Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, Oct. 8, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Stewart Enterprises Inc., which runs funeral homes and cemeteries, plummeted Wed...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)A Soleil Securities Group analyst upgraded Community Health Systems Inc. Wednesday, saying the hospital operator's shares "offer limited downside" at their current prices, their lo...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Analysts voiced new pessimism on hospital operators Tuesday, with a Deutsche Bank analyst predicting that greater unemployment will lead to more bad debt and smaller profits.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of several hospital operators fell in afternoon trading Wednesday as Wall Street remained volatile over a a broad financial sector crisis and lingering concerns that the eco...READ MORE

(SPOKANE, Wash.)Providence Health Care will drop its lawsuit against Empire Health Services involving some shared operations amid worries that the litigation could stop the sale of Deaconess Medic...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Emergency medical services companies may get a lift after providing emergency services during hurricane season, a JPMorgan analyst said Thursday, but hospital operators will probab...READ MORE

(NAPLES, Fla.)Hospital operator Health Management Associates Inc. said Monday it named Gary Newsome as president and chief executive to replace Burke W. Whitman, who has departed to pursue milit...READ MORE