Number: RL34375
Title: Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007
Authors: John Williamson, Knowledge Services Group 
Abstract: 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.
Pages: 14
Date: February 14, 2008