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- Joins Two World-Class Organizations with Unique, Highly Complementary Assets to Enhance Customer Value Proposition - Combined Company to Benefit from Increased Scale and Mix Across Core Markets with Attractive Growth Adjacencies - Expected to be Accretive to Earnings by the End of the Second Full Year Post-Closing with ~$480 Million of Annual Run-Rate Cost Synergies and … [Read more...] about S&P Global and IHS Markit to Merge in All-Stock Transaction Valuing IHS Markit at $44 Billion, Powering the Markets of the Future

Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced jointly with NuoDB, that Dassault Systèmes, which already had a 16% ownership interest, is acquiring the remainder of NuoDB equity. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NuoDB provides a cloud-native distributed SQL database that capitalizes on the competitive advantages of the cloud, … [Read more...] about Dassault Systèmes Announces the Acquisition of NuoDB, a Cloud-Native Distributed SQL Database Leader

ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC, VIACA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the publishing business Simon & Schuster (“Simon & Schuster”) to Penguin Random House LLC (“Penguin Random House”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, for $2.175 billion in cash. This divesture follows a strategic review of non-core assets ViacomCBS … [Read more...] about ViacomCBS to Sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for $2.175 Billion

Transaction Data Systems (TDS), the leader in pharmacy software solutions for the community pharmacy market, today announced the acquisition of KloudScript, a specialty pharmacy care solution. Currently 39% of community pharmacies dispense some sort of specialty medications, according the National Community Pharmacy Association. Demand for specialty medications has been … [Read more...] about Transaction Data Systems Acquires KloudScript, a Cloud-Based Specialty Pharmacy Solution

Acquisition enhances Accenture’s ability to drive comprehensive transformation across 5G deployment and network operations Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Arca, a Spanish engineering services company with a focus on network operations and business services. Its 640 employees will join Accenture in Spain. Arca provides multidisciplinary services for network operations — … [Read more...] about Accenture Acquires Arca to Bolster its 5G Network Capabilities