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CFO July 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan	Rising Stakes How the strength of private equity is changing M&A for corporate buyers.
CFO April 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn	Picking Up the Pieces In the wake of a broken deal, how do companies move on?
The Motley Fool November 13, 2008 Liz Peek	This Is Where Investors Are Profiting Credit markets may be tight, but some deals are still being made, and risk arbitrage investors are capitalizing on it.
CFO April 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty	The Buyout Binge Private-equity firms are gobbling up everything in sight. How long can it last?
CFO June 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan	Time to Buy Economic gloom abounds these days, but there is one ray of sunshine: the mergers-and-acquisitions market.
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Emily Thornton	What's Behind The Buyout Binge With stocks cheap and private equity firms flush, this boom may be a record-breaker.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally	Outlook for M&A: 2009 Interestingly, for some banks, M&A will be a viable -- even attractive -- strategic option.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Deal Market Hasn't Dried Up Yet Private equity may have cooled but deals are still getting done.
CFO January 1, 2006 Tim Reason	A High-water Mark? Private-equity firms boosted deal values again in 2005, but resurgent corporate buyers and higher borrowing costs may rein them in this year.
CFO October 1, 2007 Avital Louria Hahn	Only the Strong Shall Thrive Financially sound companies find gold in credit mayhem even as weaker players fear the game is up.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 David Henry	Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less.
CFO September 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan	Secrets of the M&A Masters The hard-won lessons of frequent acquirers can cut through the clutter of acquisition statistics and theory and serve as practical deal-making guidelines.
CFO January 1, 2005 Tim Reason	The Answer Is Private What kind of buyers and sellers made the greatest strides in deal-making for 2004?
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Tom Taulli	Private Equity's Nuclear Winter The Home Depot supply unit transaction is an example of what is happening in the private equity game. Lean times have arrived for Wall Street dealmakers, with private equity firms abandoning current deals and becoming gun-shy for future ones.
CFO September 1, 2007 Vincent Ryan	Premiums Without Peril While bidding high to beat rivals for a target can be an acquirer's undoing, some have developed valuation tools to help them safely offer more.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005 Coy & Thornton	Shake, Rattle, And Merge Companies with cash. Investors who welcome bold offers. A weak dollar. It looks like a year of big M & A deals.
Investment Advisor June 2007 Mark Tibergien	Real Deals There's more activity than actual movement on the M&A front for financial advisory firms.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 David Henry	M&A Deals: Show Me Aware that many mergers haven't paid off in the past, investors don't have the enthusiasm they once did.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005	Here Comes The Year Of The Deal Fallout from a new M&A boom could turn out to be a major unanticipated policy issue in 2005. Rapid consolidation could increase pricing power in many industries. It's the right time for the U.S. government's trustbusters to stay alert.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Hot Potato: Asset Manager Deal Boom Last year was a blockbuster for merger-and-acquisition activity in the asset-management sector -- buyers spent nearly $44 billion to purchase 191 firms managing more than $2.6 trillion, according to a recent research report.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Tom Taulli	Is Tech Ready to Go Deal-Crazy? Over the past couple of months, tech companies such as SAP, McAfee, Microsoft, and Oracle have made some interesting M&A deals. Is this the start of a major trend?
U.S. Banker April 2007 Lee Conrad	Financial M&A Sees Third-Highest Year on Record Mergers and acquisitions in the bank and thrift market staged a major comeback in 2006.
CFO October 1, 2007 Karen M. Kroll	No Big Deal The credit crunch may have knocked the blockbuster out of favor, but middle-market M&A remains quite healthy.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Rebuttal Private equity deals aren't without their warts, but they're still benefiting investors.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan	Cautious Optimism: Returns to Bank M&A A gradual improvement in asset quality industry wide, along with unprecedented pressure from regulators, is helping to revive the bank M&A market after three lean years -- although prices might never return to their lofty highs of past cycles.
Financial Planning August 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn	Private Equity Gets Liquid Buyers and sellers both can benefit from an emerging market for seasoned interests in private deals.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Tom Taulli	Wall Street's Shopping Spree M&A is back, and it's not leaving anytime soon. How can an investor capitalize on this?
CFO October 1, 2009 Russ Banham	Down but Not Out M&A activity has plunged in 2009, but recent deals suggest it may be poised for a comeback.
Knowledge@Wharton	M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time.
U.S. Banker April 2008 Joseph Rosta	Financial Mergers & Acquisitions Dry Up It's a hostile merger and acquisition world out there and the depressed bank and thrift market has not been spared.
U.S. Banker September 2009 Joseph Rosta	Next to Nothing M&A activity is so slow and deals are so small that many buyers and sellers aren t even bothering to use advisors. Until the wave of failures subsides, expect more of the same.
CFO January 1, 2002 Stephen Barr	Deals: They've Come Undone With buying activity sharply down, merger breakups made the biggest headlines last year.
CFO November 1, 2007 Avital Louria Hahn	Buying American As Middle Eastern and Asian industrial powers supplant private equity as acquirers of U.S. companies, some targets gain advantage.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Alan Lavine	Alive And Well The ongoing merger boom keeps feeding the risk arbitrageurs' bottom line. Financial advisors have a number of options if they want to invest clients' cash in mutual funds that could benefit from merger deals.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2006 Kevin Burke	Asset-Management Deals Set Record Pace There was an unprecedented 89 deals for fund-management firms in the first half of 2006. Buyers spent at least $13.5 billion in disclosed and estimated dollars, almost as much as the total spent all last year, for nearly $1 trillion in assets.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	When Selling Your Practice . . . Advisors are smart about many financial matters, but when it comes to selling their own firm, many are surprised about how much more there is to know.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Joseph Khattab	Foolish Forum: Private Equity Fever Witty banter on the private equity frenzy, and what it means for investors.
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 Rich Duprey	Corporate Marriages May Not Mean Bliss Merger and acquisition activity spiked up this month, with companies wanting to get together in far greater numbers after having taken a summer hiatus when the credit crunch roiled the markets.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	The Real Deal More than half of all registered independent advisory (RIA) firms bought or considered buying another advisory firm at least once in the past two years.
BusinessWeek May 30, 2005 Ian Rowley	Japan: Let's Not Make A Deal Despite a few big transactions, private-equity buyouts by foreigners are scarce in Japan.
CFO May 1, 2005 Don Durfee	Putting Property First As money continues to pour into corporate real estate, more dealmakers are finding ways to cash in.
CFO March 1, 2012 Vincent Ryan	An Acquirer's To-Do List for 2012 Four tips for evaluating, planning, and executing an M&A deal in this economy.
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 David Grau	Research Assignment When buying or selling a financial advisory firm, due diligence may be the most important thing you do before signing on the dotted line.
U.S. Banker April 2005 Michael Sisk	Regulations Add Wrinkle to M&A Caveat Emptor is the name of the game more than ever, lest buyers get saddled with the legal troubles of their new firm.
CFO December 1, 2006 Roy Harris	What Lies Beneath Private-equity firms know how to make companies look good. But this buyer knows how to look more closely.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Jon Peterson	Ripple Effect Sinking financial and residential sectors make waves in commercial real estate.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2008 Anthony M. Graziano	Making Sense of the Market Investors who know where to look can find opportunities.
U.S. Banker September 2004 Michael Sisk	Deals on the Fly Again The pace and pricing of mergers & aquisitions this year is, by many measurements, on course to match that of 1998, the last peak in the bank and thrift M&A cycle.
CFO March 1, 2005 Don Durfee	A Question of Value Over 20 years, technology and technique have greatly improved the ability to price targets accurately for a merger.