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		<title>(HCP) HCP Incorporated Reports Quarterly Earnings in Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[REIT - Healthcare Facilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted Living Concepts Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emeritus Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HCP Inc. (HCP), a health care real estate investment trust (REIT), reported third quarter 2010 FFO (funds from operations) of $96.1 million or 31 cents per share, compared with $32.2 million or 11 cents in the year-earlier quarter. Fund from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income. Excluding non-recurring items, FFO for the reported quarter was $167.8 million or 54 cents per share compared to $149.3 million or 52 cents in the year-ago quarter. The third quarter 2010 recurring FFO was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. HCP reported total revenues of $317.1 million during the quarter compared with $287.1 million in the year-ago period. Total revenue for the reported quarter ]]></description>
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		<title>(AZN) Good News for AstraZeneca on Crestor, its Cholesterol-Lowering Drug</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emeritus Corp.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) announced that Crestor, its cholesterol-lowering drug (statin) reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes, artery-clearing procedures and death in elderly patients. The results from the JUPITER study (Justification for the Use of statins in Primary prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin), showed that Crestor 20mg reduced major cardiovascular events. The administration of the drug to a sub-set of 5,695 patients aged 70 years or above reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by 39% compared to placebo. The study also revealed that Crestor reduced the risk of heart attack as well as stroke by 45% each in 17,802 patients (the total population of the study). The results were presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Barcelona, Spain. Results from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study ]]></description>
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		<title>(SRZ) Alzheimer’s Care Key to Healthcare Facilities Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 23:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Long-Term Care Facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emeritus Corp.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by The Investment U Research Team We’ve been talking about Sunrise Assisted Living (NYSE: SRZ) recently, and the potential for some of its competitors to become major threats in this sector. There are only a couple of contenders likely to step up and do just that… Emeritus (NYSE: ESC) and Five Star Quality Care (NYSE: FVE) are the most likely candidates. These companies run assisted living and nursing home communities for the elderly. Based on the market capitalization, Five Star is the most undervalued prospect here followed by Sunrise and Emeritus. But all are profitable organizations making their principals quite happy. And like sunrise, the biggest issues these companies face is control of their debt loads. Now what you need to look at carefully is the number of Alzheimer’s care ]]></description>
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