Thomas Gunderson
Thomas Gunderson
generally immediate influence
In my experience, these investigations can take years and generally don't have any immediate influence on the fundamentals of the companies.
captain great jim
I think Jim Tobin is a great captain of the ship.
authority full good time
Tobin being here full time is good ? you want someone with authority on site. That will make decision-making a lot faster.
jude price rich stock
St. Jude has a very rich stock price right now.
adding growing happy looking products sale
They are not for sale, they are not looking to be for sale and they are happy doing what they are doing which is adding new products and growing like a weed.
ability bullish debt pay street wall
They are more bullish about their ability to pay down their debt than Wall Street had expected.
knew lawsuits surprised walks
We all knew the lawsuits were coming. If J&J walks away from this deal, it'll be because of money, not because they're surprised by something in these documents.
advantage company good ready situation
Another company could have been in that situation and not have been able to take advantage of the situation. They were ready to have good luck.
boston impressive peak scientific team
Boston Scientific has always been impressive -- they've done so many acquisitions over the years. They have a SWAT team that is just at its peak -- they come in and say hey, we're going to do a deal, and boom.
battles
We will see more battles of the data.
Each would like to keep the other from having Guidant.
aggressive fell short
They fell a little short of our aggressive ICD numbers.
contract dynamic favorable increased market overall product worldwide
A combination of new product launches, contract selling, Guidant missteps, and a favorable market dynamic have increased St. Jude's overall worldwide market share.
company difficult itself time work
This is not one of those situations. This is just a difficult time the company will work itself through.