AstraZeneca plc (AZN)

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    bluetea
    Aug 19 06:44 PM
    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    As a retired Colgate employee who ignored financial advisor's advice and hung on to a lot of company stock , I feel vindicated.
    They are well-positioned globally to grow in all the emerging economies and so far have been able to offset the high commodity prices.     Reply
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    Howard H Sun
    Aug 18 12:56 PM
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    Time to Invest in Pharmaceuticals? [view article]
    User 245013 - I'm not a journalist. And yes I am aware that it takes many years of research and hundreds of millions in development costs to bring a drug to market. Certainly many drugs remain unprofitable for many years, and sometimes their entire lifetime post-launch.

    Hence why many large pharmas are acquiring or partnering with research facilities and other drug companies.     Reply
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    User 245013
    Aug 18 12:48 PM
    Time to Invest in Pharmaceuticals? [view article]
    Howard,
    Good article, except for one point. It takes about $1 billion to get a drug launced AND THEN it costs a few pennies to produce. Just trying to keep you journalists honest (a toughjob nowadays).     Reply
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    BlueOkie
    Aug 18 08:29 AM
    Time to Invest in Pharmaceuticals? [view article]
    Everyone wants universal healthcare, inexpensive/affordable healthcare and quality healthcare. You can only have two of them at any one time. To increase one it is at the expense of one or both of the other two. More and more doctors are beginning to refuse government sponsored health care programs, e.g. Medicare. Too much paperwork and too little pay. Reply
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    businessguy8
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    Aug 18 07:56 AM
    Time to Invest in Pharmaceuticals? [view article]
    one of my major concerns about this upcoming year is how the election will pan out. If universal healthcare turns out to be a real possibility, then pharma companies are going to find it even tougher as their biggest customer will be the government. Reply
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    User 199792
    Aug 15 01:02 PM
    Abbott Labs Beefs Up Its Drug Portfolio and Stent Business [view article]
    ABT has a lot in the pipeline Reply
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    Paxdonnaverd
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    Aug 13 08:49 PM
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    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    Bizonly, thanks for the outlook on fast-food. I don't like the industry for personal reasons but it intrigued me how it would stay steady. Your explanation clears that up. Reply
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    bizonly
    Aug 11 07:19 AM
    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    in the seventies i attended a pillsbury meeting that explained that in a recession people traded down to fast food and of the top twenty things they cut- fast food was 17 -with traveling #1-

    pillsbury owned burger king at the time-all my money has been safely
    parked with bkc for over a year'turns out that meeting saved me
    over 250k     Reply
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    mkreisel
    Aug 10 12:40 PM
    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    JNJ is at its all-time high and still dirt cheap! Reply
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    Larry
    Bellehumeur
    Aug 10 10:58 AM
    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    Thanks for the question, 174242. I wanted to show the results without and without the worst performer, to eliminate a Single Companies operational issues from throwing off an entire sector's results. The other way that I could have done it was to use many more examples per sector (perhaps as many as 10), but that would have made the article too long. A good example is Wendy's which moved the entire sector down several spots on the chart.

    The results at the bottom DO include the worst performer....

    Cheers
    Larry     Reply
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    User 174242
    Aug 10 08:30 AM
    How Have 'Traditional Defensive Stocks' Done in This Downturn? [view article]
    What is the rationale for removing the worst performer when calculating the results? Reply
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    tjschoenlein
    Aug 01 03:17 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    user155010.. and other folks who think Jim Rodgers is great?
    He has called for Frannie & Freddy to fail-uh should fail.., complaining that everyone has committed theft, fraud,etc. When ask by the interviewer if he was short these stocks he said of course. He stated yes he was making money being short but who cared if he was making money?? After all he said, "I have to pay taxes on it".. right!!
    He spends his TV time bad mouthing the stocks so he can make his money short..a nice ethical guy.
    just my view..     Reply
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    Eli Hoffmann
    Jul 31 12:55 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    JennH1310,

    Our bad. Thanks - it's been corrected.     Reply
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    JennH1310
    Jul 31 12:42 PM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    ALKS does not report today after the close as you have listed.... They report on 8-6-08... Scared me... Reply
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    heartdoc
    Jul 31 09:19 AM
    Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
    One of the best sources for financial information.
    I love it
    fss     Reply
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