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...declining revenue growth as patents on their major drugs expire, Novartis is poised for several years of steady double-digit expansion. This year its shares in the U.S. are up about 10%--the best performance among major drug companies--even as the Morgan Stanley Capital USA Health Care Index, a basket of big drug stocks, has fallen about 25%. Novartis is the 17th most valuable company in the world, up from 27th last year...
...easy as adjusting eating and exercising habits, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers found that specific dietary patterns, vigorous physical activity, and maintaining a healthy body mass index can lead to a substantial decrease in the rate of infertility due to ovulatory disorders. According to Jorge E. Chavarro, co-author of the report and research fellow at HSPH, the specific dietary patterns include taking multivitamins containing folic acid and iron, avoiding trans fats, and choosing fish, eggs, and whole grains...
...vehicles in all of 2006. Most hedge-fund managers were enjoying solid returns: the industry averaged a 7.37% gain through the first seven months of the year, according to Hedge Fund Research (HFR), a Chicago research firm. That was nearly double the performance of the benchmark S&P 500 index, which returned 3.84% over the same period...
...Still, no one's suggesting the hedge-fund industry will start to shrivel until it is once again the size of a cottage industry. According to HFR's composite index, hedge funds since 1990 have produced an average annual return of 13.94% (after fees) compared with 10.9% for the S&P 500 - and they delivered that higher return with half the volatility of the S&P 500. If similar results are maintained, the industry will continue to attract billions of dollars from institutional investors. Even during the subprime turmoil, Read of CalPERS said it never crossed his mind to write...
...high-level visits reflect India's new importance. Its economy is now a trillion-dollar heavyweight growing at 9% a year. On Oct. 29, its main stock index went through 20,000 for the first time, boosted by $18 billion in foreign funds this year and up almost 40% since January. Investors from around the world want a piece of the action...