Before the Bell- Merck rises 1.52 pct, 61,000 shares traded
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Shares of drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) traded 1.52 percent higher on volume of more than 61,000 shares in pre-market dealings on Friday, a day after
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TORONTO (CP) - North American stock markets appear poised for strong gains Friday in the fourth quarter&#39;s first day of trading as investors recover from drug company Merck &amp; Co.
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Stocks closed higher on Wall Street amid the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger and a climb in retail sales figures. Investors pushed stocks substantially higher yesterday as Wall Street greeted the Oracle-PeopleSoft
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New York - US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened and shares of Merck &amp; Co. helped lift the Dow after the drugmaker gave a forecast that was not as weak as some on Wall Street had expected.
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As far as stock hits go, this ranks up there as one of the worst. Merck &amp; Co. lost more than $26.6 billion in value yesterday - yes, that&#39;s billion with ab - after the pharmaceutical giant
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Shares of CoTherix Inc.  rose 2.7 percent  before the bell on Tuesday after Piper Jaffray initiated coverage of the biopharmaceutical company with an "outperform" rating and a &#36;10 price target.
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Merck & Co. Inc.  shares could  rise to $70 by 2010 if the drugmaker continues to deliver on  its promise of double-digit earnings growth, Barron's said in  its October 29 edition.
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The Toronto stock market posted a small gain today, pushed higher by the gold sector, but drug company Merck &amp; Co. took the Dow Jones industrial average into the red after taking its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.
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TRENTON, N.J. - Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co...
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Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. (NSTK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped 23 percent before the bell on Monday after the company said it tied up with Merck &amp; Co.
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U.S. stocks rose Monday on strong Merck & Co. profits and news of a nearly $18 billion oil services takeover, while Treasury bonds eased as reduced fears about the subprime credit market made riskier assets attractive again.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.  XMSR.O shares rose nearly 6 percent before the bell on  Wednesday ahead of a news conference the company is holding in  conjunction with Major League Baseball.
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German drugs and chemicals group Merck&#39;s third-quarter operating profit rose by a forecast-beating 42 percent, helped by strong sales of cancer drug Erbitux and liquid crystals for flat screen televisions.
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) dominated trading in US stocks on Thursday, single-handedly driving the 30-stock Dow Jones average lower
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The pre-VIOXX Merck is back, double-digit sales growth shows.
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Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N  dominated trading in U.S. stocks on Thursday, single-handedly  driving the 30-stock Dow Jones average lower after it withdrew  its arthritis drug Vioxx because a study showed it doubled the  risk of heart attack and stroke.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Shares of Merck and rivals Pfizer and Novartis all closed higher Friday, the day after Merck announced that it was abruptly pulling its hugely popular anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx from the market due to safety concerns.