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AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for AmerisourceBergen's fourth quarter earnings. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are looking ahead to a positive EPS of 56 cents/share and revenues of $...

UBS has changed the price target on the following companies: 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) Rating: Buy (Unchanged) Target: US$88 (Prior: US$89) AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) Rating: Buy (Unchanged) Target: US$9 (Prior: US$10) Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Rating: Neutral (Unchanged) Target: US$11.50 (...

Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) releases its next round of earnings this Thursday, October 27, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects an EPS of 45 cents/share and revenues of $533.3 million....

McKesson (NYSE: MCK) announces its next round of earnings this Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Based on estimates, investors are readying for a positive EPS reading of $1.39...

Below are the top large-cap drugs wholesale stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) is $114.61 billion. MCK's PEG ratio is 0.92. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE: CAH) is $102.64...

Shares of McKesson (NYSE: MCK) are lower on the session by 2.22%, currently trading at $68.70. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. A short while ago the October...

By 10:15 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 233.26 points, or 2.03%, to 11,275.83, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 25.45 points, or 2.09%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 54.20 points, or 2.07%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the...

PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC), a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”). The Rights Plan was adopted to deter any attempt to obtain control of...

Solera Holdings (NYSE: SLH) -10.72% despite the upbeat earnings reported yesterday. Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO) -9.19% despite higher than expected profit. rue21 (NASDAQ: RUE) -6.97 on downbeat earnings. Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) -4.59% on heavy volume.

Shares of Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO) are lower on the session by 8.46%, currently trading at $27.38. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (NYSE: KKD) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.06 on revenue of $92.26 million. Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is estimated to report its Q3 EPS at $0.35 on revenue of $1.87 billion. Shoe Carnival Inc (NASDAQ: SCVL) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.30...

PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC) today sent a letter to Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) regarding the previously received and rejected unsolicited conditional proposal from Omnicare to acquire PharMerica for $15.00 per share in cash, subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals.

Barrington Research maintained its Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO) Outperform rating and $36 price target in a research report published today. In the report, Barrington Research states, "We are maintaining our OUTPERFORM rating and $36 price target for shares of PDCO as we believe the company...

Shares of Patterson Companies (NASDAQ: PDCO) are higher on the session by 0.69%, currently trading at $29.22. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC) today confirmed that it previously received and rejected an unsolicited conditional proposal from Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) to acquire PharMerica for $15.00 per share in cash, subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals. The PharMerica Board of Directors...