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Pages in category "1997 mergers and acquisitions" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
1997 mergers and acquisitions (82 P) B. ... Pages in category "1997 in economic history" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Finance Act ...
In the United States, for example, the Clayton Act outlaws any merger or acquisition that may "substantially lessen competition" or "tend to create a monopoly", and the Hart–Scott–Rodino Act requires notifying the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission about any merger or acquisition over a certain ...
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.
Mergers and acquisitions are a driving force in the world of finance. Banks, for example, are consolidating all the time, and mergers are how some of the largest banks in America have grown so large.
The merger had been rumored for some time as both banks had a number of directors in common; Prosser was president of the Bankers and a director of the Astor and Edmund C. Converse was president of the Astor and a director of the Bankers. [14] The Astor continued "with no change in management, as the uptown branch of the Bankers Trust Company."
Year Merger closed Acquirer Acquired firm Name of merged entity 1931 Harriman Brothers & Company: Brown Bros. & Co. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 1938 Charles D. Barney & Co. Edward B. Smith & Co. Smith Barney & Co. 1940 Merrill Lynch: E. A. Pierce & Co. Merrill Lynch: 1940 Merrill Lynch: Cassatt & Co. Merrill Lynch: 1942 Paine, Webber & Co ...
Barings went bankrupt and in 1995, management bought back the firm. [9] In 1997, the company was sold to Swiss Bank Corporation in 1997 and merged with S. G. Warburg & Co., to become Warburg Dillon Read. [10] In 1998, it became part of UBS when Swiss Bank Corporation merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to become UBS. [11]