VAR News and Press, Varian Medical Systems Inc. From 12/12/20

Halvorsen's 13F portfolio value increased from $23.14B to $27.68B. The number of positions increased 71 to 86. Viking Global increased Microsoft, Mecadolibre, and CME Group while reducing Amazon.com and dropping Uber Technologies & JD.com. The top three positions are Microsoft...

Generation Investment Management’s 13F portfolio value increased from $17.34B to $18.84B this quarter. They increased Becton Dickinson and Analog Devices while decreasing Alphabet, Varian Medical Systems, and Workday during the quarter. They also added Cisco Systems. The to...

Merger activity decreased last week with one new deal announced. The acquisition of The Goldfield Corporation (GV) by an affiliate of First Reserve. Front Yard Residential Corporation (RESI) and Pretium and Ares Management Corporation (ARES) amend their merger agreement. For...

Varian Medical Systems has key drivers in the growth engine that will continue to generate torque to the flywheel. The Siemens transaction highlights the company's standing as a leading authority in stereotactic surgery and radiation-type therapy, with a $16.4 billion dollar valuation...

Form 13F filings show fund managers' top arbitrage stocks. Top M&A stocks of the 32 funds I follow. Varian Medical Systems the top pick. For further details see: Top Merger Stocks Held By Fund Managers, Mid-Q4 2020

Varian and the Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center Announce Initial Patient Treated in the FAST-01 First Human Clinical Trial of FLASH Therapy for Cancer - First patient in the world to participate in a clinical trial of FLASH therapy - Physicians and resea...

Soros's 13F portfolio value decreased from $4.48B to $4.08B this quarter. The number of positions decreased from 141 to 132. Soros added Palantir Technologies and Unity Software, while reducing T-Mobile US. Also, most of their recent additions in Financials were either reduced or elim...

Varian Medical Systems (VAR) announces a new $10M investment and collaboration agreement with COTA, a Boston-based curator of clinical data in oncology.Both companies will work together to empower cancer clinics with data analytics and decision support tools. Under the agreement, Va...

Varian Medical Systems Invests in COTA, Inc. to Help Drive Faster, More Accurate Data-Driven Cancer Care PR Newswire PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 10, 2020 PALO ALTO, Calif. , Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced a new $10M inves...

Fiscal first quarter revenue was a little better than expected, and management did well on costs, achieving a modest profit where a modest loss had been expected. Orders were down, not surprising given the challenges/pressures from COVID-19, but the backlog remains significant and Acc...