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M&A Monitor: B2B Lags But Total First-Quarter Action Bags '04 By A Mile.

Publication: Min's B to B
Publication Date: 11-APR-05 		Format: Online - approximately 661 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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As with everything else in life, the early reports on first-quarter mergers and acquisitions activity have both good news and bad. The good news, per research from media/information industry dealmaker The Jordan, Edmiston Group, is that all Q1 deals across 11 different types of media rose 28.4% in number (140 Q1 2005 transactions versus 109 for the same period in 2004), with an eye-opening 132.4% jump in deal value. January-March action this year was valued at nearly $9.7B, compared with $4.2B for the same months last year.

That's the good news, which no doubt is music to the ears...

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