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Health and Healthcare
Merck (MRK) Losing Out On OTC?
If a company like Merck (MRK) is going to overcome problems with a lot its drugs going "off patent" it is going to have to come up with some new ways to…
Douglas A. McIntyre
Companies
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Merck & Co Inc
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Media
Media Digest 1/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Capital One has warned that it will have lower than expected earnings. Reuters reports that Goldman Sachs (GS) sees a recession this year. Reuters reports that Tata (TTM) has…
12:21pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks For 2008 From 247WallSt.Com (PEP, KO, BUD, MCD, YUM, RAI, MO, PG, JNJ, PFE, MRK)
We are updating our list of tier-one Defensive Stocks since so many of these stocks have run up and since lists need continual updating. Our originally updated list of tier one defensive…
4:47am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
4:38am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/21/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters India’s Tata is about to close a deal to buy Jaguar and Rover from Ford (F). Reuters writes that the IMF says that the subprime mortgage problem will slow…
10:49am ET
Health and Healthcare
10 Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around: Pfizer (PFE, MRK, BMY, JNJ)
Early this week we are running a list of stocks that have been in a turnaround plan, yet the stocks and the businesses haven’t turned around. Could these be the stocks to…
4:25am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/14/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will take $49 billion of SIVs onto its balance sheet. Reuters writes that Nissan and Chrysler may begin to partner in building new cars Reuters reports that…
9:32am ET
Investing
Merck (MRK) Estimates Miss Street
Merck (MRK) is not going to do as well as Wall St. had hoped next year. It guided to $3.28 to $3.38 earnings per share. A Reuters poll puts the number at…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:29am ET
Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (November 9, 2007)
Allscripts (MDRX) traded down 25% after missing earnings estimates and after lower guidance for 2007 and 2008. American Tower (AMT) replacing Alltel (AT) in S&P. ARM Holdings plc (ARMHY) trading down about…
6:13am ET
Health and Healthcare
Vioxx: Merck (MRK) Settled Too Early, Much Too Early
It has been a bloody and bitter fight. Merck’s (MRK) pain killer Vioxx has been alleged to cause heart problems and worse. The drug hit the market in 1999 and was pulled…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:08pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks Show Rotation Out of Tech (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ, NVO)
The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just automatically…
8:37am ET
Health and Healthcare
GTX Soaring On Merck Collaboration (GTXI, MRK)
GTx, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTXI) is seeing shares trade sharply higher on a collaboration pact with Merck (NYSE: MRK). The biotech and drug giant pact is for research and development and a strategic…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:30pm ET
Investing
Defensive Stocks Show No Panic Rotation (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL, MRK, JNJ, NVO)
With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
6:49am ET
Investing
Merck (MRK) Comes Through
Merck (MRK) announced third-quarter 2007 earnings per share of $0.75, excluding restructuring charges, and third-quarter reported EPS of $0.70. Worldwide sales were $6.1 billion for the quarter, an increase of 12 percent…
Douglas A. McIntyre 7:57am ET
Economy
DJIA Components 20 Years After The Crash (MO, GM, IBM, MCD, MRK, MMM, PG, UTX) Part 2
Astoday is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 WallSt. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIAcomponents held up around the time and how…