UnitedHealth Group boosts quarterly dividend, again
AP - Wed Jun 08, 7:50AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — UnitedHealth, the nation's largest health insurer, is boosting its quarterly dividend by 25 percent, citing growth.
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UnitedHealth ups 2016 outlook after surprisingly strong 1Q
By TOM MURPHY - AP - Tue Apr 19, 7:52AM CDT
UnitedHealth hiked its 2016 forecast after the nation's largest health insurer topped Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations.
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Japan Slows Down, Oil Falls – Expect Weakness In The Markets This Morning
Dana Blankenhorn - Amigobulls - Mon Aug 17, 2:06AM CDT
The Japanese economy contracted - oil prices fell further. Slowing growth in Germany, shaky sentiment around China spread gloom in the markets this morning.
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Aetna turns in better-than-expected 2Q, hikes forecast again
By TOM MURPHY - AP - Tue Aug 04, 12:07PM CDT
Aetna's second-quarter earnings jumped 33 percent and the health insurer raised its 2015 forecast again after receiving a boost from a government business it plans to feed with a roughly $35 billion acquisition.
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OptumRx, Catamaran Complete Combination
M2 - Fri Jul 24, 9:35AM CDT
NEW YORK-- Optum announced the completion of its combination with Catamaran Corporation [NASDAQ: CTRX, TSX: CCT]. Catamaran and Optum's pharmacy care services business, OptumRx, are expected to serve the needs of more than 65 million people and fulfill more than one billion prescriptions in 2015.
CTRX: 61.47 (+0.04)
Catamaran Corporation to be Removed From the NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning July 24, 2015
GlobeNewswire - Thu Jul 23, 1:27PM CDT
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces that Catamaran Corporation (Nasdaq:CTRX) will be removed from the NASDAQ-100 Index (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index (Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Index (Nasdaq:NDXX) prior to market open on Friday, July 24, 2015. Catamaran had previously announced that its shareholders approved the acquisition of Catamaran in a cash transaction.
CTRX: 61.47 (+0.04), NDAQ: 65.58 (-0.08)
A.M. Best Assigns Issue Ratings to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's New Senior Unsecured Notes
BusinessWire - Thu Jul 23, 11:34AM CDT
A.M. Best has assigned an issue rating of "bbb+" to the recently issued senior unsecured notes of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UnitedHealth) (Minnetonka, MN) [NYSE:UNH]. The outlook assigned to all ratings is stable. The existing ratings of UnitedHealth and its subsidiaries are unchanged. (See below for a detailed list of the issue ratings.)
CTRX: 61.47 (+0.04), UNH: 139.24 (-1.44)
Fitch Rates UnitedHealth Group's Planned Issuance 'A-(EXP)'
BusinessWire - Mon Jul 20, 8:48AM CDT
Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-(EXP)' rating to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's (UNH) planned issue of senior unsecured notes various maturities. The ratings are equivalent to Fitch's ratings on UNH's currently outstanding senior unsecured notes.
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UnitedHealth tops Street 2Q forecasts, raises forecasts
By TOM MURPHY - AP - Thu Jul 16, 10:43AM CDT
UnitedHealth continued to juice up its business outside health insurance in a better-than-expected second quarter while rivals scrambled to add enrollment in a wave of mega-mergers sweeping the sector.
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Catamaran Shareholders Approve Acquisition by UnitedHealth Group
PR Newswire - Tue Jul 14, 4:00PM CDT
Catamaran Corporation [NASDAQ: CTRX, TSX: CCT] announced that at a special meeting of its shareholders held earlier today, Catamaran shareholders approved the previously announced arrangement agreement and plan of arrangement providing for the acquisition of Catamaran by UnitedHealth Group [NYSE: UNH].
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Catamaran and Health New England Partnership Reduces Same-Cause Hospital Readmissions by More Than 70 Percent
CNW Group - Thu Jun 25, 9:00AM CDT
One-year program results demonstrate the importance of transitional medication therapy management
CTRX: 61.47 (+0.04), CCT.TO: 80.18 (+0.12)
The Law Office of Robbins Arroyo LLP Announces that It Has Filed a Class Action Lawsuit Against Catamaran Corporation (CTRX)
PR Newswire - Wed Jun 03, 4:08PM CDT
Shareholder rights law firm Robbins Arroyo LLP announces that it filed a class action lawsuit on June 3, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (the "Court"
CTRX: 61.47 (+0.04)