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  2. Mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia

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    The rise of globalization has exponentially increased the necessity for agencies such as the Mergers and Acquisitions International Clearing (MAIC), trust accounts and securities clearing services for Like-Kind Exchanges for cross-border M&A. [citation needed] On a global basis, the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions rose seven-fold ...

  3. Category:1997 mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1997 mergers and acquisitions" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  4. Mandatory offer - Wikipedia

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    In mergers and acquisitions, a mandatory offer, also called a mandatory bid in some jurisdictions, is an offer made by one company (the "acquiring company" or "bidder") to purchase some or all outstanding shares of another company (the "target"), as required by securities laws and regulations or stock exchange rules governing corporate takeovers.

  5. Merger guidelines - Wikipedia

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    These guidelines were replaced by the 1992 Merger Guidelines, [7] which fine-tuned previously established tools and policies, such as the SSNIP test and rules governing the acquisition of failing firms. [8] The 1992 Guidelines were revised in 1997, almost concurrently with the FTC's challenge of the Staples-Office Depot merger in federal court.

  6. Dean Witter Reynolds - Wikipedia

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    Dean Witter Reynolds was an American stock brokerage and securities firm catering to a variety of clients. Prior to the company's acquisition, it was among the largest firms in the securities industry with over 9,000 account executives (ranking third in the US in 1996) and was among the largest members of the New York Stock Exchange.

  7. Consolidation (business) - Wikipedia

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    In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated financial statements.

  8. Shareholder rights plan - Wikipedia

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    A shareholder rights plan, colloquially known as a "poison pill", is a type of defensive tactic used by a corporation's board of directors against a takeover.. In the field of mergers and acquisitions, shareholder rights plans were devised in the early 1980s as a way to prevent takeover bids by taking away a shareholder's right to negotiate a price for the sale of shares directly.

  9. Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act - Wikipedia

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    The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act passed in November 1999, repealing portions of the BHCA and the Glass–Steagall Act, allowing banks, brokerages, and insurance companies to merge, thus making the CitiCorp/Travelers Group merger legal. Also prior to the passage of the Act, there were many relaxations to the Glass–Steagall Act. For example, a ...