Myriad Genetics, Inc. (MYGN-NASDAQ) has issued a press release discussing a new study showing that the potential savings to the US healthcare system alone could be $4.0 Trillion from 2010 to 2050. It estimates…
For the first quarter of the year, EBIT at DaimlerChrysler (DCX) rose to $2.7 billion from $1.5 billion a year ago. Unit sales worldwide dropped by 5% to 1.1 million. First quarter revenue fell…
(AER) AerCap $0.71 EPS vs $0.50e; stock indicated up 4%.(ARTC) Arthrocare received FDA clearance to treat malignant lesions within vertebrae in the spine.(BSTE) Biosite said its offer from Inverness is superior and Beckman Coulter…
AMGN cut to Neutral at Baird.AOG cut to Hold at Jefferies.BEAS cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BHE started as Neutral at Credit Suisse.CLS started as Underperform at Credit Suisse.COGO started as Overweight at Lehman.DCX…
Wal-Mart’s (WMT) earnings rose 8% to $2.83 billion in the last quarter. Revenue grew at about the same rate to $86.41. billion. International sales saved the day, rising 18.5% to over $19.6 billion. Operating…
Home Depot (HD) turned in some ugly results for the latest quarter. And forecasts were at the low end of Wall St.’s range. The company reported first quarter net earnings of $1.0 billion, or…
It was not bad enough that the cable companies have been coming after telephone landline business with VoIP. And, doing it with some success. Comcast (CMCSA) added over 500,000 VoIP customers last quarter. Now…
By CrossProfit 05/15/2007 The big three distributors dominating the pharmaceutical distribution market in the US are; Cardinal Health (CAH), Mckesson Corp. (MCK) and AmerisourceBergen (ABC). Market cap is approximately $26.6B, $17.9B and $9.8B respectively.…
By CrossProfit 05/14/2007 The big three distributors dominating the pharmaceutical distribution market in the US are; Cardinal Health (CAH), Mckesson Corp. (MCK) and AmerisourceBergen (ABC). Market cap is approximately $26.6B, $17.9B and $9.8B respectively.…
Markets in Europe were mixed at 5..50 AM New York Time. The FTSE was flat at 6,556. BT (BT) was down .7% to 318.75. GSK (GSK) was up .9% to 1437. Reuters (RTRSY) was…
By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat When computer reseller CDW Corp. (CDWC) recently reported a blowout quarter, we said: Even excluding the acquisition, CDW posted those double-digit sales gains. CDW is a…
From AAO Weblog
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Reuters reports that Thomson (TMS) has agreed to buy Reuters (RTRSY) for $17.2 billion. Reuters writes that News Corp (NWS) has offered a seat on its board to a member of Dow Jones (DJ)…
Markets in Asia were down with Shanghai off sharply. The Nikkei fell .9% to 17,513. KDDI was up 2.9% to1050000. NTT (NTT) rose 3.4% to 585000. Sony (SNE) fell 2.4% to 6380. Toyota (TM)…
Thomson (TMS) has come to terms with Reuters (RTRSY) in a deal that will combine the two companies and make them the world’s largest financial information company. Thomson will pay $17.2 billion. The deal…
Cramer has a series of 5 great CEOS for this week that have turned businesses around. On tonight’s Mad Money on CNBC, Cramer gave much of a turnaround is Fred Hassan of Schering-Plough (SGP-NYSE). …