UnitedHealth to buy Sierra Health for $2.4 bln
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.  said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.
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Pharmacy-benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc  said on Tuesday it agreed to buy PolyMedica Corp  for $1.2 billion, in a move to expand its diabetes care services.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH.N on  Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300  million, as the No. 1 U.S. health insurer seeks to offer more  health savings accounts, which give consumers incentives to  rein in health costs.
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Warren Buffett's holding company  Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) bought 1 million shares of  insurer UnitedHealth Group  in the fourth quarter of  2006, according to a regulatory filing.
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California insurance commissioner expected to announce today that he will allow $16.4 billion deal with WellPoint Health Networks to take place.
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Pancake house operator IHOP Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy fellow restaurant operator Applebee's International for about $2.1 billion.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , which is trying to emerge from a stock options scandal, forecast 2007 net earnings of between $4.7 billion and $4.75 billion on Tuesday, a rise of about 14 percent on better-than-expected revenue.
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In another sign insurers are betting that high-deductible insurance policies are the future of health care, UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it had agreed to purchase Definity Health for $300 million.
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. , recovering from an options-trading scandal, could see its stock rise more than 40 percent in the next 12 to 24 months, as its underlying operations shine, a report said.
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PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. PHS.N  said on Wednesday it agreed to buy American Medical Security  Group Inc. AMZ.N for $502 million, in a bid by the health  insurer to broaden into the individual and small-business  markets.
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HealthSouth Corp. (HLSH.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) , a health-care company that is trying to emerge from an accounting scandal, said on Thursday it agreed to pay $325 million
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Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. said on Monday it will acquire Sierra Health Services Inc.  for more than $2.4 billion to expand in the fast-growing Las Vegas area and boost its Medicare business.
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In an abrupt completion to a merger that was delayed for months, Anthem Inc. completed its $20.8 billion purchase of WellPoint Health Networks on Tuesday and said the combined company is &quot;off and running.
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British property firm Segro has agreed  to sell its U.S. life sciences real-estate business to Health  Care Property Investors Inc. for $2.9 billion as it moves to  focus on Britain and continental Europe.
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Philips will buy U.S. medical products company Respironics $5.2 billion, its biggest ever acquisition, as it expands in the fast-growing healthcare sector.
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. PRV.N for $1.03 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Health-care plan provider UnitedHealth Group Inc. on Monday reaffirmed its previous outlook for 2004 earnings of at least $3.92 per share, up 32 percent or more from the $2.