ARCHIVED  February 1, 1998

Mergers, acquisitions soar 42 percent

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Merger mania has arrived.
Mergers and acquisitions involving firms along the Northern Front Range soared 41.7 percent in number last year, with 17 transactions occurring vs. 12 in 1996.
Nationally, 7,772 transactions valued at $653.5 billion occurred in 1997, compared with 5,836 deals valued at $466.6 billion in 1996. The numbers come from Houlihan Lokey˜s Mergerstat, a division of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin in Los Angeles. Mergerstat tracks publicly announced transactions using Securities & Exchange Commission filings, news releases and other sources.
The total value of the Northern Front Range deals could not be accurately determined, because so many…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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