Monday, February 25, 2008
[IWS] CRS: LARGEST MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS by CORPORATIONS in 2007 [14 February 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34375
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007
February 14, 2008
John Williamson, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34375_20080214.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Summary
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has continued to increase, and has
grown in each of the past four years. This reports provides a listing of the largest
M&A transactions worldwide (value equivalent to US$ 2.0 billion or more) that were
proposed during 2007. The report includes the dates on which transactions were
completed and showing M&A deals that were still pending as of December 31, 2007.
These data have been drawn from publicly available sources and have not been
otherwise verified by CRS. This report will not be updated.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34375
Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007
February 14, 2008
John Williamson, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34375_20080214.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Summary
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has continued to increase, and has
grown in each of the past four years. This reports provides a listing of the largest
M&A transactions worldwide (value equivalent to US$ 2.0 billion or more) that were
proposed during 2007. The report includes the dates on which transactions were
completed and showing M&A deals that were still pending as of December 31, 2007.
These data have been drawn from publicly available sources and have not been
otherwise verified by CRS. This report will not be updated.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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