Oracle’s Big Deal, Spider-Man’s Big Box Office

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Oracle gets into healthcare tech with its record-setting acquisition of Cerner for $28 billion in cash. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” sets a few records of its own with a $600 million opening weekend. Jason Moser analyzes those stories and encourages investors to find ways to unplug from business news over the holidays.

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0:00.0	It's Monday, December 20th, walking the market fully.
0:05.3	I'm Chris Hill, with me.
0:08.4	He is pretty much every Monday.
0:09.9	It's Jason Moser.
0:10.9	Good to see you.
0:11.9	Good to see you.
0:14.9	We're going to talk about Spider-Man, because the numbers are ridiculous.
0:19.6	The box office numbers are ridiculous, but we have to start with the deal of the day,
0:23.8	which is Surner, the medical records tech company.
0:28.0	Surner is being acquired by Oracle.
0:29.7	This is a $28 billion deal, all cash.
0:34.6	I never thought of Oracle as being a health care tech company, but I guess we kind of have
0:38.2	to do now, don't we?
0:40.4	Yeah, I suppose, I mean, antitrust, I guess regulators will give it a look, I'm sure.
0:46.8	I mean, it's not a small deal, but in the context of what Oracle does, I mean, I don't
0:54.5	see any reason why this deal wouldn't go through.
0:56.6	It does seem like, I understand it's a very large market opportunity in Surner, and it's
1:04.2	a company geared toward where the market really needs to go, and widespread electronic health
1:09.2	care record adoption, and that's what Surner is, of course, known for them, and they automate
1:16.5	and digitize medical records.
1:18.5	I mean, this can help with avoiding unnecessary tests and medications.
1:23.2	It can help clinicians avoid errors, it can suggest treatments, I mean, it really can
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