Happy New Year-2017 SEE YA!





































Half a billion in 3 years from operations and sales. Have fun with that one.

The St. Jude merger is set to close on Jan. 4. Last week the company told analysts the deal will be accretive to ABT's adjusted earnings per share in the first full year, with $0.21 accretion expected in 2017 and $0.29 in 2018. The combined companies are expected to save over $500 million by 2020 in operational costs and sales expense.