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- Pozen Poised to Fill a Healthcare Void
- Investment U submits: by Katharine Schildt This Small-Cap Biotech Just Hit its Stride by Investment U
- External links 2009-02-01
- Accuray's Success Still on the Rise
- Investment U submits: by Katharine Schildt The health care sector is about as recession-proof as you can get – quite an attractive quality in these trying times. According to some analysts, health care could average a 25% gain this year. These gains are possible because our population is living...
- External links 2009-02-03
- Teva Shows Cubist That Saving Lives Isn't Good Enough
- Investment U submits: by Matt Weinschenk With the recent surge in cases of MSRA (methicillin-resistant staphyloccus aureus), or at least a surge in reporting, one would think it would be good news for Cubist Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CBST). by Investment U
- External links 2009-02-12
- Cardinal Health: A Grainger-Like Investment
- Investment U submits: by David Fessler When we think of industrial suppliers, W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) is one of the largest in the business. From nuts and bolts to janitorial supplies, Grainger’s can supply it. The company consolidates parts, equipment and supplies from thousands of manufacturers and provides customers...
- External links 2009-02-13
- Geron: The Excitement is Back
- Investment U submits: By Katharine Schildt A simple signature from a government official created at least $50 million in wealth Monday. It’s about time… because it seems as though government officials had been doing nothing but destroying wealth lately. by Investment U
- External links 2009-03-10
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- More Firms Join the Asian-Healthcare Gold Rush
- A little over a week ago, I noted the oddness -- or so it seemed to me at the time -- of the Seattle firm Columbia Pacific raising $325 million to invest in "U.S.-style healthcare" in Asia. As it turns out, though, Columbia Pacific is but one recent entrant in...
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- As Hospitals Hit the Skids, Odds of a Healthcare Crisis Rise
- It's not just big insurers who are sinking into the swamp these days -- hospitals are slipping as well. And while it's a little early to know for sure, the problems of health plans seem quite likely to make those of hospitals even worse. Yesterday, Tenet Healthcare...
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Healthcare Roundup: Hospitals Regain Ground, Govt. Pumps Up Health IT, Gainsharing On a Roll, and More
- Green Shoots For Hospitals? â€" A Thomson Reuters survey of 500 hospitals showed that only a third operated in the red during the first quarter of this year, compared with 50 percent last fall. One reason is that their median labor cost fell 3 percent. Last year, median revenue per...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- U.S. Bank and InstaMed® Announce Strategic Partnership Focused on Healthcare Payments
- MINNEAPOLIS & PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Bank has made an equity investment in InstaMed, a real-time gateway and processor of healthcare and payment transactions. The two companies have been working together in a strategic partnership for nearly a year, and have already processed tens of millions of dollars on the InstaMed...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- The Healthcare Industry Makes Its Move on Reform
- The Obama Administration’s reaction to the healthcare industry’s offer to cut $2 trillion in costs over the next decade was predictably favorable. Administration officials said that if the industry could fulfill its commitment, it would cut the average annual cost of coverage for a family of four by $2,500 in...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Allied Capital Announces $90 Million Investment in Leading U.S. Claims Recovery Outsourcer
- WASHINGTON -- Allied Capital Corporation (NYSE:ALD) announced today that it has committed $90 million of debt financing to support a recapitalization of Trover Solutions, Inc. led by private equity firm Tailwind Capital Partners. Trover is a leading provider in the U.S. of outsourced claims recovery services and recovery software to...
- Research articles 2007-05-16
- IT Investment Distinguishes Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Industry Leader
- KANSAS CITY, Mo. & LOS ANGELES -- Only 2.7 percent(1) of U.S. hospitals are currently using some form of computerized physician order entry CPOE. With the implementation of Cerner Corp.'s (Nasdaq:CERN) CPOE system, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles continues to distinguish itself as one of the premier pediatric healthcare providers in...
- Research articles 2004-10-08
- Montgomery & Co., LLC Announces Investment Opinion: Montgomery & Co., LLC Initiates Coverage on NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Montgomery & Co., LLC, a leading investment bank for growth companies in the information technology, communications, healthcare and media sectors, announced today that Senior Research Analyst Wade H. King, M.D., has initiated coverage on NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Inc. (NHWK - $24.50). Based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, NightHawk...
- Research articles 2006-03-21
- DTN News: Boeing Announces New 787 Schedule And Third-Quarter Charge
- DTN News: Boeing Announces New 787 Schedule And Third-Quarter Charge*Source: DTN News / BoeingNSI News Source Info CHICAGO, USA - August 28, 2009: The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) yesterday Aug 27., announced that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner is expected by the end of 2009 and first delivery...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Columbia Pacific: Exporting U.S.-Style Healthcare to Asia
- Hand this off to the Bureau of Questionable Ideas: Columbia Pacific, a Seattle investment firm has raised $325 million to bring "U.S.-style healthcare" to nations such as Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. The fund's current focus is India, where it hopes to own more than 26 facilities by the end...
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Irrational Exuberance over Electronic Medical Records?
- When President-elect Obama outlined his economic stimulus package earlier this month, he emphasized the need to invest in the healthcare system's infrastructure by pushing for electronic health records EHR, nationwide: "We will make sure that every doctor's office and hospital in this country is using cutting edge technology and electronic...
- News items 2009-08-07
- GE Plans Broad Push In Healthcare
- General Electric’s announcement today that it will invest $6 billion in a worldwide “Healthymagination Initiative†raises familiar questions about the interplay of free enterprise and healthcare reform in the U.S. While some components of GE’s plan could help lower costs, raise quality, and increase access, as CEO Jeff Immelt contended...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. F4Q07 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. We'll take our first question today from P.J. Juvekar from Citi. P. J. Juvekar - Citigroup Good morning. Paul E. Huck - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Good morning P.J. Nelson Squires - Director, Investor Relations...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Healthcare Roundup: Aetna's Investment Hit, Hospital Closure Wave, Cigna's Posh New Plans, and More
- Aetna takes an investment hit from financial crisis -- The health-insurance giant said it lost $120 million in its investment portfolio due to widening credit spreads on its fixed-income investments, and took another $70 million hit from its holdings of debt securities issued by the now-defunct Lehman Brothers and Washington...
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Healthcare Roundup: Surgical Checklist Surges, Rockefeller Cues EHR Mandate, Health Plan Enrollment Drops, ASCs Suck Straw, and More
- Good start for safety measure â€" In January, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement announced that it was trying to get all U.S. hospitals to test a surgical checklist by April 1. The checklist for ORs and surgeons has been shown to reduce complications and mortality. Although only 622 hospitalsâ€"about 10...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
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