Abbott Laboratories is aiming to show it's back on track after a turbulent year working toward two major acquisitions. The Abbott Park, Ill.-based company closed its $25 billion purchase of St. Jude Medical Inc. at the start of last quarter, which doubled its medical device sales for the period. It also agreed last week to an amended deal with diagnostics acquisition target Alere, reducing the deal value to $5.3 billion from $5.8 billion; it's slated to close next quarter. Read More
