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Stocks to Watch (AAPL, PRSC, VLTR, SWI, RX)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 5:58am | 239After Monday's closing bell, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 a share, on revenue of $9.87 billion. During the same period a year ago, Apple earned $1.14 billion, or $1.26 a share on $7.9 billion in sales. Apple's results topped the...
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Monday Brings Cheer to US Stocks with Allion (ALLI) and Caterpillar (CAT) Leading the Way
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 3:48pm | 163Santa seems to have hit the stock market early this year with several US stocks crossing their 52-week highs. With more Q3 results around the corner, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 are all set for new intraday highs. Blue chip stocks showed a remarkable rise led by...
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Allion Inc. (ALLI) jumps with strong volumes after premium buyout by PE firm
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 1:06pm | 90Allion Healthcare Inc., (NASDAQ: ALLI), a provider of pharmacy management services, said on late Sunday that it is being bought by an affiliate of the private investment firm H.I.G. Capital LLC for about $199 million, plus $79 million in assumed debt. Under the acquisition deal for ALLI,...
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Today's Morning Top Gainers (BEST, FIGI, ALLI, IPCS, KFN)
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 10:54am | 278Shiner International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEST) is today’s top percentage gainer in morning trade and surged 30% today to $1.82 on an unusual huge volume of 1.73 million shares after today it announced that it has entered into a new contract with Shineway Group. The Company believes that this contact...
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Allion Healthcare ( ALLI) Announces Merger Agreement With an Affiliate of H.I.G. Capital
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 2:07am | 91Allion Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLI) national provider of specialty pharmacy and disease management services has entered into a definitive merger agreement for the Company to be acquired and taken private by an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC, in a transaction valued at approximately $278M....
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Healthways Acquires HealthHonors To Advance Sustained Engagement in Healthy Behaviors
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 7:59am | 54Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) acquired HealthHonors, a market-leading behavioral economics company that specializes in behavior change science and optimized use of incentives, in a cash for stock transaction. Healthways is the leading provider of specialized, comprehensive solutions to help...
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Amedisys (AMED) Signs Purchase Agreement for New Jersey Home Health Agency
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 8:48am | 48Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America's leading home health and hospice nursing companies, has signed an agreement to acquire the home health operations of Hackensack University Medical Center. The agency has annualized revenue of approximately $19M and serves Bergen and Hudson counties.
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Cramer Likes DGX, FNFG and Dislikes NYB, DYN
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 9:13am | 125CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer has a buy call on Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) and He thinks it works as a play on President Obama’s intended health-care reforms. The stock has recovered about 28% from its 52-week lows of $38.66. He thinks that New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB...
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Today’s Top Gainers (BBT,CCRN,CIT,IVZ,LVS)
Friday, October 2, 2009 - 6:02pm | 326BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) jumped up 4.6% to $26.71 on 13.71 million shares after tThe seventh- largest U.S. bank by deposits was raised to “outperform” from “market perform” by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. The bank has “strategic advantages” as a Troubled Asset Relief Program...
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Top 5 Undervalued Stocks
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 10:22am | 212Rowan Cos Inc (NYSE: RDC) was upgraded by Deutsche Securities from “hold” to “buy.” The company reported its 2Q09 EPS $0.03 ahead of the consensus mainly due to lower drilling costs. Rowan’s rig fleet has an average age of 19 years. The PEG ratio is at 0.5. Endurance Specialty Holdings (NYSE: ENH)...
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Cramer Likes CHU, WY Dislikes PCL, AMED
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 12:09pm | 139In the part of his show called Lightning round, CNBC’s MAD Money Jim Cramer answered questions about various stocks. Cramer said that he is bullish on China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), and that Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) is better than Plum Creek Timber (NYSE: PCL). When asked about Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED...
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Bookkeeping: Dumped all SPY Calls
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 3:35pm | 1108I dumped all my October SPY calls bought earlier this week, throughout the day with the last 5% batch out about 10 minutes ago near S&P 1066. Probably should of waited til the now traditional "post 3:30 PM ramp into the close", but it's been a good enough run for me. I will consider rebuying...
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Pangolin Investment Management Sees Great Opportunities In Malaysia
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 6:26pm | 169James Hay founder at Pangolin Investment Management told CNBC that he likes macroeconomic situation of Malaysia and that companies in that country have the potential to outperform. He is particularly interested in Malaysian banks that are, in his opinion, undervalued and under-owned. Pangolin...
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Thomas Weisel (TWPG) Initiates Lincare Holdings (LNCR) with a Market Weight
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:26am | 50Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ: LNCR) could face reimbursement uncertainty, according to a prediction by Thomas Weisel (NASDAQ: TWPG). Thomas Weisel predicted that a better entry point in the stock will occur in the future. It set a $28 target on the shares.
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Thomas Weisel (TWPG) Initiates Rehabcare (RHB) with a Market Weight
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 9:07am | 50Thomas Weisel (NASDAQ: TWPG) feels that RehabCare (NYSE: RHB) is making good progress, but the firm thinks that RehabCare's plan to make a significant acquisition soon would place it in some uncertainty. The firm set a $24 target on the stock.