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Retail
CVS Caremark Tumbles on Walgreen Deal
CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) was down more than 2% in premarket trading Thursday, and its was down more than 5%, or less than $46 a share, in early trading. This after the…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, ADBE, BBVA, BBY, BOKF, BP, EAT, CBS, HGSI, IRG, NAV, BPOP, RF, TSLA, XNPT, ACI, DD, SRE, HES, FSLR, CHSI, STX, QCOM, CVS, EXC, CCE, HIG)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. We also have many changes to the Argus Model Portfolio. ABB Ltd.…
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Health and Healthcare
Walgreen Hopes for the Best (WAG, ESRX, UNH, CVS, SXCI, CHSI)
Late last Friday, Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) issued a brief statement on the company’s dispute with Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX): The parties have agreed to dismiss their respective claims, and no…
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Industrials
Big Changes to Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to Z
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31,…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Most Likely Stock Purchases By Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, CVS, DVA, DTV, DG, GD, INTC, IBM, LMCA, V, WFC)
Warren Buffett hosted the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over the weekend and this Monday morning he gave a long interview to CNBC. In the interview Mr. Buffett noted how he still…
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Health and Healthcare
Express Scripts, Medco Merger Completed (ESRX, CVS)
The $29.1 billion merger between Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) and Medco Health Solutions Inc. has been cleared by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the companies have announced that the completion…
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Media
Media Digest (3/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) tries to end a legal case concerning fraud in its CDO sales. (Reuters) China’s factory activity slows, as evidenced by the HSBC flash PMI of 48.1, a low reading. (Reuters) A…
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Investing
Cigna Looking at Change to Pharmacy-benefits Division (CI, WLP, ESRX, AET, CVS)
Now that it’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Healthspring Inc. is completed, insurer Cigna Inc. (NYSE: CI) is looking at either a sale of its pharmacy-benefits division or the outsourcing of the division’s…
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Investing
Twelve Retailers Flunking Customer Service
As recently as 2009, Netflix was the most beloved retailer on the Internet. By the end of 2011, following the failed separation of its streaming and DVD by mail service and sharp…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to K (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CVS, CDCO, COP, COST, DVA, DG, GCI, GE, GSK, INTC, IR, IBM, JNJ, KFT, XOM)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (YUM, DMD, NLY, MS, UBS, AGU, CVS, RL, RAI, TWX, DIS, WYN, BWLD, CSCO, CZR, FFN, TNK, AKAM, NURO)
The US equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but soon turned around and spent the rest of the morning lower before returning to about even by afternoon. Equities could close at…
9:05am ET
Investing
CVS Profits Rise, Forecast Boosted (CVS, WAG, ESRX)
CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) posted earnings this morning, and EPS rose to $0.81 for the fourth quarter, up from $0.75 a year ago. Analysts had been expecting EPS of $0.89. Revenue…
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Media
Media Digest (1/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
TPG may invest $1 billion in troubled Olympus. (Reuters) President Obama to ask for a $1.2 trillion increase in the national debt ceiling. (Reuters) China’s foreign currency reserves drop to $3.18 trillion,…
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Investing
CVS Caremark Buys Health Net Unit (CVS, HNT, WAG, ESRX)
Pharmacy services company CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) will pay $160 million for the Medicare prescription drug business of Health Net Inc. (NYSE: HNT). The plan currently claims 400,000 subscribers. The acquisition…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (T, FFIV, URBN, AMGN, BAX, CAG, GIS, NAV, SAFM, JEF, NKE, ORCL, TRGT, CIE, CSIQ, PBH, HOV, CVS)
US equity markets opened sharply higher this morning and have been able to sustain and even add to those gains throughout the day. Business and consumer confidence indexes in Europe were higher,…