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3. Cook Group chairman says tax will kill med-tech profits
Cook group chairman Steve Ferguson says the 2.3 percent tax on U.S. medical device sales will slash Cook Medical’s profits by 15 percent.
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2. Olympus scandal deepens
Olympus Corp.’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Gyrus raises eyebrows after the technology giant admits to a $687 million payment to financial advisors mediating the deal.
1. More mixed reaction to Abbott split
There’s more chatter on Wall Street about Abbott’s proposed plan to split itself into separate pharmaceutical and medical product businesses, with one investment house raising its estimate on ABT shares (which symbol the medical products business will keep) but another downgrading derivatives traded on its debt.