Asian Wall Street Journal
Large companies are finding new ways to pay buyout investors big money before any turnarounds fully bear fruit. In the latest sign, HCA Inc., one of the nation's largest hospital operators, plans to use a specially formed company as part of a plan to...
WSJ.com: Health Blog
For-profit hospital chain HCA Inc., in announcing its third-quarter results , said that admissions were flat at its 162 hospitals, as the company saw a dip in births and surgeries. (The company also faced a tough comparison with the third quarter of...
Nashville Tennessean Online
Stock and bond analysts had mixed opinions about whether the large payout means HCAs owners are under less pressure to take the giant hospital chain public again as has been planned. Vicki Bryan, a senior high-yield analyst at bond research firm...
Star Tribune
Hospital chain HCA Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter net income surged 24 percent, and it plans to make a payment of about $2 billion to shareholders by the end of year. The Nashville, Tenn., company filed plans last spring for its third initial...