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...Bankers say that, after huge deals such as Acatvis’s $66bn acquisition of Allergan and the $42.9bn takeover of Medtronic by Covidien in 2014, activity this year is more concentrated around mid-sized deals...
...Medtronic’s $42bn acquisition of Covidien remains the largest of the tax inversions completed in 2014....
...Smith & Nephew Plc slid 2.3 percent after Medtronic Inc. agreed to buy Covidien Plc. Actelion rose 14 per cent after saying its treatment for a lung disease met the main goal of a late-stage study....
...In 2007, after one-time chief executive Dennis Kozlowski went to jail for securities fraud, Tyco split itself into three units: Tyco Healthcare, which is now known as Covidien, Tyco Electronics, now called...
...Becton Dickinson and Covidien, US medical device suppliers, have shut down their Greek operations and transferred them to local distributors....
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