DGX-Quest Diagnostics Inc Q2 Earnings Call Transcript

Quest Diagnostics, (DGX)

Q2 Earnings Call

July 21, 2010 8:30 am ET

Executives

Kathleen Valentine - Director of Investor Relations

Surya Mohapatra - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bob Hagemann - Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Ralph Giacobbe - Credit Suisse.

William Quirk – Piper Jaffray

Tom Gallucci - Lazard Capital Markets

Amanda Murphy - William Blair

Ricky Goldwasser - Morgan Stanley

Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank

Kevin Ellich - Royal Bank of Canada

Anthony Vendetti - Maxim Group

Adam Feinstein - Barclays Capital

Robert Willoughby - Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Gary Leeberman - Wells Fargo

Gary Taylor - Citigroup

Kemp Dolliver – Avondale Partners

Adam Feinstein – Barclays Capital

Presentation

Operator

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Now I’d like to introduce Kathleen Valentine, Director of Investor Relations for Quest Diagnostics; go ahead please.

Kathleen Valentine

Thank you and good morning. I’m here with Surya Mohapatra, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Bob Hagemann, our Chief Financial Officer.

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