meantime, novartis shares added a fraction, but they have seen some sharp selling over the past threeweeks since announcing a voluntary recall of hundreds of thousands of a high blood pressure medicines due to a possible mix-up of the tablets. internet radio operator pandora hit some sour notes today over worries about its growth rates. shares lost a quarter of their value after releasing a disappointing outlook for the quarter and entire year. with rising costs, investors are concerned about if the company's subscriber and advertiser growth can keep pace. all this came after reporting a bigger than feared quarterly loss. while gold prices rose a little today, a couple of gold miners continued to see selling pressure. freeport mcmoran and newmont mining fell. the indonesian government cut how much foreign investors can own of mineral and coal mines, from 80% down to less than half, 49%. it could be foreign mining companies will have to gradually sell part of their stakes. both newmont and freeport have interests in indonesian mines. we saw oil refining stocks heat up while crude oil a

and by novartis vaccines, a leader in providing products to fight preventable viral and bacterial diseasesand by sanofi, a diversified global health care leader. discovers, develops, and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients' needs. we work to prevent and treat the diseases that we know of today, as well as those we may face tomorrow. additional funding provided by: vertex pharmaceuticals. and by biogen idec. >> mcfarland: welcoming a new baby into the world can be a precious and beautiful time for many families. but if the delivery comes too early in the pregnancy, that special moment can begin a physically and emotionally challenging journey for both the parents and the child. >> go, baby. come on, push, sweetie. >> mcfarland: babies delivered after 37 weeks are considered full-term. a full-term pregnancy provides the best opportunity for a mother to deliver a healthy baby. >> well, it's important that a woman achieve term, or deliver at least at 37 weeks of gestation to ensure that the fetus is mature. >> mcfarland: dr. ashley roman is a clinical assistant professor in t

discovered some excedrin bottles may contain broken or chipped tablets or even tablets from other novartise novartis has suspended production of excedrin at every large manufacturing site in nebraska but is expected to resume shipments by mid year. so more excedrin is expected to hit store shelves in the next couple months but you haven't lost your mind. >> a lot of people swear by excedrin for headaches. >> that's right. you try to find some sort of generic versions of it but no excedrin products. >> all right. our last question comes from a viewer terry through e-mail. what is the best way to dispose of old kitchen knives? i didn't think about this. >> i never thought about this. the d.c. department of public works gave us this answer. it says that if your knives can be reused you should donate them and we did check with salvation army and good will and both will for example take old kitchen knives as donations. but if you think your knives are simply past the point of being reused, d.c. says you want to make sure you know how to throw them away safely. it says wrap each knife in card bo

today we learned that swiss drug maker novartis has made an offer for as much as $16 billion, accordingto the "wall street journal," but the bid was rejected. pfizer shares didn't move much on the news, up only 0.5% as the company may decide instead of selling the animal health business, it would spin it off. pfizer launched this strategy last summer to shed this business and its nutrition operation as a way to focus on its re drug-making busins. meanti, novais shares add a fraction, but they have seen some sharp selling over the past three weeks since announcing a voluntary recall of hundreds of thousands of a high blood pressure medicines due to a possible mix-up of the tablets. internet radio operator pandora hit some sour notes today over worries about its growth rates. shares lost a quarter of their value after releasing a disappointing outlook for the quarter and entire year. with rising costs, investors are concerned about if the company's subscriber and advertiser growth can keep pace. all this came after reporting a bigger than feared quarterly loss. whilgo prices rose a little