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Kinetic Initiated at Neutral - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 4:33pm | 614Recently, we initiated our coverage on Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) with a Neutral rating. Kinetic reported an adjusted EPS of $1.01, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.97 and the year-ago quarter's $0.98. Net sales (including rental income) of the company increased 1.3% to $497.8 million...
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Highlights From DGX's Management Meetings
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 8:51am | 138Deutsche Bank has published a research report for Quest Diagnostics Inc. (NYSE: DGX) following meetings with the company's management. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "We recently hosted a mtg at Quest Diagnostics to discuss operating trends & strategic outlook. While NT growth remains...
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Res-Care Enters Oversold Territory - Tale of the Tape
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 1:06pm | 110Res-Care, Inc.'s (RSCR) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 18.39. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for year ending 2010 increased by 3 cents over the past two months to $1.12 per share. Res-Care, Inc is a Zacks #2 Rank (“Buy”) company. ...
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Calls Purchased on RehabCare Group (RHB)
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 12:17pm | 175Shares of RehabCare Group, Inc. (NYSE: RHB) are lower on the session by 1.45%, currently trading at $19.72. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months, off of a recent high near $31.87. Options traders are betting that shares may be at a short-term bottom and are buying calls...
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Jefferies' Top Picks In Healthcare
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 7:50am | 163Jefferies & Co. has published a research report on Healthcare for the week, including its listing of top picks. In the report, Jefferies writes "We saw window dressing in many healthcare service stocks last week as the third quarter came to an end on Thursday. Looking ahead, we anticipate...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Research Services Industry With The Highest ROE (LDR, GPRO, ABCO, FORR)
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 5:34am | 140Below are the top research services' stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Landauer Inc (NYSE: LDR) is 32.32%. LDR's gross margin for the same period is 63.48%. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Gen-Probe Inc (...
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Lincare Holdings Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $.20
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 8:41am | 48Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCR) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per common share. The dividend is payable on October 29, 2010 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 15, 2010.
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DaVita Inc. Announces $1.45 Billion Offering of Senior Notes
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 7:43am | 133DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA) announced earlier today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1.45 billion principal amount of senior notes. DaVita intends to use all of the net proceeds from the offering, together with a portion of the proceeds from initial borrowings under...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Considers First Niagara Financial As A Great Bank, Likes Cisco Systems (MHS, UA, FNFG, RBCN, BRCD, CSCO)
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 5:29am | 182On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that he called MedcoHealth Solutions (NYSE: MHS) at $45. He added that, “The stock hasn't looked back." For Under Armour (NYSE: UA), he mentioned, "Here's the problem, the shoe business is too hard for UnderArmour. They need to stick...
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Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp CEO Patrick S. Smith Comments on World Alzheimer's Report
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 10:08am | 2927DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 30, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Patrick S. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp (OTCBB:CURX), in prepared remarks today commented on the World Alzheimer's Report 2010 recently released by Alzheimer's Disease International, a worldwide umbrella...
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Does the Dow Have Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) to Thank?
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 1:38pm | 1852I mentioned the need for infrastructure in this country a couple weeks ago. One of the companies that could potentially benefit from this would be ole' CAT tractor … Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). Caterpillar, the agriculture and construction machinery giant, maker of everything from pavers to...
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Mid-Day Market Movers (NHWK, AAI, BIOF, GFNCL)
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:43am | 150NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: NHWK) jumped 96.31% to $6.38 at 10:21 am. Virtual Radiologic has agreed to acquire NHWK for $170 million or $6.50 per share in cash, representing a 100% premium over NHWK's closing price on Friday. AirTran Airways (NYSE: AAI) climbed 59.56% to $7.26....
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NHWK Advances On Acquisition News
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 10:41am | 81NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: NHWK) jumped close to 96% after Virtual Radiologic agreed to buy NHWK for $170 million. Shares of NHWK gained 96.31% to $6.38 at 10:31 am. Virtual will buy NHWK for $6.50 per share in cash, representing a 100% premium over NHWK's closing price on Friday....
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Virtual Radiologic and NightHawk Radiology Merge
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 8:29am | 66Virtual Radiologic and NightHawk Radiology (Nasdaq: NHWK) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which vRad will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. for $6.50 per share in cash. The offer price represents a premium of...
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ViaSat Awarded Additional $5.5 Million Delivery Order
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 8:27am | 111ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) has been awarded an additional order valued at $5.5 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals and spares from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego. This order augments the Lot 11 delivery orders previously...