First half 2006 M&A's: the number of deals down, deal values up.The Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi , Edmiston Group Inc. (JEGI JEGI Jordan Edmiston Group, Inc. ) has reported that, in its category of Newsletter Publishing, the number of merger and acquisition deals in the first half of 2006 fell to seven from the same period in 2005's 12. But the value of those transactions increased from $26 million last year to $56 million this year, representing an increase of 115.4 percent. For the same time period, JEGI also reported that its category of Database Information Services See Information Systems. saw an increase in deals from 19 to 22 and value from $277 million to $1.1 billion million--an increase of a whopping 298.1 percent. Overall media and information industry M&A deals increased from 280 in the first half of 2005 to 315 this year, an increase of 12.5 percent. Deal values went from $28 billion last year to $37 billion this year, an increase of 33.5 percent. JEGI, 150 East 52nd St. 18th Floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10022, 212-754-0710, fax 212-754-0337, www.jegi.com |
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