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The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Busy Day for St. Jude In addition to announcing a major acquisition, St. Jude also reported very solid financial results for the third quarter. Analysts keep raising the bar, and the medical equipment company continues to surpass it.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	St. Jude Is No Lost Cause The No. 3 cardiology company posts solid growth because of continuing implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) market share gains.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	St. Jude's Racing Heartbeat Slows Even though the stock got far too expensive, this is still a good company and could still be a viable target for certain large health-care companies that may be in an acquisition frame of mind.
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.
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The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Helps Itself ... and Its Rivals Boston Scientific released positive results from a clinical trial testing its heart devices, but unfortunately the data is likely to help its competitors as well.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Taking St. Jude's Pulse The ICD market is a long-term opportunity, but not a panacea. St. Jude investors should remember that this is a rough neighborhood -- product liability, FDA bureaucracy, and huge, tough competitors live here, too.
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The Motley Fool July 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	St. Jude Is a Fighter The medical device maker continues to kick the competition while it's down.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Rockin' Medtronic The world's premier medical device maker keeps on growing.
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The Motley Fool August 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Medtronic's Shock to the System Its guidance cuts rattled the med-tech industry, but long-term trends remain positive. While the going may be tougher now in the ICD space, it's still an attractive long-term opportunity, and investors may want to start looking around for bargains.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Billy Fisher	A Saintly Quarter Shares of St. Jude Medical rise after the company announces a big quarter.
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The Motley Fool July 20, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Hey, Jude! Party Hearty St. Jude's ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) business is on fire and fueling strong profit growth for this medical device maker. Whether your cut-off makes St. Jude a mid-cap or a large-cap, this company is certainly growing -- and the stock's valuation reflects that.
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BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Robert Barker	St. Jude: An Insider Sign To Investors? St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, rarely has needed to look out for his namesake, St. Jude Medical (STJ ). Since its birth in 1976, this maker of artificial heart valves, defibrillators, catheters, and sundry other cardiac devices has led a blessed life. It's in excellent health today. So why are insiders dumping the stock?
The Motley Fool September 15, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Free Research From Brokerages A little shopping around can yield lots of free stock research.
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Knowledge@Wharton March 26, 2003	An Aging, Fatter Population Drives Demand for New Medical Devices The use of implantable devices to treat heart disease, orthopedic complaints and other conditions is growing strongly because of advancing technology, increasing demand from an ageing and overweight population, and greater acceptance by physicians and patients of implantation.
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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.
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