Morning News Notes: 3/8/2010

The “Morning News Notes” as prepared by TL…Met Life and AIG, market talk from JPM analysts, the deficit, and healthcare. Just click on the link or the coffee mug below. “Mornin...

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The EPSCO Council discuss the European strategy

The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting to be held on Monday in Brussels will focus exclusively on employment and social ...

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Stock Buy: MAXIMUS Inc

MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS) shares are soaring after the latest earnings news, which included revised guidance. Company Description MAXIMUS provides government services around the world, specializing in ...

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Merge Arranges Funds

Merge Healthcare Inc. (NASDAQ:MRGE) recently arranged funds for financing its proposed acquisition of AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMCS) by signing an agreement with a division of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). Pe...

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Tenet Downgraded To Neutral

Recently, we downgraded Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE:THC) to Neutral with a price target of $5. Our price target is based on 23.8x our 2010 earnings estimate of 21 cents.   Although we are ...

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The loss of 36,000 jobs in February is better than expected but it’s still miserable (26,000 were lost in January, according to the government’s revised figures), and it complicates the Presidentâ...

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HCN Forms JV With Forest City

Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE:HCN), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that operates senior housing and health care real estate, has recently formed a joint venture with Forest City Enterprises Inc. ...

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Health Insurance Across State Lines

One of the ideas that has come up in the Health Care debate is the idea of letting insurance companies compete across state lines. On the surface, this sounds like a good idea, since it will increase ...

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Health insurance providers are protesting this week as the government comes a step closer to strengthening its industry regulation by calling for new “common sense” practices. This lates...

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Merge Remains At Underperform

We recently reiterated our Underperform rating on Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ:MRGE) with a target price of $2.20, based on a P/E multiple of 10.0x our fiscal 2010 EPS estimate of 22 cents. M...

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