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Mergers & Acquisitions

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Private equity may be Wall Street's favorite fad diet, but sometimes a good, old-fashioned takeover is just what the market ordered

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  • April 2007

    • Tribune Sold To Zell

      Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 2, 07 9:45 AM CDT

      Tribune Sold To Zell

      (Newser) - Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell won a last-minute bidding  war to buy the Tribune Compay with a $34-a-share offer, reports the Chicago Tribune. Zell will take the media conglomerate private in a deal that includes an employee stock ownership plan. The Cubs will be sold separately. More »

  • March 2007

    • Satellite Sisters

      New Yorker  |  Mar 18, 07 8:44 PM CDT

      Satellite Sisters

      (Newser) - Jim Surowiecki describes how the “Chicago School” of economists revolutionized anti-trust thinking in the 1970s. By arguing that it is not the number of competitors but rather their strength that mattered, these economists posited that some mergers stimulate competition. More »

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This image released by The Field Musem in Chicago shows a painting...
This image released by The Field Musem in Chicago shows a painting...   (Getty Images)
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US NEWS GATORWRESTLERS 1 FL   (KRT Photos)
The Yahoo tent at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is seen in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Battered by slow revenue growth and the popularity of social networking Web sites, Yahoo! Inc. is poised to lay off hundreds of workers, according to published reports. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
The Yahoo tent at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is seen in Las Vegas, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008. Battered by slow revenue growth and the popularity of social networking Web sites, Yahoo! Inc. is poised...   (Associated Press)
El gráfico muestra el precio de las acciones y ganancias de Microsoft Corp. y Yahoo Inc.; 2c 96,3 mm x 153,5 mm
El gráfico muestra el precio de las acciones y ganancias de Microsoft Corp. y Yahoo Inc.; 2c 96,3 mm x 153,5 mm   (Associated Press)
This combination of two photos shows Microsoft founder Bill Gates, left, and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang. Microsoft Corp. on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance...
This combination of two photos shows Microsoft founder Bill Gates, left, and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang. Microsoft Corp. on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008 pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited...   (Associated Press)
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to...

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