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Oct. 8, 2014

M&A activity highest since early 2008

Merger and acquisition activity through the first three quarters of the year in the U.S. reached levels not seen since before the global financial crisis, according to a new report from M&A data tracking firm Mergermarket Ltd.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Merger and acquisition activity through the first three quarters of the year in the U.S. reached levels not seen since before the global financial crisis, according to a new report from M&A data tracking firm Mergermarket Ltd.


The $1.1 trillion worth of deals announced so far this year pushed past Mergermarket's figures from 2006 by 13.6 percent. U.S. deals garnered 44.5 percent of all tra...

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