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Buy a business in 8-steps

HEAVYN LESTER - January 11, 2024

Want to grow by acquisition but do not know where to start? Is one of your goals to become an entrepreneur and you need...

Business

Do not start a business—Buy one

HEAVYN LESTER - December 21, 2023

Starting a business from scratch is incredibly hard. Many entrepreneurs have to convince friends and family to invest in their business idea because banks...

Business

Schering-Plough purchase hikes Merck sales, profit

LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer - February 16, 2010

Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday posted huge jumps in revenue and profit for the fourth quarter, mainly due to its purchase of longtime...

Business

Marsh & McLennan profit falls on special charges

AP - February 10, 2010

Marsh & McLennan Cos., an insurance broker and consulting firm, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 53 percent because of costs tied to settling...

Business

CVS Caremark 4Q profit grows 11 percent

MARLEY SEAMAN AP Health Writer - February 8, 2010

CVS Caremark Corp., one of the nation's biggest drugstore operators, said Monday its profit rose 11 percent in the fourth quarter as results improved...

Business

MetLife profit falls 70 percent on higher claims

IEVA M. AUGSTUMS AP Business Writer - February 3, 2010

MetLife Inc., a leading life insurance company, says its profit tumbled 70 percent in the fourth quarter as it paid out more in claims...

Health

Perrigo 2Q profit doubles without write-down

AP - February 2, 2010

Perrigo Co., the largest U.S. maker of store-brand over-the-counter drugs, said Tuesday profit more than doubled in its fiscal second quarter due to greater...

Business

UPS 4Q profit nearly triples from year earlier

HARRY R. WEBER AP Business Writer - February 2, 2010

UPS is seeing more people using cell phones to buy and ship goods over the Internet, a greater number of customers paying for premium...

Arts & Culture

WellPoint 4Q profit soars on NextRx unit sale

AP - January 27, 2010

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit soared largely due to a one-time gain from the sale of its NextRx subsidiary, though...

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