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--(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/06/2009 - Most Popular industry news provided by Financial News USA. 67 WALL STREET, New York - November 6, 2009 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Pharmaceuticals Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 76 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by calling (212) 952-7433 or via The Wall Street Transcript Online. Topics covered: Small-Cap Specialty Pharma - Patent Expiration - Pending Health Care Reform - Cultivating And Expanding R&D Pipelines - Chinese Drug Manufacturers - Brisk M&A Activity - Indian Pharma VS. U.S. Pharma - Competition From Generics - FDA Approval Process - Clinical Research Outsourcing Market - Stem Cell-Based Technology - Cancer Radiation Therapy - Expansion Into Asian Markets - Traditional Chinese Medicine VS. [Read the full article] CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's (NYSE:BAC) CEO search could last until Thanksgiving, the New York Post reported on Friday. Reuters - A sign for the Bank of America is seen outside a branch in Vienna, Virginia October 16, 2009. ... The paper, citing sources familiar with the matter, said the Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank is struggling to find an outside candidate, and the process is creating factions among the directors. Some favor an outside candidate, while others prefer replacing retiring CEO Ken Lewis with an executive from among the bank's senior ranks, namely retail bank head Brian Moynihan. But Moynihan, favored by Bank of America's directors from the former FleetBoston, is coming under increasing scrutiny for his role in the Merrill Lynch buyout last year. The board, the paper reported, is seeking to appoint someone free of such scrutiny. [Read the full article] NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. AP - In this screen shot taken from WalMart.com, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, Wal-Mart is upping the ante heading into ... The move led rivals Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. to reduce the prices of some online preorder DVDs, which pushed Wal-Mart to take a few more cents off its offerings. The world's biggest retailer said late Thursday that it would lower the online prices of new DVDs such as "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" and "Star Trek" to $10. But when Amazon reduced some of its DVD prices to $9.99, Wal-Mart shot back by lowering its DVDs to $9.98 as of Friday morning. [Read the full article] NEW YORK (AP) -- Used vehicle prices edged lower in October, according to a closely watched index, ending a three-month climb that brought prices to their highest level the previous month. Wholesale used vehicle prices fell 0.9 percent in October from September when adjusted for seasonality, according to the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index. The index measures wholesale rather than retail prices paid by consumers, but retail prices usually reflect wholesale prices. But secondhand vehicle prices still remain elevated compared with last year, with October prices jumping 12.7 percent from 2008. The index in October measured 117.4, with a value of 100 representing used vehicle prices in January 1995. "Given that wholesale prices had reached record levels, October's pullback was neither unexpected nor alarming," according to the Manheim report, released on Friday. [Read the full article] About Financial News USA Financial News USA is a Next Generation Financial Communications firm focused on the distribution of market moving news. Financial News USA has developed leading edge e-publishing tools including programming proprietary RSS feeds and enabling open source press release publishing across its network. Financial News USA has been aggressively expanding its news distribution network by targeting direct feeds to financial news and data providers such as FinancialContent, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), among others. Financial News USA offers a free news feed available online (www.financialnewsusa.com) to websites and financial services looking for content and for individual investors looking to stay informed on the financial markets. Financial News USA and its affiliates charge each client cash for news distribution and may take an equity position in the companies mentioned herein, please visit the disclaimer at www.financialnewsusa.com. 
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