The priciest and most impactful deals in commercial real estate occur when two large companies join forces through a merger or an acquisition. The combining of personnel, balance sheets and property ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wayne Winegarden covers the economic impacts of regulatory policies The U.S. is mired in a growth slowdown. Between 1960 and 2007 ...

Nearly one in five charity leaders are looking at mergers and acquisitions as a potential way to ride out the turbulent economy, according to a new survey. A poll of 117 executive directors taken in ...

In the evolving health care landscape, mergers between nonprofit health care organizations are becoming increasingly common. Mergers are often driven by a combination of economic factors, the need to ...

Horizontal and vertical mergers are two strategies your company can use to achieve specific objectives, such as growing your business, entering new markets, increasing revenue or reducing costs. A ...

Antitrust enforcers released a draft update outlining new rules today that officials say will make it easier to crack down on mergers and acquisitions that could substantially lessen competition in ...

Instead of the promised benefit—patients paying less for quality care—horizontal mergers can actually cost consumers more. However, vertical mergers have the potential to create a new, ...

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In recent years, government antitrust enforcement agencies (the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and State Attorneys General) have devoted extensive resources—and have had some success ...