Healthcare

Health insurance rate hikes in nine states deemed excessive by HHS

Secretary Sebelius calls on insurance companies to drop unreasonable rate hikes Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that health insurance premium increases in nine states have been deemed “unreasonable” under the rate review authority granted by the Affordable Care Act. “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act consumers are no longer in [...]

Trade Alert: Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ:ESGR) Early Call

Trade Alert: Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ:ESGR) Early Call Profile: Enstar Group Limited acquires and manages insurance and reinsurance companies, and portfolios of insurance and reinsurance businesses in run-off. The company acquires and manages a portfolio of property, casualty, life, and health insurance companies, as well as reinsurance companies in Bermuda, Europe, Australia, and the United [...]

Securing Your Health and Retirement Benefits

This is National Consumer Protection Week – a coordinated campaign among federal and state government agencies and non-profit groups that encourages consumers nationwide to take full advantage of their consumer rights and make better-informed decisions. When most people think of the Department of Labor, they don’t think consumer protection. But it’s the Employee Benefits Security [...]

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP) Investor Day and Webcast Sept 7

Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP) Investor Day and Webcast Sept 7 Lake Forest, Ill. Hospira has fallen 20% this year, and are down 14.5 percent since the company reported its second-quarter results on July 27. The company’s annual guidance has disappointed Wall Street, and Hospira said in July that it expects lower profit margins because it [...]

Thailand Economic Report with Teera Phutrakul

Chutinush Taksinapinunt: Exclusive interview with Khun Teera Phutrakul, the founder of JT Financial Planners, has been the leading force in the investment management industry in Thailand for over 25 years. He was Executive Chairman of Finansa Asset Management from 2005 to 2010 and prior to that President & CEO of SCB Asset Management and Managing [...]

Strong Buy on China-Biotics NASDAQ:CHBT

China-Biotics, Inc. NASDAQ:CHBT 2011 Price target $20 Analysis by Chutinush Taksinapinunt ,Corporate Account Executive, Heffernan Capital Management China-Biotics, Inc. NASDAQ:CHBT (“China-Biotics” or “the Company”), a leading manufacturer of biotechnology products and supplements, engages in the research, development, marketing and distribution of probiotics dietary supplements in China. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shanghai Shining Biotechnology Co., [...]

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Capital Group Holdings, Inc. OTC:CGHC Price Target $2.50

Capital Group Holdings, Inc. OTC:CGHC After discussions with management and seeing the market action on CGHC we are considering lifting our price target to $5 based on the aggressive take over strategy and finance facilities in place at CGHC. We will be confirming and reviewing several matters and will issue an upgrade if needed during [...]

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Capital Group Holdings, Inc. OTC:CGHC

Capital Group Holdings, Inc. OTC:CGHC (formerly Oasis Online Technologies Corp.OTC:OOLN) will begin trading under the new ticker of CGHC today. Capital Group Holdings, Inc. OTC:CGHC is an acquirer of fundamentally-sound companies that are accepted in the market, scalable and demonstrate a quantifiable value proposition. Their focus is Health and Wellness organizations that have a strong [...]

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Red’s Bull Trade Alert: McKesson Corporation NYSE:MCK

Red’s Bull Trade Alert: McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) 27 October 2010 LTN’s Pattern Recognition Analyst, Paul A. Ebeling, Jnr, today ID’d the start of a New Bullish Trend (NBT) for McKesson Corporation. Shares of MCK closed at US$61.91 in the previous trading session and opened today at US$66.00. The stock price rose $3.49 (5.44%) to US$65.40 [...]

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Earnings News Today BAC, JNJ, SST

NYSE:BAC BofA joined JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc in besting analysts’ projections for the third quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc , the dominant U.S. investment bank, also posted better-than-expected results on Tuesday. The BofA results came one day after the bank said it would partially lift a nationwide foreclosure halt begun October 9 [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …