Managed Health Care

Goldman Sachs is out with a research report on Humana (NYSE: HUM) and is upgrading shares to Buy. In the note, Goldman Sachs writes, "We think fiscal pressures will drive a bigger role for Medicare Advantage (MA) and ultimately a phasing-out of unmanaged ‘traditional' Medicare. Even without...

FBR Capital upgraded Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) from “market perform” to “outperform.” WFC's shares closed at $22.93 yesterday. Wells Fargo's PEG ratio is 0.64. Citigroup upgraded Wynn Resorts Ltd (NASDAQ: WYNN) from “sell” to “hold.” WYNN's shares closed at $126.91 yesterday. WYNN's...

Goldman Sachs has published a report upgrading Humana (NYSE: HUM) from Neutral to Buy. In the report, Goldman Sachs wrote, "We think fiscal pressures will drive a bigger role for Medicare Advantage (MA) and ultimately a phasing-out of unmanaged ‘traditional' Medicare. Even without policy changes,...

Goldman Sachs has upgraded Humana (NYSE: HUM) from Neutral to Buy.

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that CNH Global (NYSE: CNH) is a “bullish agricultural play and I say OK." For Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), he said, "I don't like the financials. It doesn't matter which one you mention, I don't like any of them." Cramer said that...

Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center announced a new agreement for SUNY Downstate's resumed participation in the Aetna network, and the continuing participation of University Hospital of Brooklyn's recently acquired Long Island College Hospital campus....

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Equal-weight rating on Amerigroup (NYSE: AGP). At the moment, the rating agency does not have a price target placed on the company's stock. On Friday, AGP lost 0.16% of its value to finish the day at $44.32.

Universal American Corp. (NYSE: UAM) announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has lifted its enrollment and marketing sanctions for Universal American's Medicare Advantage plans, effective immediately.

Oppenheimer provided color on CIGNA (NYSE: CI) in a research report published today. Oppenheimer has previously given CIGNA an Outperfrom rating and $54 price target. In the report, Oppenheimer states, "Management identified numerous trends that it believes will gain momentum into next year,...

Jefferies reiterated its Hold rating on Health Net (NYSE: HNT). At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $34 to $27. On Thursday, HNT lost 7.99% of its value to finish the day at $24.18.

Jefferies & Company has lowered the price target on Health Net (NYSE: HNT) from $34 to $27 and maintains its Hold rating.

Shares of WellCare Health Plans (NYSE: WCG) are lower on the session by 5.53%, trading at $40.13. Overall put volume is now running at 7.27x the daily average, with 97% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,439 contracts have traded on the session so far. WellCare Health Plans, Inc...

Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) is trading up over 11.50% after Q2 earnings. Delek US Holdings (NYSE: DK) is trading up over 8.18% after reporting Q2 earnings. Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE) is trading up over 9.35% after reporting Q2 earnings. Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE) is trading up over 7.10% after reporting Q2...

General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) reported a strong rise in its second-quarter earnings. GM reported its quarterly earnings at $2.5 billion, or $1.54 per share, up from $1.3 billion, or $0.85 per share, in the year-earlier period. Its revenue surged to $39.4 billion from $33.2 billion. However, analysts...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting earnings from General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) and weekly jobless claims data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 70 points to 11,748.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 8.60 points to 1,245.90. Nasdaq...