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Enter Barrett. Before being hired to head Cardinal's drug-distribution business in early 2008, Barrett ran the North American operations of Teva, one of the world's largest generic-drug manufacturers. Barrett immediately focused on luring back independent-pharmacy customers, which are more profitable and rely on wholesalers for generics. The first step was to reopen all supply channels by paying $34 million to settle the DEA's allegations surrounding the firm's role in filling fake prescriptions. Then Barrett narrowed Cardinal's sources for generics from 120 to a few dozen to ensure that it could consistently offer...
...exploded near a girls' school in northwest Pakistan killed at least eight people, including three children and three U.S. soldiers. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, accusing the soldiers of working for the controversial U.S. security firm Xe (formerly known as Blackwater). Though the U.S. embassy said the American soldiers were in the region to attend the opening of the school and conduct training at the invitation of the Pakistani military, their presence has heightened concerns among Pakistanis of increasing American involvement in the volatile country...
BUZZ ALDRIN, one of the original Apollo 11 astronauts, supporting the Obama Administration's plan to scrap NASA's Constellation program--intended to put American explorers back on the moon--in favor of smaller projects...
Frum, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute...
CPAC was launched in 1974 by activists at the American Conservative Union at a time when the Republican Party was still dominated by its moderate wing. CPAC activists helped transform the conservative intellectual movement into a political reality - one of the great organizational achievements of American politics...