We wrote about the Ivy League endowment meltdown (including a look at which school had the best investment performance in 2009), suggested ways to start your first retirement account off right, and gave 11 financial tips for expecting parents.

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Of course, we cannot be sure whether the 53% of deals which destroyed value were among organisations which would have lost value against competition if they had not merged but one of the sure-fire ways to stack the odds against yourself is to look at your target or partner from a business point of view only.

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