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Medical Appliances & Equipment
Composite Value: 893.0
Today's Change: +0.25%
S&P 500: -0.24%

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Medical Appliances & Equipment News

Mentor shares down on fiscal year 2009 estimates
2 hours, 33 minutes ago (AP)
Shares of cosmetic surgery products maker Mentor Corp. declined Friday after the company gave fiscal year 2009 profit estimates that fell short of Wall Street expectations.

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Industry Top Performers

Intraday Price Performance	% Change	Market Cap
IRIDEX CP [IRIX]	+8.37%	$44.3 M
LANGER INC [GAIT]	+5.71%	$32.7 M
IVIVI TECHNOLOGIES, [IVVI]	+5.70%	$0
VISION SCIENCES IN [VSCI]	+5.05%	$90.3 M
DEL GLOBAL TECH CORP [DGTC.OB]	+5.00%	$29.4 M

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Market Capitalization	% Change	Market Cap
MEDTRONIC INC [MDT]	0.00%	$53.6 B
ZIMMER HOLDINGS INC [ZMH]	-0.27%	$15.9 B
ST. JUDE MEDICAL [STJ]	+0.12%	$13.5 B
INTUITIVE SURG INC [ISRG]	+3.29%	$11.1 B
SMITH&NEPHEW PLC NEW [SNN]	+2.49%	$9.4 B

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Upcoming Events
Date	Co	Event
05/15/08	MNT	Mentor Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2008)
05/15/08	PLC	PLC Medical Systems, Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q1 2008)
05/15/08	EDAP	Edap TMS Q1 2008 Earnings Release

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Recent Events
Date	Co	Event
05/15/08	CLZR	CANDELA CP coverage initiated by Ladenburg Thalmann
05/15/08	CUTR	CUTERA, INC. coverage initiated by Ladenburg Thalmann
05/15/08	ELOS	SYNERON MEDICAL LTD. upgraded by Merriman Curhan Ford

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Industry Statistics

Market Capitalization:	148B
Price / Earnings:	34.7
Price / Book:	16.3
Net Profit Margin (mrq):	10.4%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):	-37.3
Return on Equity:	11.4%
Total Debt / Equity:	0.5
Dividend Yield:	1.0%

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