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McKinsey: Deal Value Added at 10 Year High as M&A Hits Record High $4T in 2006

With nearly $4 trillion in announced global M&A activity in the first 11 months, 2006 has set a new mergers record. Are companies getting better at M&A? A just published McKinsey Quarterly article provides some very interesting and insightful analysis, and finds that the latest M&A boom appears to be creating more value for the shareholders of the acquiring companies.

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2006: A Year of Multi-Billion-Dollar Shareholder Settlements

The average shareholder class action settlement jumped 37% to 86.7 million in 2006, driven by more "mega-settlements" exceeding $100 million - including four multi-billion-dollar settlements of 2006 ($2.7 billion AOL Time Warner; $1.1 billion Royal Ahold NV; $1.1 billion Nortel Networks' two settlements), according to NERA Economic Consulting study. 

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