Bay Biz Buzz: Thoratec buys HeartWare for $282 million - Contra Costa Times

Pleasanton-based Thoratec Corp., the maker of a mechanical heart the size of a D-cell battery, is to buy HeartWare International Inc. of Australia for about $282 million in cash and stock to gain miniature blood pumps. Thoratec and HeartWare, of read

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PORTLAND, Ore. - For the first time in his basketball life, from the time he was playing on shortened baskets as a child to his NBA rookie of the year season with the Portland Trail Blazers, Brandon Roy won't get the opportunity to show off his All read

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