For those that like the in$ide ba$eball of the Bo$ton Globe's bu$ine$$ $ection:
"Boston Scientific will pay Johnson & Johnson $600 million to settle suit" by Jack NewshamGlobe Correspondent February 17, 2015
Boston Scientific Corp. said it would pay $600 million to settle a long-simmering lawsuit with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over a disputed acquisition.
J&J sought more than $7 billion from its rival for damaging its business after Boston Scientific sparked a bidding war for cardiac device maker Guidant Corp. in 2006. The companies had gone to trial and delivered their closing arguments, but a judgment had not yet been issued.
Boston Scientific, with a market value of $19.7 billion, is the state’s 10th largest public company. It has about 23,000 employees worldwide and 2,350 in Massachusetts....
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Sorry I censored the rest.
NDU:
"Boston Scientific reportedly in talks to buy device firm
After recently settling a long-running lawsuit with rival Johnson & Johnson over the 2004 buyout of Guidant Corp., Boston Scientific Corp. may be resuming its acquisition campaign. The news agency Reuters, citing unnamed sources, reported Wednesday that Boston Scientific is nearing a deal to purchase Endo International PLC’s AMS medical device business for up to $2 billion. Such a deal would be the largest in more than a decade for Boston Scientific. A company spokeswoman wouldn’t comment on the report. Endo, a global health care company based in Ireland, has been seeking to divest AMS, a Minnetonka, Minn., company it acquired in 2011 that markets devices to treat pelvic disorders."
First time I've seen anything about Ireland in a while.
