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		<title><![CDATA[Medtronic: Apparently Returning to Regular Patterns of Growth]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Freedland submits:   After shrinking for four straight quarters, the U.S. GDP expanded by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter, reversing the longest straight decline for the usually robust United States economy since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Even so, the economic recovery remains fragile. The latest figures...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:20:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medtronic Beats Second Quarter Estimates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Medtronic, Inc. MDT reported second-quarter of fiscal 2010 earnings per share of 77 cents, compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 74 cents and the year-ago earnings per share of 67 cents.Sales Total revenues in the reported quarter increased 8% year over year to $3.838 billion....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medtronic Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 10/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bob Hopkins with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Bob Hopkins - Bank of America/Merrill Lynch  Great, thanks, and congratulations on a very strong quarter. Two questions here; first I just wanted to get a timing update on two issues. Could...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Earnings Preview: Medtronic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medtronic MDT is expected to report Q2 earnings before  the market opens on Tuesday, November 24 with a conference call scheduled for  8:00 am ET.  Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 74c on revenue of $3.57B. The  consensus range is 72c-77c for EPS, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Viagra Failed? Let Medtronic Prop You Up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The little blue pill may not work for everyone, so what's a guy to do? Maybe get a stent in order to, you guessed it, get a lift. Medtronic is conducting a small study to see if using a stent to prop open arteries near the penis can help men...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reality Check: Wall Street?s View of Medtronic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a runaway leader in innovation, the world?s largest  medical device company has lately suffered from public mistakes and a drought  of new products.   On Medtronic&#8217;s competitive position:     In two of Medtronic&#8217;s largest categories &#8213;  cardiac rhythm disease management and spine...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Price Medtronic Paid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins says that his decision in 2007 to  recall the company?s Sprint Fidelis lead was the hardest he has ever  made in his career. But it was even harder on the company.    	  The day that Bill Hawkins announced that Medtronic...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bill Hawkins: How I Made the Toughest Call of My Career]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an exclusive interview with BNET, Medtronic?s Bill Hawkins explains how and why he ordered the recall that shocked his industry.                             ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bill Hawkins’ Tough Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two months after taking over as CEO of Medtronic, Hawkins learned that one of his   company's key products might be endangering lives. Here's how he   handled it.Bill Hawkins reached the top of his field in August 2007, when he became the CEO    ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reality Check: Wall Street’s View of Medtronic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a runaway leader in innovation, the world's largest  medical device company has lately suffered from public mistakes and a drought  of new products.   On Medtronic&#8217;s competitive position:     In two of Medtronic&#8217;s largest categories &#8213;  cardiac rhythm disease management and spine...]]></description>
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