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There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...

Here's a quick look at some of the top performing health care stocks, year to date. These stocks all have a market cap of more than $1 billion and all pay a dividend. Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) is more than 11% higher than a month ago, and more than 17% higher than a year ago. The company...

Morgan Stanley provided color on Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) after a meeting with the company's management. In a research report published today, Morgan Stanley stressed a mixed picture of strong sales growth in the developing countries and sluggish sales in the developed countries. In the report...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) from $86 to $88 and maintains its Hold rating.

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) from $96 to $98 and maintains its Buy rating.

Becton Dickinson (NYSE: BDX) is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter earnings on February 8 before the market open, Morgan Keegan reports. “We believe that BD shares [are] already reflecting a positive bias towards the first-quarter earnings and 2011 results given its premium valuation in the...

Jefferies & Co. has published a research report for Life Sciences, reporting: "Median short interest for listed and OTC Life Science Research Supply stocks rose 1% from the second half of August, while aggregate short interest levels were essentially unchanged (vs. a 1% increase for Nasdaq and...

Initiation coverage from Deutsche Bank for September 10 is as follows: St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) Initiate with Hold Rating and $39 price target Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Initiate with Hold rating and $6.30 price target. Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) Initiate with Hold rating and $53 price...

St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ) Initiate with Hold Rating and $39 price target Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) Initiate with Hold rating and $6.30 price target. Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) Initiate with Hold rating and $53 price target CareFusion Corporation (NYSE: CFN) Initiate with Hold rating and $23...