21.   The merged entity will be better placed to raise funds at cheaper costs, he said.

22.   The merged entity should be able to squeeze more profit from pharmaceuticals, analysts said.

23.   The merged entity, Mount Sinai NYU Health, was formed four years ago.

24.   The pricing of the transaction and the name of the merged entity are still under negotiations, PDCP and AsianBank officials said.

25.   Walters said the share surge skewed calculations of the value of each company, which would determine what each shareholder gets for their shares in the merged entity.

26.   While the merged entities have increased their market share while others around them have lost patients over the last few years, cash flow is still tight.

27.   As such, the merging parties need to determine the criteria for staffing for the merged entity to ensure that the best and most productive are retained.

28.   At the same time, a merged entity would free the banks from their unprofitable retail services.

29.   Bernama reported that UMG would remain as the single largest shareholder of the merged entity comprising United Merchant Finance Bhd, and four other finance firms.

30.   Corporate mergers should not be seen as an exercise where parties involved lose control and end up with less in the merged entity.