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| October 8, 2012 |
| 06:47 EDT |  | UNH | UnitedHealth, Amil to combine
UnitedHealth and Amil Participacoes announced that the companies have agreed to merge. UnitedHealth Group intends to acquire 90% of the 359M outstanding common shares of Amil for approximately $4.9B in cash. This includes realizable Brazilian tax benefits worth an estimated present value of $600M, bringing the effective equity purchase price to approximately $4.3B. The combination is expected to be slightly accretive to UnitedHealth Group's earnings per share in 2013. UnitedHealth Group expects its debt to total capital ratio to rise temporarily to approximately 36% at the end of the year, but return to below 35% by the end of the second quarter of 2013. UnitedHealth Group remains committed to the forward development of its dividend policy. Its share repurchase program will continue, paced to accommodate acquisition funding and capital ratio objectives. |
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| June 17, 2013 |
| 14:16 EDT |  | UNH | UnitedHealth downgraded to Hold from Buy at Standpoint Research
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| 06:42 EDT |  | UNH | Choices provided by health insurance exchanges to vary widely, NY Times says
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| June 11, 2013 |
| 09:16 EDT | | UNH | On The Fly: Pre-market Movers
HIGHER: Dole Food (DOLE), up 21.9% after CEO offers buyout at $12 per share... Questcor (QCOR), up 32% after buying rights to develop Synacthen and Synacthen Depot in the U.S. from Novartis (NVS), upgrade to Buy at CRT Capital... CardioNet (BEAT), up 44% after announcing a three-year national provider agreement with UnitedHealthcare Insurance (UNH)... Catamaran (CTRX), up 13.2% after announcing a ten-year strategic pharmacy benefits deal with Cigna (CI)... Sprint (S), up 2% after Softbank (SFTBF) increases buyout offer terms. Clearwire (CLWR) up 1.2%. LOWER: lululemon (LULU), down 14.9% after reporting earnings, CEO announces plans to step down, stock downgraded at Sterne Agee and UBS... Texas Instruments (TXN), down 2% after narrowing second quarter revenue, earnings forecast ranges... Corinthian Colleges (COCO), down 15.4% after disclosing the receipt of a subpoena from the SEC. Corinthian peer Career Education (CECO) 5.5%... Kinross Gold (KGC), down 5.5% after canceling development project in Ecuador, taking $720M charge, stock downgraded at Canaccord. DOWN AFTER EARNINGS: LDK Solar (LDK), down 8.5%. |
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| 08:05 EDT |  | UNH | UnitedHealth management to meet with Deutsche Bank
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| June 10, 2013 |
| 18:58 EDT | | UNH | On The Fly: After Hours Movers
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| 16:14 EDT | | UNH | CardioNet, UnitedHealthcare enter three-year agreement
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| 09:33 EDT | | UNH | UnitedHealth management to meet with Deutsche Bank
Meeting to be held in London on June 10 hosted by Deutsche Bank. |
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| 08:39 EDT |  | UNH | UnitedHealth price target raised to $79 form $72 at Susquehanna
Susquehanna raised its price target on UnitedHealth based on its business mix and current comparable valuations. The firm believes the shares should be trading 14% above current levels after a sum-of-the-parts valuation. shares are Positive rated. |
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| June 7, 2013 |
| 13:30 EDT | | UNH | Questcor rises after UnitedHealth issues policy update for Acthar
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| June 5, 2013 |
| 09:10 EDT | | UNH | UnitedHealth raises dividend 32% to 28c per share
UnitedHealth Group announced that its Board of Directors authorized payment of a cash dividend of 28c per share, to be paid on June 26, to all shareholders of record of UnitedHealth Group common stock as of the close of business on June 17. This represents a 32% increase over the quarterly dividend of 21.25c per share the company has paid beginning with the second quarter 2012. The company issued a second press release correcting the record date and date of payment. |
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| 07:04 EDT | | UNH | UnitedHealth renews share repurchase program
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