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3. IRS slaps Boston Scientific with $154 million tax bill
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service hit Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) with a $154 million tax bill after taking a look at the medical device maker’s books for 2006 and 2007.
2. Stryker readies $750M notes offering
Stryker Corp. (NYSE:SYK) is readying a $750 million debt offering of five-year senior notes, little more than a week after inking a $135 million deal to acquire Concentric Medical Inc.
1. Analysts: Medtronic’s pain pump recall won’t hurt the bottom line
Medtronic Inc.’s (NYSE:MDT) Class I recall of its SynchroMed II implantable drug infusion pump won’t mean a big hit to the med-tech giant’s bottom line, according to Morningstar analysts.
