Title: Mergers & Acquisitions
Description: In 1999, MCI WorldComm and Sprint agreed to merge.  Valued at $129 billion, this expected transaction was the largest in history. However, it fell victim to regulators in Europe concerned with the potential monopoly power of the merged firm.  This M&A action was merely the latest in a growingtrend of "blockbuster" mergers over the past several years. Once a phenomenon seen primarily in the United States, mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being pursued across national boundaries. In short, acquisition strategies are among the most important corporate-level strategies in the newmillennium.  The need for clear, complete, and up-to-date guide to successful mergers and acquisitions had never been greater....
Subjects: Finance, Nonfiction, Consolidation and merger of corporations