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merger-mania

A sudden or intense surge of companies forming corporate mergers with one another There has been something of a merger-mania in the telecommunications industry recently, with some analysts worrying about the possibility of de factor monopolies coming back into power as a result. This merger-mania between health-insurance providers over the last few months will only serve to lower costs for everyone except the people paying for their policies.
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merger-mania

n. an apparent need for companies to merge with one another. (Securities markets and journalism.) The market meltdown put an end to merger-mania.
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'Transaction such as the merger between two banks is not an easy decision and nobody can predict whether it's going to happen or not.
Parties to a merger may offer commitments at any time during the review.
The representative of the Summit Bank informed the judges that the proceedings of the merger of the two banks is still in its initial stage.
Meanwhile, the conservative Bareun Party is moving relatively smoothly to the merger. Bareun Party Chairman Yoo Seong-min welcomed the poll outcome Sunday.
Applying this approach to the European bank merger data uncovers several changes in the characteristics of bank mergers following the introduction of the new merger legislation.
Fig 2 indicated that after merger and acquisition efficiency of textile sector is constant because there is no significant change in mean, median and minimum values.
"The CCP's Mergers and Acquisitions Department processes the pre-merger application in light of the law and the commission issues the approval in the form of an order within thirty days after receiving a complete pre-merger application," it said.
The combination of two or more companies, in which the identity of one company remains constant while the other's is being dissolved, is called merger. Merger transactions are done basically for achieving market share, competitive advantage, growing revenues, and risk and product diversification.
[H.sub.1] (Alternative Hypothesis) There is a significance difference between the pre and post merger financial performance of acquirer banks.
According to legal provisions, before starting the merger, the absorbed company must inform the absorbing company about all the rights and obligations to be transferred.
The authors find that despite reducing the number of macro brewers from three to two, the efficiency gains created by the merger offset the incentive to increase prices in the average regional market in the long run.
Even though the merger creates some welfare loss due to allocative inefficiency, the cost saving due to the merger-specific efficiencies may swamp the allocative inefficiency.
"Like in any good marriage that is expected not only to last, but to produce many children, when considering a merger, company boards need to know why they want to merge and choose their merger partner carefully.
MANAMA: As the global financial crisis unfolds and GCC countries assess its impact, the region is witnessing an unprecedented wave of mergers. According to A T Kearney, a global strategic consulting firm, a recent study concluded that most mergers destroy value and weaken the merger candidates instead of improving business and resulting in more profitable and stronger companies.
* A merger process should include planning for a de-merger and establishing a sound agreement if a de-merger subsequently becomes necessary,
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