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Editor's Note: Matthew Beller is a former employee of the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He currently works for a private investment firm in Los Angeles, California

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Editor's note: This article was written by Michelle Leder, who combs through SEC filings for nuggets of interesting details for her blog, Footnoted.org.Now that the merger between Pfizer (PFE) and Wy