Taking the fifth.

• Position: Quintiles Transnational Corp. - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Durham-based Quintiles Transnational Corp. joined the S&P 500 just in time to land on its list of last year's 10 worst-performing stocks. Quintiles' stock dropped 65% in 1999, largely because of a third-quarter profit warning in September that came less than two weeks after it was picked to replace King World...