CHAPTER 14 Mergers and Acquisitions

“In the takeover business, if you want a friend, you buy a dog.”

Carl Icahn

Glossary of Terms

TBTF: Too Big to Fail (see Chapter 10).

BHCA: Bank Holding Company Act.

BMA: Bank Merger Act.

FIRREA: Financial Institutions and Regulatory Reform Enforcement Act (see Chapter 11).

OCC: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (see Chapters 11 and 12).

FDICIA: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (see Chapters 11 and 12).

Intramarket Merger: A merger of two firms operating in the same market, competing for the same customers.

Intermarket Merger: A merger of two firms operating in different markets.

Horizontal Integration: When firms providing similar services or manufacturing similar products ...

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