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Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. Declares $.20 Dividend
Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 8:36am | 54Birner Dental Management Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDMS), operators of PERFECT TEETH dental practices announced its regular quarterly dividend. The Company's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 20 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable October 8, 2010, to...
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athenahealth Selected as a Preferred EHR Vendor for the Massachusetts Regional Extension Center
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 1:07pm | 156athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) today announced that the Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI) has selected athenahealth as a preferred EHR solution partner. This partnership will enable MeHI physicians across the state to take advantage of the benefits that athenahealth’s web-based technology...
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CTS: Diversified, Profitable and Growing - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 12:03pm | 344CTS Corp. (CTS) designs, manufactures, assembles and sells a broad line of electronic components and sensors. The firm also provides electronics manufacturing services primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the automotive, computer, communications, medical, industrial and defense...
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Potash (NYSE:POT) sees short-term bullish attention
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 9:19am | 1342Potash (NYSE:POT) outperformed the market yesterday after the rumor mills reignited with takeover speculation. The latest theory is that Sinochem could be interested in acquiring the agro-chemical company. The shares closed up more than half a percent at $149.49. Notably active on the options...
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Bullish options strategy in Ford Motor (NYSE:F)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 9:14am | 1435Ford Motor (NYSE: F) shares drifted lower along with the broader market Tuesday, down roughly 2.2% to $11.80, breaching the 12 strike. Perhaps seeing this is a buying opportunity, a large-scale investor put on a bullish intermediate-term trade to bank on upside through the end of the year. The...
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ResCare Enters Into Definitive Acquisition Agreement With Onex Partners III
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 12:47pm | 191ResCare Inc (NASDAQ: RSCR) has entered into a definitive agreement with Onex Corporation’s affiliate Onex Partners III LP. Onex will acquire all the outstanding shares of RSCR, under the agreement. Onex will purchase the RSCR’s shares for $13.25 per share in cash, representing a 30.7% premium to...
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Benzinga's Volume Movers (RSCR, ORCL, KALU, CMED)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 12:34pm | 204ResCare Inc (NASDAQ: RSCR) shares jumped 6.10% to $13.21 at 11:42 am. The volume of RSCR shares traded was 3676% higher than normal. RECR has entered into a definitive agreement with Onex Corporation’s affiliate Onex Partners III LP. Onex will acquire all the outstanding shares of RSCR for $13.25...
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AMN Healthcare and Hendrick Medical Center Announce Partnership (AHS)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 9:08am | 114AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the nation's largest healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company and Hendrick Medical Center, a 500-bed hospital in Abilene, TX, jointly announce a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) contract between the two....
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Jefferies & Company's Healthcare Update (GTIV, MHS, EMS, ESRX)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 9:06am | 302Jefferies & Company is out with a research report this morning, where it takes a look at dynamics in the Healthcare sector and what it means for stocks in its coverage space. The Jefferies analysts said that the level of pessimism rippling through the equity markets remains high, and while we...
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Deutsche Bank Reiterates Buy Rating on Gentiva Health (GTIV)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 - 8:53am | 193Deutsche Bank is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Buy rating on Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ: GTIV); it has a $31.00 price target on the stock. The DB analysts believe that GTIV's recently completed Odyssey acquisition forces them to update their forecast with a...
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Options active in Collective Brands (NYSE:PSS) and Dollar Tree (NASDAQ:DLTR)
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 3:19pm | 1753The OptionsHouse Hotlist scans for unusual option activity each trading day. The Hotlist is available for all OptionsHouse customers, including those with virtual trading accounts. Today, the Hotlist has flagged some interesting option trading activity in two retailing names. Collective Brands (...
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Omnicare, Inc. and Walgreen Co. to Exchange Home Infusion and Pharmacy Businesses
Friday, September 3, 2010 - 8:11am | 95Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) and Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) today announced a transaction in which Omnicare will acquire substantially all of the assets of Walgreens long-term care pharmacy business. In exchange, Walgreens will acquire substantially all of the assets of Omnicare’s home...
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Distribution Agreement for KCI - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 6:33pm | 379Medical technology company Kinetic Concepts’ (KCI) business unit, LifeCell Corporation, entered into an agreement with Novadaq Technologies to distribute the latter’s SPY imaging system in North American surgical markets. The imaging system is focused at breast reconstruction, head and neck, and...
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Omnicare Acquires CCRx
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 9:13am | 94Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE: OCR) has acquired Continued Care Rx in an all cash deal for an undisclosed amount, Goldman Sachs reports. Continued Care Rx has locations in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia and as of June 30, 2010, generated...
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Options Active in Housing Stocks: Lennar (NYSE:LEN) and D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI)
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 9:10am | 1666The OptionsHouse Hotlist is a scan of unusual option volume throughout each trading day. The Hotlist is accessible by all OptionsHouse customers, including those with virtual trading accounts. Housing stocks saw some attention from option traders Wednesday after Tuesday’s Case-Shiller data...