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Mergers and acquisitions
(
M&A
) are transactions in which the ownership of
companies
, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or united with other entities.
[1]
A famous merger happened in 1708, between the
East India Company
and an
erstwhile
competitor to take control of the trade in India and its surrounding countries. In 1784, the Italian
Monte dei Paschi
and Monte Pio banks were merged together as the
Monti Reuniti
.
[2]
In 2022, the
ViacomCBS
merged with it's media competitor
WarnerMedia
.
At present mergers and acquisitions between companies happen very commonly and there are separate private companies to help other companies enter into mergers like
MergersCorp
,
BusinessBrokers
and
LinkBusiness
.
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