It was just last week that CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) was noted in an analyst research note as being a good fit for the likes of AETNA Inc. (NYSE: AET). After all,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Buy at BofA/ML.…
It is no secret that health care insurance and health care service providers are going to continue to consolidate in the months or years ahead. We have already seen UnitedHealth Group, Inc.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AETNA Inc. (NYSE: AET) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Altria Group…
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) just became the newest dividend player when it comes to health insurers. Maybe you aren’t happy about the cost of healthcare, but at least you can now collect…
Cigna (NYSE: CI) was hit particularly hard by bad news today. The insurance company faces at $100 million gender bias suit. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was plagued with bad news as…
While the courts and the Congress continue to fight over the health-care reform law, known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA, insurers are looking forward to as many as 16 million…
After spending most of 2009 fighting passage of the health care reform act, insurers have gone quiet on efforts to repeal the legislation and have instead gotten busy figuring out how to…
The next major change coming to the US health-care industry is due to take effect on January 1, 2011. The health care reform act includes a restriction on how much an insurer…
Yesterday was a Cluster-something or an outright debacle. The stock market was a sea of red, but outside of inverse-ETF products there were actually many winners. We tried to look for the…
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) rose over 6.5% to a yearly high of $52.47 after the United States objected to a requestion by China that the World Trade Organization make a…
CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) rose over 5% to a yearly high of $33.84 after Goldman Sachs said that managed-care providers are cheap and that the danger posed to the category by health-care…
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and most healthcare related insurers are trading higher today despite the coming health-insurance reform. The Senate voted over the weekend to open a debate on its version,…
Here are some of the top stories affecting key drug and biotech stocks that are covered in-depth today at BioHealthInvestor.com: Cigna corp. (NYSE: CI), Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), and other managed care…
Managed health care company stocks are rising Tuesday despite press reports that hospitals will contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward insuring the nearly 50 million Americans who do not have coverage.…
