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FTC Sues To Block Omnicare/PharMerica Merger; Express/Medco Next? (OCR, PMC, MHS, ESRX, T)

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 5:31 pm

The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) and Pharmerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC), where Omnicare is seeking to acquire the rival pharmacy provider PharMerica.... It ...
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Risks Abound In Express Scripts & Medco Merger (MHS, ESRX, T, CHSI, MNA)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 3:04 pm

The Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) and Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) merger saga is one which may go down in the financial history books for one of the ...
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Media Digest (12/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 6:21 am

S&P’s threat of a downgrade of eurozone nations puts huge pressure on the region’s leaders. (Reuters) An independent panel that reviewed the financial activity of Olympus suggests legal action ...
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America’s Psychiatric Drug Addition

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 6:24 am

“Sell crazy someplace else; we’re all stocked up here,” says Jack Nicholson in 1997’s As Good as It Gets. There was a point, not so many years ago, when Prozac ...
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Media Digest (11/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Bloomberg

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 6:11 am

Facebook hit by a bug that put porn and graphic violence images onto many pages. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) names Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Robert Iger to its board. ...
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Media Digest (10/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 6:17 am

Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), dead at 56. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may make a bid for Yahoo! (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) to sell the iPhone with an ...
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Media Digest (9/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 6:19 am

Obama offers a $3.6 billion deficit reduction plan that includes a tax on the rich. (Reuters) S&P cuts Italy one notch and says its outlook is negative. (Reuters) Head of ...
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The 2011 Layoff Kings (BSX, CSCO, DAL, GCI, GS, HBC, LMT, MRK, RIMM, SHLD, CS, UBS, MS, ESRX, MHS)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 5:39 am

Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AXP, AZN, CCI, DF, HBAN, ERIC, MHS, NFLX, SNDK, SZYM, TLAB, UNH)

Posted: July 22, 2011 at 8:16 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Market Perform ...
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Medco-Express Deal Makes PBM Winners & Losers; Antitrust Issues Arise (MHS, ESRX, WAG, CVS, CHSI)

Posted: July 21, 2011 at 10:00 am

MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is a company we have somewhat expected might succumb to consolidation in the arena surrounding healthcare.  Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) is offering some $29 ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ATML, CMA, CBRL, DNDN, DV, EDMC, GIS, GFI, IPSU, JNS, LPS, MTL, MHS, MPEL, QLTY, SIG, SIRI, VG, ZUMZ)

Posted: June 2, 2011 at 8:07 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated Buy and $17 target at ...
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Contract Shell Game: Switching Providers (MHS, CVS)

Posted: May 27, 2011 at 10:23 am

It is a tale you have heard before... driving down prices or capping hikes by bidding contract renewals out in what feels like a Dutch auction.  Today's daily hat trick comes ...
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The Week’s Biggest Market Losers (MHS, TIF, NDAQ)

Posted: March 19, 2011 at 8:31 am

S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (11 FEB - 17 MAR) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 17Mar11 Close Price 11Mar11 Market Cap($Mil) Medco Health Solutions Inc. MHS -11.3 ...
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M&A Daily: Catalyst Becomes a Major PBM Player (CHSI, WAG, CVS, ESRX, MHS, RAD)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) is not as well known in American healthcare as it is about to be.  The pharmacy benefit management company has just signed a pact ...
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Over $40 Billion in Share Buyback Announcements in February (KSS, DOX, DDS, TJX, WLP, WAT, LEA, PLXS, ARG, CVC, KLAC, VAR, COP, MMM, CHKP, ISRG, ALL, CMI, GME, GD, ROST, MHS, ERTS, PFE, TUP)

Posted: February 24, 2011 at 10:51 am

Many shareholders argue that share repurchase and stock buyback plans are generally a waste of shareholder capital aimed solely as a short-term share price targeting mechanism.  Many would prefer to ...
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