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About: Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
Merck & Co. Inc. is a pharmaceutical company which engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of products for human and animal health. It's best known products include Singulair; Cozaar/Hyzaar and VasotecFosamax and Fosamax Plus D; Zocor; and Propecia. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
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I Eat Bear
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Pleasant Surprises
February 4, 2008 05:18 PM
OK, I made a mistake, and will rectify some of that here. The mistake, well, the portfolio starting balance is ten times bigger than I thought it was. We should all be woken up to find we have ten times...
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G's Stocks
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Cash Still King
December 15, 2007 03:02 PM
Only up 2% in the last 4 months. Better off in cash. Market volatility due to Fed wagging the dog. Inflation not good for stocks or other paper-based assets. Stagflation a possibility depending on how long this drags on. Situation...
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Sophs' Blogs - Reflections of a Crazy Mind
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INVESTORS MUST BE CRAZY
November 11, 2007 01:44 PM
November 9, 2007, Black Friday. Merck & Co., Inc. announced that it had agreed to pay $4.85B to settle claims that its painkiller drug VIOXX caused heart attacks and strokes in thousand of users The payment covers only the class...
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Jon Markman's Rank Speculation
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Winning the Drug Wars
May 24, 2007 12:39 PM
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine a few days ago showed that Avandia, a popular diabetes drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithkline (GSK), significantly increased the risk of heart attacks in patients who used it. On some cosmic...
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