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...complex field of health-care information may soon be a little more streamlined. On Tuesday, Chicago-based electronic medical records provider Allscripts announced it has agreed to merge with British rival Misys PLC in a cash-and-stocks deal worth more than $1 billion...
Under the deal, Allscripts will absorb Misys Healthcare, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Misys PLC and a market leader in this industry, serving more than 110,000 physicians in 18,000 practices and 600 home care providers. Going forward, Misys will hold a 54.5% stake in the new company but Tullman will remain at its helm, with the publicly traded Allscripts handling day-to-day operations. Allscripts CFO Bill Davis will also continue in his post. Last year Allscripts' revenue topped $280 million, up 60% from 2005, and its earnings reached $20 million. Despite this sales growth, Allscripts' shares...
...From Comedy at the Edge by Richard Zoglin. Copyright 2008 by Richard Zoglin. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc...
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...what would be the largest financial-services merger ever, Britain's Barclays PLC bid for the Netherlands' largest bank, ABN Amro NV, for $91.16 billion. The result: a worldwide banking giant with 47 million customers...