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Aetna to Buy Coventry Health Care

In the latest in a string of multi-billion-dollar acquisitions in the U.S. health care sector, Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) has agreed to buy competitor Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE: CVH) ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 6, 2012: Equities Soft on China Slowdown, European Debt

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following report from China that it has cut inflation to an annualized rate of 2.2% in June (our coverage here). ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Monday's stock market opened slightly lower Monday based on weak economic data in Asia, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.32%, Nasdaq down 0.21% and the S&P 500 down ...
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One Healthcare Merger Driving Consolidation Wave

Now that the healthcare constitutionality argument has passed, healthcare and insurance providers are consolidating.  WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) just announced that it was acquiring AMERIGROUP Corporation (NYSE: AGP) in a $4.9 billion ...
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Wellpoint Acquisition a Vote on Obamacare

Health insurance provider Wellpoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced this morning that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire managed care provider Amerigroup Corp. (NYSE: AGP) for a total of ...
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Revised Guidance Sinks Health Care Company (CNC, MOH, AGP, UNH, WCG)

To say that Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC), a managed health care provider, has been on a roller coaster ride for the past few days may be an understatement. First, it ...
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Ohio Medicaid Losses Wreck Providers (MOH, CNC, AGP, WCG)

Molina Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: MOH) and Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) are both seeing their shares take a real beating.  On a day where most stocks are lower because of Friday's ...
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24/7 Closing Bell (AET, AGP, JBHT, SNDK, WY, CRM, SWY, SHAW, L, INVE, HUM, MNTA, PATH, NPSP, YGE, TSL, GEVO)

Markets opened lower this morning, and continued to fall before holding at around -150 points for most of the day on the DJIA. Japan’s yen sale pushed the dollar sharply ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, AGP, E, JBHT, JNPR, KR, NWSA, RES SWY, CRM, SNDK, SKT, TMS, VOD, WPI, WY, WFM)

These are some of Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs. AMERIGROUP ...
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Health-Care Reform Boosts Health-Care Providers (WLP, UNH, AET, CI, CNC, AGP, WCG, MOH)

While the courts and the Congress continue to fight over the health-care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA, insurers are looking forward to as many as ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AER, AGP, LEH, NVO, CRM, SNPS)

These are some of the downgrades or cautious analyst calls we are seeing this Thursday morning:AerCap (AER) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.Amerigroup (AGP) Started as Neutral at B of A.Lehman ...
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