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Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (ANSI.O) on Friday said it took an equity stake in Cyberonics Inc. (CYBX.O) and initiated discussions about combining the two companies.
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By C. Grant Jackson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 10--GREENVILLE -- Span-America Medical Systems declared a dividend of $0.08 per share payable March 5 to shareholders of record Feb. 19. The dividend is a 33 percent increase from the previous quarter.
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: Jerry MacLean, Executive Director, +1-434-817-6303, jerrymaclean@vptc.org, or Tracey Linkous, Vice Chair & Communications Officer, +1-434-242-5886, tlinkous@diffusionpharma.com, both of VPTC   CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan.
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(InfoWorld) - Koninklijke Philips Electronics has completed the sale of an 80.1 percent stake in its chip division to a group of private investment houses, the company said Saturday. The stake in NXP Semiconductors, theÂ new nameÂ of the chip unit,Â was sold to a groupÂ including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Silver Lake Partners, and AlpInvest Partners. Philips expects to take in â¬6.4 billion ($8.12 billion) in cash from the sale, after taxes. The European electronics giant will keep a 19.9 percent share of the business. Philips said the deal places the value of NXP at â¬8.3 billion. There have been a number of chip industry deals this year, including aÂ $17.6 billion offer for Freescale SemiconductorÂ last month. In July,Â Intel soldÂ its communications and application processor business to Marvell Technology Group for $600 million, while earlier this year,Â PMC-Sierra acquiredÂ the storage semiconductor business formerly owned by Agilent Technologies for $425 million.
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2007 AAOS Annual Meeting booth # 1642 -- PLUS Orthopedics USA, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance and market availability for the next-generation PiGalileo(TM) computer-assisted surgery system.
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Should investors jump in or wait a bit on this maker of a robotic catheter system?
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Electrical stimulation of regions deep in the brain has become fairly common in recent years for treating Parkinson's disease symptoms, but there may be a simpler and safer alternative.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49927)  announces the addition of Frost & Sullivan's  new report Advances in Biomaterials for Medical Device Applications to  their offering.
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Shares of Cochlear Ltd., the world&#39;s biggest maker of inner ear implants, surged 18 percent after Advanced Bionics Corp. recalled some devices, giving Cochlear an opportunity to regain lost market share.
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A potential treatment for fibromyalgia sent shares close to $17 today.
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Answers, please! The Federal Trade Commission has asked Brocade to give it more information over its proposed acquisition of enterprise storage rival McData.â¦
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Deep brain electrical  stimulation appears to be more effective than the best medical  treatment in reducing motor symptoms and improving quality of  life in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, according  to the results of a clinical trial.
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Nasdaq composite +0,9%, SP 500 +0,39%
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Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) will host another session of its "Tech Talk for Investors" webcasts, with corresponding slide presentation, on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at 1:30PM Pacific time.
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Dow Jones +1,45%, Nasdaq +2,32%, SP's 500 +1,36%
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(InfoWorld) - Upcoming products and transitions in leadership buffeted shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, and Yahoo this week. Investors have soured on AMD this year as IntelÂ has advanced its own multicore chip technology. The postponement of volume production of AMD's Barcelona quad-core Opteron server chip to the third quarter has not helped. But AMD got a vote of confidence Thursday when brokerage Stifel Nicolaus raised its rating to "buy" from "neutral." The brokerage said thatÂ bad newsÂ has already done whatever damage it could to company shares. On the positive side, the brokerage noted that the last half of the year includes a traditionally strong selling season and that the chip market has stabilized. In response, AMD shares jumped by $1.12 Thursday, to close at $14.77. Apple shares, meanwhile, jumped $4.59 to close at $125.09 Monday on news of improved features for the much-anticipated all-in-one iPhone mobile device. Apple said that the handset will have eight hours of talk time andÂ six hours of Internet use, andÂ that its screen will be glass rather than plastic. One criticism of the iPod screen is that it is prone to scratching. The iPhone's glass display is expected to be better. The company's share price fell somewhat during the week but is still historically high for the company. Despite great anticipation for the product, due out June 29, and recent surveys showing that consumer interest is high despite the high price (about $500), analysts have issued caveats. "This phone is more closely watched than any other cell phone, ever. That means any glitch will be covered," said frequently quoted Jeff Kagan, in an e-mail. "This is the biggest job ever in the history of the cell phone business." A big transition, though not to a new product, also moved Yahoo shares. On Monday the company announced thatÂ Terry Semel ended his six-year tenureÂ as chief executive officer and that company co-founder Jerry Yang will take over. Semel had been a lightning rod for criticism of the company. Though Yahoo is widely acknowledged to have some of the best services on the Internet and was an early leader in recognizing the importance of bringing Web 2.0 interactive features into its fold, it has been unable to keep up with Google in the most important revenue generator on the Web: search engine advertising. The news of Semel's departure was greeted with enthusiasm. Yahoo shares rose $0.81 to close at $28.12 on the news Monday. But the share price subsequently drifted down, despite getting a temporary boost from rumors that News Corp. would take a share in Yahoo in return for merging the MySpace service with the company. Yang's appointment leaves more questions than answers. It's not clear what new leadership he can bring to the company, which is much bigger and more complex than years ago and is in the middle of various transition efforts. Early results from its new search advertising platform, Panama, are good, but the jury is out on efforts to boost display advertising.
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