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Case Surge Comes With Successful COVID-19 Vaccine News Nov. 20, 2020
Finally, a glimmer of good news related to the pandemic — delivered during some dark days as n... Read More
A Vaccine Triumph Nov. 10, 2020
Monday's news that a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer will be ready for FDA approval this month sent sto... Read More
A Vaccine Is on the Way Aug. 06, 2020
Washington — As readers of this column have noted, I am a reluctant advocate of masks to deal ... Read More
Treatments for Prostate Cancer Jan. 30, 2019
Dear Mr. Berko: My husband of 34 years is a retired Marine colonel with prostate cancer, and the doc... Read More
A Think Tank's Guaranteed Income or Pfizer? Dec. 19, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: Palm Beach Research Group, a financial think tank in Florida, is offering a plan cal... Read More
Should You Invest in a Disreputable Company? May. 30, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: I won't own stock in companies that sell guns, sell tobacco, sell liquor, poison the... Read More
Kelo's Demolished 'Little Pink House' Stands as a Monument to Injustice Apr. 26, 2018
The United States is supposed to be the "land of the free," a country where individualism and privat... Read More
Foreign Freeloading to Blame for High Drug Prices Feb. 14, 2018
Americans are suffering pharmaceutical sticker shock. But the remedy Democrats are backing — p... Read More
Rudolph Technologies or Pfizer? Aug. 09, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: Our dear daughter is married to an engineer who recently went to work for a company ... Read More
Stocks for 12 Years Nov. 02, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: My spouse and I are both 55 and have $15,000 we'd like to invest for at least 12 yea... Read More
Not Just a War on Tax Inversions but Also a War on the Middle Class Apr. 06, 2016
Does the U.S. government want to help American business? Does the administration want to help middle... Read More
How Big Pharma Is Trying to Improve Its Image Feb. 17, 2016
Big news, people! Especially for those of you upset by the skyrocketing prices of the essential pres... Read More
Should Big Corporations Pay the Taxes They Owe? Jan. 06, 2016
Carl Icahn, noted corporate predator and takeover specialist who made billions of dollars in corpora... Read More
Pfizer's Future Dec. 16, 2015
Dear Mr. Berko: I own 200 shares of Pfizer, which I bought at $26 in late 2011. I have a nice profit... Read More
Drugmakers Add Insult to Injury Dec. 03, 2015
It's one thing for Pfizer to renounce its U.S. citizenship, moving its official residence to Dublin,... Read More
Drug Stocks Dec. 18, 2013
Dear Mr. Berko: About two years ago, you gave a blanket recommendation for the drug company stocks b... Read More
Pills for Animals Dec. 04, 2013
Dear Mr. Berko: I have arthritis pretty bad and have been taking a 200-milligram Celebrex pill daily... Read More
Signs of the Times Jul. 12, 2010
If you could spend vast amounts of other people's money just by saying a few magic words, wouldn't y... Read More
