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Nuance just doesn't know when to stop - ami


Posted: Oct 04, 2012

Looks like Nuance is out looking for legal troubles. CEO, Paul Ricci tried to buy some friends with $5 mil apiece. But it ended in a lawsuit. Guess some people are seeing something besides dollar signs. <shakes head>

See link

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/09/07/lawsuit-nuance-tried-to-bribe-rival.html

I had heard some time ago through another party - who does consulting for Nuance

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on matters not directly related to the field of medical transcription that this guy is greedy beyond greedy. The law suits concerning his attempts at monopolizing MT, the lack of fair compensation to his MTs, and now this accusation of attempted bribery certainly fall right in line with this 3rd party's assessment based on his personal experience.

The insight to be gleaned here is hit this guy in his pocket book by threatening his income stream and hence his financial empire of massive investments and acquisitions, and he will fold like a cheap suit. His god is his money, and his god is very vulnerable. An organized rebellion against this company's unfair treatment of its MTs would bring the company to its knees in a matter of hours to, at most, days.

Food for thought and discussion in keeping with the posts below concerning what value there would be in organizing.


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