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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Health Care Plans Industry With The Highest Cash (WCG, UAM, AGP, MOH)
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:25am | 144Below are the top small-cap health care plan stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Wellcare Health Plans Inc (NYSE: WCG) had $1.08 billion in total cash and no debt in the latest quarter. Universal American Financial (NYSE: UAM) had $946.28 million in total cash for the latest quarter...
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America Service Group Announces Second Quarter Results
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 4:20pm | 76America Service Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASGR): Second Quarter Highlights: -- Increase in gross margin from continuing contracts to 8.4% of healthcare revenues in the quarter, from 7.5% in the prior year quarter; -- Increase in Adjusted EBITDA to $5.7 million in the quarter, from $5.0 million in the...
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Calls Purchased on Healthspring Inc. (HS)
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 12:02pm | 125Shares of Healthspring Inc. (NYSE: HS) are higher on the session by 2.15%, currently trading at $17.60. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past six months, though has breeched the 50-day and 200-day moving averages to the topside as of late. Options traders are buying calls on the...
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Tech Looking Potentially Overbought 07-28-2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 7:04pm | 846Cusick’s Corner The day came off its worst levels, with some short covering into the close. While today’s action was not that enlightening, the economic data, specifically durable goods, did reveal that the investing and trading public at large is still on the sidelines concerning the potential for...
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WellCare Receives URAC Health Plan Accreditation
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 4:05pm | 92WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) announced today that it has been awarded a Full Health Plan Accreditation for its HealthEase of Florida and WellCare of Florida subsidiaries by URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health...
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Treasury Auction Results Adding Negative Tone 07-28-2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 3:10pm | 829Cusick’s Corner The markets pulled back from their overnight highs, only to hold key support in the morning and waffle around breakeven into the Midday. This action, once again, comes under low volume. Hitting the headlines now -- current treasury auction results were better than expected in the 5...
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J.P. Morgan Still Overweight On Aetna, Has $36 Price Target (AET)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 1:48pm | 154J.P.Morgan Chase & Co is bullish on shares of Aetna (NYSE: AET) after the insurer reported strong Q2 earnings yesterday. J.P. Morgan is Overweight on the stock with a $36 price target. In the report, J.P. Morgan writes, "Reported the 2Q Tuesday night, coming in at $1.05, this $0.25/$0.33 above...
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Company News for July 28, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 10:01am | 277• Boeing (NYSE: BA) reported second quarter earnings of $1.06, 6 cents above Zacks estimates, on revenues of $15.57 billion, down 9.2% from last year and below estimates of $16.10 billion • Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) reported second quarter earnings of 79 cents, beating estimates by 10 cents...
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Market Roundup (UNH, GE, BP)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 3:26pm | 251UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) shares have slipped on higher volume after reports filtered into the market that the company is close to signing a takeover deal with Executive Health Resources. The deal price is rumored to be $1.5 billion. According to David Rosenberg, this is no time to be bullish as...
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US Stock Futures Point To Another Day Of Gains
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:15am | 255US stock index futures rose sharply today as strong results by several companies boosted market sentiments. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 53 points to 10510, those on the S&P 500 added 6 points to 1115.50. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures moved up 9.25 points to 1896.70...
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Goldman Sachs’ Outperformers Still Have Lot Of Potential Left (CI, JPM, F)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 2:52pm | 513According to an article on TheStreet, while some of the stock picks of Goldman Sachs have failed to make an impression, several of the last year’s conviction-buy recommendations have outperformed the stock-market benchmarks. Goldman Sachs says that stocks on its "conviction buy" list "represent...
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Stocks To Watch For July 20 (YHOO, AAPL, GS, PEP, JNJ, HOG, UNH, WHR)
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:36am | 315Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) to post its Q2 EPS at $0.14 on $1.16 billion of revenue. YHOO’s shares lost 0.60% to $15.01 in after-hours trading. Analysts are expecting Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to have earned $3.07 per share...
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Aetna Announces Change to Second Quarter 2010 Results Release Date
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 4:25pm | 134Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that its second-quarter 2010 results now will be released to the public on Tuesday evening, July 27 at 8:30 p.m. Aetna will host its conference call as originally planned, at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 28. This change is being made as a courtesy to investors,...
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Office Depot Opens First of 14 LEED CI Certified Stores
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 7:30am | 161Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), opened its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Commercial Interiors (CI) registered store today at 2 p.m. Office Depot expects the store to be certified a few months after opening. As part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Office Depot Foundation...
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Deutsche Bank Remains Neutral on Managed Care
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 10:50am | 85Analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterated their Neutral rating on the Managed Care industry, citing structural risks that remain from health reform. However, they noted that 2Q earnings reports "should be very strong since medical cost trends moderated throughout the quarter". Their top picks in the...