Weekly Wrap: Black Friday as an economic indicator

Nov 27, 2015
Let's wrap up this holiday week in business and economic news.

Pfizer's tax-driven Allergan merger

Nov 23, 2015
Regulators want to cut down on these deals, but this one is full-speed ahead.

Pfizer and Allergan agree to $160 billion "inversion"

Nov 23, 2015
The deal would create the largest pharmaceutical company in the world.

U.S. corporations park billions overseas

Aug 26, 2014
Pfizer, Merck, Microsoft, Apple and others store money overseas for tax advantage.

Pfizer wants you to buy Viagra online -- from Pfizer

May 6, 2013
Viagra is one of the most-counterfeited drugs on the web, and Pfizer's latest effort to tackle that issue is a first.

Pfizer agrees to pay $60 million to settle bribery charges

Aug 8, 2012
The charge: violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Pfizer's drug sales reps paid bribes to get Pfizer drugs used by doctors in countries like China, Russia and Bulgaria.

Pfizer profits jump despite loss of Lipitor patent

Jul 31, 2012
Pfizer seems to be weathering the loss of its patent for Lipitor just fine. The drug company says its second quarter profit jumped 25 percent. That's despite lower revenue, and competition from generics for its cholesterol-fighting blockbuster.

For public good, not for profit.

Nestle in talks to buy Pfizer's baby food business

Apr 18, 2012
Reuters reports Nestle is closing in on a deal to buy Pfizer's infant nutrition business for up to $10 billion. That's a lot of baby formula.

Pfizer recalls a million birth control packs

Feb 1, 2012
Drug giant Pfizer is asking women around the country to return certain birth control pills under fears they weren't packaged correctly.

Lipitor at the end of its patent

Nov 28, 2011
Pfizer's big seller, Lipitor, loses its patent this week. But the drug giant isn't ready to give up all those customers just yet.