Rajaratnam sat not with his lawyers but, rather, on a bench behind the defense table, the shiny wave of his hair almost touching his hunched shoulders.

NEWYORKER: A Dirty Business

When one side of the bargaining table has the legal right to wave a magic wand and make the other side of the discussion completely disappear, it is hardly a scenario for a fair negotiation.

FORBES: Union Busting: Michigan Style

This acquisition follows a wave of consolidation in biotechnology, as larger companies try to sit at the big pharma table and smaller ones seek shelter from the vicissitudes of the stock market.

FORBES: Millennium Buys COR, Wants To Be Merck

These factors help explain why the first wave of takeovers abroad by Indian firms, between 2004 and 2008, took such a peculiar form (see table).

ECONOMIST: Inbound and outbound deals