Tom Burnett
Tom Burnett
Thomas Edward Burnett, Jr.was the vice-president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical devices company based in Pleasanton, California. He resided in San Ramon, California...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth29 May 1963
CityMinneapolis, MN
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I just don't know who can compete with Pfizer -- it's a pretty tall order.
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It's a fair amount to pay to the folks that got you there.
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They have to do the right thing for their shareholders and make sure they don't buy a pig in a poke.
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It looks like they're trying to right the ship. They deserved to suffer all those slings and arrows of their own outrageous fortune.
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It's very encouraging in terms of corporate expectations. Corporate America is willing to bet on future growth prospects overall in spite of the short-term problems that we're going to have.
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The joke here is that basketball season in football country doesn't start until after the Super Bowl. That's in February.
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The market is expecting that the independent directors will say that the price is inadequate in terms of a premium for control. A higher price will have to be paid for the independent directors to go along with it.
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A group of us are going to do something.
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I know we’re going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it.