Article: LifePoint Hospitals Reports Second Quarter Earnings of $0.59 Per Diluted Share.(Financial report)

Updates 2008 Range of EPS Guidance to $2.55 - $2.70

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008.

For the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, revenues from continuing operations were $680.8 million, up 4.1% from $654.3 million for the same period a year ago. Income from continuing operations for the quarter increased 28.3% to $31.5 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, compared with income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2007 of $24.6 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. Net income for the quarter increased 128.9% to $30.5 million, or ...






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