IMS Health sets Feb. 8 date for shareholder vote on $5.2 billion buyout offerHealth care data company IMS Health Inc. said Tuesday it will hold a special meeting Feb. 8 to vote on a $4 billion buyout offer. On Nov. 5, the company said it will be bought by ...

Alcoa, Delta, IMS Health, Macy's, Nat'l Semiconductor are among big market movers FridayThe following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Alcoa Inc., up $1.11 to $14.61 A JPMorgan analyst ...

IMS Health stock tumbles after senators pitch pharmaceutical data mining banShares of IMS Health Inc. tumbled Friday, a day after an amendment was introduced to the Senate health care overhaul bill that would effectively ban pharmaceutical data mining. The amendment would end the drug company practice of buying prescription records ...

Senate proposal would block drugmakers from using prescription records to pitch doctorsDrug companies would no longer be able to mine pharmacy records to track which doctors are prescribing their medications, under a proposal unveiled Thursday by two Senate Democrats. The amendment to the Senate health care bill would effectively ban ...