Merck & Co Inc
NYSE: MRK
$96.31
-$2.05 (-2.1%)
Closing Price on November 15, 2024
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ThinkstockShort sellers have changed their bets in the high-dividend stocks now that the taxes are almost certain to change in this sector. We are seeing the bets against some of these great...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Dogs of the Dow are measured out each year simply as the five highest common stock dividend yields among the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 30 components. We...
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courtesy of AOL, IncResearch In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) settle disputes over wireless technology. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to press for a ban on...
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Jon OggShort sellers have made some serious changes in the high dividend stocks now that the taxes are almost certain to change in this sector. We tracked the short interest changes from November 30...
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ThinkstockOn December 7, marijuana became legal in the state of Washington, adding to the list of states that have moved toward legalizing or decriminalizing the drug. Will this be a national trend...
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These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Friday. Active Network Inc. (NYSE: ACTV) raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Allergan Inc. (NYSE:...
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Jon OggShort sellers have lightened up on some high dividend stocks while picking up bets against others. It is almost as if they are mixed in bets against higher dividend taxes coming in 2013. We...
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ThinkstockMerck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) has joined the dividend hike brigade. We were not sure if the pharmaceutical giant was going to hike its payout, but it has. The company’s board of directors...
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flickr / eschipulThere is a nearly endless number of criteria that measure how well CEOs perform, whether they are paid fairly, and what metrics should be used for determining chief executive...
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Short sellers took into consideration that taxes will be going up for many dividend investors. We have tracked the changes in the October 31 settlement date, versus the October 15 settlement date,...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning following a disappointing quarterly report from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) last night (more coverage here) which weighed on Asian tech...
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Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) this morning reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but the loss of market exclusivity for its Singulair in the United States and the impact of foreign...
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The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the report on new jobless claims, which rose by 369,000, less than the expected 375,000 (our coverage here). In Europe, GDP in...
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Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track, judging by the October 15 settlement date for the short interest versus the September 28 settlement...
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It was twenty-five years ago today that the 1987 stock market crash came. Fortunes were lost on that day, but fortunes were also made in the aftermath. The NYSE was said to be capable of trading...
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