Merck has long said it is not interested in merging with another drugmaker, and neither company discusses market rumors.
Market rumors speculated that the company was about to file for bankruptcy.
Metro AG itself won't comment other than to say that these are "market rumors, " which doesn't exactly calm any frayed nerves over in Redmond.
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It would be inappropriate for us to comment on market rumors.
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Spokesmen for both companies declined to comment on market rumors.
The market has heard rumors about solving the debt crisis before, coming from heavyweights within the EU, but have always been disappointed by the outcome.
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But the liability is far less than speculated in the market, with rumors circulating that the group's investment arm was nursing a much larger black hole in its finances.
At the same time, the market was responding to rumors that Deutsche Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann was resigning.
There were rumors in the market that on Tuesday a large number of put options were purchased on gold futures.
They raised a series of false allegations based on twisted facts, and spread baseless rumors to manipulate market views on Qihoo 360.
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Rumors in the market suggest that Apple may be approaching a deal with China Mobile that has 500M subscribers and would provide Apple with a much larger total addressable market.
"It's very clear to me we're in the midst of a market controlled by fear and rumors, and short sellers are driving our stock down, " Mack said in a memorandum to employees Wednesday.
Charts are showing a bearish pattern, but price patterns are merely sentiment indicators and daily market sentiment is being influenced by rumors.
Sears has been losing market share for years, and recent rumors of the struggling retailer being taken private have been swirling.
After being down several days in a row, the stock market got a lift Friday from European rumors that the ECB is considering setting yield-band targets in a new bond-buying program to help contain borrowing costs for Greece, Spain, and Italy, and the release of a letter Fed Chairman Bernanke had sent out a few days earlier.
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At the time, there were only rumors about U.S. market research, no firm plans for any stores, certainly no Manhattan flagship with lines around the block to get in.
Both were not available for comment after months of trying to get them to discuss the market pressures they are both facing, and rumors of a merger between the two.
Yet, somehow, Twitter rumors spread this morning shortly after the market opened that the Chinese Wall Street Journal was suggesting Muddy Waters was about to release a report targeting Sina next.
Shorting is a difficult game, especially in this environment when rumors and finance minister comments are hitting the market seemingly every few minutes.
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There have been rumors that a larger iPhone could hit the market as early as this summer, but it's more likely you'll have to wait until next year at the earliest.
Checks with value chain suppliers indicate China Telecom should be ready to debut a CDMA iPhone 4S as soon as February 2012, even though the launch could be delayed to mid-2012, read the note released Monday, dispelling rumors that a CDMA iPhone could rock the Chinese market in the fourth quarter.
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Over the last fast years since Apple first introduced its market share-leading iPhone, there have been a number of rumors over a smaller form factor offering and as yet one has yet to emerge.
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman recently responded to rumors that its European bank exposure is three times its market cap, and well over its entire book equity value, and that its exposure to French banks is 60% greater than its market cap.
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Beyond this lineup, rumors continue to swirl that Motorola will enter the rapidly growing market beyond humans with the ROVR, its first cell phone for canines.
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And yet it was Clinton who had the most to lose: Monica's popularity ratings have been close to the single digits for months, while the President, riding a muscular market and peaceable times, seemed invulnerable to redefinition no matter how lurid the rumors of his personal conduct.
If anything, the market has been buying lots of Treasuries in the last week or so, even with rumors of the imminent downgrade.
Rumors abound that Cisco will announce it is forming a consumer division that will directly market home products.
There are rumors that Apple might consider adding a cheaper version of the iPhone for the Chinese market.
If rumors are believed, it's a big problem that even includes a black market in Guangzhou for empty Bordeaux bottles counterfeiters refill and pass off as genuine.
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