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Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. IntraLinks Holdings (NYSE: IL) 10,041 puts, 28 calls 2. Overseas Shipholding Group (NYSE: OSG) 3,156 puts, 203 calls 3. Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) 3,558 puts, 286 calls 4. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI) 2,580 puts, 239 calls 5. Dollar Thrifty...

In view of the unusual market activity in the stock of PharMerica Corporation (NYSE: PMC), the NYSE has contacted PharMerica in accordance with the NYSE's usual practice; PharMerica states that its policy is not to comment on unusual market activity or rumors.

Shares of Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) are higher on the session by 1.05%, trading at $44.92. Overall put volume is now running at 10.89x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 3,431 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cardinal Health, Inc. is a...

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAH) is poised for sustainable O/P, “given attractive NT leverage to the favorable generics landscape, while also possessing a myriad of LT growth drivers including specialty, ambulatory, nuclear and China,” Deutsche Bank reports. “We note a healthy balance sheet...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch commented on McKesson (NYSE: MCK) in a report released today. In the report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was positive in its assessment of the company. Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "MCK focused on strong, continuing fundamentals for its Distribution...

Merger activity increased last week with seven new deals announced and six closing. This spike in deals announced follows a temporary lull in the week prior where no new deals were announced. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of FXCM (NASDAQ: FXCM) with a Hold rating and a price target of $11. In a research report published today, Deutsche Bank states, "We are initiating coverage on FXCM, a leading provider of...

PSS World Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSSI) announced today that, at its regularly scheduled June meeting, its Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to five percent of its total common stock. This is in addition to any shares remaining under existing authorizations previously enacted by the...

American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ: AMAC) today announced the inception of a Medical Advisory Board and the appointment of Joseph F. Renzulli, II, MD, FACS, as Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board. The Medical Advisory Board will provide insights to innovate and expand the use of technology...

Shares of Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) are lower on the session by 0.52%, trading at $43.34. Overall call volume is now running at 5.09x the daily average, with 8% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 2,542 contracts have traded on the session so far. Cardinal Health, Inc. is a...

J.P. Morgan is recapping AmerisourceBergen Corporation's (NYSE: ABC) recent conference call. “We've discussed with each of the drug wholesalers UnitedHealth's (NYSE: UNH) pilot program designed to change the incentive structure for oncologists from a ‘buy-and-bill' model of drug administration to...

McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) today reaffirmed its earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 and the underlying key assumptions provided in its press release of May 3, 2011.

American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ: AMAC) today announced the inception of a Medical Advisory Board and the appointment of Joseph F. Renzulli, II, MD, FACS, as the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board. The AMAC Medical Advisory Board will provide insights that will contribute to AMAC's...

For Day 3 of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) week “we are taking a deeper dive into the AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group (ABSG), the company's specialty pharmaceutical distribution segment. ABSG's dominant position in the specialty market will be a key earnings driver for ABC going...

The Board of Directors of Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per diluted share on June 13, 2011, payable July 28, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 11, 2011. In another development, Ranell Hamm was named Patterson's...