When pharmacy chain CVS Health announced a $69 billion merger with the health insurance giant Aetna late in 2017, top management of CVS needed to weigh a number of strategic considerations except
A)CVS's opportunities to pursue rapid growth strategies in its most promising businesses.
B)CVS's opportunities to initiate profit improvements or turnaround strategies for weak-performing businesses showing potential.
C)CVS's opportunities to divest other unattractive businesses.
D)CVS's opportunities to pursue debt reduction to lower its debt/equity ratio while maintaining asset levels.
E)CVS's opportunities to pursue divestiture of businesses that did not fit into the company's longer term plans.

Question

When pharmacy chain CVS Health announced a $69 billion merger with the health insurance giant Aetna late in 2017, top management of CVS needed to weigh a number of strategic considerations except
A)CVS's opportunities to pursue rapid growth strategies in its most promising businesses.
B)CVS's opportunities to initiate profit improvements or turnaround strategies for weak-performing businesses showing potential.
C)CVS's opportunities to divest other unattractive businesses.
D)CVS's opportunities to pursue debt reduction to lower its debt/equity ratio while maintaining asset levels.
E)CVS's opportunities to pursue divestiture of businesses that did not fit into the company's longer term plans.

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The other options listed are all strategic considerations that top management of CVS would need to weigh in their merger with Aetna. However, pursuing debt reduction is not a strategic consideration listed in the article, and therefore is the best choice.

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