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Health Care Renewal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week, the Sacramento Business Journal reported on irregularities in how health insurance/ managed care giant Aetna obtained a contract with the US military health plan Tricare: Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in...
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Phillydeals (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Aetna Inc. is cutting 60 workers at its Blue Bell office, part of layoffs totalling 625 nationwide, with more cuts early next year
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The Los Angeles Business (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in its bid for a lucrative military health care contract, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has concluded.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc on Wednesday said it expects to eliminate roughly 1,250 jobs by the end of March 2010, reflecting weak economic conditions and the potential impact of health care reform.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Health insurer Aetna says it will cut 625 jobs, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar job cuts in the first quarter of 2010 due to the lagging economy and the potential impact of health care reform. Aetna Inc. expects to book a $40 million... Aetna - Health care - Insurance - Health - Health Policy
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The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in its bid for a lucrative military health care contract, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has concluded.
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News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Health insurer Aetna says it will cut 625 jobs, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar job cuts in the first quarter of 2010 due...
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NEW YORK — Health insurer Aetna says it will cut 625 jobs, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, a...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
INDIANAPOLIS -- Health insurer Aetna said Wednesday it will cut 625 jobs immediately, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar number of cuts by the end of the 2010 first quarter due to the lagging economy and the potential impact of health care reform.
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) and most healthcare related insurers are trading higher today despite the coming health-insurance reform. The Senate voted over the weekend to open a debate on its version, or versions, of a healthcare reform bill. While this is aimed at getting insurance to 31 million, even the executives of the large [...]
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Madd Money (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
CMED, AET, DELL, SHLD, DCI, WSM, INTU, GPS, NTES, JACK, SNE, TSN, GME, ROST, FL China Medical Technologies Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ: CMED) – China Medical Technologies swings to Q2 loss; shares down in premarket trading Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) – Aetna shares fell after announcing immediate job cuts Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) – Dell [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives will likely pass Rep. Paul Kanjorski's (D., Pa.) break-'em-up bill, which calls for regulators to split dangerously big and financially complex companies into safer pieces, so they don't have to be bailed out like American International Group Inc. or General Motors Corp.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... at 5,900, are at their lowest level since last December.The news comes a day after health insurer Aetna Inc. announced it will eliminate 160 Connecticut jobs. More layoffs are expected by March.Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association says in a report released Thursday that the number of foreclosures and seriously delinquent loans in Connecticut rose from 6 percent to 7 percent...
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The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Aetna Inc. hired a former high-level Tricare employee with access to proprietary information about Health Net Inc.’s performance that could have given Aetna a competitive edge in its bid for a lucrative military health care contract, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has concluded.