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Cypress Bioscience Loss Narrows - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 3:38pm | 628Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (CYPB) reported a net loss of 5 cents per share in the second quarter, six cents narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate and well below the year ago loss of 23 cents, mainly due to higher revenues and a significant decline in operating expenses. Quarter in Detail Second-...
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Omnicare Hikes Dividend - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 3:37pm | 477Leading pharmaceutical care provider Omnicare Inc (OCR) increased its quarterly dividend by a penny to 3.25 cents per share, representing a roughly 44% growth over the earlier quarterly rate of 2.25 cents. This raises the annual dividend to 13 cents per share from the current payout of 9 cents....
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (RSCR, SYUT, ASYS, APOL)
Monday, August 16, 2010 - 1:30pm | 205Res-Care Inc (NASDAQ: RSCR) shares surged 21.89% to $12.36 at 12:48 pm. The volume of RSCR shares traded was 3691% higher than normal. Onex Corp has offered to purchase all of the outstanding shares of RSCR for $12.60. Synutra International Inc (NASDAQ: SYUT) shares moved up 20.03% to $14.74. The...
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Agreement for LabCorp - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 4:22pm | 414Recently, Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) entered into a collaboration agreement with Clearstone Central Laboratories, which provides laboratory services for late-stage clinical trials. LabCorp will get access to Clearstone’s laboratories in Belgium, Canada, France and other countries. This...
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NASDAQ Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs (NFLX, ADGF, ODSY, GGAL)
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 2:02pm | 168Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares gained 2.58% to create a new 52-week high of $129.73. NFLX has to pay about $1 billion to add films from Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate and MGM to its on-demand service. Adams Golf Inc (NASDAQ: ADGF) shares jumped 12.29% to touch a new 52-week high of $4.66. ADGF...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Jim Cramer Expect PG To Rise
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:22am | 260In his Wednesday’s "Mad Money Lightning Round," Jim Cramer said that Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) is the type of stock that will rise tomorrow. On Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN), Jim said, "This was a gigantic short squeeze and I want to start picking at it tomorrow. They've got a great business...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Thinks That MHS Is A Buy (PG, PCLN, F, WG, FLR, EXPD, AAWW, MHS)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 8:24pm | 293On CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round, Jim Cramer said that people will come tomorrow between 12:30 and 2 o'clock, and buy The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG). The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) fell 0.84% today. Cramer wants to buy priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) tomorrow on the...
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Oppenheimer Has Outperform Rating On Amedisys After Q2 (AMED)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 12:35pm | 152Oppenheimer & Co. is maintaining its Outperform rating, but is lowering its earnings estimates and price target to $43 from $44 on shares of Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) after the company reported second quarter earnings that beat estimates. In the report Oppenheimer & Co. says, "AMED...
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Amedisys Misses Estimates - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 11:34am | 389Amedisys (AMED), a home health nursing company, reported earnings per share of $1.13 in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.17 and $1.27 in the year-ago quarter. The company recorded an 11.8% annualized growth in revenues to reach $422.3 million. However,...
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Quest Diagnostics (DGX) - Bear of the Day
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 4:04am | 179Quest Diagnostics (DGX) second-quarter EPS of $0.89 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny and the year-ago quarter by 7 cents. However, revenues declined 1.4% to $1.9 billion, driven by a decline in both volume and pricing. Meanwhile, the company proactively negotiated contracts with some...
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Benzinga’s Volume Movers (SWSI, GEOY, NANO, AMED)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 1:27pm | 182Superior Well Services, Inc (NASDAQ: SWSI) shares gained 20.84% to $22.03 at 1:18 pm. The volume of SWSI shares traded was 8894% higher than normal. Bernstein Liebhard LLP has announced that it is investigating the acquisition of Superior Well Services Inc by Nabors Industries Ltd (NYSE: NBR)....
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Catalyst Health In Line with Zacks - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 1:18pm | 759Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI) reported second quarter 2010 income from continuing operations of $19.5 million or earnings of 44 cents per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The result compares favorably with the earnings of $16.2 million or 37 cents in the prior-year quarter...
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Analysts Scream Sell! On Amedisys (AMED)
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 10:22am | 120Several analysts are hitting the sell button on Amedisys Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) this morning. The stock is currently trading higher by 8.36%, at $29.01. The company reported earnings this morning, which generally missed estimates; they also lowered the FY 2010 EPS and revenue estimates. This is...
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Omnicare Lags Estimates - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 7:33am | 647Leading pharmaceutical care provider, Omnicare Inc. (OCR) reported second-quarter 2010 adjusted (excluding one-time expenses) earnings per share of 48 cents, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 62 cents and the year-ago earnings of 64 cents. Revenues Revenue was $1519.1 million, down 1....
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Amedisys Q2 Revenue Beats Target, Earnings Miss
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 7:22am | 75Amedisys (NASDAQ: AMED) reports its Q2 EPS at $1.13, falling short of the consensus of $1.15. AMED’s Q2 revenue came in at $422.3 million versus the estimates of $421.26 million. AMED’s shares lost 2.65% to $26.08 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news. See Some of the Top...