1. $85.6 billion – The acquisition of BellSouth by AT&T in the technological sector.
2. $35 billion – The acquisition of Burlington Resources by ConcocoPhillips in the energy sector.
3. $25.1 billion – The acquisition of Guidant by Boston Scientific in the healthcare sector.
4. $24.2 billion – The acquisition of Golden West Financial by Wachovia in the financial sector.
5. $21.3 billion – The acquisition of HCA by private equity buyers from Bain Capital, Merrill Lynch, KKR, Global Private Equity and the founder of HCA, Thomas F. Frist Jr. in the healthcare sector.
6. $16.2 billion – The acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor by private equity buyers from the Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, Texas Pacific Group and Permira Advisers LLC in the technological sector.
7. $16 billion – The acquisition of Kerr-McGee by Anadarko Petroleum in the energy sector.
8. $13.6 billion – The acquisition of North Fork Bancorp by Capital One in the financial sector.
9. $11.7 billion – The acquisition of Lucent Technologies by Alcatel in the technological sector.
10. $10.5 billion – The acquisition of AmSouth Bancorp by Region Financial in the financial sector.
Reflection:
These are the top ten mergers of 2007.
We can say these as the big mergers of the year 2007. This is just for an information about the big mergers in the world..
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