This question has been repeated several times just in the last few months (Oct 08, Nov 08 and Mar 09) and the answer appears to be the same, apparently not yet.
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The expectation for write offs makes sense. What do you see Boston Scientific doing? They have yet to record any impairment on the 20B of intangibles acquired with their Guidant purchase in 2006. Is this the year? Will it be 5B, 10B, more or none?
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Many of the numbers referenced above appear to be adjusted and not actual. WB and BSX are two that jumped out as being off. One would expect adequate disclosure from the SA Editor about the numbers being referenced. Constantly reporting and discussing adjusted numbers is a sign of weakness that shouldn't be ignored.
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Don't you just hate it when the GAAP loss gets in the way of those good profit numbers?
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