The phrase "active merger" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to business, finance, or organizational changes where two entities are in the process of merging and actively engaging in that process.
Example: "The companies are currently in an active merger, working together to integrate their operations and resources."
Alternatives: "ongoing merger" or "dynamic merger".
After a months-long standoff, Microsoft and Yahoo are in active merger talks, a person involved in the discussions said.
After a three-month standoff, Microsoft was in active merger talks with Yahoo on Friday, several people involved in the discussions said.
The blow fell on the active merger of church and state into a single ideology, on the attempts to create a model of "Orthodox civilization" in Russia.
On a rather active Merger Monday highlighted by two health care acquisitions – Nestlé's $11.9 billion purchase of the infant nutrition unit of Pfizer and AstraZeneca's $1.26 billion buyout of Ardea Biosciences – Thomson Reuters is adding one more deal to the mix.
Thus, it seems to be common that GC clusters undergo active merger and shuffling during yeast mitochondrial genome evolution.
"Deutsche Telekom has a very active mergers and acquisition program, and they could be in different discussions with 20 companies at the same time," Ian Johnston, a telecommunications analyst with J. P. Morgan, told The Associated Press.
Resisting a "low-price takeover," the Irish mortgage lender First Active ended merger talks with the Anglo Irish Bank Corporation.
The mood had already begun to sweeten last year, the most active for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide by value since the last wave broke in 2000.
The insurance and consumer finance company, which is active in mergers and acquisitions, had announced earlier that it would pay at least $38 a share for 12.2 million of GATX common shares.
Small software companies have been particularly active on the merger front, a trend that is expected to continue in 2004.
And J. P. Morgan has been an active adviser to merger candidates themselves, most recently to the Exxon Corporation, which has been in talks to acquire the Mobil Corporation.
