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Wednesday May 15 | Journal Gazette

Costco to hire 200 at north store

In coming weeks, a Costco outlet is expected to begin to take shape at the northwest corner of Lima and Progress roads.

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Related Topix: Retail, Costco Wholesale, Insurance, Indianapolis, IN

Tue May 14, 2013

MarketNewsVideo

Analyst Moves: MOS, WLP, MNST

This morning, UBS increased its price target on shares of Mosaic to $68 following the company's announcement to buy back shares and raise its dividend.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Monster Worldwide, Human Resources, Advertising, Business News, Video

SchaeffersResearch.com

Analyst Update: Best Buy Co., Inc.

The major market indexes are higher this afternoon, as the blue chips attempt to notch their 18th straight positive Tuesday .

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Related Topix: Best Buy, Retail, Startups, Napster, Insurance, Home Depot, Household Products, Day Trading, Financial Markets, Personal Finance

Customer Interaction Solutions

WellPoint Announces Appearance at Upcoming Conference

WellPoint, Inc. announced today that senior management is scheduled to present at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference on May 20, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time .

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Related Topix: Insurance, Missouri

Seeking Alpha

"We believe one of the biggest questions on investors' minds is can...

"We believe one of the biggest questions on investors' minds is can [they] grow FY14 earnings," says Jefferies, stating what might fairly be called "the obvious" in a note upgrading WellPoint to Buy from Hold and raising the stock's price target to $92. After a "deep dive" analysis, the investment bank says it sees 7-8% EPS growth against the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Insurance

Mon May 13, 2013

The Indianapolis Star

3 Wellpoint board members resigning

Three longtime members of health insurance giant WellPoint's board of directors are resigning, the Indianapolis-based company announced Monday.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Health Insurance, Health

AmericanBankingNews.com

WellPoint Price Target Increased to $109.00 by Analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

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Related Topix: Insurance

Insider Monkey

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH), WellPoint, Inc. (WLP): Play Or Pay

Obamacare is getting closer to full implementation, and many who oppose the provisions have looked at whether they can simply ignore its provisions and keep things the way they are.

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Related Topix: Beverages, United Group, Insurance

Fri May 10, 2013

GuruFocus.com

Markel CIO Tom Gayner Buys Buys UnitedHealth, Liberty Media, Google, Moody's, MasterCard

Markel Corp CIO Tom Gayner just reported first quarter portfolio. Usually he has a low turnover with his portfolio.

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Related Topix: Beverages, Google, Startups, United Group, Liberty Media, Media, Television, Markel Corporation, Insurance, Financial Markets

Thu May 09, 2013

Forbes.com

Analyst Favorites With Strong Buyback Activity: WellPoint Ranks As a Top Pick

Inc is the #119 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback activity.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Financial Markets

Tue May 07, 2013

Business Journal

Which insurance companies do hospitals like?

We have a decent idea of what consumers think of health insurance companies. Now comes a public relations shop with a shot at telling us what hospitals think.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Cigna, Insurance, Aetna, Medicity

Freshnews

WellPoint Chief Information Security Officer Named to the...

WellPoint, Inc. announces its chief information security officer, Roy Mellinger, has been awarded the distinction of being named one of ExecRank's 150 "Top Security Executive Rankings" for 2012.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Missouri

The Indianapolis Star

Former WellPoint CEO appointed to IEDC board

Gov. Mike Pence has appointed three new board members to the Indiana Economic Development Corp., including a former CEO at WellPoint who resigned last year amid investor unhappiness and a former Democratic contender for governor.

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Related Topix: Insurance, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Indiana, US Governors, Barack Obama

Mon May 06, 2013

Business Journal

Which insurers are hospitals' favorites?

A recent survey from ReviveHealth enumerates which insurers hospitals like the most - and which they like the least - and gives some insight into how the nation's largest commercial payers are viewed through the eyes of hospital and health system executives.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Aetna, Cigna

Insurance Journal West

Health Insurers Cautious About Joining State Health Exchanges

The nation's largest health insurers are far from leaping at the chance to join new state health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, making it likely that some markets will have little or no competition next year.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Insurance

Sat May 04, 2013

Insider Monkey

WellPoint, Inc. (WLP), AbbVie Inc (ABBV): Three Parts of Obamacare...

In case you didn't know, there's a little thing known as Obamacare that's causing big changes in health care.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Healthcare Law, Law, Beverages, United Group

GuruFocus.com

WellPoint (WLP) - A Comprehensive Value Analysis

Putting Politics Aside to Make Money As value investors, we look for consistent growth in a wonderful business that is currently selling at a discount.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Health Insurance, Health, Anthem, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid

Thu May 02, 2013

Reuters

Analysis: Big insurers wary of entering new Obamacare markets

The nation's largest health insurers are far from leaping at the chance to join new state health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, making it likely that some markets will have little or no competition next year.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Insurance

Wed May 01, 2013

Fox News

Humana's 1Q Earnings Surge, but 2014 Questions Loom

Humana Inc. posted a surge in first-quarter earnings amid light medical costs, prompting a boost to its 2013 forecast, but the Medicare-focused health insurer's prospects for next year remain in question.

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Related Topix: Humana, Insurance, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Beverages, United Group

Forbes.com

Obamacare's Simplified 3-Page Form Boosts Insurers, Stocks

The Obama administration, under fire for the complexities of applying for health coverage, simplified the application form.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Medicaid, Health, Medicare, Health Insurance, Insurance

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