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CVS Health Corp. said Friday it was raising its quarterly dividend to 10%, to 55 cents a share from 50 cents a share. The new dividend will be payable Feb. 1 to shareholders of record on Jan. 21. The drug store chain and health care services company''s stock rose 0.3% in morning trading. Based on the current stock prices, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 2.25%, which compares with the yield for the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF of 1.35% and the implied yield for the S&P 500 of 1.31%. CVS''s stock has rallied 16.5% over the past three months, while the health care ETF has edged up 0.7% and the S&P 500 has tacked on 5.4%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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Shares of Medtronic PLC dropped 1.2% toward an eight-month low in premarket trading Tuesday, after the medical technology company beat fiscal second-quarter profit expectations but missed on revenue, citing the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence and healthcare staffing challenges on medical procedure volumes. Net income for the quarter to Oct. 29 nearly tripled to $1.31 billion, or 97 cents a share, from $489 million, or 36 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 2.6% to $7.85 billion but was below the FactSet consensus of $7.97 billion, while cost of sales fell 7.7%. Cardiovascular revenue rose 3.7% to $2.83 billion, medical surgical revenue increased 0.6% to $2.30 billion, neuroscience revenue fell 0.4% to $1.07 billion and diabetes revenue grew 1.9% to $585 million. For fiscal 2022, the company affirmed its adjusted EPS guidance range of $5.65 to $5.75, but cut its revenue growth outlook to 7% to 8% from 9%. The stock has shed 9.0% over the past three months through Monday, while the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF has slipped 2.8% and the S&P 500 has gained 4.5%.

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