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  This weekend's Barron's examines why the merger frenzy among chipmakers has not impressed investors. Other featured articles discuss stock picks for any presidential outcome, how health insurers perform after elections, and the good, bad and odd of big tech earnings. Also, the...

Build a business model based on marginalized Medicare recipients living in poor, urban neighborhoods where doctors rarely care or dare to set up shop. Focus on quality health care with a holistic view of a patient’s needs, from house calls to behavioral counseling to transportation to that...

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on eight companies in the managed care sector, saying it has a constructive view on industry fundamentals, most notably the long-term growth projected for the Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care segments. The commercial segment trends have been volatile in...

With the American Heart Association and CEOs of more than 20 major companies recently joining to encourage healthy lifestyle choices, stressing good health is important to companies and employees alike. A number of other major corporations, meanwhile, have a history of leadership when it...

Analysts believe that Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: TEVA), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Zimmer Holdings (NYSE: ZMH) shares still have some headroom, though they all have handily outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six months. They are all dividend payers as well....

The new year has proved to be a volatile one on the stock markets. After seeing a sizable correction in January, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are again hitting or near all-time highs. Here is a quick look at the five top-performing Dow stocks in the past month. Note...

U.S. stocks rose as investors as the S&P 500 traded at new historical highs and clearing its 2014 losses. Investors shrugged off disappointing earning reports and economic data and chose to focus on several prominent merger and acquisition activities. The S&P 500 hit a new intra-day...

While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

Shares of major health insurers, including Humana (NYSE: HUM), Universal American Corp. (NYSE: UAM), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and Aetna (NYSE: AET) rose sharply in after-hours trading Monday, following news of a reimbursement rate reversal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...

Although Congress is in recess for the week, news about pending legislation continues – to which markets tend to respond negatively. The Washington Post reported that President Barack Obama favored replacing the automatic cuts slated to take effect on March 1 with a combination of budget moves...

The S&P ended last week above 1,500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 14,000. Some strong earnings reports could push the markets higher, and there are plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule this week. Analysts by and large expect to see year-over-year earnings per share (EPS)...

This weekend in Barron's online: the top dividend funds, investing in Brazil, the prospects for Bank of New York Mellon, Radian Group and Callaway Golf, as well as the momentum favors Romney. Cover Story "Top Dividend Funds" by Steve Garmhausen. Over the past few years, the search for income and...