Emails show lobbyists, not insiders, underpinned U.S. market-moving report

By Sarah N. Lynch and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The researcher whose report prompted a spike in health stocks last month appears to have relied on lobbyists rather than U.S. government insiders who had direct knowledge of a pending healthcare decision, according to emails reviewed by Reuters. The messages could help bolster Height Securities LLC’s claim that its analyst was essentially doing what reporters, lobbyists and others in Washington do every day: trying to figure out what the government is going to do next. …