(NEW YORK)Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp. edged higher Wednesday after the hospital operator said it will close a hospital in Irvine, Calif., in early 2009. After the markets closed on Tues...READ MORE

Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Oct. 8, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of both General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. plunged to multi-decade lows i...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter fell $2.51 or 3.9 percent, to $62.13.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at noon: Baxter fell $.06 or .1 percent, to $64.58.READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Baxter rose $.50 or .8 percent, to $65.14.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 some top health care equipment companies were down at the close of trading: Baxter fell $2.48 or 3.7 percent, to $64.64.READ MORE