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Total System Services
Rank: 70 (2004 rank: 40)
Get quote: TSS
Employees: 5,777		   
Headquarters: Columbus, GA Sector(s): Business Services

Why It's Growing So Fast: Bank-merger mania has been great for this credit-card-processing company. Winning business from banks acquired by its clients helped boost its revenue 13 percent last year.
Revenue 1,187.0 21.5 46
Earnings 150.6 15.7 89
Cash flow growth (3-year annualized) -- 29.6 83
Stock return (12 months) 19.4
Headcount change (12 months) 0.6

News
Jan 4First Data To Decide On Sale Of Unit By ... (Dow Jones)
Dec 21Bank of America to quit TSYS ca... (Reuters)
Dec 21Bank of America to quit TSYS pr... (Reuters)
Dec 21Bank of America to terminate TSYS proces... (Reuters)
Dec 13TSYS buys stake in Chinese payment-proce... (Reuters)

Analyst Research from Reuters ($)
Jan 4Plunkett's Banking, Mortgages and Credit... (Plunkett Research, Ltd.)
Jan 4Plunkett's Banking, Mortgages and Credit... (Plunkett Research, Ltd.)
Jan 4Plunkett's Outsourcing and Offshoring In... (Plunkett Research, Ltd.)
Jan 4Plunkett's Outsourcing and Offshoring In... (Plunkett Research, Ltd.)
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Press Releases
Jan 4TSYS to Broadcast Fourth-Quarter 2005 Re... (Business Wire)