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Closing Bell for Monday on Wall Street: Markets Mixed at Open, Mixed at Close

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning after most of the day’s economic data was delivered in Europe. Eurozone PMI rose slightly more than expected (more coverage here) and Spain ...
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Top Wall Street Analyst Upgrades: Intel, YRC, Dollar General and More

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 8:20 am

Investors and traders are constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to find great ideas ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Wednesday: Markets Cannot Shake-off Low Open and Sink to Close

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 4:08 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected employment report from ADP and concern that Friday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will follow the ADP lead ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Tuesday: Markets Mixed at Open, Closes Slightly Higher

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment ...
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Argus Makes Model Portfolio Changes (NUE, HCP, MDT, AMGN, HUM, ADI, JNPR, ELX, IPG)

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 8:15 am

Argus offers what is truly considered to be independent investment research. This gives the firm the lack of any or most of the traditional conflicts of interest that can be the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CELG, CMCSA, FB, FFIV, JPM, JNPR, KMB, NWSA, PDCE, AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP)

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 8:15 am

Investors and traders are usually on the hunt for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas ...
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What Medicare Reimbursement Increases Really Mean (AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP, UAM)

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 7:45 am

After promising voters that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka Obamacare), and other health care initiatives designed by the current administration would not result in any increase in costs for citizens, ...
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Proposed 2014 Medicare Rates Slam Humana and Other Insurers

Posted: February 19, 2013 at 9:00 am

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is leading the large health insurance providers lower as the week gets off to a start. The news hit going into the weekend that the Centers ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 5, 2013: Markets Recover from Yesterday’s Slump (CLWR, M, SWC, DRI, UNH, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, SIRI, K, CMG, EXPE, GNW, TTWO, DIS, ZNGA, CVS, MRO, NUS, RL, SYT, TWX, DELL, OPXA, MHP)

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and maintained their upward momentum for essentially the whole day. Lacking any really bad news from Asia or Europe, U.S. markets shrugged off ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 4, 2013: Markets Slump on Europe Mess (YHOO, MRK, GOOG, CVX, BRCM, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, APC, BIDU, EW, YUM, AGCO, AGN, ACI, ADM, ARMH, BP, ETN, EL, K, SIRI, BBRY, APKT, ORCL, MHP)

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as concerns about European markets reared up again. The U.K.’s PMI came in lower than expected and consumer confidence was lower, sending equities ...
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Humana’s Costs Rise, but Earnings Beat Estimate

Posted: February 4, 2013 at 7:35 am

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the health care company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.19 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — February 1, 2013: Markets Stronger on Economic Data (VZ, MA, EPD, STZ, UPS, BYI, GDOT, WYNN, CVX, XOM, MAT, MRK, NOV, TSN, CYOU, GCI, HUM, GOLD, RCL, SPG, CLX, ZTS, KERX, FB)

Posted: February 1, 2013 at 4:08 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on the heels of a solid report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls, which rose less than expected but on top of a large upward ...
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Walmart Looking at Health Insurance Exchange

Posted: January 14, 2013 at 10:40 am

Retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is exploring the possibility of offering health insurance to small-business owners by setting up a health insurance exchange. The exchanges, which were created ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 7, 2012: Markets Dive After U.S. Elections (AOL, HCA, HUM, WPRT, TWC, NWSA, RAX, TWO, AES, AGU, HFC, LEAP, M, THC, TWX, WLP, ATVI, CTL, KGC, MNST, PAAS, WFM, CG, DF, KSS, WEN, JRCC, PLXS)

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as traders and investors tried to sort out their reactions to the re-election of President Obama. The initial reaction is that the U.S. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALL, AOL, MT, DD, DANG, ESRX, HK, HCA, ONE, HUM, STEC, TWC, THS, WLP, WPRT)

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 8:26 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) reiterated Buy but raised target to $46 ...
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