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Misys, the financial software provider, is about to purchase Irish rival Sophis for £235m with capital got from the disposal of Allscripts, its healthcare arm.

10 percent of the revenue got from the selling of Allscripts will be used to aid the financing of the deal.

The acquisition of Sophis puts the worth of the risk management software supplier to £375m, with also a net debt of £140m. This step is expected to make the Misys' treasury capital markets unit strong, and according to analysts this is supposed to be the most important part of its business.

The revived 'Spiderman' series has generated enough hype with its star cast alone. If rumors are to be believed, the latest addition to the cast of the film might be Zooey Deschanel. This 30-year-old star had previously worked with Marc Webb, also the director of the new 'Spiderman' movie, in '500 Days of Summer'. It has been reported that Webb is still in talks with Deschanel and nothing has been finalized yet.

Royal Bank of Scotland head Brian Hartzer has alleged the bank’s former management of making use of the business as a “cash cow” for financing the remainder of the group’s increasing while he unveiled his plans of reducing further expenses.

RBS had gone into a huge growth spurt under the management of Sir Fred Goodwin following its acquisition of the NatWest in 2000, ending in the bad-lucked buying of ABN Amro in 2007.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surely know how to ignite passion even after being married for a long time with a half dozen children in tow. In the latest edition of 'Vogue', Angelina Jolie has expressed her undying love for Brad Pitt. Jolie remarked "I find him to be sexy and great" .

The economic growth of UK for the second quarter might get revised down from 1.2% after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that the construction sector had faced a growth by less than what was anticipated.

The ONS told on Friday that keeping the other things equal, the reduction in the approximate quarter-on-quarter UK construction growth for the quarter ended June from 9.6% to 6.8% would reduce the rise in the overall gross domestic product for this duration by 0.2% of points.

The much hyped wedding ceremony of television actors Sara Khan and Ali Merchant is over now with their family members attending the `nikaah' organized by Bigg Boss. The couple took the wedding vows on camera in the reality show and things seemed to go off quite smoothly. But now, here comes the twist.