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The commercial paper rating is raised to 'A-1+' from 'A-1'. The outlook is stable. These actions reflect the company's leading positions in its three business lines, product and geographic diversity, and a successful strategy of targeting unmet health care needs, all of which bode well for future growth. In addition, the company's strong balance sheet and solid cash generation have produced consistently strong debt protection metrics and provide ample funds for tuck-in acquisitions. 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Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome back from lunch. I'm sorry to pull everybody inside, but it's turned out to be a  beautiful day here. Again, sort of just a little bit of a housekeeping item--please join us for the wine-tasting event this evening. It actually is a lot of fun. It's right out on the lawn in the back of the hotel overlooking the ocean, and we've got, the food's actually quite good, and we've got a very fun wine-tasting event. So, and then management will be there, as well. So, again, please join us for that. It is my pleasure to introduce Becton Dickinson. With us today is Bill Kozy, who's Executive Vice President. BD needs very little introduction. They have just done an outstanding job managing this business over the course of the last many years since Ed Ludwig and John Considine have sort of taken the reins, and the senior management team has done a terrific job of driving efficiencies, improving gross margins, and really in the face...

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The company was founded in 1898.</sdc:value></sdc:g_business><sdc:g_business1><sdc:value>Becton Dickinson &amp; Co, located in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, manufactures and wholesales health care, medical, and diagnostic products including hypodermic products, specially designed devices for diabetes care, prefillable drug delivery systems, infusion therapy products and elastic support products, thermometers, disposable scrubs, specialty needles, specialty and surgical blades, clinical and industrial microbiology products, sample collection products, flow cytometry systems for cellular analysis, tissue culture labware, hematology instruments and other diagnostic systems. 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