These are most difficult economic circumstances we have ever seen," said Smith, who is also chief executive of acquisition-hungry money broker Tullett Prebon.
"We are thrilled to be merging with and taking public these exciting, highly profitable and complementary companies, which have performed exceptionally under the operational and industry expertise of Alan Sokol and his teams," Mr. Brener, the chief executive of Azteca Acquisition, said in a statement.
Mr. Whiting, 37, is an executive director of acquisitions at W. P. Carey & Company, a real estate investment banking company in New York.
In 1999, the Clinton administration issued Executive Order 13126, "Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor".
Commenting on the acquisition, Terry Twigger, chief executive of Meggitt, said that the acquisition would "significantly strengthen Meggitt's existing position as a major international aerospace equipment provider given our combined operations' complementary product and geographic markets.
Mark Schoenwald, the president and chief executive of Thomas Nelson, said the acquisition was an "attractive strategic fit" for the company.
The first was that Mr. Musk had discussions in February 2016 with the chief executive of SolarCity about an acquisition.
Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS Corporation, said the acquisition of CNET would create new distribution outlets for CBS's news, music and other content.
Clive Bannister, chief executive of Phoenix, said the acquisition of the Embassy and SunLife businesses was another important step forward in the firm's growth strategy.
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Glen Meakem, chairman and chief executive of FreeMarkets, said the acquisition of Adexa would allow the company to expand its business-to-business services.
