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• Show Them The Door: 3 CEOs Who Need to Go

  - 2007-12-05

  With the recent departures of Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal and Citigroup CEO Chuck Price,the question on everyone's mind is who will be the next to go. Today the Motley Fool is telling it straight by offering readers "3 CEOs Who Should Go." First up, Countrywide's Angelo...

  Tags: Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jessica Stillman, Finance, Investment, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Real Estate, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Motley Fool, CEO, Whole Foods, Guidant Corp.

• Initials ... and other items of M&A news

  - 2006-04-17

  FTC and EU Approve Boston Scientific Deal The US Federal Trade Commission has granted antitrust clearance for Boston Scientific's proposed $27 billion acquisition of Guidant Corporation. Boston Scientific stated that it entered consent agreements with the FTC to resolve antitrust issues. While the details were not disclosed, Boston Scientific stated...

  Tags: Boston Scientific Corp., FINANCE, Guidant Corp., Investment, M&A, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., SECURITY

• Human BioSystems Gaps up 27.9% for Fridays Opening Bell.

  - 2006-04-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2006-SessionsIR.com: Human BioSystems Gaps up 27.9 for Fridays Opening BellC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042006 Stocks in the News: Human BioSystems Inc. (OTC: HBSC), NMT Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMTI), Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX), Guidant Corp. (NYSE: GDT), Orthovita,...

  Tags: Boston Scientific Corp., FINANCE, Guidant Corp., Human Biosystems, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NMT Medical Inc., NYSE Euronext

• Big Picture.(Business)

  - 2006-04-01

  United hikes fares as much as $50 CHICAGO - United Airlines has increased U.S. business-class fares on tickets purchased the same day of travel by $50 each way, the biggest boost since 2000. Delta Air Lines matched the move and other airlines are expected...

  Tags: FINANCE, Guidant Corp., HEALTHCARE, Investment, United Airlines

• Medical Money Maker: LSIK, IMGC, GDT, BMET, WGMI.

  - 2004-07-19

  M2 PRESSWIRE-19 July 2004-InvestSource Inc.: Medical Money Maker: LSIK, IMGC, GDT, BMET, WGMIC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07192004 Lasik America Incorporated (OTCBB: LSIK), Intermagnetics General Corporation (NASDAQ: IMGC), Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), Biomet Incorporated (NSADAQ: BMET), Wright Medical Technology (NASDAQ: WMGI) ...

  Tags: Biomet Inc., FINANCE, Guidant Corp., Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock

• InvestSource ALERT: EGDE, GDT, PSFT, PIXR, BIO.

  - 2004-03-16

  M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 2004-InvestSource Inc.: InvestSource ALERT: EGDE, GDT, PSFT, PIXR, BIOC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03162004 Elgrande.com Incorporated (OTCBB: EGDE), Guidant Corporation (NYSE: GDT), Peoplesoft Incorporated (Nasdaq: PSFT), Pixar (Nasdaq: PIXR) and Bio-Rad Laboratories Incorporated (NYSE: BIO). InvestSource...

  Tags: BIO, FINANCE, Guidant Corp., Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NYSE Euronext, PeopleSoft Inc., SALES, stock

• StockPickReport.Com announces Stock Evaluation Ratings on Bank of New York, Royal Dutch Petroleum, Guidant, News Corporation, and Blockbuster.

  - 2004-02-26

  M2 PRESSWIRE-26 February 2004-StockPickReport.Com: StockPickReport.Com announces Stock Evaluation Ratings on Bank of New York, Royal Dutch Petroleum, Guidant, News Corporation, and BlockbusterC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02262004 SHREVEPORT, La. -- StockPickReport.Com (IARD#119079 - makes these short-term stock recommendations: ...

  Tags: Blockbuster Inc., FINANCE, Guidant Corp., Investment, News Corp., stock

• Stocks hitting new highs far outnumber new lows

  - 2003-12-01

  One of the things that confirms the market rally's breadth, and is nice to see, is the number of new highs being made vs. new lows. The news of daily advance/decline issues helps, too. Nov. 25 was an interesting day. The market did not do much, with the...

  Tags: Conseco Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, financial, Guidant Corp., Investment, Morgan Stanley, NYSE Euronext, stock

• The market's last 50 years reflect society's changes

  - 2003-10-20

  It's always interesting to look at the market value of public companies, which is derived simply by multiplying its stock price by the number of outstanding shares. Last week we compared snapshots of the top 10 companies by market value in 1925 and 1950. This week we compare...

  Tags: bank, equity, FINANCE, financial, General Electric Co., Guidant Corp., Investment, Morgan Stanley, stock

• Quarter centuries allow glimpse of market trends

  - 2003-10-13

  Over the next couple of weeks, I thought it'd be interesting to take a look over the last 75 years at the companies with the highest market values. This week, we'll look at the most valuable companies in 1925 and in 1950. We'll cover 1975 and 2000 next...

  Tags: AT&T Corp., Biomet Inc., Cummins Inc., FINANCE, financial, Guidant Corp., Investment, Morgan Stanley, stock