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| Sanofi-Aventis Q4 profit up on swine flu vaccines | |
| Sanofi-Aventis reported a 10 percent increase in fourth quarter net profit Wednesday as strong sales of its swine flu vaccine drove full year earnings above expectations. | |
| Cavaliers remove water fountains from home arena | |
| Thirsty basketball fans cheering on the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to wait at a concession stand the next time they want a sip of water. | |
| Amid drug war, Mexico less deadly than decade ago | |
| Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago. | |
| Is the US swine flu epidemic over? | |
| If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October. | |
| Aetna 4Q profit falls 15 percent on medical costs | |
| Aetna Inc. said its fourth-quarter profit fell 15 percent, as it continued to struggle with rising medical costs that hurt its performance throughout 2009. | |
| GlaxoSmithKline Q4 profit up 66 pct | |
| GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine. | |
| Clorox says 28 pct profit jump aided by swine flu | |
| Household products maker Clorox Co. said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit jumped 28 percent as it continued to get a boost from sales linked to the swine flu. | |
| Gov't moving into central role in health care | |
| Government is poised to become king of the hill in America's vast health care system, with or without President Barack Obama's planned redo, according an economic report released Thursday. | |
| Pfizer posts big jump in 4Q sales, profit | |
| Drugmaker Pfizer Inc., well into integrating its new Wyeth unit, posted a 34 percent jump in revenue Wednesday, but $3.2 billion in acquisition and restructuring charges and higher costs across the board weighed down profit. | |
| Walgreen says key sales figure fell in January | |
| Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Wednesday that a key sales measure fell in January, although the company's total sales rose as it continued to open and buy more stores. | |
| Roche 2009 profit down 22 pct on Genentech costs | |
| Drug maker Roche Holding AG on Wednesday reported a 22 percent drop in full-year net profit to 8.51 billion Swiss francs ($8.06 billion), citing costs linked to the takeover of California-based Genentech. | |
| US Airways January traffic down 1.3 percent | |
| US Airways Group Inc. said Wednesday that January traffic fell 1.3 percent across its system, although it collected more money from the passengers it flew. | |
| Perrigo 2Q profit doubles without write-down | |
| Perrigo Co., the largest U.S. maker of store-brand over-the-counter drugs, said Tuesday profit more than doubled in its fiscal second quarter due to greater sales and as one-time charge came off its books. | |
| Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity | |
| Paris Woods is hardly a poster child for the obesity epidemic. Lining up dripping wet with kids on her swim team, she's a blend of girlish chunkiness and womanly curves. | |
| Drugmakers post higher sales but a mix on profits | |
| Fourth-quarter revenues climbed about 10 percent for major drugmakers AstraZeneca PLC, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Eli Lilly & Co., mainly buoyed by sales of drugs for heart disease, depression and other mental illnesses. | |
| Royal Caribbean earns $3.4 million in 4Q | |
| Royal Caribbean's passengers spent more than expected during the fourth quarter and the cruise company carefully controlled its expenses, helping it more than double its fourth-quarter profit compared with a year earlier. | |
| AstraZeneca to cut 8,000 jobs amid weak earnings | |
| Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC said Thursday it plans to ax 8,000 more jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, by 2014 to cut costs as it reported disappointing fourth quarter earnings. | |
| WellPoint enrollment loss slows, 4Q profit climbs | |
| Health insurer WellPoint Inc. became the latest managed care company to show signs the recession is relaxing its grip, when it reported on Wednesday slower enrollment losses due to unemployment. | |
| 'Paddling like mad,' first lady learns on the job | |
| Every once in a while Michelle Obama checks in with old friends. | |
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