Tom Murphy

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Alcoa to spend $2.85B on jet engine parts maker

Tom Murphy · June 26, 2014 2:32 pm

AbbVie cites tax break as a Shire deal motivator

Tom Murphy · June 25, 2014 4:50 pm

In this Wednesday, May 14, 2014 photo, customers walk toward an entrance to a Walgreens store location, in Boston. Walgreen Co. reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Walgreen 3Q profit jumps but misses expectations

Tom Murphy · June 24, 2014 4:05 pm

Valeant plans hostile bid for Allergan

Tom Murphy · June 10, 2014 8:32 pm

4 ways to evaluate alternative health coverage

Tom Murphy · June 6, 2014 4:10 pm

Insurer UnitedHealth raises dividend by 34 pct

Tom Murphy · June 4, 2014 1:56 pm

FILE - This March 20, 2002 file photo shows a vial of Botox, made by Allergan. Valeant Pharmaceuticals has pumped more cash into its bid to buy Allergan, and it also defended its business model on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, a day after its reluctant acquisition target aired more concerns about a deal. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Valeant raises cash-stock offer for Allergan

Tom Murphy · May 28, 2014 5:07 pm

FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo, navigator John Jones explains the many options to a client seeking help buying health insurance at the Family Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Big insurance rate hikes in the future?

Tom Murphy · May 26, 2014 2:34 pm

5 factors that could sway insurance prices in 2015

Tom Murphy · May 26, 2014 2:01 pm

Study: Care costs continue slower growth in 2014

Tom Murphy · May 21, 2014 6:15 pm

In this April 30, 2014 photo, Bill Britt, 54, who suffers from epileptic seizures and leg pain from a childhood case of polio, vaporizes medical marijuana at his home in Long Beach, Calif. Britt lives mostly on Social Security income and gets his supply for free from a friend whom he helps water and grow the plants. Insurers are reluctant to cover medical marijuana because of conflicting laws and lack of approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Health insurers just say no to marijuana coverage

Tom Murphy · May 8, 2014 3:12 pm

A pedestrian passes a a CVS store in Philadelphia.

CVS Caremark 1Q profit jumps 18 percent

Tom Murphy · May 2, 2014 4:32 pm