CVS ups Caremark bid again
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CVS Corp.  sweetened its $23.9 billion takeover bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Thursday with an increased dividend, calling its newest proposal its "best and final" offer for the pharmacy-benefits manager.
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A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled on Friday that Caremark Rx Inc.  must delay a shareholder vote on its planned acquisition by CVS Corp.  until at least 20 days after it provides more details on the transaction.
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Pharmacy benefits manager Express  Scripts Inc.  is planning to make a $26 billion hostile  bid on Monday for rival Caremark RX , the New York Times  reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the  company's plan.
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First Health Group Corp. is the latest in a series of acquisitions that Coventry has made to try to boost its leverage with hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical companies when negotiating costs.
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A Delaware Chancery Court judge said on Friday that Caremark Rx Inc.  must delay a shareholder vote until the pharmacy benefit manager provides more details on its planned acquisition by CVS Corp.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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Caremark Rx Inc.  said on  Thursday its board supported a sweetened $23.5 billion takeover  bid from CVS Corp.  and rebuffed a hostile $26.9 billion  offer from rival Express Scripts Inc.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Woolworths Ltd. (WOW.AU) raised its takeover offer for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Ltd. (ALH.AU) for the third time Monday as it bet
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts launched an unsolicited $26 billion bid Monday to acquire its larger competitor Caremark Rx, potentially scuttling a competing offer from the CVS drug store chain. The deal, if approved, may help cut drug prices for consumers.
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Caremark Rx Inc. CMX.N, a provider  of drug benefit programs to health plan sponsors, on Wednesday  said quarterly earnings rose, boosted by use of cheaper generic  drugs and the acquisition of AdvancePCS.
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A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled on Friday Caremark Rx Inc.  must delay a shareholder vote on its planned acquisition by CVS Corp.  until at least 20 days after it provides more details on the transaction.
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US stocks rose as Kmart Holding Corp.&#39;s $11 billion offer for Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co. lifted retailers and Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings raised its bid for CBOT Holdings, parent of the Chicago Board of Trade, for the second time in five weeks, adding a $485 million dividend to its earlier $10.19 billion proposal.
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A pitched battle for the No. 2 U.S. futures mart rages on, with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Thursday beefing up terms of its offer for CBOT Holdings Inc.  for the second time in a month.
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A proposal by Medicare and Medicaid to expand coverage for implantable defibrillators boosted Guidant Corp.&#39;s stock price by 5 percent Wednesday as investors bet that the move would increase the company&#39;s sales.
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CVS Corp.  sweetened its bid for Caremark Rx Inc.  on Tuesday by tripling a proposed special cash dividend for the prescription drug benefit manager's stockholders to $6 per share, after proxy advisory firms urged rejection of the previous offer.
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Shares of Sun Healthcare Group Inc. moved higher Monday after a UBS analyst upgraded the health care services provider and predicted the company will have a strong fourth quarter due to higher Medicare reimbursement rates.