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Podcast: The Option Block
Episode: Option Block 552: Controversy Options: VRX, HLF, MYL and More
Description: Trading Block: Stocks to Watch: Mylan, Herbalife, and Caesars Entertainment. Mylan on Monday said it would launch a generic alternative to EpiPen at a 50% discount after being criticized for dramatically raising the price of the lifesaving drug. Shares gained 2.4% to $44.05 in premarket trading. Carl Icahn bought more shares in Herbalife on Friday, just days after he weighed selling his stake in the controversial nutritional-products maker. Herbalife shares rose 2.7% to $62.11 premarket. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking from Jackson Hole indicated that the U.S. central bank was nearing the point of raising the short-term Fed Funds rate once...