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J&J Shareholders Should Expect Higher Dividend Next Week

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 4:36 pm

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) managed to beat earnings expectations this morning, and the drug and consumer products giant also reaffirmed its earnings guidance for 2013. This morning we noted ...
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VIVUS FDA Approval of Qsymia Expands the Obesity Customer Base

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 3:21 pm

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) has just secured Food and Drug Administration  approval of an amendment and modification to the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for its weight-loss drug Qsymia. With ...
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J&J Manages to Beat Earnings Despite Currency Drag

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 8:05 am

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has now reported its first-quarter results, showing an 8.5% gain in sales to $17.5 billion, and earnings of $4.1 billion on a normalized earnings basis ...
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Gene Patent Showdown for Myriad Comes to a Head

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 1:21 pm

Should a company get to patent your genetic DNA? That is the question when it comes to Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN). This company and its stock are at the ...
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America’s Fattest Cities

Posted: April 12, 2013 at 6:22 am

Obesity may be the most closely followed health care issue in the United States. The rate of obesity has increased dramatically in the past two decades, growing from 13% in ...
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Jefferies Gets Bullish on Pharma with Higher Targets (ABBV, ABT, BMY, PFE, ZTS, LLY, GSK, MRK, JEF)

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 8:20 am

With the markets making new highs seemingly every day, it is understandable that investors may be finding it harder and harder to find stocks that do not appear overvalued, or ...
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America’s Most Obese Cities

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 6:28 am

America's least obese cities are Boulder; Charlottesville, Va.; Bellingham Wash.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Naples, Fla.; Denver; San Francisco; San Lois Obisco; Madison, Wisc.; and Colorado Springs. Many of these cities ...
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More Worries About Boston Scientific Turnaround Story

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 10:35 am

24/7 Wall St. recently featured the waves of the most promising turnarounds for 2013. It was amazing to see some of the battered yet recovered stocks on that list. Some ...
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Our Earnings Poll: Which Rivals Will Do Better This Earnings Season? (AAPL, MSFT, JPM, WFC, MRK, PFE, T, VZ)

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 11:15 am

24/7 Wall St. wants some insight from readers ahead of earnings season. We have grouped four rival sectors to see which ones investors are more excited about this earnings season. This ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (CELG, CMCSA, FB, FFIV, JPM, JNPR, KMB, NWSA, PDCE, AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP)

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 8:15 am

Investors and traders are usually on the hunt for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas ...
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How the U.S. Is Making the Rest of the World Fat

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 7:05 am

People who live in nations where most residents were thin, at least as measured against the tremendous number of obese Americans, are getting fatter. Bloomberg blames this, in part, on ...
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Boston Scientific Downgrade — Valuation or Turnaround Risk?

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 9:20 am

Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) is in a long-term turnaround that frankly just feels like it never really has turned around. Or has it? We can criticize the mistakes of ...
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What Medicare Reimbursement Increases Really Mean (AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP, UAM)

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 7:45 am

After promising voters that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka Obamacare), and other health care initiatives designed by the current administration would not result in any increase in costs for citizens, ...
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Top Biotech-Pharma Stock Ideas with Continued Big Upside (OREX, HALO, BAX, BMRN)

Posted: March 28, 2013 at 8:50 am

Much of the research coverage on Wall St. from the bulge bracket firms is concentrated on the most liquid, best known stocks from the S&P 500. These names are recognizable ...
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Another Major MS Approval Keeps Driving Biogen Idec

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 4:16 pm

Shares of Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) did not just do well on Wednesday. The stock hit an all-time high. News hit late in the day that the U.S. Food ...
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