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Major Movers on May 1; DWA, HUM, PCS, TRLA, REGN, RATE

Warren Paige — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:35:57 +0000

Shares of DreamWorks Animation Skg Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) gained about 6.85% by afternoon trade after the studio following the closing bell on Tuesday surprised the street by posting fiscal first quarter profit and handed revenue which comfortably edged past consensus estimate. For the recently concluded quarter, DreamWorks reported net income of $5.6 million or 7 cents [...]

Humana Boosts Full-year Earnings Guidance (HUM)

Warren Paige — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:54:43 +0000

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) reported better-than-expected fiscal first quarter earnings on Wednesday; however, the Company said it was bothered about 2014, when lower government rates for private Medicare insurance would come into effect.

Humana, which generates about 2/3 of its entire revenue from Medicare Advantage, could see its top line reel under pressure, just [...]

Major Movers on April 2; UNH, HUM, CI, AET, WLP, GRPN, SCVL, URBN, HTZ

Warren Paige — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:54 +0000

Shares of healthcare service providers rallied on Tuesday after the government announced new rates which showed that companies running Medicare Advantage plans will get considerable more money than originally expected. Shares of Dow Component, United Health Group (NYSE: UNH) climbed about 5% by afternoon trade while Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI), Aetna [...]

Major Movers on February 19; ODP, OMX, SPLS, HUM, SPWR, GIS

Warren Paige — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:58:24 +0000

Shares of office supplies companies Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP), OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) and Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) are seeing a huge rally in trading today after the Wall Street Journal reported that OMX and ODP are close to merging.

Talks of an OfficeMax and Office Depot merger have been doing rounds for [...]

Humana Reports Q3 Results; Raises Outlook (HUM)

Warren Paige — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:01:29 +0000

Healthcare insurer, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) on Monday reported a drop in fiscal third-quarter earnings as insurance claims increased sharply during the period; however, the company upwardly revised its outlook on fiscal 2012 earnings even as it agreed to acquire Metropolitan Health Networks in deal valued at $850 million.

For the fiscal third quarter [...]