Tag: Aetna Inc.
Big M&A deals seen keeping corporate borrowing spree alive
NEW YORK - Get ready for what could be another record year for corporate borrowing.
The U.S. tax overhaul is freeing up cash for companies and...
Amazon threat looms as Walgreens surveys health care landscape
NEW YORK - The remaking of the U.S. health care industry is gaining speed, and some of the industry’s biggest players are racing to make...
CVS’ 2017 profit jumps on tax cut boon
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. on Thursday reported a $6.6 billion profit for 2017, an increase of 24.5 percent from the prior year's $5.3...
CVS plans to keep Aetna HQ in Hartford
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. does not plan to relocate Aetna Inc.’s headquarters out of Hartford, Conn., according to a CVS spokeswoman Friday.
Aetna had...
Aetna and CVS were talking to others during takeover process
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. were both talking to other potential partners during early discussions that led to their $68 billion...
CVS’s megadeal to change U.S. health care faces stiff challenges
NEW YORK - Walking the aisles of a CVS drugstore, there are piled paper towels, stacked cereal boxes, and neat lines of nail polish....
CVS-Aetna success depends on ambition
The idea of the place that sells you toothpaste also managing your health insurance may feel odd. But that’s set to be a new...
UnitedHealth buys DaVita’s physician practices for $4.9B
NEW YORK - UnitedHealth Group Inc. will buy DaVita Inc.’s physician network business for $4.9 billion, adding hundreds of medical clinics to the biggest...
CVS’s Aetna takeover comes with $2.1B termination fee
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp. could owe Aetna Inc. $2.1 billion if the drugstore chain’s acquisition of the health insurer fails, according to a...
CVS-Aetna merger will aim to draw customers on cost, convenience
WOONSOCKET — The proposed $69 billion CVS Health – Aetna merger concentrates significant market power, allowing the pharmacy business to drive the insurance business’s...