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Aetna Incorporated

Type: Company

Name: Aetna Incorporated (Aetna Inc)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Aetna, Inc.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Aetna, Hartford Healthcare Reaches Agreement On New Two-Year Contract - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Aetna (AET: News )and Hartford Healthcare announced that they have reached an agreement on a new contract that covers every element of the Hartford Healthcare organization, Hartford Hospital, MidState Medical Center, Windham Hospital, Hartford ... [RTTNews.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aetna Incorporated, Hartford (Connecticut, United States), Health Care

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Sears Holdings Corporation

Stock futures down as commodities fall, ahead of data (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) U.S. stock index futures pointed to a solidly lower open on Thursday, as a stronger dollar pressured commodities and investors awaited weekly jobless claims data.Sears Holding Corp (SHLD.O) reported a third-quarter loss early Thursday ... [Yahoo! News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sears Holdings Corporation, Andre Bakhos, Aetna Incorporated, Semiconductor, Dollar Stronger

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Health Net Inc

AETNA Lost TRICARE Contract Due To Conflict Of Interest

The GAO has released a summary of their decision to overturn the award of a $2.8 billion TRICARE management contract to Aetna. Health Net the incumbent had challenged the award. It now turns out that Aetna had hired a former TRICARE employee who provided ... [BNET - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aetna Incorporated, Health Net Inc

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Harry Reid

ThinkFast: November 19, 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last night, a health care reform bill that combines elements from legislation that passed two Senate committees. According to Reid, the CBO says the bill ... [Think Progress - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Harry Reid, George W Bush, Hamid Karzai, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Republican Party (US)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Groupe Danone SA

NewsWatch: U.S. stock futures lower on economic pessimism

Thursday's biggest gaining and declining stocks (8:03a)Stocks and bonds rise together as one (Nov. 18)U.S. stocks sink on home construction decline (Nov. 18)U.S. futures dip after early economic data (Nov. 18)Story Comments ScreenerAlert Email Pr ... [MarketWatch - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Groupe Danone SA, United States, Amarillo National Bank, New York State Comptroller

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

AOL LLC

Stocks Open Lower as Dollar Claws Higher

Stocks opened lower Thursday as a jobless-claims report did little to assuage economic worries and investors pushed the dollar higher.The dollar roseJobless claims were unchanged last week but the prior week was revised up by 3,000 claims. The four-week ... [CNBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: AOL LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Ian Shepherdson, Layoffs, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Report: Economic recovery will be sluggish

NEW YORK - A private forecast of economic activity over the next six months edged up less than expected in October, signaling slow growth next year.The Conference Board says its index of leading economic indicators rose 0.3 percent last month. Economists ... [MSNBC via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]

Entities: The Conference Board, Layoffs, Atlanta (Indiana, United States), Aetna Incorporated

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Insurance will pay for breast screening

Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening guidelines from a federal task force could lead women to lose coverage for those tests. The guidelines ... [USA Today - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Mammography, Task Force, Group Health Cooperative

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Insurance companies: We'll still cover annual breast exams

Entities: Mammography, Task Force, Group Health Cooperative

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Market News)

Aetna to cut up 3.5% of workforce

Aetna announced it eliminated 625 positions Wednesday in the first of two rounds of job cuts that will reduce the health insurance giant's workforce by up to 3.5% by the end of the first quarter in 2010. ... [Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aetna Incorporated, Health Insurance, Layoffs

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Market News)

Aetna to cut up 3.5% of workforce

Health insurance slashes 625 jobs in first of two rounds of job cuts. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Aetna announced it eliminated 625 positions Wednesday in the first of two rounds of job cuts that will reduce the health insurance giant's workforce by up ... [CNN Money - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aetna Incorporated, Health Insurance, Ronald Williams

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Business briefs: Burciaga joins Dallas-based Weitzman Group

Former Fort Worth real estate professional JC Burciaga has joined Dallas-based the Weitzman Group, a commercial real estate brokerage services firm, in its expanded investment properties division. Burciaga will be senior vice president and director of ... [Star-Telegram - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Aetna Incorporated, Wells Fargo Bank, AT&T Inc

Quotes

...each plan is designed to complement existing on-campus health and counseling programs,' said Jan Shuxteau, analyst with HealthLeaders-InterStudy. "As college campuses become more diversified and attract more non-traditional students, the health needs have changed. Aetna's student health division, for instance, has reported a lot of use of its behavioral health services offered to students."

Aetna and UnitedHealthcare Compete for College Student Market [Pharmacy Choice - 11/19/2009]

USA Today: "... insurance plans have not proposed changing their coverage, says Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for America s Health Insurance Plans, which represents 1,300 companies covering 200 million Americans. Some of the companies that told USA TODAY that they will continue paying for mammograms for women in their 40s include Kaiser Permanente, Aetna, Cigna, Geisinger Health Plan, Group Health Cooperative and WellPoint, which operates Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans in 14 states. Together, these plans cover more than 73 million people" (Szabo, 11/19)

Insurers Say They Won't Alter Mammogram Coverage Despite New Guidelines [Kaiser Health News - 11/19/2009]

...He added that "streamlining our business now will enable us to improve our competitiveness and redirect resources to areas with a greater potential for future growth." The health insurance provider employed 35,500 before Wednesday's eliminations...

Aetna to cut up 3.5% of workforce [CNN Money - 11/19/2009]

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Report: Economic recovery will be sluggish [MSNBC via MSN Money - 11/19/2009]
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Insurance companies: We'll still cover annual b... [USA Today - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Plavix vs. Effient [Corante - 3 hours ago] The InVivo Blog has a good article on a controversy in the blood-thinning market. Plavix (clopidogrel) has a very strong share of that, of course, but since Effient ...
Suzanne Langlois: Joe -- We Know Where You Live. [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009] "If the public option is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote ..." -- Senator Joseph Lieberman Senator ...
ThinkFast: November 19, 2009 [Think Progress - 11/19/2009] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last night, a health care reform bill that combines elements from ...
Plavix vs. Effient [In the Pipeline - 11/19/2009] The InVivo Blog has a good article on a controversy in the blood-thinning market. Plavix (clopidogrel) has a very strong share of that, of course, but since Effient ...
Aetna says cutting roughly 1,250 jobs (Reuters) [M0 - 11/18/2009] 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 ...

Audio/Video

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Liebermania [Slate Magazine - 11/03/2009]
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