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03/20/2008 - Was Bear Stearns acting in the shareholders best interest?

On March 16, 2007, Bear Stearns (BSC) agreed to be acquired by JP Morgan Chase for a mere $2.00 per share. This came after an announcement on March 14, 2008 that JP Morgan Chase was part of a bail out package to keep Bear Stearns from going bankrupt. Just days before the bailout was announced, Bear Stearns executives publicly downplayed the companies troubles in an apparent fraudulent attempt to instill investor confidence. The decline of Bear Stearns stock price and subsequent sale is one of the sharpest declines for a blue chip stock ever. On March, 12, 2008 the stock was trading at $61.58 and just four days later Bear Stearns, with apparently no other options but bankruptcy, agreed to be purchased for $2.00 per share.
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03/04/2008 - Yamaha Rhino ATV Rollover Accidents

The Yamaha Rhino ATV has been associated with a high number of rollover accidents. Serious design flaws in the Yamaha Rhino have made it top heavy and prone to rollover and have caused deaths, tibia and leg breaks, and amputations.
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02/19/2008 - Is Bayer Responsible for Thousands of Patient Deaths Because of Trasylol?

On November 5, 2007 Bayer AG announced they were removing their blood clotting drug Trasylol (aprotinin) from the market worldwide. While Bayer said the recall was not yet permanent, it is the first time the company publically acknowledged that the drug may be dangerous. Bayer AG said they decided to remove Trasylol from the market after a Canadian study revealed that the drug increased the risk of kidney damage, heart attack, stroke and death and was not more effective than competing medications. However, this recently released study was not the first study that clearly illustrated the risks of Trasylol. In January 2006 a prominent medical journal published the results of two older studies which both showed the dangers or Trasylol. One of these studies was an internal Bayer AG study that was not presented to the FDA. CBS recently reported on their popular program 60 minutes that a researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the FDA removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago, when his study revealed widespread death associated with it.
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02/12/2008 - Botox Linked to Potentially Fatal Side Effects

The Food and Drug Administration has warned that the popular drug Botox has been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms, which has resulted in an unspecified number of deaths. Botox is best known as an anti-wrinkle treatment, but the drug is also approved to treat select neurological conditions and excessive sweating. The drug is also commonly used off-label (non-approved used) for the treatment of muscle spasticity in cerebral palsy patients. In its warning, the FDA said that the deaths it was investigating occurred in children who had cerebral palsy.
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02/04/2008 - Chantix Linked to Suicidal Behavior

Chantix is a prescription anti-smoking drug manufactured by Pfizer, one of the biggest pharmaceutical giants in our society today. Smoking has been referred to as a silent killer in our society. It has claimed the lives of countless people, and over the years there have been a variety of different techniques developed and used to try and help people kick their smoking habit. Pfizer has been very aggressive in their attempts to promote Chantix. They have come out with commercials on television that try to reach out to the consumer and persuade them to use Chantix. Their message however does not sufficiently inform the consumer that by using Chantix a person can end up causing deadly harm to him or herself. Their message does not properly convey the risks of this medication.
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