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Asked to name the most recession-resistant commodities most people would place "drugs" in the top spot. Indeed demand for certain prescription drugs -- especially those that treat seemingly recession-related maladies like insomnia -- has spiked over the last two years. According to data published by IMS Health (RX) a market research firm that specializes in health care prescriptions for sleeping pills -- such as Ambien from "I've never seen any decline in demand for marijuana in bad economic times " said Ed Shemelya head of marijuana eradication for the Office of Drug Control Policy’s Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking ...

Increasing M&A activity will present you with opportunities to grab great stocks.

Below are interesting stocks on the NASDAQ and NYSE with the highest ROE.

Noble Corp (ticker: NE) has a return over equity of 29.48 and the PEG ratio of 0.78. Oppenheimer initiated coverage of NE with a “perform” rating.

Sepracor Inc (ticker: SEPR) has a return over equity of 29.48 and the PEG ratio of 0.78. SEPR posted its EPS for the June quarter significantly ahead of expectations.

InterDigital Inc (ticker: IDCC) has a return over equity of 28.75 and the PEG ratio of 0.75. Hilliard Lyons upgraded IDCC from “neutral” to “buy.”

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(SEPR) Top Small-Cap Equity Funds – Mutual Fund Commentary

Today, Dainippon Sumitomo and Sepracor (SEPR) have announced the successful completion of the initial share offering period, where almost 78.2% of Sepracor’s shares were tendered. The offer period has been extended to Oct 19, 2009, to enable other shareholders to tender their shares as well. As a reminder, in September, the Japanese pharmaceutical company Dainippon Sumitomo [...]

(SEPR) Dainippon-Sepracor Deal Emerges

Today we are featuring top-performing “Small-Cap” equity mutual funds, which primarily invest in equity securities of companies that have market capitalizations of less than $2 billion. Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Small-Cap Equity Funds. 3 Solid Choices Buffalo Small Cap (BUFSX) seeks long-term growth of capital. [...]

(SEPR) Top Small-Cap Equity Funds – Mutual Fund Commentary

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) yesterday announced that it would sell the Asian rights to its over-the-counter (OTC) drugs to Japan’s Taisho Pharmaceutical for $160 million. Taisho will also buy Bristol’s Indonesian unit, which manufactures and sells OTC and ethical pharmaceutical products, for $150 million. The deal is expected to close during the fourth quarter [...]

(BMY) Bristol Myers Squibb Sells Indonesian Unit

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