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Away to India! A life on the ocean wave once more; and—may it prove less wavy!
In plain prose, my arrangement with 'my proprietor,' Mr. Elworthy (thus we speak in the newspaper trade), included a trip to Bombay for myself and Elsie. So, as soon as we had drained Upper Egypt journalistically dry, we returned to Cairo on our road to Suez. I am glad to say, my letters to the Daily Telephone gave satisfaction. My employer wrote, 'You are a born journalist.' I confess this surprised me; for I have always considered myself a truthful person. Still, as he evidently meant it for praise, I took the doubtful compliment in good part, and offered no remonstrance.
I have a mercurial temperament. My spirits rise and fall as if they were Consols. Monotonous Egypt depressed me, as it depressed the Israelites; but the passage of the Red Sea set me sounding my timbrel. I love fresh air; I love the sea, if the sea will but behave itself; and I positively revelled in the change from Egypt.
Unfortunately, we had taken our passages by a P. and O. steamer from Suez to Bombay many weeks beforehand, so as to secure good berths; and still more unfortunately, in a letter to Lady Georgina, I had chanced to mention the name of our ship and the date of the voyage. I kept up a spasmodic correspondence with Lady Georgina nowadays—tuppence-ha'penny a fortnight; the dear, cantankerous, racy old lady had been the foundation of my fortunes, and I was genuinely grateful to her; or, rather, I ought to say, she had been their second foundress, for I will do myself the justice to admit that the first was my own initiative and enterprise. I flatter myself I have the knack of taking the tide on the turn, and I am justly proud of it. But, being a grateful animal, I wrote once a fortnight to report progress to Lady Georgina. Besides—let me whisper—strictly between ourselves—'twas an indirect way of hearing about Harold.
This time, however, as events turned out, I recognised that I had made a grave mistake in confiding my movements to my shrewd old lady. She did not betray me on purpose, of course; but I gathered later that casually in conversation she must have mentioned the fact and date of my sailing before somebody who ought to have had no concern in it; and the somebody, I found, had governed himself accordingly. All this, however, I only discovered afterwards. So, without anticipating, I will narrate the facts exactly as they occurred to me.
When we mounted the gangway of the Jumna at Suez, and began the process of frizzling down the Red Sea, I noted on deck almost at once an odd-looking young man of twenty-two or thereabouts, with a curious faint pea-green complexion. He was the wishy-washiest young man I ever beheld in my life; an achromatic study: in spite of the delicate pea-greeniness of his skin, all the colouring matter of the body seemed somehow to have faded out of him. Perhaps he had been bleached. As he leant over the taffrail, gazing down with open mouth and vacant stare at the water, I took a good long look at him. He interested me much—because he was so exceptionally uninteresting; a pallid, anæmic, indefinite hobbledehoy, with a high, narrow forehead, and sketchy features. He had watery, restless eyes of an insipid light blue; thin, yellow hair, almost white in its paleness; and twitching hands that played nervously all the time with a shadowy moustache. This shadowy moustache seemed to absorb as a rule the best part of his attention; it was so sparse and so blanched that he felt it continually—to assure himself, no doubt, of the reality of its existence. I need hardly add that he wore an eye-glass.
He was an aristocrat, I felt sure; Eton and Christ Church: no ordinary person could have been quite so flavourless. Imbecility like his is only to be attained as the result of long and judicious selection.
He went on gazing in a vacant way at the water below, an ineffectual patrician smile playing feebly round the corners of his mouth meanwhile. Then he turned and stared at me as I lay back in my deck-chair. For a minute he looked me over as if I were a horse for sale. When he had finished inspecting me, he beckoned to somebody at the far end of the quarter-deck.
The somebody sidled up with a deferential air which confirmed my belief in the pea-green young man's aristocratic origin. It was such deference as the British flunkey pays only to blue blood; for he has gradations of flunkeydom. He is respectful to wealth; polite to acquired rank; but servile only to hereditary nobility. Indeed, you can make a rough guess at the social status of the person he addresses by observing which one of his twenty-seven nicely graduated manners he adopts in addressing him.
The pea-green young man glanced over in my direction, and murmured something to the satellite, whose back was turned towards me. I felt sure, from his attitude, he was asking whether I was the person he suspected me to be. The satellite nodded assent, whereat the pea-green young man, screwing up his face to fix his eye-glass, stared harder than ever. He must be heir to a peerage, I felt convinced; nobody short of that rank would consider himself entitled to stare with such frank unconcern at an unknown lady.
Presently it further occurred to me that the satellite's back seemed strangely familiar. 'I have seen that man somewhere, Elsie,' I whispered, putting aside the wisps of hair that blew about my face.
'So have I, dear,' Elsie answered, with a slight shudder. And I was instinctively aware that I too disliked him.
As Elsie spoke, the man turned, and strolled slowly past us, with that ineffable insolence which is the other side of the flunkey's insufferable self-abasement. He cast a glance at us as he went by, a withering glance of brazen effrontery. We knew him now, of course: it was that variable star, our old acquaintance, Mr. Higginson the courier.
He was here as himself this time; no longer the count or the mysterious faith-healer. The diplomat hid his rays under the garb of the man-servant.
'Depend upon it, Elsie,' I cried, clutching her arm with a vague sense of fear, 'this man means mischief. There is danger ahead. When a creature of Higginson's sort, who has risen to be a count and a fashionable physician, descends again to be a courier, you may rest assured it is because he has something to gain by it. He has some deep scheme afloat. And we are part of it.'
'His master looks weak enough and silly enough for anything,' Elsie answered, eyeing the suspected lordling. 'I should think he is just the sort of man such a wily rogue would naturally fasten upon.'
'When a wily rogue gets hold of a weak fool, who is also dishonest,' I said, 'the two together may make a formidable combination. But never mind. We're forewarned. I think I shall be even with him.'
That evening, at dinner in the saloon, the pea-green young man strolled in with a jaunty air and took his seat next to us. The Red Sea, by the way, was kinder than the Mediterranean: it allowed us to dine from the very first evening. Cards had been laid on the plates to mark our places. I glanced at my neighbour's. It bore the inscription, 'Viscount Southminster.'
That was the name of Lord Kynaston's eldest son—Lady Georgina's nephew; Harold Tillington's cousin! So this was the man who might possibly inherit Mr. Marmaduke Ashurst's money! I remembered now how often and how fervently Lady Georgina had said, 'Kynaston's sons are all fools.' If the rest came up to sample, I was inclined to agree with her.
It also flashed across me that Lord Southminster might have heard through Higginson of our meeting with Mr. Marmaduke Ashurst at Florence, and of my acquaintance with Harold Tillington at Schlangenbad and Lungern. With a woman's instinct, I jumped at the fact that the pea-green young man had taken passage by this boat, on purpose to baffle both me and Harold.
Thinking it over, it seemed to me, too, that he might have various possible points of view on the matter. He might desire, for example, that Harold should marry me, under the impression that his marriage with a penniless outsider would annoy his uncle; for the pea-green young man doubtless thought that I was still to Mr. Ashurst just that dreadful adventuress. If so, his obvious cue would be to promote a good understanding between Harold and myself, in order to make us marry, so that the urbane old gentlemen might then disinherit his favourite nephew, and make a new will in Lord Southminster's interest. Or again, the pea-green young man might, on the contrary, be aware that Mr. Ashurst and I had got on admirably together when we met at Florence; in which case his aim would naturally be to find out something that might set the rich uncle against me. Yet once more, he might merely have heard that I had drawn up Uncle Marmaduke's will at the office, and he might desire to worm the contents of it out of me. Whichever was his design, I resolved to be upon my guard in every word I said to him, and leave no door open to any trickery either way. For of one thing I felt sure, that the colourless young man had torn himself away from the mud-honey of Piccadilly for this voyage to India only because he had heard there was a chance of meeting me.
That was a politic move, whoever planned it—himself or Higginson; for a week on board ship with a person or persons is the very best chance of getting thrown in with them; whether they like it or lump it, they can't easily avoid you.
It was while I was pondering these things in my mind, and resolving with myself not to give myself away, that the young man with the pea-green face lounged in and dropped into the next seat to me. He was dressed (amongst other things) in a dinner jacket and a white tie; for myself, I detest such fopperies on board ship; they seem to me out of place; they conflict with the infinite possibilities of the situation. One stands too near the realities of things. Evening dress and mal-de-mer sort ill together.
As my neighbour sat down, he turned to me with an inane smile which occupied all his face. 'Good evening,' he said, in a baronial drawl. 'Miss Cayley, I gathah? I asked the skippah's leave to set next yah. We ought to be friends—rathah. I think yah know my poor deah old aunt, Lady Georgina Fawley.'
I bowed a somewhat, freezing bow. 'Lady Georgina is one of my dearest friends,' I answered.
'No, really? Poor deah old Georgey! Got somebody to stick up for her at last, has she? Now that's what I call chivalrous of yah. Magnanimous, isn't it? I like to see people stick up for their friends. And it must be a novelty for Georgey. For between you and me, a moah cantankerous spiteful acidulated old cough-drop than the poor deah soul it 'ud be difficult to hit upon.'
'Lady Georgina has brains,' I answered; 'and they enable her to recognise a fool when she sees him. I will admit that she does not suffer fools gladly.'
He turned to me with a sudden sharp look in the depths of the lack-lustre eyes. Already it began to strike me that, though the pea-green young man was inane, he had his due proportion of a certain insidious practical cunning. 'That's true,' he answered, measuring me. 'And according to her, almost everybody's a fool—especially her relations. There's a fine knack of sweeping generalisation about deah skinny old Georgey. The few people she reahlly likes are all archangels; the rest are blithering idiots; there's no middle course with her.'
I held my peace frigidly.
'She thinks me a very special and peculiah fool,' he went on, crumbling his bread.
'Lady Georgina,' I answered, 'is a person of exceptional discrimination. I would almost always accept her judgment on anyone as practically final.'
He laid down his soup-spoon, fondled the imperceptible moustache with his tapering fingers, and then broke once more into a cheerful expanse of smile which reminded me of nothing so much as of the village idiot. It spread over his face as the splash from a stone spreads over a mill-pond. 'Now that's a nice cheerful sort of thing to say to a fellah,' he ejaculated, fixing his eye-glass in his eye, with a few fierce contortions of his facial muscles. 'That's encouraging, don't yah know, as the foundation of an acquaintance. Makes a good cornah-stone. Calculated to place things at once upon what yah call a friendly basis. Georgey said you had a pretty wit; I see now why she admiahed it. Birds of a feathah: very wise old proverb.'
I reflected that, after all, this young man had nothing overt against him, beyond a fishy blue eye and an inane expression; so, feeling that I had perhaps gone a little too far, I continued after a minute, 'And your uncle, how is he?'
'Marmy?' he inquired, with another elephantine smile; and then I perceived it was a form of humour with him (or rather, a cheap substitute) to speak of his elder relations by their abbreviated Christian names, without any prefix. 'Marmy's doing very well, thank yah; as well as could be expected. In fact, bettah. Habakkuk on the brain: it's carrying him off at last. He has Bright's disease very bad—drank port, don't yah know—and won't trouble this wicked world much longah with his presence. It will be a happy release—especially for his nephews.'
I was really grieved, for I had grown to like the urbane old gentleman, as I had grown to like the cantankerous old lady. In spite of his fussiness and his Stock Exchange views on the interpretation of Scripture, his genuine kindliness and his real liking for me had softened my heart to him; and my face must have shown my distress, for the pea-green young man added quickly with an afterthought: 'But you needn't be afraid, yah know. It's all right for Harold Tillington. You ought to know that as well as anyone—and bettah: for it was you who drew up his will for him at Florence.'
I flushed crimson, I believe. Then he knew all about me! 'I was not asking on Mr. Tillington's account,' I answered. 'I asked because I have a personal feeling of friendship for your uncle, Mr. Ashurst.'
His hand strayed up to the straggling yellow hairs on his upper lip once more, and he smiled again, this time with a curious undercurrent of foolish craftiness. 'That's a good one,' he answered. 'Georgey told me you were original. Marmy's a millionaire, and many people love millionaires for their money. But to love Marmy for himself— I do call that originality! Why, weight for age, he's acknowledged to be the most portentous old boah in London society!'
'I like Mr. Ashurst because he has a kind heart and some genuine instincts,' I answered. 'He has not allowed all human feeling to be replaced by a cheap mask of Pall Mall cynicism.'
'Oh, I say; how's that for preaching? Don't you manage to give it hot to a fellah, neithah! And at sight, too, without the usual three days of grace. Have some of my champagne? I'm a forgiving creachah.'
'No, thank you. I prefer this hock.'
'Your friend, then?' And he motioned the steward to pass the bottle.
To my great disgust, Elsie held out her glass. I was annoyed at that. It showed she had missed the drift of our conversation, and was therefore lacking in feminine intuition. I should be sorry if I had allowed the higher mathematics to kill out in me the most distinctively womanly faculty.
From that first day forth, however, in spite of this beginning, Lord Southminster almost persecuted me with his persistent attentions. He did all a fellah could possibly do to please me. I could not make out precisely what he was driving at; but I saw he had some artful game of his own to play, and that he was playing it subtly. I also saw that, vapid as he was, his vapidity did not prevent him from being worldly wise with the wisdom of the self-seeking man of the world, who utterly distrusts and disbelieves in all the higher emotions of humanity. He harped so often on this string that on our second day out, as we lolled on deck in the heat, I had to rebuke him sharply. He had been sneering for some hours. 'There are two kinds of silly simplicity, Lord Southminster,' I said, at last. 'One kind is the silly simplicity of the rustic who trusts everybody; the other kind is the silly simplicity of the Pall Mall clubman who trusts nobody. It is just as foolish and just as one-sided to overlook the good as to overlook the evil in humanity. If you trust everyone, you are likely to be taken in; but if you trust no one, you put yourself at a serious practical disadvantage, besides losing half the joy of living.'
'Then you think me a fool, like Georgey?' he broke out.
'I should never be rude enough to say so,' I answered, fanning myself.
'Well, you're what I call a first-rate companion for a voyage down the Red Sea,' he put in, gazing abstractedly at the awnings. 'Such a lovely freezing mixture! A fellah doesn't need ices when you're on tap. I recommend you as a refrigeratah.'
'I am glad,' I answered demurely, 'if I have secured your approbation in that humble capacity. I'm sure I have tried hard for it.'
Yet nothing that I could say seemed to put the man down. In spite of rebuffs, he was assiduous in running down the companion-ladder for my parasol or my smelling-bottle; he fetched me chairs; he stayed me with cushions; he offered to lend me books; he pestered me to drink his wine; and he kept Elsie in champagne, which she annoyed me by accepting. Poor dear Elsie clearly failed to understand the creature. 'He's so kind and polite, Brownie, isn't he?' she would observe in her simple fashion. 'Do you know, I think he's taken quite a fancy to you! And he'll be an earl by-and-by. I call it romantic. How lovely it would seem, dear, to see you a countess.'
'Elsie,' I said severely, with one hand on her arm, 'you are a dear little soul, and I am very fond of you; but if you think I could sell myself for a coronet to a pasty-faced young man with a pea-green complexion and glassy blue eyes—I can only say, my child, you have misread my character. He isn't a man: he's a lump of putty!'
I think Elsie was quite shocked that I should apply these terms to a courtesy lord, the eldest son of a peer. Nature had endowed her with the profound British belief that peers should be spoken of in choice and peculiar language. 'If a peer's a fool,' Lady Georgina said once to me, 'people think you should say his temperament does not fit him for the conduct of affairs: if he's a roué or a drunkard, they think you should say he has unfortunate weaknesses.'
What most of all convinced me, however, that the wishy-washy young man with the pea-green complexion must be playing some stealthy game, was the demeanour and mental attitude of Mr. Higginson, his courier. After the first day, Higginson appeared to be politeness and deference itself to us. He behaved to us both, almost as if we belonged to the titled classes. He treated us with the second best of his twenty-seven graduated manners. He fetched and carried for us with a courtly grace which recalled that distinguished diplomat, the Comte de Laroche-sur-Loiret, at the station at Malines with Lady Georgina. It is true, at his politest moments, I often caught the undercurrent of a wicked twinkle in his eye, and felt sure he was doing it all with some profound motive. But his external demeanour was everything that one could desire from a well-trained man-servant; I could hardly believe it was the same man who had growled to me at Florence, 'I shall be even with you yet,' as he left our office.
'Do you know, Brownie,' Elsie mused once, 'I really begin to think we must have misjudged Higginson. He's so extremely polite. Perhaps, after all, he is really a count, who has been exiled and impoverished for his political opinions.'
I smiled and held my tongue. Silence costs nothing. But Mr. Higginson's political opinions, I felt sure, were of that simple communistic sort which the law in its blunt way calls fraudulent. They consisted in a belief that all was his which he could lay his hands on.
'Higginson's a splendid fellah for his place, yah know, Miss Cayley,' Lord Southminster said to me one evening as we were approaching Aden. 'What I like about him is, he's so doosid intelligent.'
'Extremely so,' I answered. Then the devil entered into me again. 'He had the doosid intelligence even to take in Lady Georgina.'
'Yaas; that's just it, don't you know. Georgey told me that story. Screamingly funny, wasn't it? And I said to myself at once, "Higginson's the man for me. I want a courier with jolly lots of brains and no blooming scruples. I'll entice this chap away from Marmy." And I did. I outbid Marmy. Oh, yaas, he's a first-rate fellah, Higginson. What I want is a man who will do what he's told, and ask no beastly unpleasant questions. Higginson's that man. He's as sharp as a ferret.'
'And as dishonest as they make them.'
He opened his hands with a gesture of unconcern. 'All the bettah for my purpose. See how frank I am, Miss Cayley. I tell the truth. The truth is very rare. You ought to respect me for it.'
'It depends somewhat upon the kind of truth,' I answered, with a random shot. 'I don't respect a man, for instance, for confessing to a forgery.'
He winced. Not for months after did I know how a stone thrown at a venture had chanced to hit the spot, and had vastly enhanced his opinion of my cleverness.
'You have heard about Dr. Fortescue-Langley too, I suppose?' I went on.
'Oh, yaas. Wasn't it real jam? He did the doctor-trick on a lady in Switzerland. And the way he has come it ovah deah simple old Marmy! He played Marmy with Ezekiel! Not so dusty, was it? He's too lovely for anything!'
'He's an edged tool,' I said.
'Yaas; that's why I use him.'
'And edged tools may cut the user's fingers.'
'Not mine,' he answered, taking out a cigarette. 'Oh deah no. He can't turn against me. He wouldn't dare to. Yah see, I have the fellah entirely in my powah. I know all his little games, and I can expose him any day. But it suits me to keep him. I don't mind telling yah, since I respect your intellect, that he and I are engaged in pulling off a big coup togethah. If it were not for that, I wouldn't be heah. Yah don't catch me going away so fah from Newmarket and the Empire for nothing.'
'I judged as much,' I answered. And then I was silent.
But I wondered to myself why the neutral-tinted young man should be so communicative to an obviously hostile stranger.
For the next few days it amused me to see how hard our lordling tried to suit his conversation to myself and Elsie. He was absurdly anxious to humour us. Just at first, it is true, he had discussed the subjects that lay nearest to his own heart. He was an ardent votary of the noble quadruped; and he loved the turf—whose sward, we judged, he trod mainly at Tattersall's. He spoke to us with erudition on 'two-year-old form,' and gave us several 'safe things' for the spring handicaps. The Oaks he considered 'a moral' for Clorinda. He also retailed certain choice anecdotes about ladies whose Christian names were chiefly Tottie and Flo, and whose honoured surnames have escaped my memory. Most of them flourished, I recollect, at the Frivolity Music Hall. But when he learned that our interest in the noble quadruped was scarcely more than tepid, and that we had never even visited 'the Friv.,' as he affectionately called it, he did his best in turn to acquire our subjects. He had heard us talk about Florence, for example, and he gathered from our talk that we loved its art treasures. So he set himself to work to be studiously artistic. It was a beautiful study in human ineptitude. 'Ah, yaas,' he, murmured, turning up the pale blue eyes ecstatically towards the mast-head. 'Chawming place, Florence! I dote on the pickchahs. I know them all by heart. I assuah yah, I've spent houahs and houahs feeding my soul in the galleries.'
'And what particular painter does your soul most feed upon?' I asked bluntly, with a smile.
The question staggered him. I could see him hunting through the vacant chambers of his brain for a Florentine painter. Then a faint light gleamed in the leaden eyes, and he fingered the straw-coloured moustache with that nervous hand till he almost put a visible point upon it. 'Ah, Raphael?' he said, tentatively, with an inquiring air, yet beaming at his success. 'Don't you think so? Splendid artist, Raphael!'
'And a very safe guess,' I answered, leading him on. 'You can't go far wrong in mentioning Raphael, can you? But after him?'
He dived into the recesses of his memory again, peered about him for a minute or two, and brought back nothing. 'I can't remembah the othah fellahs' names,' he went on; 'they're all so much alike: all in elli, don't yah know; but I recollect at the time they impressed me awfully.'
'No doubt,' I answered.
He tried to look through me, and failed. Then he plunged, like a noble sportsman that he was, on a second fetch of memory. 'Ah—and Michael Angelo,' he went on, quite proud of his treasure-trove. 'Sweet things, Michael Angelo's!'
'Very sweet,' I admitted. 'So simple; so touching; so tender; so domestic!'
I thought Elsie would explode; but she kept her countenance. The pea-green young man gazed at me uneasily. He had half an idea by this time that I was making game of him.
However, he fished up a name once more, and clutched at it. 'Savonarola, too,' he adventured. 'I adore Savonarola. His pickchahs are beautiful.'
'And so rare!' Elsie murmured.
'Then there is Fra Diavolo?' I suggested, going one better. 'How do you like Fra Diavolo?'
He seemed to have heard the name before, but still he hesitated. 'Ah—what did he paint?' he asked, with growing caution.
I stuffed him valiantly. 'Those charming angels, you know,' I answered. 'With the roses and the glories!'
'Oh, yaas; I recollect. All askew, aren't they; like this! I remembah them very well. But——' a doubt flitted across his brain, 'wasn't his name Fra Angelico?'
'His brother,' I replied, casting truth to the winds. 'They worked together, you must have heard. One did the saints; the other did the opposite. Division of labour, don't you see; Fra Angelico, Fra Diavolo.'
He fingered his cigarette with a dubious hand, and wriggled his eye-glass tighter. 'Yaas, beautiful; beautiful! But——' growing suspicious apace, 'wasn't Fra Diavolo also a composah?'
'Of course,' I assented. 'In his off time, he composed. Those early Italians—so versatile, you see; so versatile!'
He had his doubts, but he suppressed them.
'And Torricelli,' I went on, with a side glance at Elsie, who was choking by this time. 'And Chianti, and Frittura, and Cinquevalli, and Giulio Romano.'
His distrust increased. 'Now you're trying to make me commit myself,' he drawled out. 'I remembah Torricelli—he's the fellah who used to paint all his women crooked. But Chianti's a wine; I've often drunk it; and Romano's—well, every fellah knows Romano's is a restaurant near the Gaiety Theatre.'
'Besides,' I continued, in a drawl like his own, 'there are Risotto, and Gnocchi, and Vermicelli, and Anchovy—all famous paintahs, and all of whom I don't doubt you admiah.'
Elsie exploded at last. But he took no offence. He smiled inanely, as if he rather enjoyed it. 'Look heah, you know,' he said, with his crafty smile; 'that's one too much. I'm not taking any. You think yourselves very clevah for kidding me with paintahs who are really macaroni and cheese and claret; yet if I were to tell you the Lejah was run at Ascot, or the Cesarewitch at Doncastah, why, you'd be no wisah. When it comes to art, I don't have a look in; but I could tell you a thing or two about starting prices.'
And I was forced to admit that there he had reason.
Still, I think he realised that he had better avoid the subject of art in future, as we avoided the noble quadruped. He saw his limitations.
Not till the last evening before we reached Bombay did I really understand the nature of my neighbour's project. That evening, as it chanced, Elsie had a headache and went below early. I stopped with her till she dozed off; then I slipped up on deck once more for a breath of fresh air, before retiring for the night to the hot and stuffy cabin. It was an exquisite evening. The moon rode in the pale green sky of the tropics. A strange light still lingered on the western horizon. The stifling heat of the Red Sea had given way long since to the refreshing coolness of the Indian Ocean. I strolled a while on the quarter-deck, and sat down at last near the stern. Next moment, I was aware of somebody creeping up to me.
'Look heah, Miss Cayley,' a voice broke in; 'I'm in luck at last! I've been waiting, oh, evah so long, for this opportunity.'
I turned and faced him. 'Have you, indeed?' I answered. 'Well, I have not, Lord Southminster.'
I tried to rise, but he motioned me back to my chair. There were ladies on deck, and to avoid being noticed I sank into my seat again.
'I want to speak to you,' he went on, in a voice that (for him) was almost impressive. 'Half a mo, Miss Cayley. I want to say—this last night—you misunderstand me.'
'On the contrary,' I answered, 'the trouble is—that I understand you perfectly.'
'No, yah don't. Look heah.' He bent forward quite romantically. 'I'm going to be perfectly frank. Of course yah know that when I came on board this ship I came—to checkmate yah.'
'Of course,' I replied. 'Why else should you and Higginson have bothered to come here?'
He rubbed his hands together. 'That's just it. You're always clevah. You hit it first shot. But there's wheah the point comes in. At first, I only thought of how we could circumvent yah. I treated yah as the enemy. Now, it's all the othah way. Miss Cayley, you're the cleverest woman I evah met in this world; you extort my admiration.'
I could not repress a smile. I didn't know how it was, but I could see I possessed some mysterious attraction for the Ashurst family. I was fatal to Ashursts. Lady Georgina, Harold Tillington, the Honourable Marmaduke, Lord Southminster—different types as they were, all succumbed without one blow to me.
'You flatter me,' I answered, coldly.
'No, I don't,' he cried, flashing his cuffs and gazing affectionately at his sleeve-links. ''Pon my soul, I assuah yah, I mean it. I can't tell you how much I admiah yah. I admiah your intellect. Every day I have seen yah, I feel it moah and moah. Why, you're the only person who has evah out-flanked my fellah, Higginson. As a rule I don't think much of women. I've been through several London seasons, and lots of 'em have tried their level best to catch me; the cleverest mammas have been aftah me for their Ethels. But I wasn't so easily caught: I dodged the Ethels. With you, it's different. I feel'—he paused—'you're a woman a fellah might be really proud of.'
'You are too kind,' I answered, in my refrigerator voice.
'Well, will you take me?' he asked, trying to seize my hand. 'Miss Cayley, if you will, you will make me unspeakably happy.'
It was a great effort—for him—and I was sorry to crush it. 'I regret,' I said, 'that I am compelled to deny you unspeakable happiness.'
'Oh, but you don't catch on. You mistake. Let me explain. You're backing the othah man. Now, I happen to know about that: and I assuah you, it's an error. Take my word for it, you're staking your money on the wrong fellah.'
'I do not understand you,' I replied, drawing away from his approach. 'And what is more, I may add, you could never understand me.'
'Yaas, but I do. I understand perfectly. I can see where you go wrong. You drew up Marmy's will; and you think Marmy has left all he's worth to Harold Tillington; so you're putting every penny you've got on Harold. Well, that's mere moonshine. Harold may think it's all right; but it's not all right. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the Probate Court. Listen heah, Miss Cayley: Higginson and I are a jolly sight sharpah than your friend Harold. Harold's what they call a clevah fellah in society, and I'm what they call a fool; but I know bettah than Harold which side of my bread's buttahed.'
'I don't doubt it,' I answered.
'Well, I have managed this business. I don't mind telling you now, I had a telegram from Marmy's valet when we touched at Aden; and poor old Marmy's sinking. Habakkuk's been too much for him. Sixteen stone going under. Why am I not with him? yah may ask. Because, when a man of Marmy's temperament is dying, it's safah to be away from him. There's plenty of time for Marmy to altah his will yet—and there are othah contingencies. Still, Harold's quite out of it. You take my word for it; if you back Harold, you back a man who's not going to get anything; while if you back me, you back the winnah, with a coronet into the bargain.' And he smiled fatuously.
I looked at him with a look that would have made a wiser man wince. But it fell flat on Lord Southminster. 'Do you know why I do not rise and go down to my cabin at once?' I said, slowly. 'Because, if I did, somebody as I passed might see my burning cheeks—cheeks flushed with shame at your insulting proposal—and might guess that you had asked me, and that I had refused you. And I should shrink from the disgrace of anyone's knowing that you had put such a humiliation upon me. You have been frank with me—after your kind, Lord Southminster; frank with the frankness of a low and purely commercial nature. I will be frank with you in turn. You are right in supposing that I love Harold Tillington—a man whose name I hate to mention in your presence. But you are wrong in supposing that the disposition of Mr. Marmaduke Ashurst's money has or can have anything to do with the feelings I entertain towards him. I would marry him all the sooner if he were poor and penniless. You cannot understand that state of mind, of course: but you must be content to accept it. And I would not marry you if there were no other man left in the world to marry. I should as soon think of marrying a lump of dough.' I faced him all crimson. 'Is that plain enough? Do you see now that I really mean it?'
He gazed at me with a curious look, and twirled what he considered his moustache once more, quite airily. The man was imperturbable—a pachydermatous imbecile. 'You're all wrong, yah know,' he said, after a long pause, during which he had regarded me through his eye-glass as if I were a specimen of some rare new species. 'You're all wrong, and yah won't believe me. But I tell yah, I know what I'm talking about. You think it's quite safe about Marmy's money—that he's left it to Harold, because you drew the will up. I assuah you that will's not worth the paper it's written on. You fancy Harold's a hot favourite: he's a rank outsidah. I give you a chance, and you won't take it. I want yah because you're a remarkable woman. Most of the Ethels cry when they're trying to make a fellah propose to 'em; and I don't like 'em damp: but you have some go about yah. You insist upon backing the wrong man. But you'll find your mistake out yet.' A bright idea struck him. 'I say—why don't you hedge? Leave it open till Marmy's gone, and then marry the winnah?'
It was hopeless trying to make this clod understand. His brain was not built with the right cells for understanding me. 'Lord Southminster,' I said, turning upon him and clasping my hands, 'I will not go away while you stop here. But you have some spark enough of a gentleman in your composition, I hope, not to inflict your company any longer upon a woman who does not desire it. I ask you to leave me here alone. When you have gone, and I have had time to recover from your degrading offer, I may perhaps feel able to go down to my cabin.'
He stared at me with open blue eyes—those watery blue eyes. 'Oh, just as you like,' he answered. 'I wanted to do you a good turn, because you're the only woman I evah really admiahed—to say admiah, don't you know; not trotted round like the Ethels: but you won't allow me. I'll go if you wish it; though I tell you again, you're backing the wrong man, and soonah or latah you'll discover it. I don't mind laying you six to four against him. Howevah, I'll do one thing for yah: I'll leave this offah always open. I'm not likely to marry any othah woman—not good enough, is it?—and if evah you find out you're mistaken about Harold Tillington, remembah, honour bright, I shall be ready at any time to renew my offah.'
By this time I was at boiling-point. I could not find words to answer him. I waved him away angrily with one hand. He raised his hat with quite a jaunty air and strolled off forward, puffing his cigarette. I don't think he even knew the disgust with which he inspired me.
I sat some hours with the cool air playing about my burning cheeks before I mustered up courage to rise and go down below again.
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Dear Friend,
The 150 NTEU members imposing industrial bans at UNSW and Macquarie University need your urgent financial support. Since late November, the managements at both universities have progressively stood down your NTEU colleagues. These colleagues have offered to perform the overwhelming majority of their duties, and management is free to pay them for these duties. Instead, management has punished them by refusing to pay any salary at all.
Many of the members involved in this dispute have not received pay for nearly three weeks and could suffer continuing income losses of many thousands of dollars over the Christmas and New Year period.
You can directly hear from these colleagues in a video at http://www.youtube.com/user/NSWNTEU
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Despite two years of intense discussions, both managements have point blank refused to reach a negotiated settlement. Consequently, NTEU members have been forced to take industrial action to gain new Enterprise Agreements with better job security and the restoration of conditions and entitlements stripped away by the Howard Government.
NTEU members at other universities across Australia have already achieved new Enterprise Agreements, and it is only the UNSW and Macquarie managements who are refusing to provide the job security and employment conditions necessary to maintain quality teaching, research and student services. This refusal is an insult to the professional standing of our colleagues at Macquarie and UNSW.
Please Donate to the Fighting Fund Now
Our brave UNSW and Macquarie colleagues' fight is your fight as well. Maintaining high quality employment standards across all universities depends on collective support.
Financially protecting these members requires several hundred thousand dollars, and they need your direct financial support. Many people have already contributed but we urgently need more support.
Donate at http://www.nteu.org.au/fighting_fund
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unsw student said on 14:43 Thursday 6 Jan, 2011
Adam said on 15:53 Thursday 30 Dec, 2010
There's a saying, if you can't do it, teach it....
boohoo said on 14:51 Friday 24 Dec, 2010
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boohoo said on 14:46 Friday 24 Dec, 2010
luckier than other students who have been waiting a LOT longer than u and still probably won't get their results anytime soon.
maude flanders said on 13:15 Friday 24 Dec, 2010
as for telling me to "grow up", u should b telling that to urselves (so fcking touchy, what's wrong with u ppls) and the nteu for starting this whole fcking mess in the first place.
maude flanders said on 13:06 Friday 24 Dec, 2010
uh no, i won't "*uck off" as some ppls have said. free speech, dipshits.
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After local indie-rock heroes the Zolas finished an electric set on the Stawamus Stage, frontman Zachary Gray popped into the media tent to relax and talk about his outfit. He's quick to point out that Zolas drummer Cody Hiles helped him with his festival look. He's also quick to point out that Cody is the most stylish man to ever come out of Maple Ridge.
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The long version: The White Raven, one of the head honchos Garlean Empire's …
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The long version:
The White Raven, one of the head honchos Garlean Empire's (the primary enemy that lives to the north of the people of the continent Eorzea) military was manipulated into calling down Dalamud, the second moon of Hydaelyn (the planet that XIV takes place on) in an effort to destroy the land, and he used his resources as a military leader to pull it off.
In response the players were forced to help encourage and reassemble the three "Grand Companies" of Eorzea – Eorzea's own military force – and get these groups to cooperate with each other in an effort to stop the Empire before it was too late to stop the "meteor". After a series of quests the Grand Companies form the Eorzean Alliance, and help the player defeat The White Raven, however their efforts were in vain as Dalamud is still plummeting toward the planet.
In a last ditch effort Loisoux (an archon, or physical manifestation of one The Twelve, the gods that Eorzenas pray to, and the old man in the cinematic) suggests that the player make a pilgrimage and pray to the 12 stones that represent The Twelve. Should the prayers be answered, then the archons will be able to use the power of The Twelve to stop Dalamud, the meteor.
Basically the last cinematic is showing the final confrontation between the Garlean Empire and the Eorzean Alliance. The three people on chocobos are the leaders of the Eorzean Alliance, and the old Elezen man is Loisoux, the archon. The meteor falls and Bahamut breaks out of it (and so it is revealed that the White Raven was manipulated by Bahamut into summining him back to Hydaelyn), Loisoux and the other archons attempt to use the power of the gods to reseal him, but he breaks free and fucks everything up. Once the seal fails, Loisoux teleports everyone away from harm, presumably to the future, however there are theories that we were returned to "The Mother Crystal" so that it can dream up a new Eorzea, however since we know that Bahamut is prsent in ARR, we can assume that we were sent to the future.
TLDR – Evil guy summons Bahamut, the good guys try to use the power of their gods to stop him, he fucks shit up anyway and they're sent 5 years into the future so that they won't die.
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I just hope they learned their lesson and lesson well. They can make an MMORPG that's fine but they are designing the game with a party in mind. What Square-Enix should do is make you have a party too. Similar of their games like FFXIII and such they should make you have a party like much. 1-5 extra characters is fine however in an dungeon or raid a party of one is fine. Even by this song it's about the journey and characters you pick up yet Square ingores it, if they can't design a MMORPG for …
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If you consider just running around looking at sceneries a game, than that's up to you. I don't. And I'm talking about this article you dunce.
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People go behind the success, but very rarely we see a person, who is chased by success. Here is a person, who established himself as a south Indian star with Kannada roots. He started his career as a theatre artiste and went on to become a star. People of Karnataka still recall a decade back television serial Guddadha Bhootha, which was telecasted on Doordarshan. Who will forget Girish Karnad's screen adaptation of Nagamandala, which eventually bagged him a state award.
By this time, you would have guessed it about whom we're talking about. Yes! It is none other than Prakash Rai a.k.a Prakash Raj. The versatile actor's directional debut Naanu Nanna Kanasu (NNK) is hitting the silver screens in less than 72 hours. The movie is a remake of Abhiyum Naanum, in which the star has himself played the lead role. In a conversation with Oneindia, the actor spoke about his debut directional outing, reading books and more. Here are the excerpts of Prakash Rai interview.
What is the movie Naanu Nanna Kanasu all about?
Naanu Nanna Kanasu revolves around a caring father and his beloved daughter. It's about father-daughter relationship. Father, who shows unconditional love and possessiveness, which leads to suffocating atmosphere. I've tried to explain this through the film as how a father gets matured year after year. Surely, it happens with every parents and audience would feel it.
Do you want to give any message to all fathers through NNK?
All I can say is let you children grow, let them enjoy their life. I want every father to compare themselves with the one in the film and I would expect them to remember how they were at that age.
How was your debut directional experience after nearly 30 years career as an actor?
It was amazing and directing a film was my long-standing dream. I wanted my first directional to be very special and this story has really touched my heart.
How was the experience working with Amoolya? Was she nervous?
See, I had spoken to every actor that nervousness won't help the work. To give our best performances, we should come out from the nervousness. She is a very sweet girl. She is a directors' actor and it is really easy to handle her.
We' have heard that you used to sing in your early days, have you taken the mike in the film?
No, i haven't sung any song in the film. I used to sing when I was acting in theatre industry. Everyone, who's involved in theaters, used to sing without any option in those days.
In your previous interview to private TV channel you had said that you read a lot. Who is your favorite author?
I'm not particular about any author but it goes upon my mood. I read anything, which is good and interesting. I feel that every human should read to connect himself with reality. Reading enriches life.
You have experience in all the four South Indian film industries and also have worked in Bollywood. So do you see any difference between Sandalwood and other film industries?
Basically, every industry is same. I don't see any difference, It all boils down to how you work. As long as you serve quality films the difference between the industries never arises.
Movies like Avatar are being dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. Where as in Karnataka, Kannadiga's are forced to see in the original language itself. What is your take on dubbing?
First of all, I want to make it clear to you that I don't like dubbing. It is against the culture. Filmmakers makes the film on some certain boundaries, which would suit the nativity. If we dub the same a viewer might miss the plot. In my opinion remake is better.
Don't you feel like a guest in your own place?
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Tori Thiessen and other Skate Brandon figure skaters have dreams of representing Manitoba and winning medals at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, and their on-ice session at Kinsmen Arena on Thursday may help them reach those goals.
Christy Krall, the 2013 Professional Skating Association coach of the year, and Erik Schulz, a respected jump coach, came to the Wheat City to work with 11 of the Skate Brandon competitors who are on Manitoba's Canada Games selection team. Each skater had one-on-one and group sessions throughout the day.
Skate Manitoba brought in the two high-end coaches — Krall has coached Patrick Chan to world championships — to help improve its skaters, and Tori Thiessen, who won gold at provincials and the Manitoba Games this winter, feels they have done just that.
"I think it's important because it helps you improve that much more and gives you more feedback," she said. "We have Tammy (McKay, Skate Brandon's head coach), but it gives you more and it helps you improve that much more so you can have a better season."
Krall brought new teaching techniques with her. Her goal was for the skaters to see what needs to be improved, do what needs to be improved in a safe environment and then do it. She accomplishes it with DartFish software that allows her to record video of the skaters doing their jumps and comparing side-by-side or overlapping it with other skaters to go over fine technique points.
They also had a harness that allowed skaters to try different techniques without falling before they tried them on their own.
Krall, a former world and Olympic team member and coach, was impressed with what she saw from the Westman skaters and thinks Thursday's sessions will greatly benefit them.
"I think they're just on a road to real success," she said. "They've taken a real step in here. These guys are all moving up to the novice and junior level, which is a thrill for them. I think they've done a great job in this rink to bring in real specialists to teach them the modes of the best jumping technique there is. That's why we're here and why they'll have a great summer and work hard on all these tricks."
Krall and Schulz will continue to work with Canada Games selection team members in Winnipeg on the weekend before hosting a two-day seminar.
They have worked before with a few Skate Brandon competitors in the United States, like Thiessen, and the 14-year-old Brandonite enjoys the experience.
"I'm familiar with it because I went down for a week this year to train," she said. "It was a catch-up and I went a month ago, so it's nice to see her again and just get the same feedback and stuff from her and Erik."
Thiessen has dreams of standing on top of the podium at the Canada Games and knows it will take a lot of work to get there. Her time with Krall and Schulz may keep her on the right track, and she's also gained a couple new supporters in the process.
"Reaching their goals will be based on a lot of hard work and a lot of dedication, a lot of training and I hope some of them make it," Krall said. "That would be great."
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Basically we all experience the same initial feelings
emotions when we first are diagnosed with herpes, so I am not going to repeat
all that in my story. I was first diagnosed about 5 years ago while I was
married, the reality of it didn't hit me till my divorce was final in September
of 2001. And again, as most of us have done, I turned to the internet to educate
myself. By way of the Lansing Social Group, (which was too far for me) I was
given the name of the lady who ran
Motor City Friends, our local social group. After exchanging a few emails,
she told me, "You need to go to the Help meeting." I was too scared to go alone,
so she agreed to go with me. I will be forever grateful to Denise for doing
that. Starting with that first Help meeting in May of 2002, my life turned
around and I found my "self" again.
I say I found my "self" again, because I had lost my "self" in my marriage. That
really has nothing to do with the herpes, but rather the person before this
marriage would never have been afraid to go to the Help meeting.
I began helping Denise with our social group Motor City Friends and in April
of this year she asked if I wanted to take over so she could take a break. I now
also facilitate Help meetings. I drive around with signs on my car that read
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I had an ad on *a herpes dating site, but found that by the time I eliminated the men under 40,
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state of Michigan. And I don't want a long distance relationship. So, I posted
an ad on Match.com, in this ad I state I have herpes and give information about
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There are so many people on Match.com
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people admiring my honesty and courage.
There is so much more that I want to do for this cause, however my time is also
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I obtain my strength and courage from every sad face that turns into a smile at
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I also must defend those who reject us. Just as many of us have the fear of
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Opportunities for some deeper collaboration on gas processing may arise again once production starts up, due in 2015 at Santos's GLNG project, Mr Knox said yesterday.
The $US16 billion ($14.9 billion) GLNG venture is one of three world-scale coal seam gas-based LNG projects being built on Gladstone's Curtis Island. Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina are planning a fourth, due to get the green light in 2013.
Last week Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips gave the final investment decision (FID) for the first phase of their $US14 billion LNG project.
UK gas company BG Group is spending at least $US15 billion on its Queensland Curtis project next door.
"I would have loved to have worked with other proponents in the run- up to the FID," Mr Knox told a business luncheon in Sydney. "I was unsuccessful when the music stopped in having a dance partner. That is something in which I would have liked to have been successful."
BG, Origin Energy and Shell have also said they were open to co-operation with rival ventures but each has continued with its separate project.
Now Santos is entirely focused on delivering its two-train GLNG project, Mr Knox said.
"Once we have done that there are opportunities for working together in the downstream, that's in the plants, by taking down the fences, etcetera," he said.
Mr Knox said that once production started up, some collaboration could arise on operations, but that was only now possible "well down the line".
"We for the next three or four years are entirely focused on delivering our two-train project and we will do that," he said. "We have made a very good start."
In the meantime, the biggest opportunities for collaboration lie in the upstream area, in co-ordinating work on drilling, transportation, pipelines and so on to minimise the overall impact, Mr Knox said.
The GLNG project alone will require about 1000 coal seam gas wells plus about 50 more a year to maintain production.
"But the big prize prior to FID is probably not going to be realised until we get back into production," he said. "That is in the past."
Mr Knox said potential cost savings could have amounted to $1 billion per LNG venture in Queensland.
The Australian Financial Review


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Labatt ruling will make companies more wary of sponsorshipsWritten by Heather Gardiner Posted Date: July 18, 2011
|Molson Coors Canada has won this round in its battle with Labatt over beer sponsorship for the NHL. Photo: Molson Coors
In the case of Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd. v. NHL Enterprises Canada, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Molson Coors Canada, verifying its $375-million sponsorship deal with the NHL.
For decades, Molson Breweries owned NHL sponsorship rights. Labatt grabbed them in 2007 and, after the appeal ruling, it said in a statement that it will continue to fight the court's decision, announcing new sponsorship deals with three Canadian NHL teams.
Molson appealed the case after the Ontario Superior Court ruled in favour of Labatt's request for an injunction. Superior Court Justice Frank Newbould ruled Labatt had already reached a binding sponsorship agreement with the NHL and therefore it could not enter a similar agreement with Molson.
The appeal court overruled the injunction citing "procedural unfairness" towards Molson and the NHL.
The appeal ruling stated: "[A]t no time during the application hearing did Labatt assert that a binding sponsorship agreement existed between the parties" and "the application judge did not raise this issue with the NHL or Molson during their submissions."
Kelly Brown, Molson's chief legal officer, says her company would have proceeded differently had Labatt argued that it had a binding sponsorship agreement with the NHL.
"Because [Labatt] never argued that a binding agreement was in place . . . neither Molson nor the league actually ever were called upon to make any counter arguments about there not being a binding agreement in place. So we never had the chance to address the issue because it was actually never raised as an issue."
According to the ruling, the appeal court also accepted the NHL's submission that "if it had known that the existence of a binding sponsorship agreement between the NHL and Labatt on and after November 12, 2010 was at issue, it would have conducted its defence to Labatt's application in a very different fashion."
To demonstrate another instance of "procedural unfairness," the court made reference to the case of Rodaro v. Royal Bank of Canada. The court said the judge in that case "held that it was both fundamentally unfair and inherently unreliable for a trial judge to make findings against a defendant on the basis of a theory of legal liability not advanced by the claimant."
As a result of Labatt, Brown predicts companies will be more wary. "I think it probably means that parties entering into negotiations for sponsorship agreements will be more careful in understanding the status of their discussions," she says.
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text: CVS Health Corporation Company Profile (NYSE:CVS) Company Profile Analyst Ratings Earnings History Earnings Estimates Dividend History Insider Trade Headlines Social Media Chart About CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) CVS Health Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is an integrated pharmacy healthcare company. The Company provides pharmacy care for the senior community through Omnicare, Inc. (Omnicare) and Omnicare's long-term care (LTC) operations, which include distribution of pharmaceuticals, related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to chronic care facilities and other care settings. It operates through three segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail/LTC and Corporate. The Pharmacy Services Segment provides a range of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) solutions to its clients. As of December 31, 2016, the Retail/LTC Segment included 9,709 retail locations (of which 7,980 were its stores that operated a pharmacy and 1,674 were its pharmacies located within Target Corporation (Target) stores), its online retail pharmacy Websites, CVS.com, Navarro.com and Onofre.com.br, 38 onsite pharmacy stores, its long-term care pharmacy operations and its retail healthcare clinics. Industry, Sector and Symbol: Sector: Retail/Wholesale Industry: Drug Retailers - NEC Sub-Industry: Drug Retail Symbol: NYSE:CVS CUSIP: 12665010 Web: www.cvshealth.com Capitalization:Market Cap: $79.76146 billionOutstanding Shares: 1,018,795,000Average Prices:50 Day Moving Avg: $78.71200 Day Moving Avg: $79.2052 Week Range: $69.30 - $98.66 P/E:Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.46Foreward P/E Ratio: 12.41P/E Growth: 1.66Sales & Book Value:Annual Revenue: $178.83 billionPrice / Sales: 0.45Book Value: $32.95 per sharePrice / Book: 2.40Dividend:Annual Dividend: $2.00Dividend Yield: 2.6% Profitability:EBIDTA: $12.81 billionNet Margins: 2.86%Return on Equity: 17.56%Return on Assets: 6.64%Debt:Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.76%Current Ratio: 1.08%Quick Ratio: 0.56%Misc:Average Volume: 6.18 million shs.Beta: 0.91Short Ratio: 3.89 Frequently Asked Questions for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) What is CVS Health Corporation's stock symbol? CVS Health Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CVS." How often does CVS Health Corporation pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for CVS Health Corporation? CVS Health Corporation announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 6th. Investors of record on Monday, July 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Thursday, August 3rd. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 20th. View CVS Health Corporation's Dividend History. How were CVS Health Corporation's earnings last quarter? CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The company reported $1.17 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $44.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $44.20 billion. CVS Health Corporation had a return on equity of 17.56% and a net margin of 2.86%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.18 EPS. View CVS Health Corporation's Earnings History. When will CVS Health Corporation make its next earnings announcement? CVS Health Corporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 8th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for CVS Health Corporation. What guidance has CVS Health Corporation issued on next quarter's earnings? CVS Health Corporation issued an update on its FY17 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.77-5.93 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.86. CVS Health Corporation also updated its Q2 guidance to $1.29-1.33 EPS. Where is CVS Health Corporation's stock going? Where will CVS Health Corporation's stock price be in 2017? 19 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for CVS Health Corporation's shares. Their predictions range from $77.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate CVS Health Corporation's stock price to reach $94.27 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for CVS Health Corporation. What are analysts saying about CVS Health Corporation stock? Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about CVS Health Corporation stock: 1. Guggenheim analysts commented, " Our recent meetings with CEO Larry Merlo, CFO Dave Denton, and VP-IR Nancy Christal further reinforced our confidence in 10% secular growth, which we believe the market is currently undervaluing, at a 13x P/E on somewhat depressed 2017E EPS. Bottom line, even in the face of secular gross margin erosion, in both segments, we believe the company should be able to grow EBIT by 5% on the back of a) natural growth in specialty Rx, b) increasingly rapid product innovation, c) a broadening set of productive relationships, and d) both COGS and SG&A reductions. In our view, this growth merits a valuation closer to a market multiple'we reiterate our Buy rating and $90 PT, implying 15% upside from current levels." (3/28/2017) 2. Evercore ISI analysts commented, "While the quarter proved generally uneventful and guidance was reiterated on the surface (albeit some moving parts below ' dollar profit targets were unchanged in our view ' much of the delta related to where 4Q came out vs mid-point and lower inflation outlook), investors have reacted negatively to the lack of clarity on several key issues with respect to business model risk that in our minds is unlikely to dissipate until later in the year. We think management did an admirable job on the DIR fee issue and a reasonable job on gross to net / rebates, but the reality is that policy noise is unlikely to dissipate and the outlook for 2018 won't start to gain clarity until the summer. We think once we get initial color on the PBM selling season, a better understanding of underlying pharmacy share shifts and profit headwinds and ultimately gain a better picture of 2018 the multiple may start to see some relief. Until then CVS shares remain inexpensive and highly leveraged to tax reform and it appears as if many years of execution are being overshadowed by a tough 18 month stretch. Given how far shares have fallen and in our view strong FCF yield support we retain our Buy rating but acknowledge the path to returns from here is likely most appropriate for those with a multi-year time horizon and a 'deep value' focus." (2/9/2017) 3. According to Zacks Investment Research, "CVS Health posted better-than-expected second-quarter with respected to adjusted EPS. However, revenues missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company's Pharmacy Services segment continues to benefit from growth in the Specialty Pharmacy business while the Retail Pharmacy segment is gaining from increased same-store sales. We take note of the recently completed Omnicare and Target Pharmacy buyouts which, according to CVS, are strategically perfect fits. CVS Health expects to benefit with multiple opportunities for driving enterprise value from Omnicare and Target in both the near and long term. CVS Health also expects to see market share gain in its specialty pharmacy suite of services with differentiated specialty offerings providing a high level of clinical support to patients. However, the competitive landscape remains tough. The tussle for market share gain in the PBM and retail space also warrants caution." (8/3/2016) Who are some of CVS Health Corporation's key competitors? Some companies that are related to CVS Health Corporation include McDonald's Corporation (MCD), Inditex (IDEXY), The Priceline Group (PCLN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Starbucks Corporation (SBUX), Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST), JD.com (JD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Kering Unspon (PPRUY), TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (TJX), Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (WMMVY), eBay (EBAY), Hennes & Mauritz AB (HNNMY), Compass Group PLC (CMPGY), Ctrip.com International (CTRP), Target Corporation (TGT), Yum! Brands (YUM) and Expedia (EXPE). Who are CVS Health Corporation's key executives? CVS Health Corporation's management team includes the folowing people: David Wyatt Dorman, Independent Chairman of the BoardLarry J. Merlo, President, Chief Executive Officer, DirectorDavid M. Denton, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice PresidentJonathan C. Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice PresidentLisa G. Bisaccia, Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice PresidentStephen J. Gold, Executive Vice President, Chief Information OfficerThomas M. Moriarty, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Health Strategy OfficerTroyen A. Brennan M.D., Executive Vice President, Chief Medical OfficerHelena B. Foulkes, Executive Vice President, President of CVS - PharmacyJ. David Joyner, Executive Vice President Who owns CVS Health Corporation stock? CVS Health Corporation's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.52%), APG Asset Management N.V. (0.38%), State Treasurer State of Michigan (0.20%), Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.19%), Swedbank (0.17%) and Focused Investors LLC (0.17%). Company insiders that own CVS Health Corporation stock include Andrew Sussman, David M Denton, Eva C Boratto, Helena Foulkes, Jonathan C Roberts, Larry J Merlo, Stephen J Gold and Troyen A Brennan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CVS Health Corporation. Who sold CVS Health Corporation stock? Who is selling CVS Health Corporation stock? CVS Health Corporation's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Focused Investors LLC, Forsta AP Fonden, Swedbank, Rockefeller Financial Services Inc., Strs Ohio, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Quadrant L P CA and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold CVS Health Corporation stock in the last year include Andrew Sussman, David M Denton, Eva C Boratto, Helena Foulkes, Jonathan C Roberts and Troyen A Brennan. View Insider Buying and Selling for CVS Health Corporation. Who bought CVS Health Corporation stock? Who is buying CVS Health Corporation stock? CVS Health Corporation's stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., State Treasurer State of Michigan, Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. and Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for CVS Health Corporation. How do I buy CVS Health Corporation stock? Shares of CVS Health Corporation can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is CVS Health Corporation's stock price today? One share of CVS Health Corporation stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.92. MarketBeat Community Rating for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE CVS)Community Ranking: 3.6 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 802 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 301 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 1,103MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about CVS Health Corporation and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Analyst Ratings Consensus Ratings for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) (How are Consensus Ratings Calculated?) MarketBeat calculates consensus ratings using the most recent rating from each brokerage that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Since brokers often use different ratings systems, each rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings. Each stock's consensus rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.MarketBeat will no longer include ratings and price target data in its consensus calculation if a broker drops coverage and MarketBeat has received a report that coverage was dropped. Ratings from certain research firms that issue ratings using purely quantitative methods (such as Zacks, Vetr and ValuEngine) are not included in consensus calculations. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.Ratings Breakdown: 7 Hold Ratings, 12 Buy RatingsConsensus Rating:Buy (Score: 2.63)Consensus Price Target: $94.27 (19.46% upside) Analysts' Ratings History for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) Show: Only the Most Recent Rating From Each Brokerage All Ratings For This Stock DateFirmActionRatingPrice TargetImpact on Share PriceDetails7/14/2017Jefferies Group LLCReiterated RatingHold$82.00Low7/3/2017GuggenheimReiterated RatingBuyLow6/27/2017Needham & Company LLCInitiated CoverageHold -> HoldLow6/27/2017Leerink SwannSet Price TargetBuy$90.00N/A6/13/2017Cowen and CompanyReiterated RatingOutperform$86.00Low5/3/2017Evercore ISIReiterated RatingOutperform$87.00 -> $88.00Low4/27/2017Tigress FinancialInitiated CoverageBuy -> BuyLow2/28/2017Bank of America CorporationReiterated RatingBuy$106.67N/A2/8/2017Deutsche Bank AGReiterated RatingHold$88.00N/A2/6/2017Atlantic SecuritiesDowngradeOverweight -> Neutral$84.00N/A2/2/2017Robert W. BairdDowngradeOutperform -> Neutral$86.00 -> $77.00N/A12/19/2016Credit Suisse GroupReiterated RatingBuyN/A12/18/2016Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc.Set Price TargetBuy$88.00N/A11/10/2016ArgusReiterated RatingBuy$120.00 -> $85.00N/A11/9/2016Barclays PLCReiterated RatingBuy$85.00N/A11/9/2016MizuhoBoost Price TargetBuy$90.00 -> $111.00N/A9/12/2016Morgan StanleyReiterated RatingHold$104.00N/A8/8/2016Citigroup Inc.Lower Price TargetNeutral$115.00 -> $108.00N/A8/3/2016FBR & CoReiterated RatingOutperform$120.00N/A5/5/2016MacquarieReiterated RatingOutperform$115.00N/A5/4/2016Royal Bank Of CanadaReiterated RatingOutperform$110.00 -> $115.00N/A2/10/2016Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)Boost Price TargetNeutral$106.00 -> $110.00N/A11/3/2015S&P Equity ResearchUpgradeStrong-Buy$121.00N/A11/2/2015Raymond James Financial, Inc.Boost Price TargetOutperform$105.00 -> $110.00N/A11/2/2015BMO Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetOutperform$103.00 -> $113.00N/A11/2/2015J P Morgan Chase & CoLower Price TargetOverweight$128.00 -> $123.00N/A(Data available from 7/28/2015 forward) Earnings Earnings History for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)Earnings History by Quarter for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE CVS)DateQuarterConsensus EstimateActual EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueRelease LinkConference CallDetails8/8/2017$1.31N/A5/2/2017Q1 2017$1.10$1.17$44.20 billion$44.51 billionViewListen2/9/2017Q416$1.67$1.71$46.56 billion$46.00 billionViewListen11/8/2016Q316$1.57$1.64$45.29 billion$44.60 billionViewListen8/2/2016Q216$1.30$1.32$44.28 billion$43.70 billionViewN/A5/3/2016Q116$1.16$1.18$43.01 billion$43.20 billionViewN/A2/9/2016Q415$1.53$1.53$41.12 billion$41.15 billionViewN/A10/30/2015Q315$1.29$1.28$37.81 billion$38.50 billionViewListen8/4/2015Q215$1.20$1.22$37.18 billion$37.20 billionViewN/A5/1/2015Q115$1.08$1.14$35.93 billion$36.30 billionViewN/A2/10/2015Q414$1.21$1.21$36.06 billion$37.06 billionViewN/A11/4/2014Q314$1.13$1.15$34.74 billion$35.00 billionViewN/A8/5/2014Q214$1.10$1.13$33.47 billion$34.60 billionViewN/A5/2/2014Q114$1.05$1.02$32.31 billion$32.70 billionViewN/A2/11/2014Q413$1.11$1.12$32.67 million$32.80 millionViewN/A11/5/2013Q313$1.02$1.05$31.53 billion$32.00 billionViewListen8/6/2013Q2 2013$0.96$0.97$31.13 billion$31.25 billionViewListen5/1/2013Q113$0.79$0.83$30.36 billion$30.76 billionViewListen2/6/2013Q4 2012$1.10$1.14$31.13 billion$31.40 billionViewListen11/6/2012Q312$0.84$0.85$30.09 billion$30.23 billionViewN/A8/7/2012$0.80$0.81ViewN/A5/2/2012$0.63$0.65ViewN/A11/3/2011$0.68$0.70ViewN/A8/4/2011$0.65$0.65ViewN/A5/5/2011$0.55$0.57ViewN/A2/3/2011$0.79$0.80ViewN/A(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward) Estimates Earnings Estimates for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)2017 EPS Consensus Estimate: $5.892018 EPS Consensus Estimate: $6.52QuarterNumber of EstimatesLow EstimateHigh EstimateAverage EstimateQ1 20174$1.09$1.33$1.18Q2 20174$1.30$1.32$1.31Q3 20174$1.51$1.64$1.60Q4 20174$1.71$1.90$1.80Q1 20183$1.25$1.49$1.35Q2 20183$1.43$1.62$1.50Q3 20182$1.73$1.76$1.75Q4 20182$1.90$1.95$1.93(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research) Dividends Current Dividend Information for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)Next Dividend:8/3/2017Annual Dividend:$2.00Dividend Yield:2.53%Dividend Growth:23.60% (3 Year Average)Payout Ratio:41.67% (Trailing 12 Months of Earnings) 34.07% (Based on This Year's Estimates)31.45% (Based on Next Year's Estimates)Track Record:9 Years of Consecutive Dividend GrowthDividend History by Quarter for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE CVS)AnnouncedPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date7/6/2017quarterly$0.502.54%7/20/20177/24/20178/3/20173/2/2017quarterly$0.502.47%4/19/20174/21/20175/1/201712/22/2016quarterly$0.502.54%1/20/20171/24/20172/2/20179/22/2016quarterly$0.431.88%10/20/201610/24/201611/3/20167/6/2016quarterly$0.431.78%7/19/20167/21/20168/1/20163/2/2016quarterly$0.431.71%4/20/20164/22/20165/2/201612/16/2015quarterly$0.431.79%1/20/20161/22/20162/2/201610/1/2015quarterly$0.351.41%10/20/201510/22/201511/2/20157/8/2015quarterly$0.351.32%7/21/20157/23/20158/3/20153/4/2015quarterly$0.351.35%4/22/20154/24/20155/4/201512/17/2014quarterly$0.351.49%1/20/20151/22/20152/2/20159/24/2014quarterly$0.281.38%10/21/201410/23/201411/3/20147/10/2014quarterly$0.281.43%7/17/20147/21/20148/1/20143/6/2014quarterly$0.281.5%4/17/20144/22/20145/2/201412/18/2013quarterly$0.281.57%1/21/20141/23/20142/3/20149/25/2013quarterly$0.231.55%10/17/201310/21/201311/1/20137/10/2013quarterly$0.231.48%7/18/20137/22/20138/2/20133/6/2013quarterly$0.231.73%4/19/20134/23/20135/3/201312/13/2012quarterly$0.231.83%1/22/20131/24/20132/4/2013(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Insider Trades Insider Trading and Institutional Ownership History for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.61%Institutional Ownership Percentage: 82.09%Insider Trades by Quarter for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)Transaction DateInsider NameTitleBuy/SellNumber of SharesAverage Share PriceTotal TransactionDetails6/26/2017Helena FoulkesEVPSell20,333$80.00$1,626,640.00 6/19/2017Helena FoulkesEVPSell20,332$76.98$1,565,157.36 6/12/2017David M DentonCFOSell230,510$80.00$18,440,800.00 3/21/2017Troyen A BrennanEVPSell23,849$78.73$1,877,631.77 3/17/2017Eva C BorattoEVPSell6,029$79.60$479,908.40 3/13/2017Andrew SussmanEVPSell14,104$80.40$1,133,961.60 3/10/2017David M DentonCFOSell95,618$80.68$7,714,460.24 2/16/2017Jonathan C RobertsEVPSell61,196$80.00$4,895,680.00 5/5/2016Larry J MerloCEOSell38,247$105.00$4,015,935.00 5/5/2016Troyen A BrennanEVPSell7,517$105.00$789,285.00 4/1/2016Stephen J GoldEVPSell21,922$105.00$2,301,810.00 3/9/2016Larry J MerloCEOSell38,247$100.00$3,824,700.00 2/11/2016Jonathan C. RobertsEVPSell23,355$92.86$2,168,745.30 2/1/2016Larry J. MerloCEOSell46,393$96.14$4,460,223.02 1/11/2016Larry J. MerloCEOSell46,393$95.00$4,407,335.00 10/27/2015Troyen A. BrennanEVPSell23,603$105.00$2,478,315.00 7/20/2015Eva C BorattoSVPSell22,107$110.34$2,439,286.38 7/15/2015Lisa BisacciaEVPSell49,908$110.00$5,489,880.00 6/1/2015C David Brown IIDirectorSell10,000$102.57$1,025,700.00 5/1/2015C David Brown IIDirectorSell15,000$100.27$1,504,050.00 4/10/2015Andrew SussmanEVPSell17,638$102.38$1,805,778.44 4/2/2015Troyen A BrennanEVPSell33,384$102.48$3,421,192.32 3/23/2015Troyen A BrennanEVPSell33,274$104.94$3,491,773.56 3/20/2015C David Brown IIDirectorSell25,000$104.30$2,607,500.00 1/7/2015Jonathan C RobertsEVPSell86,487$95.31$8,243,075.97 1/5/2015Larry J MerloCEOSell144,144$94.30$13,592,779.20 1/2/2015Andrew SussmanSVPSell4,220$95.67$403,727.40 1/2/2015Per Gh LofbergEVPSell347,343$95.28$33,094,841.04 11/7/2014Helena FoulkesEVPSell46,325$88.06$4,079,379.50 10/27/2014Lisa BisacciaSVPSell33,507$85.00$2,848,095.00 9/2/2014Andrew SussmanSVPSell9,020$79.45$716,639.00 8/6/2014J. David JoynerEVPSell123,516$76.10$9,399,567.60 7/21/2014Eva C BorattoSVPSell22,107$76.77$1,697,154.39 7/1/2014David M DentonCFOSell74,989$75.88$5,690,165.32 4/2/2014Eva BorattoSVPSell17,108$74.51$1,274,717.08 3/31/2014Troyen BrennanEVPSell18,867$74.33$1,402,384.11 1/3/2014David DentonCFOSell14,113$70.50$994,966.50 1/3/2014Per Gh LofbergEVPSell790,888$70.54$55,789,239.52 1/2/2014Jonathan RobertsEVPSell162,192$70.61$11,452,377.12 1/2/2014Larry MerloCEOSell228,875$70.76$16,195,195.00 12/10/2013Lisa BisacciaSVPSell12,057$68.00$819,876.00 11/18/2013Troyen BrennanEVPSell35,387$65.61$2,321,741.07 10/18/2013Eva C BorattoSVPSell11,053$60.50$668,706.50 10/11/2013Eva BorattoSVPSell11,053$59.50$657,653.50 9/13/2013Helena FoulkesEVPSell53,546$60.00$3,212,760.00 9/9/2013Helena FoulkesEVPSell47,568$58.65$2,789,863.20 9/4/2013Andrew SussmanSVPSell9,020$58.36$526,407.20 10/4/2012Andrew SussmanSVPSell9,020$49.00$441,980.00 10/1/2012Thomas M MoriartyEVPBuy6,164$48.67$300,001.88 9/13/2012David M DentonCFOSell11,526$47.00$541,722.00 8/21/2012Jean Pierre MillonDirectorSell33,726$45.73$1,542,289.98 (Data available from 1/1/2013 forward) Headlines Headline Trends for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) Latest Headlines for CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) Source: All Sources Trusted Sources MarketBeat.com Bloomberg MarketWatch Motley Fool NASDAQ Reuters Seeking Alpha The Street The Wall Street Journal Yahoo Finance DateHeadlineReviewing AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Holding Co) (ABC) and CVS Health Corporation (CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 28 at 12:29 AMCardinal Health (CAH) & CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Financial Analysiswww.americanbankingnews.com - July 27 at 8:11 PMArgyle Capital Management Inc. Buys DXC Technology Co, CVS Health Corp, CR ... - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - July 27 at 6:03 PMCVS Health Makes Overdose-Reversal Drug Available Without Individual Prescription at CVS Pharmacy Locations in South Dakotafinance.yahoo.com - July 27 at 6:03 PMSee Which Of The Latest 13F Filers Holds CVS Healthwww.nasdaq.com - July 26 at 6:17 PMCVS Health Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bullish Manner : CVS-US : July 26, 2017finance.yahoo.com - July 26 at 6:17 PMCVS Health Expands Clinical Affiliation with Cleveland Clinic to Increase Access to Patient-Centered Care and Improve Coordinated Health Care Deliveryfinance.yahoo.com - July 25 at 5:40 PMWalgreens moving 500 jobs to Chandlerfinance.yahoo.com - July 25 at 5:40 PMCritical Comparison: CVS Health Corporation (CVS) versus Cardinal Health (CAH)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 25 at 12:25 PMETFs with exposure to CVS Health Corp. : July 24, 2017finance.yahoo.com - July 24 at 5:25 PMCVS Health Corporation Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 22 at 7:08 AMInvestors Buy High Volume of Put Options on CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 22 at 7:08 AMThese 7 highly taxed companies need Congress to finally act on tax reformfinance.yahoo.com - July 21 at 7:16 PMCVS Health and Valero Look Good by This Measure - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - July 18 at 7:14 PMHoran Capital Management Buys Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, CVS Health Corp, Biogen Inc, Sells ... - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - July 18 at 7:14 PMEx-Dividend Reminder: Ford Motor, CVS Health and Bard - Nasdaqwww.nasdaq.com - July 18 at 7:14 PMHow to Identify Economic Moatsfinance.yahoo.com - July 17 at 12:11 PMZacks: Analysts Anticipate CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) Will Post Quarterly Sales of $45.34 Billionwww.americanbankingnews.com - July 16 at 8:08 AMCVS Health Corporation (CVS) Rating Reiterated by Jefferies Group LLCwww.americanbankingnews.com - July 15 at 12:16 AMZacks: Brokerages Anticipate CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) to Announce $1.31 Earnings Per Sharewww.americanbankingnews.com - July 14 at 6:36 PM[$$] CVS, Walgreens Face Challengesfinance.yahoo.com - July 14 at 3:32 PMETFs with exposure to CVS Health Corp. : July 14, 2017finance.yahoo.com - July 14 at 3:32 PMCVS Health's MinuteClinic Joins EOHN for Workplace Healthcarewww.nasdaq.com - July 12 at 3:40 PMCVS Health's MinuteClinic Joins EOHN for Workplace Healthcarefinance.yahoo.com - July 12 at 3:40 PMUPDATE 1-CVS to pay $5 million to resolve U.S. drug probewww.businessinsider.com - July 12 at 4:54 AMCVS to pay $5 million to resolve US drug probe - Reuterswww.reuters.com - July 11 at 6:52 PMMinuteClinic Announces New Partnership to Expand Access to Workplace Health Servicesfinance.yahoo.com - July 11 at 6:52 PMCVS to pay $5 million to resolve U.S. drug probefinance.yahoo.com - July 11 at 6:52 PMWhy CVS Health is a Top 25 Dividend Giant (CVS)www.nasdaq.com - July 10 at 5:38 PMCVS Health Corporation (CVS) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Buy" from Analystswww.americanbankingnews.com - July 10 at 2:30 PMCVS: Critical Reality Check - Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.com - July 8 at 10:22 PMCould a Reckoning at Rite Aid Spark an Amazon.com Acquisition?finance.yahoo.com - July 8 at 5:21 PMCVS Health Corp. breached its 50 day moving average in a Bearish Manner : CVS-US : July 7, 2017finance.yahoo.com - July 8 at 8:49 AMWhy Rite Aid Remains A Good Buyfinance.yahoo.com - July 8 at 8:49 AMCVS Health Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.50 (CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 6 at 1:44 PMWalgreens's Top Line Gets Back to Green in 3Q17finance.yahoo.com - July 3 at 5:38 PMWalgreens's Pharmacy USA Division Delivers Superb 3Q17 Performancefinance.yahoo.com - July 3 at 5:38 PMGuggenheim Reaffirms Buy Rating for CVS Health Corporation (CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 3 at 9:14 AMDown 26.4%: Is Rite Aid Corporation Stock Now an Incredible Bargain?finance.yahoo.com - July 2 at 5:00 PMContrasting MWI Veterinary Supply (MWIV) and CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)www.americanbankingnews.com - July 1 at 10:04 PMHow CVS Health Corporation Makes Most of Its Money - Motley Foolwww.fool.com - June 30 at 5:49 PMHow CVS Health Corporation Makes Most of Its Moneywww.fool.com - June 30 at 12:52 PMCVS Hides Candy and Tanning Oil in Health Push - Investopediawww.investopedia.com - June 29 at 11:54 PMWalgreens Scraps Rite Aid Deal and Will Instead Buy 2,200 Stores for $5 Billionfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PMWalgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) Stock Climbs Pile of Rite Aid's Bonesfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PMCVS Hides Candy and Tanning Oil in Health Pushfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PMWhy Rite Aid Corporation and Fred's, Inc. Stock Plunged Todayfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PMWalgreens Punches One of Its Biggest Rivals in the Face With This Surprising New Dealfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PMCS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp 1998-C2 -- Moody's Affirms Four Classes of CSFB 1998-C2finance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PM[$$] A Snickers a Day Keeps the Doctor Awayfinance.yahoo.com - June 29 at 6:53 PM Social Chart CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Chart for Friday, July, 28, 2017 This page was last updated on 7/28/2017 by MarketBeat.com Staff