NVS-MDCO addendum: The effective deal value is $9.0B (rather than the $9.7B nominal value) because MDCO has $200M in net cash and NVS will receive a $500M NPV tax benefit from MDCO’s NOLs (according to NVS’ CFO on today’s CC).
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”