Merck & Co.‚ Inc. Recommendation: Buy Target Price Current Price Difference $ 37.09 $ 26.18 41.7%↑ Market Cap. 52 Wk High 52 Wk Low $ 57.48B $ 36.26 $ 25.50 Shrs. Out. 2‚217.6M As of October 21‚ 2005 • Market reaction to Vioxx lawsuits too extreme • Cash flow for company strong enough to absorb potential legal or competitive challenges • Potential blockbuster drugs in the pipeline • A stable of existing drugs to continue driving growth • Aging and growing population
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University of Pennsylvania Law School ILE INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ECONOMICS A Joint Research Center of the Law School‚ the Wharton School‚ and the Department of Economics in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania RESEARCH PAPER NO. 13-2 Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness Jonathan Klick UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Joshua D. Wright GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic
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Simon‚ A.E.‚ Croker‚ H.‚ Jarvis‚ M.J.‚ 2003. Stress and dietary practices in adolescents Chiolero‚ A.‚ Wietlisbach‚ V.‚ Ruffieux‚ C.‚ Paccaud‚ F.‚ Cornuz‚ J.‚ 2006. Clustering of risk behaviors with cigarette consumption: a population-based survey Chou‚ K.‚ 2008. The prevalence and clustering of four major lifestyle risk factors in Hong Kong Chinese older adults Cohen‚ S.‚ Kamarck‚ T.‚ Mermelstein‚ R.‚ 1983. A global measure of perceived stress. De Vries‚ H.‚ Kremers‚ S.‚ Smeets‚ T.‚ Reubsaet‚ A
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Factors Influencing Nursing Home Social Workers’ Intentions to Quit Employment Kelsey V. Simons‚ PhD‚ MSW Thomas B. Jankowski‚ PhD ABSTRACT. This national study identified factors that affect quitting intentions among nursing home social workers (NHSWs). The findings indicated that greater job involvement and lack of a negative outlook may enhance NHSWs’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment and contribute to decreased job search and quitting intent. Also‚ respondents that experienced
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Chan‚ and Shu-Ping Lin. 2011. “Looking for Potential Service Quality Gaps to Improve Customer Satisfaction by Using a New GA Approach.” Total Quality Management 22 (9): 941-956. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2011.593854. Tsai‚ Wen-Hsien‚ Wei Hsu‚ and Wen-Chin Chou. 2011. “A Gap Analysis Model for Improving Airport Service Quality.” Total Quality Management 22 (10): 1025-1040. doi: 10.1080/14783363.2011.611326. Walker‚ Orville C.‚ John I
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An instrument to measure job satisfaction of nursing home administrators Nicholas G Castle [pic] A649 Crabtree Hall‚ Graduate School of Public Health‚ 130 DeSoto Street‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA 15261‚ USA BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006‚ 6:47doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-47 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/47 | | | | | | | | | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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Abstract Purpose – This study aims to investigate the effect of perceived values & quality‚ status seeking‚ emotional attachment and visual merchandising on young affluent towards the purchase intention of luxury bags Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses were tested with a random sampling (students who use luxury bags) of 297 university students using distribution of survey forms. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – The results revealed that young affluent
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generalized ARCH model. Review of Economics and Statistics 72‚ 498–505. Bollerslev‚ T. (2008) Glossary to ARCH (GARCH). In T. Bollerslev‚ J.R. Russell and M. Watson (eds)‚ Volatility and Time Series Econometrics: Essays in Honor of Robert F Bollerslev‚ T.‚ Chou‚ R.Y. and Kroner‚ K.F. (1992) ARCH modeling in finance: a review of the theory and empirical evidence Bollerslev‚ T.‚ Engle‚ R.F. and Nelson‚ D.B. (1994) ARCH models. In R.F Engle and D.L. Bollerslev‚ T.P.‚ Engle‚ R.F. and Woolridge‚ J. (1988) A capital
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Rinzler‚ Tomanek‚ Richard E.‚ Smalley Ting‚ (1995). "Self-Assembly of Tubular Fullerenes". J. Phys. Chem. 99 (27): 10694–10697. Beckman‚ Wendy (2007-04-27) Boyd‚ Jade (2006-11-17). "Rice chemists create‚ grow nanotube seeds". Chen Z.‚ Lu X.‚ (2005) Chou T.‚ Erik‚ Li‚ C.‚Thostenson‚ (2005). "Nanocomposites in context". Composites Science and Technology 65 (3–4). Colbert D.‚ Guo‚ Nikolaev P.‚ Smalley R.‚ Thess A.‚ Ting‚ (1995). "Catalytic growth of single-walled nanotubes by laser vaporization". Chem
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39‚ 203–211. Chandramouli‚ V. Kailasapathy‚ K. Peiris‚ P. & Jones‚ M. (2004). An improved method of microencapsulation and its evaluation to protect Lactobacillus spp. in simulated gastric condition. Journal of Microbiology Methods‚ 56‚ 27-35. Chou‚ L.S. & Weimer‚ B. (1999). Isolation and characterization of acid and bile-tolerant isolates from strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus. Journal of Dairy Science‚ 82‚ 23–31. Conway‚ P. L.‚ Gorbach‚ S. L.‚ & Goldin‚ B. R. (1987). Survival of
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