Reeling Merck Offers Officers a Bonus Deal
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With its stock plunging, the drug giant Merck has adopted a plan that could give its top executives big bonuses if the company is taken over.
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Merck &amp; Co. Inc. has adopted a severance benefits plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company is taken over -- a growing possibility since the withdrawal of arthritis drug Vioxx sent shares tumbling.
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Merck and Schering-Plough get together again.
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Merck &amp; Co. officials said Tuesday they intend to defend aggressively their handling of the painkiller Vioxx against claims by patients who say they were harmed by the now-withdrawn drug.
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Rewards could be offered to people who inform on companies or individuals defrauding the government.
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Under a plan recently passed by Merck &amp; Co. Inc.âs board of directors, members of the firmâs management committee and the companyâs vice president-level managers may be compensated with severance packages
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck &amp; Co. has adopted a new plan to compensate senior management in case of a corporate takeover, according to regulatory filings made Monday.
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Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N will increase  the number of jobs cut to 5,100 by year end, up from an  original target of 4,400 because its earnings have been hurt by  the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Vioxx.
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For all the bellyaching about high gas prices, drivers may be getting the last laugh after all: They've been getting a tiny bonus at the pump.
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Merck &amp; Co.&#39;s campaign to defend itself in the wake of the recall of the pain reliever Vioxx intensified as it placed a package of three full-page ads in seven prominent newspapers beginning last Friday.
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(230 sec.) How the company can offset the loss of heart drug Torcetrapib.
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With its stock down sharply and its ability to thrive as an independent company uncertain, Merck has adopted a special plan that will give its top executives big bonuses if the company is taken over.
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The chief executive of Merck &amp; Co on Wednesday said negative media coverage of a clinical trial of the company's blockbuster Vytorin cholesterol drug has unfairly overlooked benefits of the medicine.
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The New York Police Department, reeling from a staffing crisis, is trying to lure recruits with an offer to pay off some of the college loans of anyone who joins the force and stays for five years.
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HARLINGEN, Texas -- Attorneys for Merck &amp; Co. want to see bank and cellphone records that could show the extent of a juror's financial relationship with a plaintiff who won a $32 million verdict against the drug company in the death of a 71-year-old man who took Vioxx.
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Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N, whose shares  have tumbled since the withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis  drug Vioxx, said on Monday it has adopted a severance benefits  plan aimed at protecting key managers in the event the company  is taken over or liquidated.
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An investigator hired by the companyÂs board found that Merck took Âreasonable stepsÂ to research the drugÂs health risks.