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American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ: AMAC) today announced that its Telephony Based Communication Services was awarded a three year, pharmaceutical brand support and clinical contact communications contract for an internationally recognized, top ten pharmaceutical manufacturer. This large scale...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on McKesson (NYSE: MCK), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "Our rating on McKesson is Overweight. We continue to point to the positive fundamental outlook for the drug distribution industry, and believe several key factors...

Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ISIS) ended the first quarter, with nearly $427 million in cash. Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $21.1 million, compared to $29.9 million for the same period in 2010. Isis Pharmaceuticals earned a $3 million payment from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to...

Shares of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) are higher on the session by 0.67%, trading at $42.32. Overall call volume is now running at 2.55x the daily average, with 51% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,982 contracts have traded on the session so far....

Over the past 12 months, EnCana Corporation (ECA) net income is $87 million, is trading now at a price of $32.64, a dramatic change of 0.00 with % change of 0.00 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of...

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC), world's largest pharmaceutical services companies,  said it's increasing its quarterly dividend by 15% to 11.5 cents a share from 10 cents a share. R. David Yost, AmerisourceBergen Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are pleased to increase our dividend for the...

The Board of Directors of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) today increased the Company's quarterly dividend rate 15 percent to $0.115 per common share from $0.10 per common share.

Robert W. Baird downgraded Animal Health International Inc (NASDAQ: AHII) from “outperform” to “neutral.” AHII's shares closed at $4.22 yesterday. AHII's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 0.30%. Needham downgraded NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) from “buy” to “hold.” NVDA's stock closed at...

Kohl's Corp (NYSE: KSS) reported its Q1 earnings at $211 million, or $0.73 per share, versus $199 million, or $0.64 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its sales surged to $4.16 billion from $4.04 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.73 per share on sales of $4.16 billion....

DryShips Inc (NASDAQ: DRYS) is projected to post its Q1 EPS at $0.16 on revenue of $234.12 million. Nordstrom Inc (NYSE: JWN) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $0.66 on revenue of $2.22 billion. Animal Health International Inc (NASDAQ: AHII) is expected to post its FQ3 EPS at $0.10 on revenue...

Shares of McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) are lower on the session by 1.08%, currently trading at $84.56. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A...

Accumetrics, Inc., marketer of the VerifyNow System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care diagnostic system for measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that the company has signed a national distribution agreement with Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) to...

Henry Schein (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest provider of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, today announced it has acquired Sogim Grimouille, a full-service dental distribution company with headquarters in Marseille, France.  Through this transaction, Henry Schein...

MWI Veterinary Supply (NASDAQ: MWIV) Reports Q2 EPS of $0.83 vs. $0.75 Estimate; Revenues $367.1M vs. $355.04M Estimate

Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced that its board of directors has approved a 10 percent increase in the company's quarterly dividend to $0.215 per share, or $0.86 per share on an annualized basis.