Medtronic Earnings Fall 69% Amid ChargesWall Street JournalBy KERRY E. GRACE Medtronic Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings dropped 69% on $797 million in pretax patent-litigation and acquisition-related charges as the medical-device maker saw sales of its implantable cartioverter defibrillators fall.Medtronic 4Q profit falls on charges, sales dip Washington PostMedtronic quarterly net earnings fall Reutersall 80 news articles