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Media Digest (4/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 6:52 am

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is the number one tablet PC in a new Consumer Reports survey. (Reuters) CEO pay jumps for last year as stock options rise. (Reuters) Avon (NYSE: ...
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Opposition to PBM Merger Already Speaks Out! (ESRX, MHS)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 4:34 pm

The mega-PBM that is being created by the merger of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) and Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) is already being protested. Since the merger was ...
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Merger Watchdogs Asleep in Medco-Express PBM Merger? (MHS, ESRX)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 10:03 am

Isn't the current administration's watch-dog policy supposed to police mergers and acquisitions in regards to competition and pricing power?  Many industry watch groups have been opposed to the merger where ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, ADP, ESRX, GGP, KFT, LULU, MHS, MCO, P, PG, VRSK, VRML)

Posted: March 7, 2012 at 8:03 am

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) named Bull of the Day and raised to ...
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Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 6:41 am

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters) Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. ...
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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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