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Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:09:33 GMT

“Third leg is very controversial but we don’t shy from controversy on this show. It’s WellPoint, now what is WellPoint, WellPoint is the HMO that reported an absolute monster yesterday quarter. Earning $1.53 per share or $1.78 excluding one time items. 16 cents or 41 cents higher than the street was expecting. Wow.[More...]

WLP Has Much To Lose From Health-Care Reform

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:38:58 GMT

WellPoint's WLP overall third-quarter results were good, although medical cost gains continue to be offset by out-of-control administrative costs.[More...]

Wall Street Slides On Economic Worries, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Slumps

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:50:32 GMT

US stocks finished with steep losses on Wednesday as weaker-than-expected new home sales data rekindled recovery fears.[More...]

Earnings News : WellPoint (WLP), Pozen (POZN), Boston Properties (BXP), FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:35 GMT

WellPoint, Inc. (WLP) reported third quarter earnings of $1.78 per share, which was above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.39, and the year-ago earnings of $1.58. Boston Properties (BXP) reported strong third quarter results with FFO (funds from operations) of $158.5 million or $1.13 per share compared to $132.5 million or $1.09 per share in the year-earlier quarter. Yesterday, oil drilling equipment maker FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI) reported better-than-expected third quarter results, helped by robust performance from its subsea oil and gas processing systems.[More...]

US Stock Futures Retreat After Durable Goods Data, E-Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) Eyed

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:57:40 GMT

US stock futures slipped on Wednesday as durable goods order data for the month of September failed to buoy investor sentiment.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:02 GMT

Asian stock markets rose Friday on US gains, with resource and energy stocks leading.Bernanke says Fed ready to tighten monetary policy when economy improves.Dollar rises for first time in 5 days after Bernanke says Fed ready to 'tighten' policy.Initial Jobless claims in US decrease 33,000 to 10-month low of 521,000.Japan Machine Orders increased 0.5% in August, rebounding from record low.[More...]

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Stocks end higher but in the lower end of the day's range, clocking between a 0.6% and 0.75% advance. Stocks gained broadly after retailers posted solid September sales, surprising many analysts. Alcoa kicked off earnings season with an unexpected profit and the Labor Department reported a drop in weekly jobless claims. In addition, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left rates unchanged at record lows, which lent stocks worldwide some support.[More...]

Our Outlook for Health-Care Stocks

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:55:00 GMT

The key development on the health-care reform front occurred just before the end of the third quarter. The long-anticipated proposal from the Senate Finance Committee finally materialized and, as is typical of any proposal that attempts to take a centrist approach, was greeted with a barrage of criticism from both ends of the political spectrum.[More...]

Healthcare Speech: No News is Good News

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:34:21 GMT

Healthcare stocks are rallying on Thursday in the wake of the President’s address to the joint sessions of Congress on healthcare reform. The lack of additional information in the President’s speech prompted Leerink Swann & Co. healthcare analyst John Sullivan to say, “The plan for healthcare reform Obama introduced last night consisted of broad strokes…We’ve heard it all before.”[More...]

Berkshire’s (NYSE: BRK.A) Back, So What’s Warren Buffett Buying Now?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:18:27 GMT

As shares of Berhshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) plunged over the past year, it became fashionable to ask whether or not Warren Buffett had lost his touch.[More...]

Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:00 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS - Rising unemployment, swine flu and the threat of health care reform all ganged up on managed care companies in the third quarter and could hurt their performance heading into 2010.
But most of the large publicly traded health insurers reported better-than-expected profit growth for the latest period, and analysts still see strong core businesses beneath the challenges facing the industry.
"I would say they're holding their own in a very, very bad situation," BMO Capital Markets analyst Dave Shove said.

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Cramer: WellPoint A Defensive Stock

WLP Has Much To Lose From Health-Care Reform

Wall Street Slides On Economic Worries, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Slumps

Earnings News : WellPoint (WLP), Pozen (POZN), Boston Properties (BXP), FMC Technologies Inc. (FTI)

US Stock Futures Retreat After Durable Goods Data, E-Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) Eyed

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Market Closing : Late Move Slightly Trims Broad Stock Gains - Commodities Continue Surge

Our Outlook for Health-Care Stocks

Healthcare Speech: No News is Good News

Berkshire’s (NYSE: BRK.A) Back, So What’s Warren Buffett Buying Now?

Health insurers weather storms heading into 2010

Aetna says 3Q profit grows, cost controls improve

Aetna 3Q profit grows, but costs hurt performance

WellPoint 3Q Profit Slips 11 Percent, Top Estimates

Insurer WellPoint's 3Q profit, enrollment tumble

Insurer WellPoint's 3Q profit falls 11 percent

Group Formed to Create Replacement for UnitedHealth Database: A New York Nonprofit Will Put Together a New List of Medical Prices, Replacing the Disputed One Owned By UnitedHealth Group.

Earnings reports to give picture of job market

Earnings reports to give picture of job market

Earnings reports to give picture of job market

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ATi-ExactTarget Partnership Extends Predictive Analytics Offering to Improve Precision of Target Marketing

MRV Communications Adds New Independent Director to Board

Myriad Genetics Elects Louise Phanstiel and Lawrence Best to Its Board of Directors

WellPoint Named a Top Place to Work by LATINA Style Magazine

WellPoint Collaborates with RedBrick Health to Create Integrated, Behavior-Based Wellness and Incentives Programs

WellPoint Announces Appearance at Upcoming Conference

WellPoint Announces Decision to Cover H1N1 Vaccine Administration

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Collaborates With Five Blue Plans to Increase Transparency, Expand Access to Health Care Cost Information

WellPoint, BCBSA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida and HCSC Collaborate to Expand Access to Health Care Cost Information

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