Thomas Gunderson Quotes (13 Quotes)

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.

The irony is, JJ could have had this company for 76 a share.

If there is a bidding war, the last bid may be the 'losing bid' because that will be the amount that is outlandishly excessive and the 'winner' will have to live with their too-highly priced acquisition.

I'm leaning toward JJ not increasing their bid and essentially taking a walk, but it's close.

In my experience, these investigations can take years and generally don't have any immediate influence on the fundamentals of the companies.

Tobin being here full time is good you want someone with authority on site. That will make decision-making a lot faster.

I think it's brilliant. The worst-case outcome for them is that they delay Johnson and force them to pay several million dollars more for Guidant, which weakens them as a competitor.

This is not one of those situations. This is just a difficult time the company will work itself through.

There will be a lot of noise and statistics and science in their battle for market share, but in the end, I doubt things will change much.

The price that I think you'd have to pay for St. Jude would be even more expensive than what Guidant is being bid for today.

A combination of new product launches, contract selling, Guidant missteps, and a favorable market dynamic have increased St. Jude's overall worldwide market share.

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.

They are more bullish about their ability to pay down their debt than Wall Street had expected.