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Health insurer Aetna cuts earnings forecast

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Health insurer Aetna Inc. cut its full-year earnings forecast for the second time in two months as rising medical costs eroded revenue gains from selling ...

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Consolidation of Nation's Health Insurers Is Bad Medicine for ... - DARKDaily.com - Laboratory News
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Consolidation of Nation's Health Insurers Is Bad Medicine for ...

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Aetna , for example, improved its profit-to-cost ratio to boost stock prices, from $19 per share in 2000 to $126 per share in 2005, even as it cut off seven ...



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Analyst Picks and Pans: Aetna, Corning, Owens-Illinois - BusinessWeek
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Analyst Picks and Pans: Aetna , Corning, Owens-Illinois

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Raskin said the cut is apparently due to a continuation of the same factors cited by the company earlier, though the magnitude must be worse. ...



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Investors boost insurers despite economy's impact - Forbes
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Investors boost insurers despite economy's impact

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UnitedHealth, WellPoint Inc. and Cigna Corp. all saw their enrollments fall during the quarter largely due to employer job cuts . WellPoint and Aetna Inc. ...



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US HOT STOCKS: WellCare Health, Massey Active In Late Trading - Wall Street Journal
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us hot stocks: WellCare Health, Massey Active In Late Trading

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Cowen raised its rating on Aetna to outperform, and Goldman Sachs removed the company from its conviction sell list, while maintaining its sell rating. ...



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US HOT STOCKS: Varian, Harleysville Natl, Pearson, Cal-Maine - Wall Street Journal
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Aetna Inc. (AET, $25.03, -$1.41, -5.33%) reported a 28% drop in second-quarter profits and significantly slashed its 2009 outlook because of ...

Stocks on the move: Harleysville, KV, Mylan, Varian, Webster Oakland Tribune



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Advice: Fresh Ideas to Continue the Job Search - Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Advice: Fresh Ideas to Continue the Job Search

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F. Ellen Whaley spent over 11 years at Aetna Inc., most recently as an operations CFO. Her position was eliminated in 2001. Previously, Ms. Whaley, 54, ...



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Stocks Post Mild Gains - Forbes
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Stocks Post Mild Gains

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Health insurance giant Aetna ( AET - news - people ) again cut its forecast for the rest of the year and reported a 28% decline in second-quarter profit. ...



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Gold contract slightly up as earnings optimism fades - MarketWatch
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Gold contract slightly up as earnings optimism fades

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Among other things, Aetna Inc. again cut its earnings outlook for 2009 while Honeywell International Inc. said it expects annual earnings to come in at the ...



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Former AMA?President Discusses Federal Health Care Bill - Jamestown Post Journal
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Former AMA?President Discusses Federal Health Care Bill

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If Congress wants to save money, there are very clear- cut ways of doing so, and this isn't one of them.'' Palmisano said Congress needs to consider the ...
Markets Stir Only Mildly on Report of Rising Home Sales - New York Times
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Markets Stir Only Mildly on Report of Rising Home Sales

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But on Monday, shares of the health insurance company Aetna fell 2.7 percent after it reported a 28 percent decline in profit and reduced its outlook. ...



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Obama lobbies US doctors on health care reforms - Canada.com
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Obama lobbies US doctors on health care reforms

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The chief executive of Aetna Inc, the No. 3 health insurer, told Reuters that Obama's remarks were a "step in the right direction." CEO Ronald Williams also ...
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Business Highlights

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Disappointing earnings from Verizon Communications Inc., Aetna Inc. and Corning Inc. kept the market's gains in check, adding another pause to a powerful ...



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Varian Surges 29%; Mylan Falls 11% - 123Jump.com
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Varian Surges 29%; Mylan Falls 11%

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Honeywell International Inc CFO sees cost cuts paying off in fourth quarter. Of the stocks in S&P 500 index, 210 increased, 279 declined and 11 were ...



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Fees on health insurers may deplete profit, push up premiums - Finance and Commerce
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Fees on health insurers may deplete profit, push up premiums

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UnitedHealth earned $2.97 billion in 2008; WellPoint, $2.49 billion; and Aetna , $1.38 billion. WellPoint, in a statement yesterday, said the fees will ...



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Steele to Obama: Slow Down on Health Care - CBS News
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Steele to Obama: Slow Down on Health Care

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Two weeks later you will receive another bill for $300 and if you read it carefully, it will list the negotiated price for Aetna of $1500, ...
CURRENCIES: Dollar Stays Down After New-home Sales Jump - CNNMoney.com
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currencies: Dollar Stays Down After New-home Sales Jump

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On Monday, Aetna (AET) cut its earnings outlook for the second time in two months and Honeywell International (HON) said it expects low end annual earnings. ...



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Pelosi Faults McConnell for Parroting 'Immoral' Health Insurers - Bloomberg
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Pelosi Faults McConnell for Parroting 'Immoral' Health Insurers

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McConnell spokesman Don Stewart cited a Congressional Budget Office analysis stating there would be cuts in Medicare spending under the Democrats' ...



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Healthcare: Too Big to Fail? - Seeking Alpha
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Healthcare: Too Big to Fail?

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The idea that Obama's government insurer would provide cost-saving competition for outfits like Aetna is a nonstarter for anyone who has stood in line at ...



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LATIN AMERICAN MARKETS: Mexico, Brazil Edge Up In Volatile Sessions - NASDAQ
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latin american markets: Mexico, Brazil Edge Up In Volatile Sessions

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... retreated from earlier gains after disappointing quarterly figures from health insurance provider Aetna Inc. and electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. ...



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Enrollment there fell by 734000 people. On Monday, Hartford, Conn.-based . Aetna. Inc. said its quarterly profit sank 28 percent as it saw higher-than-exp​ected medical costs. It . cut. its 2009 profit outlook for the second time since June. ...

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