http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-17/abbott-beats-earnings-estimates-as-it-prepares-to-split.html?cmpid=yhoo
“We believe shares are trading lower following management’s disclosure on the conference call of a higher-than- expected tax rate for AbbVie,” said Linda Bannister, an analyst with Edward Jones & Co. in Des Peres, Missouri, said in an e- mail. “This is the result of the company’s need to move cash from abroad into the U.S. to fund the dividend going forward.”