Schering-Plough (SGP) Bad news on key cholesterol drug marketed with Merck. Shares fall to $14 from 52-week high of $33.81. Merck (MRK) Pulled down for the same reason. Sells off to $36.82 from...
Dillard’s Inc. (NYSE: DDS) rose as high as over 10% to a yearly high of $15.79 after the department-store chain was upgraded by Deutsche Bank AG.   Dress Barn Inc. (NASDAQ: DBRN) rose as high...
Merck (MRK) is merging with Schering-Plough (SGP) in a deal that the companies say is worth $41.1  billion. In reality, Merck is making an acquisition. Its shares will be the currency to compete the...
We are over half-way through earnings season now, but we still have four DJIA components set to report earnings this week.  We’ve also provided a link here to see which targets are there...
Canadian-based drug company Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME) announced this morning that Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) has cancelled further development of an oral version of a Cardiome drug being...
We have run a full feature story over at BioHealthInvestor.com after reading a study that came off the Mayo Clinic site.  The study showed that a combination of fish oil and red rice yeast in...
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) over 3% to a yearly high of $84.92.  Barron’s reported that the package delivery company may rise as high as $100 dollars according to a survey of investors and...
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 real growth coming...
Once Eliot Spitzer left his office as prosecutor to become governor of New York State many feared that there would be no one left to devil large corporations and Wall St. firms. The fears were...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK-NYSE/ADR) has just announced more positive data on its cervical cancer vaccine called CERVARIX(R).  The company has said that it demonstrated 100% protection against...
Usually drug companies look forward to presenting data on their drugs and medical treatments.  The the American College of Cardiology meeting was this weekend, and the findings and...