reform act includes a restriction on how much ...
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The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog

Posted: March 17, 2010 at 3:46 pm

A look at the "hardest working" major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may ...
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Aluminum Foil: The Fallout From Alcoa’s Earnings

Posted: January 13, 2010 at 6:06 am

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AET, AA, AIB, BBBY, BAC, BMRN, HUM, MSFT, MMM, VZ, WEN)

Posted: January 7, 2010 at 8:46 am

These are this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Sell at Collins Stewart. Alcoa, ...
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52-Week High Club (X, AET, CI, AA, HGSI)

Posted: December 21, 2009 at 4:17 pm

United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) rose over 6.5% to a yearly high of $52.47 after the United States objected to a requestion by China that the World Trade Organization ...
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Should Healthcare Insurers Be Close to 52-Week Highs (UNH, WLP, CI, HUM, AET)

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 2:40 pm

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and most healthcare related insurers are trading higher today despite the coming health-insurance reform.  The Senate voted over the weekend to open a debate on ...
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The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World

Posted: October 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm

There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades (AET, AMZN, AMX, BJ, CAL, ERTS, FO, FPIC, HUM, MAR, HOT)

Posted: September 16, 2009 at 8:22 am

These are this Wednesday morning's top analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street: Aetna (AET) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised ...
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Still No Death Blow for Insurers (AET, HUM, UNH)

Posted: September 10, 2009 at 10:31 am

The Obama speech to a joint session of Congress last night did not exactly deliver the death blow to health insurers.  It also did not give the insurers the keys ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AET, APD, ADSK, ENOC, LEN, ERIC, MET, PRGO, PM, VECO)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 7:37 am

These are the top Wall Street research calls with analyst upgrades and downgrades early this Tuesday morning: Aetna (AET) Raised to Sell from Conviction Sell List at Goldman Sachs; no ...
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