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 -- As Medtronic's announced plan to purchase Irish competitor Covidien reverberates around the medical technology business sector -- and the journalists who cover it -- reaction and analysis has started percolating.


The combined company would have its executive offices in Dublin, where it could benefit from Ireland's lower corporate tax rates. But the merged company would continue to operate in Minneapolis, where Medtronic employs more than 8,000, the companies said in a statement.

 elaborates on the tax benefits to Medtronic's bottom line: 

 reminds that "Congress has been aggressively pushing legislation to close this corporate tax loophole."

 says the deal has other other upsides  besides tax benefits, including globalization:

Ed Silverman at the Wall Street Journal asks:

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As Medtronic's announced plan to purchase Irish competitor Covidien reverberates around the medical technology business sector -- and the journalists who cover it -- reaction and analysis has started percolating.

Medtronic: What the business press is saying about the Covidien deal

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