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Jon C. Ogg | Dec 16, 2010 at 11:01 AM EST

Rising Rates, Now Only A Few DJIA Stocks Out-Yield Longer Treasuries (TBT, KFT, MRK, PFE, T, VZ)

The longer-end of the curve is is still rising. Earlier we had seen the highest yields since June, and now…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Dec 10, 2010 at 5:02 AM EST

The Ten Worst Drug Recalls In The History Of The FDA

This year’s recall of certain types of Tylenol and Motrin by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), which began in January,…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Nov 22, 2010 at 4:04 AM EST

Media Digest (11/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: EU and the IMF began to work out details of an Ireland bailout. Ireland will finish work on a…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Oct 29, 2010 at 8:48 AM EDT

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report GDP Up 2%

Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world.…

Jon C. Ogg | Oct 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM EDT

This Week’s Top Earnings Reports & Previews (DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

Earnings season is in full swing and is peaking this week in the frequency of market moving and sector moving…

Jon C. Ogg | Oct 22, 2010 at 12:56 PM EDT

Next Week’s Must See Earnings (AMGN, CIT, DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

Earnings season is in full swing and the peak will occur next week. We have several DJIA components reporting earnings…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Sep 24, 2010 at 5:18 AM EDT

The Rapid Growth Of Layoffs In Pharma, As Industry Despairs Of Its Future

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) will cut nearly 1,000 workers. That is on top of large rounds of firings in 2007…

Jon C. Ogg | Sep 1, 2010 at 11:40 AM EDT

CEO Conflict: Layoffs Boost CEO Pay (C, BAC, CAT, VZ, PFE, EMR, JPM, AA, WMT, MRK, JNJ, HPQ, DIS, IBM, T, F, UTX)

The Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank, has published its 17th annual survey of CEO compensation, noting, among…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 31, 2010 at 3:05 PM EDT

Dow 30 Winners and Losers

(DD, MCD, BA, CAT, KFT, AA, HPQ, MSFT, BAC, CSCO, VZ, T, IBM, CVX, TRV, KO, PG, MRK) For the…

Jon C. Ogg | Aug 26, 2010 at 2:22 PM EDT

20 of 30 DJIA Stocks Out-Yield 10-Year Treasury, 8 Out-Yield 30-Year (T, CVX, DD, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, VZ, BA, CAT, GE, HD, INTC, KO, MCD, MMM, PG, TRV, UTX, XOM)

What happens when Dow Jones Industrial Average components have dividend yields on the common stocks that are above the yield…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 26, 2010 at 4:49 AM EDT

A New Round Of Corporate Layoffs?

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman cut 642 people from its ship building operation yesterday. That follows another 300 cuts from the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Aug 9, 2010 at 4:11 AM EDT

Dell’s Board is Driven to Distraction

Members of Dell Inc.’s (NYSE: DELL)Board of Directors have many distractions preventing them from reviving the struggling computer maker which…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 15, 2010 at 5:34 AM EDT

Economic Confidence Slips As Problem Becomes Center Of Attention

Concerns about the economy ran well ahead of those about the environment and the clean up in the Gulf. That…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 13, 2010 at 5:40 AM EDT

GlaxoSmithKline: Another Drug Company Runs Afoul Of The Truth

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK), like a number of pharmaceutical companies before it, has run up against the truth about one of…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jul 9, 2010 at 3:52 AM EDT

Media Digest 7/0/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: The US did not name China a currency manipulator. Reuters: Most money managers don’t believe the U.S. is in…

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Merck : MRK

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Rising Rates, Now Only A Few DJIA Stocks Out-Yield Longer Treasuries (TBT, KFT, MRK, PFE, T, VZ)

The Ten Worst Drug Recalls In The History Of The FDA

Media Digest (11/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report GDP Up 2%

This Week’s Top Earnings Reports & Previews (DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

Next Week’s Must See Earnings (AMGN, CIT, DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

The Rapid Growth Of Layoffs In Pharma, As Industry Despairs Of Its Future

CEO Conflict: Layoffs Boost CEO Pay (C, BAC, CAT, VZ, PFE, EMR, JPM, AA, WMT, MRK, JNJ, HPQ, DIS, IBM, T, F, UTX)

Dow 30 Winners and Losers

20 of 30 DJIA Stocks Out-Yield 10-Year Treasury, 8 Out-Yield 30-Year (T, CVX, DD, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, VZ, BA, CAT, GE, HD, INTC, KO, MCD, MMM, PG, TRV, UTX, XOM)

A New Round Of Corporate Layoffs?

Dell’s Board is Driven to Distraction

Economic Confidence Slips As Problem Becomes Center Of Attention

GlaxoSmithKline: Another Drug Company Runs Afoul Of The Truth

Media Digest 7/0/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Live Nasdaq Composite: Markets Take Breather After Impressive Q2 Showing on Easing Oil Outlook

Pepsi Price Prediction: The Case for 20%+ Upside

Micron Hit With Price-Fixing Lawsuit: Real Collusion or Simple Supply and Demand?

One Roth Conversion at 63 Can Spike Your Medicare Premium Two Years Later. Here’s the Cliff.

One Roth Conversion at 63 Can Spike Your Medicare Premium Two Years Later. Here's the Cliff.

The 11-Year Tax Window Most Retirees Miss Between 62 and 73

Pepsi Price Prediction: The Case for 20%+ Upside

Micron Hit With Price-Fixing Lawsuit: Real Collusion or Simple Supply and Demand?

Merck : MRK

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Rising Rates, Now Only A Few DJIA Stocks Out-Yield Longer Treasuries (TBT, KFT, MRK, PFE, T, VZ)

The Ten Worst Drug Recalls In The History Of The FDA

Media Digest (11/22/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report GDP Up 2%

This Week’s Top Earnings Reports & Previews (DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

Next Week’s Must See Earnings (AMGN, CIT, DD, X, CMCSA, COP, PG, MMM, DOW, XOM, POT, FSLR, MSFT, CVX, MRK)

The Rapid Growth Of Layoffs In Pharma, As Industry Despairs Of Its Future

CEO Conflict: Layoffs Boost CEO Pay (C, BAC, CAT, VZ, PFE, EMR, JPM, AA, WMT, MRK, JNJ, HPQ, DIS, IBM, T, F, UTX)

Dow 30 Winners and Losers

20 of 30 DJIA Stocks Out-Yield 10-Year Treasury, 8 Out-Yield 30-Year (T, CVX, DD, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, VZ, BA, CAT, GE, HD, INTC, KO, MCD, MMM, PG, TRV, UTX, XOM)

A New Round Of Corporate Layoffs?

Dell’s Board is Driven to Distraction

Economic Confidence Slips As Problem Becomes Center Of Attention

GlaxoSmithKline: Another Drug Company Runs Afoul Of The Truth

Media Digest 7/0/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Live Nasdaq Composite: Markets Take Breather After Impressive Q2 Showing on Easing Oil Outlook

Pepsi Price Prediction: The Case for 20%+ Upside

Micron Hit With Price-Fixing Lawsuit: Real Collusion or Simple Supply and Demand?

One Roth Conversion at 63 Can Spike Your Medicare Premium Two Years Later. Here’s the Cliff.

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One Roth Conversion at 63 Can Spike Your Medicare Premium Two Years Later. Here's the Cliff.

The 11-Year Tax Window Most Retirees Miss Between 62 and 73