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		<title><![CDATA[AMS Services Announces Strategic Alliance With ChoicePoint in Combination With the Acquisition of ChoicePoint's PRIORITY Data Systems]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMS Services, a leading provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced it signed a strategic alliance agreement with ChoicePoint® (NYSE: CPS), the leading provider of insurance-related quoting and underwriting data. AMS Services simultaneously announced the acquisition of PRIORITY Data Systems, Inc. PRIORITY. PRIORITY is an Omaha, Nebraska-based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Swiss Medica Announces Strategic Alliance with MIT Scientists As Part of Recent Acquisition of Anti-Depression BioHealth Solutions Inc]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO -- Swiss Medica (OTCBB:SWME) is pleased to announce its  business relationship with two distinguished Massachusetts Institute  of Technology MIT scientists through its recent acquisition of  Anti-Depression BioHealth Solutions Inc. ("ADBS"). As part of the  terms of the alliance, Swiss Medica has an option to acquire...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Swiss Medica Announces Strategic Alliance with MIT Scientists As Part of Recent Acquisition of Anti-Depression BioHealth Solutions Inc.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5559/is_200504/ai_n23475705]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 6, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX    TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 6, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[@Road and MDSI Terminate Acquisition Agreement; Parties Sign MOU to Enter into Strategic Alliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_July_27/ai_n6128437]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FREMONT, Calif. & VANCOUVER, B.C. -- @RoadR, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDI) and MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq:MDSI)(TSX:MMD) today announced that their Boards of Directors have mutually agreed to terminate the acquisition agreement signed in April 2004. MDSI's special meeting of stockholders scheduled for Wednesday, August 4, 2004 has been cancelled.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After The Acquisition: Managing Paranoid People In Schizophrenic Organizations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=94439]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: â€˜The integration of technology organizations is a key element in the success of mergers and acquisitions. Research manager's benefit significantly by an awareness of the unique set of people and organizational management skills that impact the integration process. Research and Development (R&D) leadership provides significant value...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Acquisitions, expansions and strategic alliances.(adhesives and sealants industry)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5573/is_200210/ai_n23523142]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ACQUISITIONS, EXPANSIONS AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES    Company                   Products                   Location   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Through Acquisition Of Entertainment Assets Of USA Networks, And, After Strategic Alliance With EchoStar, Vivendi Universal Strategy Is Coming Together.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS, FRANCE and NEW YORK, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 17, 2001    PARIS, FRANCE and NEW YORK, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 17, 2001  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Through Acquisition of Entertainment Assets of USA Networks, and, after Strategic Alliance with EchoStar, Vivendi Universal Strategy Is Coming Together]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[[0] Through Acquisition of Entertainment Assets of USA Networks, and, after Strategic Alliance with EchoStar, Vivendi Universal Strategy Is Coming Together]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paxson not at peace with NBC: Says Telemundo acquisition would violate Paxson-NBC strategic alliance. (Programming).(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_200112/ai_n18351582]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NBC's proposed acquisition of Telemundo is the last straw,  says Paxson Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Sagansky, citing a string of  actions by the peacock network that, he says, violate both the letter  and spirit of the 32% ownership stake that NBC a    NBC's proposed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Driving Forces and Success Factors for Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Strategic Alliances]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper has three objectives. The first objective is to examine factors that influence whether firms will be involved in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. The second objective is to examine, for those cooperatives that are involved in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, the relative importance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citigroup Announces Acquisition, Strategic Alliance in Japan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--November 1, 1999--]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aspec Expands EDA Strategy; Aspec Continues to Parlay into EDA Market with the Acquisition of NOVO Systems and a Strategic Alliance with Sun Microsystems]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Oct_25/ai_56877787]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 25, 1999--]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gemplus Announces a Conditional Acquisition of Shares and Strategic Alliance with ISD, an Australian RFID Designer]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 7, 1999--]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HP and Ariba Form Strategic Alliance to Automate the Acquisition of Operating Resources; Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation to Use the Companies' Solution]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 3, 1997-- Hewlett-Packard Company and Ariba Technologies today announced they will aggressively pursue the market for Internet/intranet solutions to help companies automate the acquisition of operating resources. HP and Ariba, which has quickly established itself as the leader in Operating Resource Management ORM, will work together...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 1997 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HONEYWELL TO ACQUIRE APPLIED PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY; Acquisition and Related Strategic Alliance Signals Honeywell's Investment in Compressed Air Systems Solutions]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 9, 1996-- Honeywell Inc. announced today that it has acquired essentially all the assets of Applied Product Technology APT, a privately held company that designs, manufactures and assembles compressed air control systems and engineered fluid systems.  APT, founded in 1979, is based in Annapolis Junction, Md., and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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