Stockwatch: An Ultimate Answer To A Drug Pricing Question
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Last week was one of those weeks that makes you grateful that the stock markets close for the weekend. While the preparations and arrival of Pope Francis brought much of New York's Fifth Avenue and its surrounds to a standstill as Thursday wore on, it was a shame that his presence in the city could not have had the same effect on the stock markets based there.
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