| Merck, Wyeth shares fall after reports
Shares of drug makers Wyeth and Merck & Co. took a hit Tuesday after disappointing earnings reports, but for different reasons: Wyeth missed analysts' expectations by a wide margin, while Merck's profit plunged due to ongoing legal and restructuring costs. .
HubCap: Please describe your symptoms
One of the gifts my father gave me this past Christmas was the most vicious head cold I've had since I was old enough to tough it out and go to work anyway. I pride myself on the fact that I never get sick. Never. But this one, which I got on my day off, thank you, knocked me out for almost a week. Two days at home, lying around trying to read books or watch a full movie didn't help. What helped was five consecutive nights of 11 hours of sleep or more. Incredible. Then the coughing started, of course, and the snot began draining everywhere. Yes, Mom, I did get my flu shot this year. Unfortnately, whatever Dad gave me on my visit to Iowa was some sort of mutant virus that could probably bring the death of a civilization of people with unevolved immune systems. To the folks on my flight from Des Moines to Denver, I'm sorry.
Larry Elder: Couric's got the blues
CBS news anchor Katie Couric, invited to a recent briefing at the White House, complained about being the only journalist in attendance "wearing a skirt." Her colleagues included ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos; NBC's Brian Williams and Tim Russert; CBS's Bob Schieffer; CNN's Wolf Blitzer; and FOX's Brit Hume. Presumably, Couric's complaint concerned her status as the lone female in that room, rather than the restrictive dress code. Few viewers, I suspect, wish to see Tim Russert in a tutu or Brit Hume sporting a bra. So let's deal with Couric's complaint. Couric, on her CBS "Couric & Co." blog, thought it astonishing that, in the post-1970s women's liberation era, she found herself the only female news anchor in the room. In her blog entry, called, "Katie: A Woman at the Table," she wrote that women "only" comprise 16 percent of Congress but account for 51 percent of the population.
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