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Aetna to Buy Coventry Health Care

Posted: August 20, 2012 at 5:47 am

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

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 4:09 pm

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

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 11:00 am

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

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 10:10 am

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

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 7:50 am

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)

Posted: June 11, 2012 at 11:31 am

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)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 9:58 am

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)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 4:17 pm

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)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 8:29 am

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)

Posted: February 23, 2011 at 10:22 am

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)

Posted: August 21, 2008 at 6:29 am

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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