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Drugmaker Wyeth posts flat 1st-quarter profit

Apr. 29, 2009
Drugmaker Wyeth posts a flat first-quarter profit but beats analysts' expectations, as cost cuts and a lower tax rate offset lower revenue. The maker of blockbuster antidepressant Effexor and Centrum vitamins says its net income for the quarter amounted to $...
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