WellPoint profit rises more than analysts' estimate
WellPoint Inc., the largest US health insurer by enrollment, reported fourth-quarter profit that rose more than analyst estimates as a national jobless rate above 9 percent kept Americans out of doctors' offices.
Analysts are raising earnings estimates for companies at the fastest rate since at least 2004 just as stocks post the biggest losses in 16 months on concern that the economy will sink back into a recession.