Sentence examples for increase in merger from inspiring English sources

Thomson Financial is forecasting a modest increase in merger volume next year.

The S&P 500 index closed up 1.7% for the week – its second week of gains, supported by an increase in merger activity.

Its hedge fund and debt investment arms grew by double digits, while its advisory unit benefited from an increase in merger and restructuring assignments.

If a recent increase in merger activity is any indication, then voice over digital subscriber line is a technology whose time has come.

One corollary of increased confidence is an increase in mergers and acquisitions.

Health care, a perennially busy area, had a 15.7 percent increase in mergers, to $95.5 billion.

Predicted  |  Analysts in the oilfields and mining industries are predicting an increase in mergers and acquisitions in both sectors, according to news reports.

Some analysts expect an increase in mergers and acquisitions as business confidence improves, and they say write-offs that drained earnings in 2009 will decrease.

These changes reduced the costs of managing large, diversified firms and prompted an increase in mergers and acquisitions among corporations around the world.

Stocks advanced yesterday on optimism that an increase in mergers was a sign that shares are inexpensive even after an 11-month rally and that corporate profits would keep rising.

Microsoft said it was using some of its money to buy back shares, other companies are locking in longer-term borrowing, and some of the new borrowing is financing an increase in mergers and acquisitions.