Merck & Co Inc
NYSE: MRK
$96.31
-$2.05 (-2.1%)
Closing Price on November 15, 2024
MRK Articles
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 comparison of...
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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...
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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 they have run to...
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Merck’s (MRK) has won almost every liability case it has faced over side-effects of its pain killer Vioxx. It has gotten to the point where plaintiff’s attorneys don’t want to risk their time...
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According to Reuters, Nokia (NOK) said the the ITC has begin an investigation into Qualcomm (QCOM) trade practives and patent infringements. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) is estimating that China...
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We are frequently asked about how certain basket picks perform compared to the overall market. It has been years since anyone has claimed their stocks should gain regardless of the market because...
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If you ever heard the old saying "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!" it sure seems like we are there. It also makes you wonder if it is time to go back into Defensive Stocks. The...
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Patients who swtich from Pfizer’s (PFE) monster selling drug cholesterol pill Lipitor to Merck’s (MRK) Zocor, now available in generic form are more likely to have a heart attack or die....
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Business Week has run a brief feature article on Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) in its "Inside Wall Street" magazine section and noted that the company’s partner Merck (NYSE:MRK), has "deep...
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A new medical study shows that people who take statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, appear to be less likely to develope Alzheimer’s, one of the most damaging and fastest growing diseases....
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Last Friday, we wrote about defensive stock havens for a crummy stock market. We also warned that in true market selling extremes there is no such thing as a true haven, and stocks that do "less...
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It’s yet another crummy day in the markets with roughly a 280 DJIA point drop before the closing bell went off. Bear Stearns added the most fuel at the end of the day, unemployment was not a big...
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its final ruling governing use of a class of anemia drugs including Amgen’s (AMGN) Aranesp .The CMOS guided doctors to restrict the use...
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Stock Tickers: KO, MRK, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR If you are a long-term bull and aren’t feeling panic after seeing a huge down day (of over 400 DJIA points earlier), you will...
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Stock Tickers: AXP, AMZN, BIIB, BNI, CME, DD, HAL, LMT, MRK, PEP, T These may not be the ONLY important earnings, but we wanted to hit most of the major earnings. It is hard to break-out this few...
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