The bosses of the big paper companies explain the merger wave with visionary strategic statements.
The merger wave isn't just concentrated in the UK, it is also evident across Europe.
The real catalyst for Europe's recent merger wave, say some analysts, is the arrival of the euro.
If Merck endures a big setback, it may find itself a loser in the next merger wave.
When the merger wave washed across the pharmaceuticals industry in the mid-1990s, King picked up its acquisition pace.
Morgan, the fear of missing out on a spectacular merger wave has encouraged managers to keep their hurdle rates as low as possible.
After atoning for the past merger wave's excesses with cost cuts and sales of unrelated businesses, many big companies have healthy balance sheets.
In a global merger wave financed by equity, German firms have come to see their share prices as a currency to pay for acquisitions.
Introduced by TWA in 1961, the practice took off during the merger wave of the 1980s, when executives started pondering whether it was smarter to seek out merger opportunities to make money for shareholders or to hold on to their jobs.
We, at Teton Advisors, believe we are on the cusp of a multiyear wave in merger and acquisition activity.
The telecom industry has gone merger-mad, and what began as a healthy wave of consolidation is starting to sound like a bunch of retired men guessing which horse will win in the fifth at Aqueduct.
First I believe this is a merger that will shake the foundations of the region's cozy corporate world and spark a wave of copycat deals across Asia.
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Lehman's bankruptcy filing on Monday, Merrill Lynch's merger deal with Bank of America, and the government's rescue of American International Group on Tuesday prompted a wave of selling in financial stocks Wednesday.
Finance and telecommunications still figure prominently in the latest deal wave, according to Dealogic, but this year, real estate deals have replaced 2000's technology merger mania among the three most active sectors.
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