Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Emerging Market M&A Hits $663 Billion In '07,Beats '06 Record Dealogic

October 16 - CNN Money - Mergers and acquisitions in emerging market countries have reached $662.9 billion so far in 2007, topping the previous record high of $643.3 billion for all of 2006, according to data provider Dealogic.

In the third quarter of 2007, emerging market M&A bucked the global trend with an increase of 7% compared with the second quarter of 2007, and versus a 45% decline for developed countries, it said.

M&A in the emerging markets has been increasing in importance and has so far accounted for 17% of global activity this year, compared with only 11% in 2000, it said. Read More.

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