Playing the High-Stakes Biotech GameLast year Biogen and Idec, merged to form Biogen Idec. The Biogen Idec merger was driven by the need to reduce risks, derive scale advantages, and enhance domain expertise. This year, Amgen (Nadsaq: AMGN) has announced its intent to buy 79% of Tularik (Nasdaq: TLRK) it does not already own. Tularik shores up Amgen's pipeline by bringing in five products in various stages of clinical testing with T67, the liver cancer drug, in Phase III trials. Recently, QLT (Nasdaq: QLTI) and Atrix (Nasdaq: ATRX) have agreed to merge to move closer to becoming a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. [More] | How (NOT) to Buy Mutual FundsThis story begins during the height of the investment madness in 2000, just prior to the bear market. I had been managing an IRA account for "Bob" for around six years, with a better than average record of success. So I was surprised when Bob sheepishly called in July, 2000 to let me know he was transferring his IRA account, which had done particularly well during our latest Buy cycle going into the year 2000. [More] | Top 7 Traits of Extremely Wealthy People6. CONTINUOUS LEARNING Keep learning to improve yourself. Extremely wealthy people believe that the greatest asset in the world is your mind. Your mind shapes your destiny. Invest in your greatest asset by reading books, listening to audio tapes or attending seminars. [More] |
Interview with Jason of the Pragmatic Finance Blog This is the 20th in a series of interviews HelpYourMoney.com is doing of other personal finance bloggers.
An Interview with Jason of the Pragmatic Finance Blog:
1. First, can you please introduce yourself and tell us why you started your personal finance blog?
Well, my name is Jason. I am.
World Stock Exchanges A stock exchange, being a primary creator of wealth, exists in almost every country in the world. Due to the fact paced growth of globalization price movements in any of the major stock exchanges affects the lesser known exchanges..
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