Wall Street Wondering What's Up In Cable Deal

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The Dolan family's offer to buy out the public shareholders of Cablevision systems and spin off the entertainment assets has industry analysts wondering if the bid is a straightforward effort for the family to regain control and not have to answer to shareholders, or if further motivations will be unmasked later.

Strategy & planning, Organizational history, Cable Television Systems, Cable Networks, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Cable and other pay TV services, Management, Planning, Officials and employees, Company investment, Investments, Cable television broadcasting industry, Cablevision Systems Corp., CVC, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company business management, Family-owned business enterprises, Family-owned businesses, Company business planning, Company organization, Family corporations, Dolan, Charles F., Dolan, James

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Price Tag Of Guidant Is Lowered

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Johnson & Johnson will pay $21.5 billion to acquire medical device manufacturer Guidant Corp. This is $4 billion less than the original offer, because of Food and Drug Administration warnings about defective implantable heart devices made by Guidant Corp.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Pharmaceutical preparations, Medical Instruments and Supplies, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, Medical Instruments & Supplies, Product defects and recalls, Pharmaceutical industry, Finance, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, Johnson & Johnson, Company financing, JNJ, Medical test kit industry, Guidant Corp., GDT

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