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Medical Merger Part of 'Tax Inversion' Wave
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Medtronic pursues tax avoidance strategies as it merges with Covidien, which is based in Ireland. Ireland's corporate tax rate is 12.5% compared to 35% in the U.S. Medronic had $14 billion in cash in 2014, much of it overseas. The merger helps Medtronic use some of the overseas cash to finance the deal, and will help Medtronic distribute half of free cash flow to shareholders.
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