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Deutsche Bank Comments On Lincare At Medicare Auction Conference
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 7:25am | 119According to Deutsche Bank, Lincare Holdings (NASDAQ: LNCR) attended the Medicare Auction Conference. Deutsche Bank reported that on Friday, it attended the Medicare Auction Conference in College Park, Maryland. “The conference was hosted by Professor Peter Cramton, an expert on auction markets,...
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Deutsche Bank Raises PT On DaVita To $101
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 7:23am | 26Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on DaVita (NYSE: DVA) from $98 to $101 and maintains its Buy rating.
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Catalyst Health Solutions Announces Common Stock Offering of 5.5M Shares
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 7:17am | 85Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) today announced that it plans to sell 5,500,000 shares of its common stock, subject to market and other conditions, of which 4,500,000 shares will be sold by the Company and 1,000,000 shares will be sold by one of its stockholders, Principal Holding...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Specialized Health Services Industry With The Highest Cash (NDZ, PRSC, HGR, ASGR)
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 12:54am | 129Below are the top small-cap specialized health services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Nordion Inc (NYSE: NDZ) had $107.93 million in total cash and $45.73 million in total debt for the latest quarter. The Providence Service Corporation (NASDAQ: PRSC) had $61.26 million in...
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Wells Fargo Summary
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:46am | 143Wells Fargo has revised up earnings estimates on CarMax (NYSE: KMX), American Water Works Company (NYSE: AWK), Bill Barrett (NYSE: BBG), First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN), Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) and Global Payments (NYSE: GPN). It has revised down estimates on DryShips (NASDAQ: DRYS),...
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Citi Raises MHS Target From $74 To $77
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 8:17am | 31Citi is raising its PT on shares of Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) from $74 to $77. Medco Health Solutions Inc. closed Thursday at $56.16.
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Buy Consolidated Edison (ED, AKAM, KMX, MHS, ESRX, MEE, BTU, AEM, GG, POT, DE, OKE, FNFG)
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 1:33am | 308On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED) is “one of the best in show. I reiterate my buy." He believes that Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is “just OK. It doesn't have a catalyst." For Carmax (NYSE: KMX), he said, "People did not like...
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Omnicare Adopts Rule 10b5-1 Plan in Conjunction with Share Repurchase Program
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 4:06pm | 114Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR), announced today that it has adopted a Rule 10b5-1 plan for the purpose of repurchasing up to $50 million of its common stock in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company's policies regarding stock...
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Sidoti Upgrades Landauer To Buy
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 9:32am | 18Sidoti has upgraded Landauer (NYSE: LDR) from Neutral to Buy.
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UPDATE: Credit Suisse Upgrades Quest Diagnostics To Outperform
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 9:47am | 116Credit Suisse is upgrading shares of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) to Outperform from Neutral and raising the target price to $65 from $62. The combination of recent improvement in underlying volume indicators, low expectations, and discounted valuation bodes well for the stock. Credit Suisse sees...
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Almost Family Announces Acquisition of Caregivers Health Network, Inc.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 9:08am | 52Almost Family, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFAM) today announced an agreement to acquire the assets of the Medicare-certified home health agency owned by Caregivers Health Network, Inc. The agency generated approximately $5 million in revenue in their last fiscal year. Terms of the transaction were not...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (RURL, SPEC, CALM, EBIX)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 10:26am | 152Rural/Metro Corporation (NASDAQ: RURL) shares moved up 36.33% to $17.11 at 10:25 am. The volume of RURL shares traded was 16277% higher than normal. Warburg Pincus announced its plans to acquire RURL for about $438.2 million. Spectrum Control Inc (NASDAQ: SPEC) shares rose 40.33% to $19.66. The...
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Top Performing Industries For March 28 (NFLX, RURL, LDK, ENER)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 10:08am | 213At 10:05 am, the Dow gained 0.28% to 12,254.61, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.28% to 1,317.46 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.15% to 2,747.16. The industries that are driving the market today are: Music & Video Stores: This industry jumped 2.54% by 10:05 am. The...
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Morning Market Movers (NVGN, OBCI, RURL, ONSM)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 9:48am | 135Novogen Limited (NASDAQ: NVGN) shares surged 75.47% to $1.86 at 9:45 am. NVGN shares have dipped 52.04% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 12.62% in the same period. Ocean Bio-Chem Inc (NASDAQ: OBCI) shares advanced 44.19% to $3.10. OBCI reported a 92% y/y jump in its...
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Quest Diagnostics Commences Tender Offer for Acquisition of Celera for $8 per Share
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 8:35am | 102Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX) announced today it has commenced a tender offer through its wholly owned subsidiary, Spark Acquisition Corporation, for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Celera Corporation (Nasdaq: CRA) for $8.00 per share in cash, without interest and less...