merger activity
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merger
noun[C]
uk/ˈmɜː.dʒər/us/ˈmɝː.dʒɚ/
an occasion when two or more companies or organizations join together to make one ...
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activity
noun
uk/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofmergerandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet the structure of the insurance market has changed in recent years as evidenced by the extensivemergeractivity.
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I complained at the time that thismergeractivityhad not produced new jobs, nor had it stimulated our manufacturing base.
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He believes that if we are concerned about competition we should inhibit allmergeractivity.
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They contain information about increases inmergeractivityin recent years, and examine issues arising in relation to conglomerate mergers.
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But we do not consider that the current high level ofmergeractivityalters radically the issues which the review will need to consider.
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We are undoubtedly experiencing a peak ofmergeractivityat the present time.
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However, mergers policy has attracted attention in recent months, particularly in the light of the present high level ofmergeractivity.
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Mergeractivitycan have a distorting effect on regional economic development.
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There has been an enormous amount ofmergeractivity.
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It is not entirely clear that bank customers have benefited frommergeractivityin the past.
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Another aspect ofmergeractivityis the evil of inside trading.
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Themergeractivityis not producing new jobs or stimulating our manufacturing base: indeed, quite the contrary.
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History has shown thatmergeractivitytends to be cyclical.
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The idea that allmergeractivityis somehow malign is manifestly absurd.
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One must also bear it in mind that, whenever cartel legislation has been significantly toughened, as it was in the 1950s, the response has beenmergeractivityamong small companies.
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In other words, human ambition and greed are the driving force for the tremendousmergeractivitywhich is concentrating the economic power of the country into so few hands.
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In 1983 spending on mergers was some £2·7 billion a year; in 1984 it rose to £5·9 billion; and in 1987 almost £15 billion was spent onmergeractivity.
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Mergeractivityremained active among hospitals and health plans nationally in the 1990s.
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The most visible (and publicized)mergeractivityof the new government was the integration of the county and city police forces.
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Additionally, many refineries (more than 100 since the 1980s) have closed due to obsolescence and/ormergeractivitywithin the industry itself.
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