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The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Brian Orelli	52-Week Highs! What's Going On? Even with its recent leap, this stock may belong in your portfolio. Medtronic raised earnings guidance today after a fairly strong quarter, and the stock is hitting new 52-week highs.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	Foolish Forecast: Taking Medtronic to Heart In advance of earnings analysts expect Medtronic, with another medical device approval, to boost revenues 17%.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Looks Ahead After a rough second half of last year, Medtronic is leaving its problems behind, and optimistically focusing on the future.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Needs to Regrow a Spine Everything else looks fairly good, but the problem I see involves the slight decline in Medtronic's second-largest segment, spinal products.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2008 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Muddles Through The medical device maker manages double-digit growth in a tough market.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Medtronic Keeps the Beat Strong growth in the ICD and spinal businesses keep Medtronic running. The stock is trading more or less at par to the market with respect to its P/E-to-growth ratio. Investors must decide for themselves whether that's a fair price to pay.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 Brian Orelli	No Buffer for Medtronic Even though sales grew for the quarter, investors weren't happy.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Upbeat About Medtronic The future looks bright at medical-device firm Medtronic, and the stock price is reasonable. First quarter sales grew, as overseas revenue improved an impressive 16%.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2010 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Gets Tossed Out With the Bathwater A bad day to report good news.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Gets Charged Walloped by charges, Boston Scientific posts a loss for the quarter.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Medtronic Still Quicken the Pulse? While increased competition looms for the medical device maker, a shareholder update looks to the past.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Rebuilds Whether the company is a value or a value trap depends on how well the rebuilding goes this year.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2010 Brian Orelli	Disaster in Medical-Device Land Industry bellwether Medtronic is forecasting a nasty storm.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Restarts Its Heart Boston Scientific receives European approval for its defibrillator, giving the company a revenue boost even if the U.S. approval is delayed.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Medtronic's Heartbeat Slowing? Will gradually decelerating growth lead to a multiple contraction on the medical device maker's stock?
The Motley Fool February 12, 2010 Brian Orelli	Too Bad It's Not in the "Restructuring" Business Shares of Boston Scientific slipped nearly 10% yesterday, after the company released earnings and guidance for this year.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	No Red Carpet for Medtronic's New CEO Omar Ishrak, Medtronic's newly-appointed CEO, looks like he has his work cut out for him trying to get the medical-device maker growing again.
The Motley Fool May 29, 2008 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Sticks It to Boston Scientific Medtronic wins the medical-device patent duel with Boston Scientific.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Brian Orelli	Growth, but Not Great Growth Medtronic's growth comes with lower margins.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Brian Orelli	A Little Diversity Goes a Long Way Especially in this economy.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Brian Orelli	Quick Take: Boston Scientific Gets Approved -- Thrice The medical device maker is granted three FDA approvals in one day.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Medtronic's Exciting New Toys The device maker received multiple approvals in less than a week.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Brian Orelli	Leaner Boston Scientific Isn't Looking Healthy Investors are rightfully growing weary of Boston Scientific's ability to cut expenses on flat sales, and they send the stock down.
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 November 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Medtronic Motors Ahead Shares of the medical equipment maker soared yesterday and continue to buck the downtrend on Wall Street, in the wake of a fiscal Q2 2008 earnings report that exceeded expectations for both sales and profits.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2011 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Shows Me The company has shown it can hit its mark for at least one quarter, but can it last?
The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Robert Steyer	The Heart Company's Disheartening Forecast Boston Scientific scaled back its full-year forecast, and the market doesn't like it.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Lives Below Its Means Cost-cutting efforts should help turn the medical-device making company around in 2008.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Mulling Medtronic In advance of earnings reports, analysts expect sales from the medical-equipment maker to remain flat and profit to fall slightly.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Medtronic Down, Not Out Internal defibrillator maker's earnings growth rate is slowing down, but its future looks healthy.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Brian Orelli	Add This Stock to Your Show-Me List Wait for the turnaround before investing in Boston Scientific; if it ever comes.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Brian Orelli	Medtronic Gets Whacked, Seeks Recovery Device Medtronic gets hammered on lackluster guidance.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2007 Billy Fisher	Medtronic: For the Broken-Hearted Promising clinical trial could bring a new Medtronic stent to market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Chronic Healthiness at Medtronic The med-tech firm isn't growing as fast as it once was, but its fourth-quarter earnings report still managed to beat Wall Street's expectations.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Rockin' Medtronic The world's premier medical device maker keeps on growing.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Second Opinion on Medtronic Medtronic is a growth stalwart, but does valuation properly account for the challenges?
The Motley Fool May 25, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Medtronic's Sneak Preview The medical technology company, a 26-bagger, turns in another strong quarter and fiscal year, then offers quite an outlook.
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 October 8, 2007 Billy Fisher	Vital Signs at Medtronic The FDA raises question about Medtronic's Endeavor stent. Investors, remember that the company also has a well-diversified product portfolio to protect itself against any unforeseen pitfalls ahead.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Shocking Results at Medtronic Favorable earnings boost shares of this medical equipment maker -- but are they too high already?
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific's "Challenging" Quarter Boston Scientific fixed its paperwork problem with the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month, but the resulting recall took its toll on first-quarter profits nonetheless.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Billy Fisher	A Heartbreaker at Medtronic The medical device maker halts distribution of certain defibrillator wires. Shares of Medtronic are now very close to the stock's 52-week low.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2010 Brian Orelli	Now That's Some Expensive Risk Mitigation Boston Scientific avoids a trial -- but at a dear cost.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Medtronic Sweeping the Deck? Nothing's changing at a deep fundamental level in health care that would impede the growth of this giant med-tech corporation. However, investors need to proceed with caution.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Billy Fisher	A Saintly Quarter Shares of St. Jude Medical rise after the company announces a big quarter.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Medtronic's Minor Miss Sluggish sales in several market categories might spook investors.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Brian Orelli	Boston Scientific Bounces When you're as beaten-down as Boston Scientific, you seemingly have nowhere to go but up. There's also bankruptcy, but the beleaguered medical device maker seems far from that -- at least for now.
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