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The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Not So Fast, Schering ... er, Merck ... er, Whoever You Are Merck got cute with its acquisition of Schering-Plough by setting up the merger so that Schering is technically merging with Merck and then changing its name to Merck. That seemingly schizophrenic move had a purpose.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2009 Brian Orelli	Slow Down There, Merck Merck CEO Richard Clark says his company is looking to do more deals than ever, perhaps "even try to double" the current rate of 50 per year.
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The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck-Schering Trumps Pfizer-Wyeth The new Merck deal looks a lot better than a combined Pfizer plus Wyeth.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck: Poised for Growth and Eager to Go Merck needs its new, stronger, post-acquisition pipeline to pay off.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	Surprise Us in a Good Way, Merck Keeping up productivity during plant closures won't be easy.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck to Bride: Leave the Jewelry at Home The new Merck will look a lot like the old Merck at the top, even though about 40% of Schering's senior leaders will be headed to the new company.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck and Schering: A Less Ugly Bride and Groom Merck and Schering-Plough are up today on "better than expected" earnings, but the bride and groom don't look all that great heading into the wedding.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Brian Orelli	Dark Clouds Lift Over Pharma Dispute The case of who bought whom in the Merck -Schering-Plough deal has ended in a draw.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Brian Orelli	Doubled Revenue, but Not High Growth An acquisition and some rearrangements make Merck's revenue line sound better than it is.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Investors, because of its recent run-up, the risk/reward tradeoff is not very compelling. There are safer, more lucrative ways to invest in the space.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2009 Brian Orelli	Pfizer's and Merck's Loss Is These Companies' Gain Are Pfizer and Merck too busy integrating now to take advantage of additional acquisitions?
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Brian Orelli	Merck Gets a Pass, for Now Its first quarter looks promising, but not as good as could be hoped.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Get Ready for Merck's Bumpy Ride Long-term earnings guidance gets thrown out the window.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	It's Hard to Get Excited About 92% Revenue Growth Especially when revenue dropped on a comparable basis.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Robert Steyer	Drugmakers Diversify -- Again Merck and Pfizer choose businesses they once eschewed.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Brian Orelli	Is Merck a Buy? Short term it's hard to say, but for the long term, its pipeline looks strong.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Show Us the Money, Drugmakers Drugmakers have cash and they aren't afraid to use it -- on themselves.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Bigger Size, Lower Returns History is not on Merck and Schering's side.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2011 Brian Orelli	Don't Have a Stroke Over Merck's Heart Drug Welcome to pharma investing.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2009 Brian Orelli	Merck-Schering Doesn't Look So Good Revenue is stagnant; let's hope that pipeline pans out.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	Merck: Dividend Dynamo or Disaster? Just how safe is this dividend?
The Motley Fool June 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	MegaMergers Going to the Dogs It looks like Merck isn't sure it'll be able to get its acquisition of Schering-Plough past regulators without doing a little trimming.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Jordan DiPietro	How Long Will Merck's Dividend Last? Check out how Merck stacks up in this article.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Schering and Merck: A Match Made in Purgatory Until Merck can show that it's capable of growing sales again, investors should be leery of stepping in, even with the dividend yield pushing 6%.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Schizophrenic Drug Approval Schering's drug gets a thumbs-up.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Brian Orelli	Another Reason to Hate Big Pharma's M&A As we get closer to Pfizer and Merck wrapping up their deals, it looks like a new group is voicing their displeasure: external partners.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Dueling Fools: Merck Bear Looking at other big pharma peers, Merck is dead last when it comes to expected three- to five-year EPS growth. Why buy a troubled pharma when better options exist?
The Motley Fool December 5, 2007 Brian Orelli	Merck Stays Conservative Merck sets the bar low with its 2008 guidance. Is the company being overly cautious?
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The Motley Fool November 20, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Baby Is a Nice Addition A month into an acquisition, and Merck already sees a benefit.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Brian Orelli	Now That's How to Grow a Company! Dear Pfizer and Merck, you really should take note of how Abbott Labs is growing.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Brian Orelli	Pfizer Keeps the Change For the first time in decades, investors won't get a dividend increase.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Joint-Venture Acid Reflux Merck ditches its joint venture with Johnson & Johnson.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Brian Orelli	Merck's a Bloated Garbage Heap of Stale Drugs Now Merck is planning on cutting 12% of its workforce in the hopes of saving $4 billion through 2013.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Rich Smith	Dueling Fools: Merck Bull It's hard to argue with a price this cheap. With a price-to-free cash flow ratio of less than 11, Merck's a steal.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Brian Orelli	Big Pharma's R&D Model Is Broken Bigger isn't always better.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Brian Orelli	Only the Strong Survive at Pfizer The culling of the pipeline isn't as bad as it sounds.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Dueling Fools: Pfizer Bull The bullish opinion on Pfizer is that this may be the best time to buy this stock.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	Good Luck in 2010, Merck It's not just one problem for Merck, but a whole series of issues that have turned the company into a heap of stale drugs.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	World's Scariest Stocks: Pfizer For Pfizer, the big, scary unknown comes from whether it can integrate its recent acquisition of Wyeth.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Dividend Investors Rejoice! Or Not. Amgen establishes a dividend, investors yawn.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Robert Steyer	Just Say No to Drug Company Mergers There are some reasons to make a big-pharma deal. But there are as many, if not more, reasons to let these companies pursue smaller deals and collaborations rather than become just another part of a hyphenated corporate name.
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The Motley Fool December 17, 2009 Brian Orelli	This Acquisition Hears, Smells, and Tastes Soooo Good Johnson & Johnson picks up an ear, nose, and throat medical device maker.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Brian Orelli	The Tale of 2 Drugmakers Merck and Schering-Plough typically release earnings on the same day because they share sales of cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia, but the drugmakers are far from the same.
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