For the past month, Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ -0.05%) share price has followed the long-term trend in health care spending, moving steadily up and to the right. With shares now sitting near their 52-week and all-time highs, our health-care bureau chief Brenton Flynn was anxiously awaiting today's earnings report to take a pulse on the $200 billion health care giant.
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Steady As She Goes at Johnson & Johnson
NYSE: JNJ
Johnson & Johnson

As expected for the health care blue chip.
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