Among the shares expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are those of the retailers as well as Allstate, Cigna, Cisco, CareFusion, Dr Pepper Snapple, i2, MetroPCS, MF Global, Netsuite, News Corp., Qualcomm, Sirius XM, THQ and Time Warner Cable.

Asked to name the most recession-resistant commodities most people would place "drugs" in the top spot. Indeed demand for certain prescription drugs -- especially those that treat seemingly recession-related maladies like insomnia -- has spiked over the last two years. According to data published by IMS Health (RX) a market research firm that specializes in health care prescriptions for sleeping pills -- such as Ambien from "I've never seen any decline in demand for marijuana in bad economic times " said Ed Shemelya head of marijuana eradication for the Office of Drug Control Policy’s Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking ...

Drug stocks hug the flat line in early activity as shares of Amgen Inc. rise modestly the day after an FDA advisory panel votes to recommend approval of its new bone-loss drug denosumab.

Drug stocks diverge in early trading Friday, as shares of Novo Nordisk A/S dip after the stock was downgraded by three major banks.

Among the stocks expected to see active trading Wednesday are the retailers as well as Activision, Alliant Techsystems, Comcast, DirecTV, Nasdaq, News Corp., Sirius, Teradata, Warner Music and Windstream.

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