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Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Dean Foods, Fusion-io, Kroger, Yahoo! and More

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors and traders are often 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 ...
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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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Large Company Female CEOs Face Headwinds

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 9:18 pm

The stock prices of the majority of large public companies led by female CEOs have underperformed the S&P 500 so far this year, in some cases by a great deal. ...
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UnitedHealth Forecast Disappoints

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 10:29 am

In an announcement for its annual investor conference tomorrow, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) reaffirmed its earnings per share (EPS) forecast for 2012 at $5.20 to $5.25. But in its ...
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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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Health Care Stocks Head in Different Directions (WLP, THC)

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 9:06 am

WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) and Tenet Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: THC) both reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. WellPoint is health care benefits company and Tenet is a hospital operator. For ...
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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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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 6, 2012: Markets Open and Close Higher (CS, CMG, BEAM, SMRT, USM, CF, ESRX, PAA, WLT, Z, AMSC, AOL, CVC, CVS, FOSL, LPX, VVUS, GDP, NWSA, RAX, TWO, AES, AGU, CLH, ENB, HFC, JRCC, LEAP, M, THC, TWX, WLP, THQI, CDE, ODP)

Posted: November 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as investors seemed to prefer a little risk trading on U.S. election day. Asian markets were cautious ahead of today’s elections, while in ...
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American Companies with the Most Cash

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 6:41 am

While many individual Americans are struggling financially, some of the largest corporations in the United States are sitting on billions in cash. Moody’s pointed out in March that U.S. nonfinancial companies' cash holdings ...
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Media Digest (8/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 29, 2012 at 6:49 am

China's official PMI hits a nine-month low in August. (Reuters) WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) CEO Braly steps down. (Reuters) General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) to invest $1 billion in Russia ...
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Another Female CEO Leaves

Posted: August 29, 2012 at 6:26 am

One of the few female Fortune 500 CEOs left her job recently. Poor stock performance and lackluster earnings led Angela F. Braly to resign at WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP). The company has ...
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WellPoint CEO Quits

Posted: August 28, 2012 at 7:10 pm

Investors have called for the CEO of WellPoint Inc. (NYSE: WLP) to step down because of poor earnings, a loss of customers, and a falling share price. Today, those investors got ...
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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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