>"Xerox and Lexmark have complementary sets of operations"
To me that means, "we can save money because we now don't need 2 marketing departments and 2 accounting departments and 2 support departments, etc. for the same amount of combined market share."
Partly true but I don't think they would (or should) just ax those departments. By merging those departments will be taking on more work too, so they will not need everyone but they will likely let some people go.
To me that means, "we can save money because we now don't need 2 marketing departments and 2 accounting departments and 2 support departments, etc. for the same amount of combined market share."