Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the MannKind Corporation's Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call. My name is John and I'll be your operator for today's call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
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A panel of Morningstar equity, mutual fund, and ETF experts detail several individual investment opportunities and sensible investing strategies for income and growth in today's tough market.