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Wednesday 24 June 2015
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Pre-Market News Review: CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CNO), MedAssets, Inc.(NASDAQ:MDAS), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR)

On Friday, Shares of CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CNO), climbed 2.77% to $19.30.

CNO Financial Group Inc, received 2020 Women on Board’s highest honor – a Winning (W) rating – for the gender diversity of its board of directors. Two of the nine (22 percent) directors on CNO Financial Group’s board are women.

Ellyn Brown joined CNO Financial Group’s board of directors in May 2012. Ms. Brown has served on a number of other boards of public and not-for-profit entities, counting NYSE-Euronext (the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, preceding to its acquisition by ICE), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Financial Accounting Foundation (parent of FASB and GASB), and formerly chaired the board of NYSE Regulation, Inc. Preceding to her retirement from an active law and consulting practice, she offered legal, operations, regulatory and governance advice to financial services industry clients and other enterprises operating in heavily-regulated, high-scrutiny environments, and worked with companies undertaking noteworthy transformations.

CNO Financial Group, Inc., through its auxiliaries, develops, markets, and administers health insurance, annuity, individual life insurance, and other insurance products for senior and middle-income markets in the United States.

Shares of MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDAS), dipped -0.68% to $22.02.

MedAssets, declared that Jackson Health System (Jackson), a not-for-profit academic medical system serving residents of Miami-Dade County, renewed its supply chain relationship with the company to achieve greater cost reduction across the organization. Plans call for Jackson to continue use of MedAssets Spend and Pharmacy Analytics, which assist health systems monitor and control pharmacy and med/surg supply costs and improve contract negotiations through advanced analytics. The system also will continue to gain access to industry-leading pricing on supplies with the company’s national group purchasing organization.

The renewal builds upon savings of more than $42 million since 2010 by leveraging MedAssets supply chain solutions in addition to its recently accomplished enterprise consulting engagement, which focused on utilizing data-driven insights, evidence-based technologies and consulting expertise for sustainable margin improvement.

MedAssets, a performance improvement company, provides technology-enabled products and services for hospitals, health systems, non-acute healthcare providers, payers, and other service providers and product manufacturers in the United States.

Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), during its Friday’s trading session fell -0.50% to $28.00.

Take-Two Interactive Software, declared that one new Monster and four new Hunters are coming to Evolve, the 4v1 shooter in which four Hunters cooperatively fight to take down a single-player controlled Monster. Offered individually, or as part of Hunting Season 2, all five new characters will be made accessible preceding to the end of Take-Two Interactive, Inc.’s fiscal year on March 31, 2016. The first new character, Lennox (Assault class), will be accessible on June 23, 2015.

Take-Two Interactive Software, develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment for consumers worldwide. The company offers its products under the Rockstar Games and 2K labels.

Finally, Esperion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ESPR), gained 1.23% Friday.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc, declared president and chief executive officer, Tim M. Mayleben, will present at the JMP Securities Life Science Conference in New York City on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time.

Esperion Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of oral and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering therapies for the treatment of patients with hypercholesterolemia and other cardiometabolic risk markers.

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