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With the intention to grab Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC), Community Health Systems Inc (CYH) plans to nominate directors to Tenet's board at its annual meeting. Community Health has notified that it will designate 10 of its own nominees, plus four alternates to Tenet's board, which is...

E-Commerce China Dangdang (NYSE: DANG) CEO Li Guoqing took to Sina's Chinese version of Twitter to take a swipe at Morgan Stanely (NYSE: MS), the bank that led Dangdang's $272 million IPO last month. "I am openly here criticizing investment banks, criticizing Morgan Stanley," Li said in his post. "...

In the latest of its debt restructuring initiatives, yesterday CME Group Inc. (CME) announced a loan prepayment of $420.5 million under the three-year credit and term loan agreement that was due August 2011. This revolving facility has further been replaced with a $1 billion multi-currency three-...

In the latest of its debt restructuring initiatives, yesterday CME Group Inc. (CME) announced a loan prepayment of $420.5 million under the three-year credit and term loan agreement that was due August 2011. This revolving facility has further been replaced with a $1 billion multi-currency three-...

JMP (NYSE: JMP) is trading significantly higher today. At last check, JMP was trading at $8.48, up 9.70% from yesterday's close.

Recently, Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TaqMan, Salmonella enteritidis (SE) detection kit which has been developed in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The PCR (...

• Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.59, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of  $0.53, on revenues of $11.5 billion beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.73 billion. Gross profit margins came in at 67.5%. The firm lifted first quarter sales projections to $11.1...

Recently, Life Technologies Corporation (LIFE) has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for TaqMan, Salmonella enteritidis (SE) detection kit which has been developed in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The PCR (...

• Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.59, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of  $0.53, on revenues of $11.5 billion beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.73 billion. Gross profit margins came in at 67.5%. The firm lifted first quarter sales projections to $11.1...

On Thursday, markets ended marginally lower and shed gains from the previous session. The dismal show of the indices yesterday was primarily due to disappointing economic data. However, successful bond auctions in Europe somewhat soothed investors' frayed nerves.    The Dow was down 0.2% and...

On Thursday, markets ended marginally lower and shed gains from the previous session. The dismal show of the indices yesterday was primarily due to disappointing economic data. However, successful bond auctions in Europe somewhat soothed investors' frayed nerves.    The Dow was down 0.2% and...

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods issued a quarterly update on SMID-cap institutional focused broker dealers in advance of a report on 4Q10 earnings to be released the week of January 24th. In light of their findings, KBW increased the PT estimate for Duff and Phelps (NYSE: DUF), due to “stronger than...

Markets rose to fresh highs as bank stocks led the rally following optimistic earnings prospects and some upgrades. Benchmarks touched multi-year highs as concerns about the euro-zone debt crisis eased and the Federal Reserve released an upbeat report.   The Dow gained 0.7% and closed at 11,755....

Markets rose to fresh highs as bank stocks led the rally following optimistic earnings prospects and some upgrades. Benchmarks touched multi-year highs as concerns about the euro-zone debt crisis eased and the Federal Reserve released an upbeat report.   The Dow gained 0.7% and closed at 11,755....

Below are the top foreign money center bank stocks on the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA (NYSE: ITUB) is 31.42%. ITUB's PEG ratio is 1.02. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Westpac Banking Corporation (NYSE...