The majority of analysts (83.3%) rate Express Scripts as a buy.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Express Scripts

The majority of analysts (90%) rate Express Scripts as a buy.

FORBES: Earnings Preview: Express Scripts

Ground shipping, accounting for a fourth of sales, is growing at 8% to 10%, twice the rate of express.

FORBES: Start the Ground War

The bond also gives investors a chance to express their opinion on the expected rate of inflation in Japan over the next ten years, says John Richards of Barclays Capital in Tokyo.

ECONOMIST: Japanese inflation-linked bonds

American Express is able to charge a higher rate from merchants on faith of its promises to bring them higher spending customers.

FORBES: American Express Earnings Will Gain On Fatter Fees And Foreign Growth

American Express earns a net interest income on the spread between the rate it earns from un-loaned amounts sitting in bank deposits and short-term investments in financial securities and the rates at which it extends credit to card members.

FORBES: American Express Charging Toward $50

American Express, with the most affluent customers, has the lowest delinquency rate of 1.8 percent of balances.

FORBES: Credit Card Delinquency Rate Falls for 17th Consecutive Month

It should be noted that many individual investors continue to express concern about interest rates, particularly the timing and magnitude of rate hikes.

FORBES: AAII:Investor Portfolios Brimming With Stocks

But for cheap generics, which have already had their prices whittled down by cut-rate competition, sometimes there is only so much more Express Scripts can cut.

FORBES: The Express Scripts Lane To Drug Savings

No fewer than 48 companies, including American Express and Dean Witter, have moved their back-office operations to Salt Lake City, where the growth rate in jobs has sometimes exceeded 6% a year.

ECONOMIST: Lexington