The pharmaceutical landscape is rapidly changing as patents for some of the blockbuster drugs of the last decade near expiration and other players try to grab some of the remaining revenues before ge

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It’s a small shot in the arm, but it could mean big money for pharmaceutical companies around the world. With flu season upon us and swine flu threatening to reach pandemic proportions, Big Pha

It's sexier than the pajama rack at Target (TGT), classier than the display window at Frederick's of Hollywood (FOH), and produces catalogs more coveted by preteen boys than a mailer from Hammacher S

Just do it.With one of the most recognizable slogans in the history of retail, marketing, and, indeed, the world, Nike (NKE) is instantly familiar worldwide. Couple that with the sleek and simple &qu

Michael Liss is putting money to work in oil, banks, and tissue paper. As an investor, if you think that all sounds sort of boring, he doesn’t mind at all.“If making money on solid compan

CEO Steve Jobs personally oversaw the development of Apple's (AAPL) most innovative and best-selling brainchildren: the iPod, iPhone and MacBook. But while on his recent leave of absence, the Cuperti

With fuming Americans lashing out at health-care town-hall meetings across the US, this week, I thought it was only appropriate to discuss the sector today. Like much of the general public, I’m

Just for kicks, I thought I’d try calling Coke once more to share Levitt’s economic argument with the company. After all, if I could persuade them that the formula really wasn’

A little while after eating a scoop, however, a 5-year old California girl woke up from her nap screaming in pain. The Pop Rocks had only begun to react during the digestion process. Doctors, wh