Question

Pick one of the Mergers or Acquisitions listed below and answer the questions below in your paper.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

- America Online and Time Warner - Dow Chemical and Dupont     - Heinz and Kraft Foods - Exxon and Mobil - Comcast and Time Warner Cable - Oracle and Sun Microsystems - Amazon and Whole Foods - CVS and Aetna - Dell and EMC

Be sure to use section headers and answer every question as follows within your paper.

1. Explain the deal. Merger or Acquisition

2. Structure of the deal. How was it financed? What was the cost?

3. What was the purpose and goals of the deal?

4. Whom do you believe benefited the most?

5. What do you believe are the significant downfalls/damages caused by the deal, if any?

6. Is the deal successful today? Do you feel it will remain successful?

7. What can they do to sustain and grow within their industry?

8. Could they be acquired?   If yes, a potential taker? If not, why?

9. Should they consider merging? If yes, with whom should they merge?     If not, why not?

10. If they could do it again or not do it at all, what would your advice be and why?