September 14, 2009 –
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RELATED TICKERS: BABY
Serial acquirer Natus Medical is at it again, with an agreement to purchase Alpine Biomed for $43M and change. Normally when the buyer claims it will assimilate the new business and make it accretive to earnings in the quarter ahead I'm inclined to view that with a high level of skepticism. But, the track record for BABY in its previous acquisitions is impeccable -- Hawaii Medical (July 2009), Neurocom International (October 2008), Olympic Medical (October 2006), Bio-Logic Systems (February 2006). [more]