February 03, 2009 08:00 AM ET
Janet M. Barth – Vice President of Investor Relations
Robert J. Bertolini – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Carrie S. Cox – Executive Vice President and President, Global Pharmaceuticals
Thomas P. Koestler – Executive Vice President and President, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Chris Schott – J.P. Morgan
Good morning. My name is Jennifer and I will be your conference operator today. Read the rest of this entry »

American Shared Hospital Services provides turnkey technology solutions
for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services. AMS is the
world leader in providing Gamma Knife radiosurgery services, a
non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular
malformations and trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain). The Company also
offers the latest IGRT and IMRT systems, as well as its proprietary Read the rest of this entry »

earnings.)
Health Net Inc.’s
(HNT) fourth-quarter net income
tumbled 70% due in part to a restructuring charge as enrollment declined amid
rising unemployment.
The managed-care company’s shares, however, were up 6.3% as the company
affirmed its earnings view for this year and revenue topped analysts’
expectations.
Thomas A. Carroll
said the company’s topping estimates
“is not necessarily heroic” as the fourth quarter is typically the easiest
quarter Read the rest of this entry »

Health insurance premiums are increasing almost 5 times faster than earnings for Wisconsin workers, a new study found.
A report released Thursday by Families USA showed average premiums for family health coverage rose by 73.9 percent from 2000 to 2007, while median earnings during that same period increased 15.5 percent.
“What is remarkable is those premiums now purchase lesser coverage so people are paying more for fewer benefits,” Read the rest of this entry »

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Apple sold 2,524,000 Macs during the quarter, representing 9 percent growth over the year-ago quarter. The company sold a record 22.7 million iPods during the quarter, representing three percent growth, and Apple sold 4,363,000 iPhones, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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In the fourth quarter, the iPhone business totaled $4.6 billion in revenues, signaling a huge spike. Unit sales of iPhone 3G continued to be Read the rest of this entry »

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc (
January 27, 2008 5:00 pm ET
Mark Foletta – SVP, Finance, and CFO
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the fourth quarter 2008 Amylin Pharmaceuticals Incorporated earnings conference call. My name is Stacey and I will be your conference moderator for today. (Operator Instructions)
I would now like to turn the presentation over to your host for today’s call, Mr. Michael York, Senior Director of Investor Read the rest of this entry »

reported net income of $167.2 million, or 68 cents a share, for 2008, compared to net income of $119.9 million, or 49 cents a share in 2007.
For the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, net income was $14.5 million, or 6 cents a share, compared to net income of $12.5 million, or 5 cents a share, in the fourth quarter a year earlier.
Revenue for 2008 was $4.5 billion, up 3.7 percent from 2007. Fourth quarter revenue was $1.1 billion, a 3.3 percent increase Read the rest of this entry »

Life Time Fitness Inc., the Chanhassen-based chain of fitness centers, said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings fell 32 percent, in part because of one-time charges incurred when the company scaled back its expansion plans.
The results were in line with analyst estimates and the company’s reduced forecast issued earlier this month.
“Our 2008 results did not meet our expectations,” CEO Bahram Akradi said in a prepared statement. “However, we Read the rest of this entry »

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) –
, the second-biggest
provider of U.S.-funded health insurance, beat analysts’
estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and said higher prices for
elderly customers will help it meet its 2009 profit forecast.
Revenue climbed 18 percent from a year earlier to $7.49
billion because of higher enrollment in health plans, the
Louisville, Kentucky-based company said today in a statement.
That compares with an average $7.35 billion Read the rest of this entry »

(RTTNews) - 
Monday, Syneron Medical Ltd. (ELOS:
), a designer and marketer of aesthetic medical products, announced third quarter earnings and revenue expectations, both below analysts’ estimates.
The company expects to report net profit for the third quarter in a range of $3.4 million – $3.7 million and earnings per share between $0.11 and $0.13. On average, five analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial Read the rest of this entry »