The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has spoken out against the new 2013 budget proposed by President Obama. PhRMA represents leading pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies and some of the…
Drug giant Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) plans to file this year with the US FDA for approval of the company’s newest sleep aid drug, suvorexant. The drug has completed late-stage trials…
Paul Ausick All three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, and spent the rest of the day bouncing around the neutral line. The reports from retailers on same-store sales in January were…
Merck & Company, Inc. (NYSE: MRK) is trading up after its earnings report. With a high dividend yield of 4.4%, many investors are watching this despite a stance of little to no…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal fourth quarter…
Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) looks good on the surface on its earnings report for the fourth quarter, but the company’s guidance may be getting in the way a bit. The drug giant…
Jim Cramer has touted several DJIA upside calls in 2012, but on Monday’s MAD MONEY on CNBC Cramer touted Merck & Company, Inc. (NYSE: MRK) as the great pharma outfit with what may…
The tide of patent expirations that is washing over big pharmaceutical houses is cresting now and investors have begun looking forward to how these companies will deal with some sharp blows to…
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) has been on fire due to the rapid interest of hepatitis C treatments and the bidding of players in the sector. With Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) driving further…
US markets opened up slightly this morning and have maintained a slight positive tone for most of the day. Today marks the unofficial beginning of another earnings season, with Alcoa kicking things…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Monday morning. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Sell from…
For several years it has been the case that Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) was considered a biotech though it had at least some of the same problems of Big Pharma players like Pfizer Inc.…
As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to come up…
The lineup of the Dogs of the Dow, simply the ten highest dividend yield stocks of the thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components, appears to be undergoing a bit of change for…
We recently gave a full review of the DJIA components we expect to raise their dividend payouts in the weeks and months ahead. Among those we expect to raise the dividend is…
