Merck & Co Inc
NYSE: MRK
$96.31
-$2.05 (-2.1%)
Closing Price on November 15, 2024
MRK Articles
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 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:...
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AuthorDendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) is supposed to be the king of prostate cancer with its PROVENGE treatment. Unfortunately, PROVENGE sales ran slower than expected after the FDA took...
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Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with another dividend...
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China’s factory activity reaches a 32-month low. (Reuters) Merck (NYSE: MRK) pays $950 million to settle Vioxx charges brought by the government. (Reuters) FCC head wants more examination of the...
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It now costs about $1 billion to get a new drug to market, or, if a company is unlucky, $1 billion to fail to get the drug to market. Like the movie business, a drug company tries to develop that...
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The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for...
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Markets opened slightly lower this morning and spent the morning trying to decide on a direction. The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose more than expected, but even that...
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Novartis (NYSE: NVS) said it would cut 2,000 workers and outsource some functions to companies that will do the work for less than it can. Novartis will take a restructuring charge of $300 million....
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A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., the conclusion is misleading. Booz...
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Drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) reported third-quarter earnings this morning, and the company did a little better than analysts expected, but worries persist that the company will be hit...
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Sales for the big pharmaceutical companies are expected to be hit by pricing pressure in Europe, a lack of urgent new on the coming flu season, lower rates of prescription writing, and more...
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Angela Merkel faces a test: will her own party support money being used for the bailout of Greece? (Reuters) Bernanke says the Fed may have to act if inflation falls below targets. (Reuters)...
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The 30-Year Treasury auction, the so-called Long Bond, had a strong participation for what is technically a 29-year and 11-month bond. The participation rate was strong enough that this still shows...
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Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ongoing weak...
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