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The Motley Fool November 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	The At-Odds Couple Johnson & Johnson seems to want out, but Guidant looks willing to grab the shotgun to see that this union is completed. Investors, should the deal fall through, look for J&J to continue shopping and don't be surprised if Guidant attracts attention from Abbott Labs or Boston Scientific.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 Alyce Lomax	J&J, Guidant Join Forces With intense rivalry looming, is a competitive partnership in vain?
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 August 24, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	How Much Is Johnson & Johnson Worth? Is Johnson & Johnson's stock on sale?
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 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 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 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 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 June 30, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Johnson & Johnson: This Is More Like It Filling out the drug and device businesses will be good for growth. Investors, take note.
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 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.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Brian Orelli	Inflamed Anti-Inflammatory Contract Revised J&J and Schering revise their agreement over anti-TNF compounds.
BusinessWeek June 18, 2007 Arlene Weintraub	J&J's New Baby As other divisions stumble, Johnson & Johnson's consumer products - bolstered by a $16.6 billion addition - provide a security blanket.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Can Boston Scientific Get It Right? To boost investor confidence, management must first prove itself.
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 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 October 7, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	How Johnson & Johnson Really Makes Money Hint: It's not Tylenol.
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 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 July 28, 2011 Melly Alazraki	J&J or Novartis? Novartis' businesses are an investor's delight; J&J's improving but isn't there yet.
BusinessWeek September 30, 2009 Arlene Weintraub	J&J Tries to Buy Itself a Pipeline It's snapping up biotechs, spearheading innovative alliances, and reshuffling R&D.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Brian Orelli	J&J Puts Band-Aid on the Quarter Investors, Johnson & Johnson's earnings report reads like a one-hit wonder's second album. It goes from good to bad in the blink of an eye -- or in this case, a paragraph or so.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 January 20, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Is J&J Pain-Free? Fourth-quarter revenues surge, but rivals are waiting in the wings.