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The Motley Fool November 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Guidant, J&J Kiss and Make Up The two companies hammered out a revised merger agreement that continues J&J's buyout of Guidant, but at a lower price. So what does this mean for the med-tech space, assuming that this deal actually goes through? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Guidant Auction Continues Johnson & Johnson hopes to save the deal with a last-minute raise of its offer. Although Boston Scientific's offer is $4 per share higher, that doesn't necessarily make it the best value. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	All's Not Lost at Guidant Eroding sales, a partner with cold feet, and all sorts of litigation and investigation cloud Guidant's skies. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Boston Scientific's Bold Move Acquiring Guidant would be risky, but it would give Boston Scientific exactly what it needs. It will be curious to see how J&J responds to this deal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Once More With Guidant In the ongoing game of tit-for-tat, Boston Scientific ups its bid for Guidant. This battle will ultimately be decided by the 800-pound gorilla that is J&J. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Robert Barker	Guidant Or No, J&J Is A Buy To Wall Street, Johnson & Johnson has been sounding like Dumb & Dumber.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Amy Barrett	J&J: Don't Stop Dealmaking Now For years, health-care giant Johnson & Johnson has held on-again, off-again acquisition talks with medical-device maker Guidant Corp. But now, patent expirations and a thin pipeline mean the giant needs more than just Guidant.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 Alyce Lomax	J&J, Guidant Join Forces With intense rivalry looming, is a competitive partnership in vain?
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	Johnson & Johnson's Next Baby? J&J could use an infusion of new drugs and devices from an acquisition such as Boston Scientific.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	High-Stakes Medical Device Chicken Boston Scientific has upped the ante again. Are they bluffing? Their latest offer is $80 a share -- $42 in cash and $38 in stock. Let's hope the board knows what it is doing, because it is staking the company on this.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Shake a Leg, J&J! J&J isn't a perfect story, but investors who buy today and hold for a while will be happy they did.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Billy Fisher	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bear Rebuttal The bears say that J&J is a good company, but will underperform looking forward.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Is St. Jude Next to Be Wooed? Can St. Jude build upon the jump-start opportunity from Guidant's troubles, or will further market share growth prove to be increasingly hard to come by? Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Amy Barrett	Unclogging J&J's Pipeline Maker of coronary stents Johnson & Johnson needs to release more products and grab back its lead in the crowded market it created.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Jim Mueller	Foolish Investing and Boston Scientific In having bought Guidant, Boston Scientific might end up paying more than just the price. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Andrea Kalvesmaki	Johnson & Johnson's Billion-Dollar Move Orthopedics are the name of the game for this company's future earnings.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Ouch! Guidant Zaps Itself Problems with ICDs have led to a voluntary recall and could fuel a class action suit. While Guidant is doing the right thing now, investors, patients, and doctors may well ask whether more should have been done sooner.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Amy Barrett	J&J: Reinventing How It Invents Johnson & Johnson bets on a new push for product development as a cure for its ailing stock.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 Steven Mallas	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bull Rebuttal Plenty of opportunities lie ahead for Johnson & Johnson, and even in down times, you've got a good defensive stock.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	J&J Makes an Expensive Deal J&J announced that it has reached an agreement with Pfizer to acquire the latter's consumer health-care business for $16.6 billion in cash. Consumer health is a fine business line, but is it worth this much money? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Alyce Lomax	J&J Makes the Day It may be over a hundred years old, but the company reports a spry first quarter.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Rich Smith	J&J: One Pricey Stock This giant of the health-care world reported its second quarter 2005 earnings last week but, by all appearances, failed to impress Wall Street. Johnson & Johnson's become very big, very pricey.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Should Be Thankful The medical device maker's two-year-old acquisition of Guidant has saved it in the third quarter.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2011 Anupama Pattanaik	J&J Attempts to Create Major "Synthes"-is Johnson & Johnson will acquire the medical device maker for $21.3 billion.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	How Much Is Johnson & Johnson Worth? Is Johnson & Johnson's stock on sale?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011	A Brief History of Johnson & Johnson's Returns J&J shares are much more reasonably valued today than they were ten years ago; shareholders are unlikely to experience the same going forward.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Doug Short	A Foolish Baby Shower: Johnson & Johnson If you're an advocate of these two rules -- "It's never too early to start investing" and "Invest in what you know" -- then here is an ideal pick for baby's first stock.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Stent Wars: Jury Strikes Back A jury finds that Boston Scientific has violated J&J's stent patents, but the battle is only beginning. Meanwhile, Boston Scientific continues to have market-share leadership in drug-coated stents and makes quite a bit of money from it.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Anand Chokkavelu	10 Core Stocks: A Johnson & Johnson Update The steady reliability of J&J stock will comfort the core of your portfolio when the market gets a boo-boo.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2007 Brian Orelli	Johnson & Johnson Reorganizes -- Who Wins? Johnson & Johnson announces the second phase of its reorganization plan. While it may take years to see whether the measures will help J&J, some other companies could benefit far more quickly.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	The Stent Wars Continue Although Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson have been beating each other silly for market share, recent clinical data suggest little functional difference between drug-coated stents.
BusinessWeek October 10, 2005	J&J: How A Dealmaker Nurtures Newcomers Johnson & Johnson has a good track record for retaining employees after a takeover. The company's broadly decentralized structure, which gives managers great leeway - no small thing for execs used to running their own shows.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	St. Jude Lives and Learns Though dynamics in the ICD market caught it by surprise, this is still a quality med-tech company. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 Steven Mallas	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bull There are many ways to expose one's portfolio to the health-care industry. But J&J offers the best upside potential at relatively little risk.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2010 James Early	Today's Buy Opportunity: Johnson & Johnson The case for Johnson & Johnson is very simple: Here's a company that's been around forever, that pays a 3.5% dividend, and that's spread across arguably the most necessary sector (behind water and sewage): health care.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Goodbye, Guidant Publicity woes drive Boston Scientific to ditch the Guidant name. In the meantime, Boston Scientific wants to capitalize on its entry into the ICD market, an area experiencing double-digit sales growth. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	St. Jude's Bruise Should Clear Up Fast St. Jude Medical (STJ ) tumbled 2%, to $73, after it revealed that the FDA had delayed for a month the approval of its new Epic CRT-defibrillator.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bear Rebuttal The bottom line is that investors are putting their faith in the ability of J&J's management to acquire its way to renewing top-line growth in the coming years.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2006 Brian Lawler	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bear J&J's dividend does provide investors with some degree of income, but a CD does, too -- without a health-care stock's risks.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Orelli	Best Stock for 2008: Johnson & Johnson Down on its luck for 2007, here's why Johnson & Johnson's stock will rebound in 2008.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2010 Brian Orelli	Is Boston Scientific Turning It Around? Selling off a pair of units could help.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Jim Mueller	The Changing Face of Abbott Abbott Labs' shift in revenue sources has been a boon over the last five years.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2009 Brian Orelli	Guidant: The Gift That Keeps on Giving And not in the good way. Last year, Boston Scientific took a whopping $2.7 billion goodwill writedown because it had to downgrade the value of what it got in acquiring Guidant.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Guidant's Stent Stumble Yesterday, Guidant said that a regulatory filing for marketing approval of its Champion stainless steel stent could be delayed up to six months due to "issues" that may result in "manufacturing process modifications and/or stent design changes."
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Brian Orelli	No Buyer's Remorse at Boston Scientific The pacemakers and defibrillators that Guidant contributed to Boston Scientific's bottom line are still growing strong, but the company had to take a whopping $2.7 billion goodwill writedown because the value of what it purchased has changed.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2011 Anand Chokkavelu	Rising Star Buy: Johnson & Johnson It's time to buy shares of Johnson & Johnson, the "health-care mutual fund."
The Motley Fool February 8, 2006 Tim Beyers	Who's Buying Now? Sometimes, insiders are buying for all the right reasons. Who's buying now? Dominion Resources... Goodrich Petroleum... iPass... ITT Educational Services... St. Jude Medical...
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Diagnosing J&J's Product Diversity Health-care giant Johnson & Johnson's blues may indicate trouble ahead for competitors. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	How Johnson & Johnson Really Makes Money Hint: It's not Tylenol.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: Johnson & Johnson Bull The bullish opinion on J&J is that the company is handling current difficulties well, and the low stock price makes for a bargain for investors.