including Bayer AG and Novartis are exploring a deal for Merck & Co Inc’s consumer healthcare business‚ as they seek to gain scale in a fragmented industry‚ according to several people familiar with the matter. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC and Procter & Gamble Co are also among the parties that have held discussions with Merck about buying the unit‚ best known for Coppertone sunscreen and Claritin allergy medicine‚ the sources said this week. The Merck business‚ which also includes Dr. Scholl’s foot
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Homework Should be Reduced Homework has been around for as long as there have been tax paying schools. The first person to create homework was Robert Nevilis from Italy in 1905 (Roberto). Over the years that homework has been around‚ people have gotten different impressions and opinions on the topic. Most students believe it is way too much and unnecessary. Teachers believe that homework is very useful and beneficial for the students. While other faculty members believe it is a waste of time. Teachers
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c. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured rating of AZN from A1 to Aa2 in 2007. Assess any potential association between this downgrade and AZN’s arrangements with Merck. Paris‚ July 30‚ 2007 -- Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the long-term senior unsecured ratings of AstraZeneca plc and its guaranteed subsidiary to A1 from Aa2. This downgrade followed the announcement of AstraZeneca’s acquisition of MedImmune for a total consideration of more than US$15 billion
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Animals should not be used for research Imagine an animal suffering‚ with no way to help itself. Imagine a human being forcing an animal to suffer and not doing anything to help. This is what happens when animals are used for research to test products that most people do use. Every year almost 8‚000 animals suffer from being used for research. Animals are subjected to burns‚ electric shocks‚ and other painful experiences that researchers subject them too. Animals are given diseases from the researchers
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important for us to have our own driving license. In order to get the license‚ we should pass the test related to Malaysian rules and regulations on the road. The test is divided into theory and practical. Getting a driving license in Malaysia is reasonably easy as mentioned in the following paragraph. As beginners‚ getting a license‚ for both riding and driving‚ we would have to contact an instructor who is certified and has a lot of experience at teaching how to ride or drive before. Being in contact
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Should The Minimum Wage Raised? “Discussion about what does with minimum wage laws here in America has been at a higher than normal level since the Democratic Party took over as majority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent midterm elections‚ giving them control of Congress.” (Aronson‚ Daniel‚ and Eric French). As a result of an increase minimum wage‚ there is much better of it can talk about by the America’s lowest income workers; however there is also an
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Merck was at the top of the pharmaceutical market for many years. The company made substantial profits almost every year. Not only were they a company that made money but they also made their financial gains in an ethical manor. Fourton magazine even named them the “most admired” company. But in 2004‚ the company would be faced with major challenges that would threaten to end the company’s existence. Their once best selling painkiller Viol had been recalled by the federal government because the drug
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12‚ 2012 License to Procreate The question “should people procreate” is a very opinionated one. There is no right or wrong answer just a personal opinion based on facts to support it‚ I happen to side with Hugh Lafollette in his essay “Licensing Parents”. I will argue that before people are allowed to procreate they should have to obtain a license which gives them the right to produce and raise children. Otherwise they should not be allowed any children until they have the license. First I will
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Ryan Lehane 21 March 2008 License to Parent? The implementation of a parenting license procedure will be of great benefit to civilization in the development of our world. Decisions to restrict certain vocations‚ to forbid privileges such as driving‚ require successful passing of a licensing examination. Today‚ we seem to have created forms of permits and licenses for everything that we have deemed “valuable” with the exception of the most valuable possession anyone could ever obtain
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Employers should pay young people the same salary as older colleagues doing the same job. To what extend do u agree or disagree? The question is whether young people should be paid equally with older ones doing the same tasks is on discussion. Personally‚ I agree that the same income would be paid if younger workers perform work as well as their older colleages do. It is commonly argued that older workers often are paid higher salary than young ones because of their valuable working experience
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