Bristol-Myers Squibb Co failed to beat analysts’ fourth-quarter profit estimates as the company invested in new products and sales fell for Plavix and Avapro, top-selling pills that will face generic competition this year.

THE Irish Examiner was recognised as the leading paper in the country for camogie coverage at Croke Park on Saturday night.

MERCK, set to buy rival Schering-Plough, said profit dropped less than analysts expected on savings from job cuts, boosting the shares in before-market trading.

The Wexford camogie team have followed the best tradition of cup final songs by hitting the the recording studio ahead of this Sunday’s All-Ireland final clash against Cork.

JOBS at Pfizer’s newest manufacturing plant in Ireland could be lost after the decision by the world’s largest pharmaceutical company to halt production of its most important experimental drug.

Pfizer, the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer, will be forced to shed staff and speed up merger and licensing deals, analysts say, after the company ended trials of a key cholesterol drug.

CHILDREN who have been read aloud to from an early age become the best readers and have a greater chance of becoming a budding genius, according to the experts.