Quote Originally Posted by Geoffcin
Mergers like this have the usual effect of making a few high level executives very rich, and a lot of mid level managers unemployed. What's left of the savings of scale (after the execs line their pockets) gets passed on to the shareholders.

Exactly, now they share the same infrastructure which allows to cut in overhead costs. It might lead back to the shareholders, but also the consumers since it allows for price cuts.