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The GlaxoSmithKline-Allergan Deal Worst-Case Scenario
Allergan's stock has risen on an item from DealReporter.com outlining acquisition discussions with GlaxoSmithKline. Allergan surged $5.41, or 13 percent, to $48.58, per Bloomberg, on the news. As usual, at BNET we ask: before the money gets spent, what's the worst-case scenario? The first...
Tags: Allergan Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Plc., GSK, BAROnova Inc., Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales, Investment, Finance, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-03-25
The Pfizer-Shire Deal Worst-Case Scenario
Earlier this week shares of Shire rose on rumors that Pfizer may be interested in acquiring the company, which is best-known for its ADHD drug Adderall XR. The notion that Pfizer is in acquisition mode has been driving people crazy for days. (See BNET's coverage of Pfizer Pfever here.) ...
Tags: Patient, Medicaid, Pfizer Inc., Generic, Shire, ADHD, Vyvanse, Barr, Cola, Healthcare, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-01-07
The Sanofi-Bristol-Myers Squibb Worst-Case Scenario
Bristol-Myers Squibb seems to live permanently with the rumor that it is about to be acquired by Sanofi-Aventis. The last time this old saw popped up was in the fall of 2008. At that time BNET said "Perhaps it’s time to consummate this relationship." This time around,...
Tags: Pfizer Inc., BMS, Plavix, Sanofi, Research & Development, Federal Government, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Business Operations, Government, Sales, Operational Planning, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-02-03
The Pfizer-Wyeth Deal Worst-Case Scenario
UPDATE: The deal is done! Pfizer will get Wyeth for $68 billion. See BNET's look at the deal here. Meanwhile here's the pre-deal analysis: Folks are freaking out right now on CafePharma -- sample quote on the Wyeth board: "You're Pfucked!" What will the new company be...
Tags: Wyeth, R&D, Pfizer Inc., Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Sales, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-01-23
The Pfizer-Allergan Deal Worst-Case Scenario
CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer suggested recently that Pfizer ought to acquire Allergan, maker of Botox and Juvederm. Cramer is usually not worth listening to but this idea has some merit: A tie-up of the two companies has advantages for both. However, mergers don't always go as planned, so...
Tags: Pfizer Inc., Allergan Inc., Cramer, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Gender And Diversity, Federal Government, Sales Force Management, Sales, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Government, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-12-05
The Pfizer-Amgen Deal Worst-Case Scenario
Deutsche Bank analyst Barbara Ryan has again gone public with her desire to see Pfizer get off its pile of cash and make a dramatic mega-buy that would solve its pipeline hole. This time she thinks Amgen ought to be the target. BNET readers have been down this road before....
Tags: Amgen Inc., Pfizer Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-12-17
The Worst Case Scenario in the Real World
Big Jake’s popular The Worst Case Scenario Someone Has to Say It article made me wonder: What is the Worst Case Scenario if you believe that fiscal stimulus and consistent real world economic theories could quickly pull us out of the recession? Big Jake’s Scenario clearly depends on stimulus not...
Tags: US Market, One Eyed Guide
External links 2009-05-18
Worst-Case-Scenario Reading Rooms Scheduled for the Fall.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
READING ROOMS for public viewing of "worst-case-scenario" information about off-site consequences of hypothetical chemical plant accidents should begin opening this fall in federal office buildings, according to government officials. READING ROOMS for public viewing of "worst-case-scenario" information about...
Tags: Reading, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-08-21
Final Rule on Worst-Case Scenario Includes Access Restrictions to Data.(Brief Article)
Two GOVERNMENT agencies have issued a final rule that sharply limits public access to sensitive worst-case scenario data about potential accidents at chemical plants and other industrial facilities in the US. The regulation, published August Two GOVERNMENT...
Tags: Microsoft Access, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-08-14
Worst-Case Scenario Data Can Still Get on Internet And Pose a Security Risk.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
DESPITE A proposed government prohibition, environmental activists are likely to use the Internet to disseminate worst-case scenario information about potential accidents at chemical plants, enabling terrorists to select targets and maximize fatali DESPITE A proposed government prohibition, environmental activists are likely to use...
Tags: accident, Internet, security, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-06-12
Worst-Case Scenario Info Made Public.(Environmental Protection Agency opens more reading rooms)(Brief Article)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has opened an additional 46 reading rooms where the public can view "worst-case scenario" information about the potential consequences of hypothetical chemical accidents at industrial facilities. The Environme THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has opened an additional...
Tags: Federal Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-05-14
Best Case Scenario for Microsoft Console Systems from 2005 - 2010
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c26647) has announced the addition of Worldwide Market Forecasts For the Video Game and Interactive Entertainment Industry - Microsoft Best Case Scenario to their offering.
Tags: Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2005-10-27
A Worst-Case Scenario in the Roche-Genentech Bid
It’s been nearly a month since Roche bid $44 billion to completely buy out Genentech, which seems like a good point at which to ask whether Roche, if successful, could end up destroying the value it’s seeking to acquire. When the bid was announced, there were immediate...
Tags: Roche Holding AG, Genentech Inc., Recruiters, Investment, Finance, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2008-08-20
US prepares for worst-case scenario with bird flu
WASHINGTON AFP — The federal authorities are preparing to face a possible avian flu pandemic in the United States by contemplating a worst-case scenario, under which more than 92 million people will become ill in the space of four months, US Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, epidemic, Government, secretary, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, virus
Research articles 2005-12-05
Economic Growth Target for Thailand Is Based on Worst-Case Scenario for US.
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 22--Thailand's economic growth this year will be only 1.6 percent based on a worst-case scenario for the US economy, the Bank of Thailand says. Second-quarter growth was only 0.7 percent, central bank officials...
Tags: Bangkok Post, bank
Research articles 2001-08-22
In a worst-case scenario
In a worst-case scenario, an inflation surge could develop this winter as the prices for electricity and heating oil move dramatically upward. Such a development could compel the Federal Reserve and other central banks to raise interest rates to head off an inflationary run-up worldwide. That, in turn, could...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, inflation, winter
Research articles 2000-11-01
S&P Sees "Worst-Case Scenario" at Publicis in GM Bankruptcy; Contrast With IPG Is Striking
Standard & Poor's believes Publicis may face a "worst-case scenario" in the General Motors bankruptcy -- where GM fired the agency and leaves it on the hook for $146 million in unpaid media. As a result, S&P placed Publicis on "creditwatch." by Jim Edwards
Tags: S&P, General Motors Corp., Bankruptcy, Financial Accounting, Litigation, Finance, Business Operations, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-06-04
ACC Wants to Stop Public Access to Worst-Case Data.(American Chemistry Council)(Brief Article)
IN THE WAKE of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the chemical industry is asking the Environmental Protection Agency EPA to temporarily halt public access to sensitive "worst-case scenario" data, that describe the potential consequenc IN THE WAKE of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, risk management, Microsoft Access
Research articles 2001-10-08
KNOWING THEIR RISKS: Black Monday could have been even worse; Managers develop better models to gauge worst-case scenarios for their portfolios.(October 19, 1987)(Statistical Data Included)
On Oct. 16, 1987, the Standard & Poor's 500 index plunged 5.25% - the largest one-day drop since 1962. The question is, what was the worst-case scenario that could have been predicted for the index for the following Monday? As anyone old enoug ...
Tags: asset, stock, volatility
Research articles 2001-05-28
Vietnam prepares for worst-case bird flu scenario
HANOI AFP — Vietnam's healthcare system would be overwhelmed if 10 percent of the country's population became infected with bird flu, officials said as the government scrambled to prepare for a worst-case scenario. "We can cope with a small scale epidemic, as it has already happened over the past...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, epidemic, Vietnam
Research articles 2005-10-18