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The six months from October 1, 2008, to March 31 of this year have been the slowest since the early 1990s, with only seven U.S. deals worth more than $5 billion. Several blue-chip companies in the financial sector collapsed during these six months, and were then sold off or propped up by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The resultant freezing of the credit markets seriously curtailed M&A and IPO activity. Below, we discuss three of the larger deals of recent months. And, unusual for this column, one is in the millions rather than the billions of dollars in size.
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