the.com/merger
Two companies marry, the spreadsheets vow forever, and someone always loses their job by spring.
Failure rateRoughly 70-90% destroy shareholder value
SynergyCorporate code for upcoming layoffs
AOL Time WarnerLost $99 billion, still the worst ever
Mega-dealsTrillions spent yearly chasing the same dream
Culture clashKills more mergers than bad math does