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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;pre&#62; By Peter Loftus and Joseph Walker &#60;/pre&#62;
&#60;p&#62; The spike late last year in doctor and hospital visits apparently lasted as long as the flu. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; After years of decelerating health-care usage--linked to economic problems in the U.S. and Europe--the recent uptick increased...</description>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Wednesday's session are Realogy Holdings Corp. (RLGY), Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) and Actions Semiconductor Co. (ACTS). &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; Realogy Holdings Corp. projected first-quarter results below analysts...</description>
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&#60;p&#62; Hospital operator Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) released data Friday showing its emergency-room admission rates were in line with industry norms, in an attempt to get ahead of what it suggested would be an unflattering &#34;60 Minutes&#34; story...</description>
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 <title>Hospital Stocks Climb, Health Insurers Slump</title>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; --President Obama's re-election solidifies health-care overhaul law &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; --Hospital stocks gain because law will cover more people, cutting down on pressure from unpaid bills &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; --Managed-care firms slide amid questions about how law will impact earnings &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; Hospital...</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:10:08 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Correction to Health-Care Stock Story</title>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; &#34;Hospital Stocks Climb, Health Insurers Slump After Election&#34; at 10:59 a.m. ET misstated the name for Tenet Healthcare. It should be Tenet Healthcare Corp., not Tenet Healthcare Co. &#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62; Hospital stocks surged while big health insurers slumped following President Barack Obama's re-election, which solidified the future of a complex health-care overhaul law that promises a mix of coverage-expanding benefits and new pressure points for...</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:44:33 EST</pubDate>
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 <title>Health Management Profit Falls 24% on Higher Costs</title>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; Health Management Associates Inc.'s (HMA) second-quarter earnings fell 24% as the hospital operator was hit with higher operating costs and derivatives impacts. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; Health Management, which operates 70 hospitals, has been focusing on cost controls and has entered partnerships...</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:20:42 EDT</pubDate>
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&#60;p&#62; Shares of hospital operators surged Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Obama administration's health-care reform legislation. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; The court said Congress was acting within its powers under the Constitution...</description>
 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:18:16 EDT</pubDate>
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&#60;p&#62; Hyundai plans to provide its U.S. dealers with about 100,000 additional cars this year, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday, citing John Krafcik, president and chief executive of the company's North American operations. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; The company...</description>
 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:45:34 EDT</pubDate>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; Among the companies whose shares are expected to actively trade in Tuesday's session are Avon Products Inc. (AVP), Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.'s (KORS) and Hospira Inc. (HSP). &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; Avon Products' shares shed 4.2% to $16.80 premarket after the beauty products seller reported...</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:18:44 EST</pubDate>
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&#60;p&#62; NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Health Management Associates Inc.'s (HMA) shares plunged Tuesday to their lowest level since July 2009 after the hospital operator said it expects to report declining fourth-quarter admissions and earnings...</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:59:16 EST</pubDate>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; Among the companies whose shares are expected to actively trade in Tuesday's session are Tiffany &#38;amp; Co. (TIF), Alcoa Inc. (AA) and Focus Media Holding Ltd. (FMCN). &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; Tiffany cut its full-year earnings forecast following a holiday season dampened by conservative holiday...</description>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:15:55 EST</pubDate>
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&#60;p&#62; NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A rash of lower-rated companies stepped up to borrow money Friday, after the U.S. October jobs data proved solid. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; A trio of non-investment grade, or junk, debt issuers--two of them in the health-care...</description>
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 <title>Hospital Stocks Hammered By Senate Panel Findings</title>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; --Senate panel finds home-health care firms gamed Medicare &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; --Panel charged that Amedisys, LHC Group, Gentiva provided medically unnecessary patient care &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; --Company documents indicated therapists were encouraged to target most profitable number of visits, even...</description>
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 <description>&#60;div class='newsbody'&#62;&#60;p&#62; The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act requires under certain circumstances that prospective acquirers of voting securities or assets apply for clearance from regulators. Requests for early termination or clearance are granted when the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division...</description>
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&#60;p&#62; WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- An attempt by congressional Democrats on Monday to secure around $26 billion in emergency aid to state governments seems likely to fail when Senate lawmakers vote on the measure later Monday. &#60;/p&#62;
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&#60;p&#62; Hospital operators Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) and Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) maintained their full-year 2010 earnings outlook as HMA posted a 23% increase in second-quarter profit attributable...</description>
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 <title>Hospital Shares Quieter After Sell-Off, Down From Last Week</title>
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&#60;p&#62; A recent hospital sector selloff appears to have ended, although stocks haven't rallied much as investors apparently nurse concerns about patient volume trends and lawmakers' failure to approve several measures...</description>
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&#60;p&#62; Investors should get an update on Health Management Associates Inc.'s (HMA) turnaround progress and a glimpse of broader industry trends when the company reports third-quarter results next week, opening the earnings...</description>
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&#60;p&#62; BOSTON -(Dow Jones)- While hospitals grapple with the economic downturn and the potential effects of health-care reform, they are pushing their financial troubles onto big medical-device companies. &#60;/p&#62;
&#60;p&#62; It's having an effect...</description>
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