QUES: In the entire fiscal year , the company lost a record $ 1.27 billion , or $ 2.11 a share , on sales of nearly $ 3.1 billion .

For the entire fiscal year , Micron lost a record $ 1.27 billion on sales of just under $ 3.1 billion .

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QUES: " These are violent surgeries and I wanted to convey that , " Murphy says .

I mean , these are violent surgeries , and I wanted to properly convey that . "

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QUES: IDEC shareholders would own 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company , and Biogen shareholders the remaining 49.5 percent .

The companies said Idec holders would own about 50.5 percent of the stock of the combined company .

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no