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November 16, 2004
-- CASE DISSECTION: Bank of America: Aiming Higher
-- TOPLINE: CVS: The Fire This Time
-- TOPLINE: Patent Spending
-- DOSSIER: Fidelity Information Service: Buying Binge
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CASE DISSECTION: Bank of America: Aiming Higher
Bank of America spent $47 billion to acquire FleetBoston to
get a stout presence in New England and New York. The bank
will spend tens of millions to convert its 1,500 branches
onto its Model Bank platform, so it can provide the same
services nationwide. But previous conversions have not gone
well.
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TOPLINE: CVS: The Fire This Time
Drugstore retailer CVS Pharmacy has a prescription for the
systems running the 1,260 Eckerd stores it acquired over the
summer-decommission them by the end of December.
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TOPLINE: Patent Spending
Companies, particularly non-technology firms, face millions
in costs to defend the intellectual property rights of the
software they buy or develop.
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DOSSIER: Fidelity Information Service: Buying Binge
Fidelity Information Services, an agglomeration of 10
banking-related technology companies, has in two short years
become one of the top providers of IT services to the
financial services industry.
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