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Zacks Sell List Highlights: Amazon.com, Companhia Brasileira de Distrib, Techne and Landauer - Press Releases
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 7:10pm | 1294For Immediate Release Chicago, IL –September 14, 2010 – Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and Companhia...
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US Well-Being Continues to Slide - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 5:06pm | 454Healthways (HWAY) and Gallup recently published the Gallup-Healthways Monthly US Well-Being Report for August 2010. The overall measure, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, declined slightly for the third consecutive month in August, dropping from 67.1 in July to 66.9 in August. The latest...
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Downside Purchased on Catalyst Health (CHSI)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 2:02pm | 170Shares of Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) are lower on the session by 8.41%, currently trading at $39.97. The stock is moving lower today on the heels of an announcement that they have completed their acquisition of FutureScripts. Options traders are worried about further downside...
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Catalyst Acquires FutureScripts - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 1:03pm | 685Expanding its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) solutions, on Monday, Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI) announced the purchase of all the PBM units of Independence Blue Cross (IBC) − FutureScripts LLC and FutureScripts Secure LLC − for an all cash transaction of $225 million. Both the entities...
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Will Investors Return to BP (NYSE:BP)?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 9:26am | 1747The hope when setting low expectations, of course, is that the eventual result will be better than everyone feared. We see this with earnings guidance figures, sales numbers, and all measures of financial forecasts. BP is currently seeing a version of this phenomenon take shape. The oil giant now...
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Buying (and more buying) in Chubb (NYSE:CB) options
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 9:11am | 1609Chubb (NYSE: CB) is a U.S.-based insurance company offering both commercial and personal services. News has been sparse on the firm since its July 22 positive earnings surprise. The stock itself, however, has been quietly strolling higher, up more than 16% since early July to hit a new 52-week...
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Access Pharmaceuticals Receives $700,000 Initial Purchase Order
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:37am | 94ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (ACCP) announced today it has received its first commercial order for MuGard from BioScrip (Nasdaq: BIOS). BioScrip's initial purchase order of MuGard, totaling over $700,000, will provide adequate inventory for its various distribution channels to support the Company...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Genzyme, The Kroger Company, Wal-Mart Stores and Costco Wholesale - Press Releases
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 7:36am | 1601For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 14, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH), Genzyme Corporation (GENZ), The Kroger Company (KR), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) and Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks...
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LabCorp to Acquire Genzyme Genetics - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 3:15pm | 543Leading diagnostic company Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH) has decided to acquire Genzyme Genetics, a unit of Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) for $925 million. This asset was put up for sale in May 2010 to increase shareholder value. Genzyme's plan to divest the other two units –...
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Closing out of a General Mills (GIS) call trade?
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:00am | 1323Every trading day, the OptionsHouse Hotlist scans for unusual activity across the options-trading universe. The Hotlist is available for all OptionsHouse customers, including those with virtual trading accounts. Hitting the Hotlist on Friday was cereal giant General Mills (NYSE:GIS). The stock saw...
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US Stock Futures Higher After Strong Economic Data By China And New Global Rules For Banks
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 9:04am | 311US stock futures are signaling towards a higher start this week, following China's healthy economic data and new global rules for banks on capital requirements raised demand for risky investments. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 87 points to 10,480 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained...
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Hedging Broad-Market Moves With Ratio Spreads in the Spiders (SPY)
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 11:23am | 2096Most investors have a long bias to their trading. They likely research fundamentals of a company, read analysts’ opinions, check on the technicals, and attempt to find quality companies in which to invest. Unfortunately for these bulls, a weak market will often punish this diligence in stock...
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Sysmex America Announces LabCorp Hematology Agreement
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 10:38am | 49Sysmex America, Inc. today announced that Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) has signed a five-year agreement for Sysmex America, Inc. to provide fully automated hematology systems for LabCorp's primary testing laboratories. Implementation of the systems has been...
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Healthways to Issue Third-Quarter 2010 Financial Results on October 21
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 2:09pm | 49Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) today announced that its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010, will be released after market close on Thursday, October 21, 2010, followed the same day by a conference call and live webcast scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET.
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MeHI Selects Athenahealth EHR - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 11:03am | 616Leading medical billing and records software provider Athenahealth Inc. (ATHN) has announced that it has been selected as a preferred vendor for electronic health record (EHR) solutions by Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI), a unit of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative ("MTC"), the...