Quest Diagnostics Inc.

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• Quest Diagnostics Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-21

  Question-and-Answer SessionThank you.[Operator Instructions]. Our first question comesfrom Amanda Murphy. Your line is open,and please state your company. Amanda Murphy - William Blair & Company Hi, good morning. Its AmandaMurphy from William Blair. Just a coupleof questions. You mentioned that volumeor say, revenue growth on the esotericside is running...

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• 15 Value Hedge Funds Portfolio Update

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-21

  Mebane Faber submits: Are the top value hedge funds going to beat the market every quarter, or just outperform when the market is going up? Maybe we should ask Will Ferrell, errr, I mean Robert Goulet: by Mebane Faber

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• Highly Defensive PerformIdex: 35 Stocks to Outpace the Markets

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-11

  Mike Havrilla submits: The accompanying table presents a quarterly update of my Highly Defensive PerformIdex, with an average beta of 0.72 and a market cap-weighted total return of 7.9% over the past year, outpacing the overall market and ETF peer group -- except for Vanguard Consumer Staples VDC ETF with...

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• Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-07-22

  Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. The first question is from Ricky Goldwasser from UBS. Ricky Goldwasser - UBS Good morning. With the sequential volume improvement that you've showed in the second quarter, can you just provide us little more color on the key variables namely that you are gaining back in...

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• Quest Diagnostics Is Named 'Best Employer For Healthy Lifestyles'

  - 2008-05-13

  Company's "Biggest Loser" Bill Germanakos to Deliver NBGH Keynote Address

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• Quest Diagnostics Announces Annual Shareholder's Meeting Webcast

  - 2008-05-12

  MADISON, N.J., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, will conduct its annual meeting of shareholders on Friday, May 16th at 10:30 am ET.

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• QUEST DIAGNOSTICS

  - 2008-05-01

  QUEST DIAGNOSTICS launched an interactive campaign touting its colorectal cancer screening services. The "Do you have the guts?" campaign features a website (doyouhavetheguts.com), including a "Happy healthy colon" viral video, and outreach to bloggers over 50, as well as to physicians and health plans. The somewhat surreal video, which viewers...

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• Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-04-29

  Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. Bill Bonello with Wachovia. Bill Bonello - Wachovia Securities Good morning. I have a couple of follow-up questions predominantly related to your guidance for next year. First of all, just on the revenue growth, can you give us a sense of how much AmeriPath...

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• Quest Diagnostics Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-04-21

  Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Art Henderson of Jefferies & Company. Sir, you may ask your question. Arthur Henderson - Jefferies & Co. Hi. Good morning, very nice quarter. Couple of follow-up questions. Bob, you had sort of discussed a little bit, if the...

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• Research and Markets: Key New Analysis of Quest Diagnostics and Profiles of Their Major Competitors

  - 2008-04-17

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89049) has announced the addition of "Analysis of Quest Diagnostics" to their offering.

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• Quest Diagnostics Campaign Challenges Colorectal Cancer Screening Status Quo

  - 2008-03-31

  To: BUSINESS EDITORS To: BUSINESS EDITORS

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• Use of Methamphetamine Among U.S. Workers and Job Applicants Drops 22 Percent in 2007 and Cocaine Use Slows Dramatically, Reports Quest Diagnostics

  - 2008-03-13

  The percentage of positive tests for methamphetamine among U.S. job applicants and workers in the general U.S. workforce dropped more than 22 percent between 2006 and 2007. These findings, from the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index®, reflect the reversal of an upward trend in use of the drug by...

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• ER Urgent Care Centers Signs with Two LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics.

  - 2008-03-06

  M2 PRESSWIRE-6 March 2008-InvestSource Inc.: ER Urgent Care Centers Signs with Two LabCorp and Quest DiagnosticsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06032008 Stocks in the News: ER Urgent Care Holdings, Inc. (OTC: ERUC), Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY), CIGNA (NYSE: CI), UnitedHealth Group...

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• Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-02-21

  Question-and-Answer SessionThank you. [Operator Instructions]. Bill Bonello with Wachovia. Bill Bonello - Wachovia Securities Good morning. I have a couple of follow-up questions predominantly related to your guidance for next year. First of all, just on the revenue growth, can you give us a sense of how much AmeriPath...

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• Humana Extends Agreements with LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics

  - 2007-12-10

  New Contract for National Laboratory and Testing Services

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• Quest Diagnostics Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2007-10-24

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. [Ralph Jacobi] from Credit Suisse. Your line is open. Ralph Jacobi - Credit Suisse Hi, thanks. Can you maybe give us more details around Aetna? How much of that business is shifted to you all, and maybe the contribution this quarter versus the...

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• US workers cut cocaine use, study shows

  - 2007-08-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — Cocaine use has fallen sharply among workers in the United States, where on-the-job drugs tests are mandatory for some employees, a study showed Thursday. Of more than 4.4 million workers tested for cocaine across the United States in the first six months of the year, only...

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• BullMarket.com Offers Investment Opinions on Local.com, Jamba, Quest Diagnostics, American Express, and Western Union

  - 2007-07-25

  PRINCETON, N.J. -- Bullmarket.com (http://www.bullmarket.com), an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with detailed reports on Local.com (Nasdaq: LOCM), Jamba (Nasdaq: JMBA), Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), American Express (NYSE: AXP), and Western Union (NYSE: WU), among others.

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• Quest Diagnostics Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2007-07-24

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. At this time, we are ready to begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Adam Feinstein with Lehman Brothers. Sir, your line is open. Adam Feinstein - Lehman Brothers Okay. Thank you, good morning everyone. Just a few...

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• Companies Take Aim at Diabetes

  - 2007-06-04

  BRIDGEWATER Employers launch health campaigns in the face of runaway treatment expenses With the cost of treating diabetes threatening to explode, more companies are launching programs to help employees prevent and manage the potentially deadly illness, whose complications can include heart disease, stroke and blindness. People...

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• CEO: Dr. Surya N. Mohapatra Ph.D.