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What Changed Raven's Life On Broadway?

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Sister Act Broadway, Merck, Disney Channel, That's So Raven, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, The Cosby Show, Raven Symone Style, She's the First, Raven Symone, Celebrity News, Raven Symone Broadway, The Cheetah Girls, Plan It Forward Campaign, Sister Act, Disney, Slidepollajax, Raven Symone Sister Act, Black Voices News

Last month actress and television producer Raven Symone made her Broadway debut as Deloris Van Cartier in the theatre adaption of "Sister Act." In add...

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Previously Secret Donations Revealed

Bloomberg | By Jonathan D. Salant | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Donor Disclosure, Secret Money, Merck, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, American Petroleum Institute, Super PACs, Elections 2012, Chevron, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Some secret donors who gave money to groups that paid for millions of dollars in attack ads during the 2010 midterm elections are becoming public....

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Drug Company Saves Miami Icon

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Little Miss Coppertone, Merck, Mimo, Miami News, Miami News

Pharmaceutical company Merck will fund maintenance of the Little Miss Coppertone sign, according to Open Media Miami. For the next five years, the par...

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Perry Aides' $3 Million Island Disappears From Web

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Texas, Mike Toomey, Super Pac, Video, Merck, Lake Winnipesaukee, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, David Carney, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Perry, Lobbyist, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The super PAC that hopes to spend $55 million on Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's behalf is run by Mike Toomey, a long-tim...

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Corporations Try To Listen To Political Spending Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Altria, Transparency, Corporate Political Contributions, Video, Exelon, Merck, Disclosure, Corporations, Microsoft, Elections 2012, Corporate Power, Conference Board, Political Spending, Citizens United, Trevor Potter, Campaign Finance, Politics News

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- Four miles north of the occupied Zuccotti Park, where protesters have urged an end to corporate influence in politics, business...

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Perry Administration's HPV Emails Raise Questions Of 'Under The Table' Input, Merck Involvement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.27.2011

WASHINGTON--The day before Texas Governor Rick Perry issued his now-controversial executive order mandating the administration of the HPV vaccine, an ...

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How Will Accusations of Crony Capitalism Impact Perry?

Tarot Politico | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Rick Perry 2012, Michele Bachmann Hpv Vaccine, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Merck, Gardasil, Politics News

Why did Gov. Rick Perry attempt to mandate HPV vaccines for sixth grade girls in 2007? Did he do it because, as he claims, he "hates cancer?"

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Under Rick Perry, Former Staffers Raked In Millions As Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.16.2011

WASHINGTON -- Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has been good for the Austin lobbying business. Forty Perry aides have e...

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Perry's Merck Lie

Craig Crawford | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Merck, Rick Perry, Politics News

It turns out the Texas governor was simply lying in this week's GOP debate when he claimed only "$5,000" in contributions from the drug company that m...

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What Gardasil Says About Perry's Concern for Our Daughters' Welfare

Amy Siskind | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Merck, GOP Debate, Sarah Palin, Gardasil, Crony Capitalism, Teenage Girls, Michelle Malkin, Rick Perry, Politics News

While conservatives and progressives will clearly disagree on the government's role in mandating vaccines, here's what we can agree on: Rick Perry did not have the best interest of our daughters' in mind at the time of his executive order.

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The Positive Side of Negative Space: An Interview With Merck's Ellen Lambert

Aaron Hurst | Posted 08.24.2011

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Philanthorpy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Pro Bono, Csr, Six Sigma, Merck, Impact News

You choose to make charitable contributions that focus on issues of the external world and society. That's generosity without responsibility.

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10 Years of Vaccine Progress in 10 Days

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 08.09.2011

Finding the right balance between affordable prices, innovation, and supply security will require hard work, patience, and a long-term view.

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What Effect Will More Corporate Ads and Interrupted Programming Really Have on PBS?

Pearl Korn | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Pbs, United Farm Workers, Democracy Now!, David Koch, Michelle Rhee, Arturo Rodriguez, Pfizer, Bank of America, Monsanto, Cesar Chavez, Merrill Lynch, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Marian Wright Edelman, Affordable Care Act, PBS "Washington Week", Tea Party, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Brookings Institution, Bill Moyers, Latinos, Robert Reich, Merck, Jose Serrano, Exxon Mobil, Amy Goodman, British Petroleum, Juan Gonzalez, Single Payer, Center for American Progress, Students First, Npr, Bill Moyers Journal, Fcc, Jim Lehrer, John Podesta, The News Hour With Jim Lehrer, New York Times, Archer Daniels Midland, Children's Defense Fund, Media News

At PBS's recent annual gathering it was announced that the number and frequency of promotions for corporate sponsors would increase during a few noted programs as an experiment.

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Drugmakers Suffer Declining Profits Due To Generic Competition

Bloomberg News | Tom Randall | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Pfizer, Quarterly Profit, US Drugmakers, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, Standard & Poor?S, Business News

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and rival U.S. drugmakers are poised to report the industry's biggest drop in quarterly profit in more than four years as the compan...

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How Much Is Enough for Big Pharma?

Cliff Schecter | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, David Sirota, Donald Trump, Bp, Merck, Hip Replacement, Drug Reimportation, Bulk Negotiation, Ed Blizzard, Johnson & Johnson, Congress, Big Pharma, Prescriptions, Depuy, Gordon Gekko, Larry Barnett, Mccarthy & Nabers, Cobalt Poisoning, Wall Street, Blizzard, Chromium Poisoning, Cliff Schecter, Vioxx, Deepwater Horizon, ASR Hip Replacement, Gulf of Mexico, Black Swan, David Floyd, Steve Lendman, Business News

Nowhere is this greed more pervasive than among those companies responsible for the health of roughly 300 million of Americans: Big Pharma.

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Study Finds Half Of Men May Have HPV

Reuters | Julie Steenhuysen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hpv, HPV Vaccine, Human Papilloma Virus, Merck, Hpv Vaccination, Cervical Cancer, HPV Vaccination for Boys, Hpv in Men, Half of All Men May Have, HPV Men, Hpv Half Men, 50% of Men Have Hpv, Hpv Vaccine for Men, Half Men Hpv, Home News

February 28, 2011 11:32:24 PM By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Half of men in the general population may be infected with human papi...

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Prostate Cancer: FDA Reviews 2 New Drugs To Treat The Disease

AP | MATTHEW PERRONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceuticals, Drug Companies, New Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Prostate Cancer, Glaxosmithkline, Prostate Cancer Drugs, Prostate Cancer Medication, Prostate Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Home News

WASHINGTON — Health regulators said Monday that two drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, though scien...

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President Obama Moves To Change The Equation On Education, Not 'Waiting For Superman'

Dr. David Washington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rex Tillerson, Thomas Friedman, Merck, Public-Private Partnerships, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Jobs, Davis Guggenheim, Antonio Perez Kodak, Harlem Children's Zone, Change the Equation (CTEq), Geoffrey Canada, Facebook, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Waiting for Superman, Dow Chemical, Ursula Burns, Educate to Innovate, Barack Obama Education Policy, Sally Ride, Mark Zuckerberg, Science Technology Engineering Math, Glenn Britt Time Warner Cable, STEM Education, Impact News

Today at the White House President Obama is launching Change the Equation (CTEq), a unique and promising partnership coalition of over 100 companies r...

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Mother Nature's Medicine Cabinet

Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lilly, Merck, Dr. Reese Halter, Conservation Biology, Bristol Meyer Squibb, Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Coral Reefs, Hoffman-Roche, Green News

The diversity of life on our planet is astounding. And given enough time and careful management of our natural resources, science will find cures for most of the ailments that afflict humankind.

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Osteoporosis Drug Blamed For Leg Breaks

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fosamax, Femur Fractures, Merck, Women's Health, Osteoporosis, Bone Health, Health, Bone Mass, Leg Breaks, Calcium, Health Tips, Drugs, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Brittle Bone Disease, Video, Healthy Living News

ABC news reported Monday that a growing number of women are experiencing "unusual breaks" in their thigh bones. Now, many are pointing to the popular ...

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Huge Hack: Cyber Attack Hits 2,411 U.S. Companies

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merck, Cardinal Health, Russia, Hack, China, NetWitness, Hackers, Cyber Attack, Technology News

Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinat...

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Merging Into the Fast Lane of Drug Development

Richard T. Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Health Care Firms, Schering-Plough, Merck, Global Merger, Health Care, iPhone Apps, Business News

We now have people in more countries, including more emerging markets, and are putting systems in place to create and incubate knowledge networks which were unattainable just a few years ago.

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Drug Companies Raising Prices Ahead Of Reform

nytimes.com | DUFF WILSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Merck, Health Care Costs, Prescription Drug Costs, Drug Companies, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Drug Prices, Healthcare, Consumer Price Index, Business News

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Health Care Bill's Winners And Losers: Drug Makers To Benefit, Insurers Brace For Hit

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, White House, Losers, Obama, Business, Legislation, Pharma, Politics, Scorecard, Negotiations, Baucus, Wellpoint, Aetna, Novartis, Pfizer, Health Care, Wall Street, Reid, United Health, Stocks, Merck, Winners, Insurance Industry, Senate, Profits, Health Care Reform, Health Insurers, Dodd, Medicaid, Bill, Medco Health, Politics News

The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...

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The Gardasil Vaccine -- Introduction to a Series

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

As the nation's attention is riveted on the discourse about health care reform, another debate is taking place around the Gardasil vaccine.

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