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Articles about information technology investment banker (0-48 of 48)
- Sell Your C Corp Software Company- Asset Versus Stock Sale
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are the owner of a C Corp and are planning on selling your software company, you must understand the ramifications of the stock sale versus the asset sale. Here is what happens when there is an asset sale of a C Corp. The assets that are sold are compared to their depreciated basis and the difference is treated as ordinary income to the C Corp. Any good will is a 100% gain and again is treated as ordinary income. This new found income drives up your corporate tax rate, often to the maximu ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Tax Consequences Of Selling A Healthcare Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your healthcare business. As an M&A intermediary and member of the IBBA, International Business Brokers Association, we recognize our responsibility to recommend that you consult your attorneys and tax accountants for specific advice on your business sale transaction.
As a general rule, buyers of healthcare businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and ar ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Ten Signs That It's Time To Sell The Family Software Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - For the past 20 years you have built your software business. Your company has become part of your identity. Even when you are not at work, you are working, thinking, planning. You never stop. If you sell, you are leaving behind much more than a job. In this article, we will discuss some signs that might indicate that it is time to exit your business.
1. Late in your working life you are faced with a major capital requirement in order for your software company to maintain its compe ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Beware Of The Tire Kicker
By: Dave Kauppi | - We are often contacted by a healthcare company owner after he has been approached by a buyer. He wants information from us on the merger and acquisition process, which we are happy to provide. He wants to wait, however, to engage our firm to sell his company "until this situation with the buyer plays itself out."
This is the start of the death spiral. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but this rarely has a happy ending. These supposed buyers will drain your time, resources, f ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your C Corp Healthcare Company- Negotiate Hard For A Stock Sale
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are the owner of a C Corp and are planning on selling your healthcare company, you must understand the ramifications of the stock sale versus the asset sale. Here is what happens when there is an asset sale of a C Corp. The assets that are sold are compared to their depreciated basis and the difference is treated as ordinary income to the C Corp. Any good will is a 100% gain and again is treated as ordinary income. This new found income drives up your corporate tax rate, often to the maxi ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- The Number One Value Driver
By: Dave Kauppi | - Why is contractually recurring revenue so important? The first answer is risk. Buying a business is risky. Any factor that reduces this risk is rewarded with transaction value. Forecasted sales, for example, are at the high end of the risk scale and are heavily discounted in value. Historical time and materials revenues that are "most likely to be at about the same level" next year are somewhere in the middle of the risk scale and are valued accordingly.
The owner and key employee ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Avoid These Ten Mistakes In The Sale Of Your Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - Selling your healthcare company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
1. Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their healthcare business was they got an offer from a competitor or ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Tax Consequences Of Selling A Software Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your software business. As an M&A intermediary and member of the IBBA, International Business Brokers Association, we recognize our responsibility to recommend that you consult your attorneys and tax accountants for specific advice on your business sale transaction.
As a general rule, buyers of software businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are su ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Healthcare Company Mergers And Acquisitions- Avoid These Ten Mistakes
By: Dave Kauppi | - Selling your medical company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their business was they got an offer from a competitor or more often these ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- Deal Structures And Taxes
By: Dave Kauppi | - As a general rule, buyers of businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are surrounded by a team of experienced mergers and acquisitions professionals. Sellers on the other hand, sell a business only one time. Their "team" consists of their outside counsel who does general business law and their accountant who does their books and tax filings. It is important to note that the seller's team may have little or no experience in a business sale transaction.
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Ten Signs That It's Time To Sell The Family Healthcare Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - For the past 20 years you have built your healthcare business. Your company has become part of your identity. Even when you are not at work, you are working, thinking, planning. You never stop. If you sell, you are leaving behind much more than a job. In this article, we will discuss some signs that might indicate that it is time to exit your business.
1. Late in your working life you are faced with a major capital requirement in order for your healthcare company to maintain its c ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Should You Sell Your Healthcare Company?
By: Dave Kauppi | - For many healthcare companies, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO! There is an exception to this with the rapid rise of the new economy, new media, and highly scalable companies like Google, YouTube, Ebay, PayPal, and MySpace. In their case, their prospective customers highly value their newness, their breaking the mold, their non-establishment approach. They are viewed as doing what they do far better than the technology establishment stalwarts. The notable exception to this is App ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- Beware Of The Tire Kicker
By: Dave Kauppi | - We are often contacted by a software company owner after he has been approached by a buyer. He wants information from us on the merger and acquisition process, which we are happy to provide. He wants to wait, however, to engage our firm to sell his company "until this situation with the buyer plays itself out."
This is the start of the death spiral. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but this rarely has a happy ending. These supposed buyers will drain your time, resources, foc ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Software Company- Why Use A Merger And Acquisitions Advisor?
By: Dave Kauppi | - Perhaps the most important business transaction you will ever pursue is the sale of your software company. Many business owners attempt to do it themselves and when asked if they got a good deal, many respond with "I think so," or "I got my asking price," or "I really don't know," or "It was a disaster." Often times these very capable business people approach the sale of their business with less formality than in the sale of a home. The purpose of this article is to answer the questions - Why wo ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Why Earnouts Make Sense Today
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to present earnouts to sellers of healthcare companies as a method to maximize their transaction proceeds. Sellers have historically viewed earnouts with suspicion as a way for buyers to get control of their companies cheaply. Earnouts are a variable pricing mechanism designed to tie final sale price to future performance of the acquired entity and are tied to measurable economic milestones such as revenues, gross profit, net income and EBITDA. An intelligently str ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Achieving Strategic Value In The Sale Of A Software Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling an information technology company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation - a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our information technology clients maximize th ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- An Alternative To Venture Capital For The Healthcare Entrepreneur
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are an entrepreneur with a small healthcare company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth. According to Jim Casparie, founder and CEO of the Venture Alliance, the odds of getting Venture funding remain below 3%. Given those odds, the six to nine month process, the heavy, often punishing valuations, the expense of the process, this might not be ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, venture capital
- Selling Your Software Company- Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: Dave Kauppi | - In our mergers and acquisitions practice, a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called his or her own shots for the last 25 yea ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- The Pricing Dynamics Of Selling A Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - How much is my medical company worth? That depends. Of course it depends on profits, sales, EBITDA, and other traditional valuation metrics. A surprisingly important factor, however, is how you choose to sell it. If I could share with you how you could realize at least 20% more for your business would you read the rest of this article?
The way to achieve the most value from selling your healthcare company is to get several strategic buyers all competing in a soft auction process. ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Courses In Financial Management
By: Geetika Jain | - The constantly growing and evolving corporate sector in India has changed the way business is conducted in India. There is a more systematic and planned approach towards planning, execution and most importantly managing finances. The financial management of businesses has grown out of just record keeping maintaining credit/balance in ledger books. It is more professional, has wider implications and requires trained and experienced hands to effectively mange the finances of big and small enterpri ...
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- The Pricing Dynamics Of Selling A Software Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - How much is my software company worth? That depends. Of course it depends on profits, sales, EBITDA, and other traditional valuation metrics. A surprisingly important factor, however, is how you choose to sell it. If I could share with you how you could realize at least 20% more for your business would you read the rest of this article?
The way to achieve the most value from selling your software company is to get several strategic buyers all competing in a soft auction process. ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: Dave Kauppi | - In our healthcare mergers and acquisitions practice, a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called his or her own shots for the ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- An Alternative To Venture Capital For The Software Entrepreneur
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are an entrepreneur with a small software company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth. According to Jim Casparie, founder and CEO of the Venture Alliance, the odds of getting Venture funding remain below 3%. Given those odds, the six to nine month process, the heavy, often punishing valuations, the expense of the process, this might not be t ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Achieving Strategic Value In The Sale Of A Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling a healthcare company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation- a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our clients maximize their business selling price, I have gi ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Should You Sell Your Software Company?
By: M&A Guy | - For many entrepreneurs, technology based companies or healthcare companies, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO! There is an exception to this with the rapid rise of the new economy, new media, and highly scaleable companies like Google, YouTube, Ebay, PayPal, and MySpace. In their case, their prospective customers highly value their newness, their breaking the mold, their non-establishment approach. They are viewed as doing what they do far better than the technology establishment s ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Deal Structures And Taxes
By: M&A Guy | - As a general rule, buyers of businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are surrounded by a team of experienced mergers and acquisitions professionals. Sellers on the other hand, sell a business only one time. Their "team" consists of their outside counsel who does general business law and their accountant who does their books and tax filings. It is important to note that the seller's team may have little or no experience in a business sale transaction.
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Software Company Mergers And Acquisitions- Avoid These Ten Mistakes
By: M&A Guy | - Selling your software company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their business was they got an offer from a competitor or more often thes ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Before You Sell Your Healthcare Business- Focus On Recurring Revenue
By: M&A Guy | - This article discusses some actions the owners should take in anticipation of selling a medical business. Many of these actions would be implemented by the acquirer post acquisition. If you implement them prior to the sale, the buyers will reflect that in an enhanced purchase price. If the buyer implements them post acquisition, they certainly will not pay you for the improvements.
Review all long-term maintenance contracts and implement price increases that are covered by your a ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Before You Sell Your Software Company- Focus On Recurring Revenue
By: M&A Guy | - This article discusses some actions the owners should take in anticipation of selling a software business or an IT Services business. Many of these actions would be implemented by the acquirer post acquisition. If you implement them prior to the sale, the buyers will reflect that in an enhanced purchase price. If the buyer implements them post acquisition, they certainly will not pay you for the improvements.
Review all long-term maintenance contracts and implement price increase ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Software Investment Banking - The Art Of Business Valuation
By: M&A Guy | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling a software company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation - a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our information technology clients maximize their business se ...
Tags: sell software company, merger acquisition software, investment banker software industry, valuation
- Going Green: Commercial Property Owners Can Cut Expenses With New Solar Film
By: Craig Higdon | - Coupled with the economic climate and its recent effects on Commercial Real Estate, going green is just one of the choices available in an effort to cut costs in building and maintaining office buildings, retail stores, manufacturing facilities and malls. There can be significant savings in utility costs and there are many choices in the marketplace with regards to heating and cooling.
Now, new thin solar films are available that cover windows of office buildings all aroun ...
Tags: commercial property, cut operating expenses,
- Selling A Business, New Rules For Merger And Acquisition Success
By: M&A Guy | - If you are a business owner considering selling your business, most likely you will interview several business brokers or merger and acquisition advisors. In the process you might hear, "We have lists of qualified buyers." Some potential business sellers find this phrase almost hypnotic. It congers visions of this group of well funded, anxious buyers who can't wait to pay a generous price the moment they are made aware of this great opportunity.
For the larger business owners that ...
Tags: business brokers, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, valuation
- Selling Your Business - We Have Qualified Buyers
By: M&A Guy | - If you are a business owner considering selling your business most likely you will interview several business brokers or merger and acquisition advisors. In the process you might hear, "We have lists of qualified buyers." Some potential business sellers find this phrase almost hypnotic. It congers visions of this group of well funded, anxious buyers who can't wait to pay a generous price the moment they are made aware of this great opportunity.
Let's lift up the covers and look a ...
Tags: qualified buyers, business brokers, merger, acquisition, sell a business, , investment banker
- Financially Sound!
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Careers in the financial industry can reward individuals with good income and great relationships.
There was a time in history that a career in financial services meant being an insurance salesman, banker or accountant. Not anymore. The financial services field has expanded over the last twenty five years into a field of specialist occupations that can reward people who choose to make their living in financial services.
Evolution of ...
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- How To Recruit The Right Calibre Of People
By: Tom Burroughes | - While some banks bring people over from the institutional side to work with private clients, others look to integrate employees from their retail banking operations.
But increasingly private banks are seeking to recruit graduates who they can train to be the next generation of private bankers and relationship managers. With this in mind WealthBriefing asks what training programmes are on offer to young graduates.
In the UK, many of the domestically based banks offer ...
Tags: wealth management jobs, asset management jobs, private banking jobs
- It And The War For Talent
By: Tom Burroughes | - Perhaps unsurprisingly in an industry historically plagued by legacy systems, tactical fixes and workarounds, recent research by benchmarking research firm ComPeer in association with WealthBriefing found that wealth management staff were critical of their employers IT platforms.
Ian Woodhouse a director in the private banking arm of Ernst & Young says:
Traditionally wealth managers have not found it easy to invest in IT because wealth management is the IT guys nigh ...
Tags: wealth management jobs, asset management jobs, private banking jobs
- How The 2 Largest Us Computer Stores Started
By: David H Urmann | - Dell Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard are the 2 largest US computer stores. They both started with small capital investments and limited infrastructure. Through innovations and hard work, these companies earned millions of dollars, and continue to thrive in todays modern world.
Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computer Corporation, is the longest-serving chief executive officer of Dell today. Dell started selling personal computers when he was a freshman at the Univers ...
Tags: US computer stores, Dell Computer Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, personal computers, computer systems
- Marylhurst University - Degrees Online
By: Jarad Modason | - The educational landscape has seen a paradigm shift in the last decade. The mode of delivering lectures has also changed from classroom coaching and distance learning to the online mode. This has created a bigger opportunity for many aspiring students to take up various degrees of their choice. Hitherto unknown fields such as degrees in real estate studies are becoming commonplace nowadays because of the online education boom. There are many questions that students have regarding online educati ...
Tags: Marylhurst University, business administration degree
- Recipe For Business Success: Why Patience, Determination And Willingness To Learn Are Paramount
By: Cesar Campos | - The pyramids weren't built in one day and they certainly weren't completed with people throwing tantrums, giving up or refusing to look at innovative ways to create a masterpiece. In a way, constructing one of the greatest structures ever created is the same as building a business. Nobody goes into business with failure as a goal. Every entrepreneur from the fledgling young marketer selling lemonade on a makeshift stand to the newbie franchise owner to the home-based entrepreneur ...
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Business Services
- Financial Companies Are Embracing Rss
By: S. Housley | - Financial Companies are Embracing RSS
By Sharon Housley
Financial institutions are reaching out to clients using RSS feeds. While banks and financial institutions are usually slow to adopt new technology, that is not the case with RSS adoption. More and more professionals are using RSS in innovative ways, to stay ahead of their competition.
1. Bank Rate Changes
Bankers are using RSS to communicate bank rate changes. Feeds are updated regula ...
Tags: financial, bank, banks, rss feeds, rates, rate feed, bank rates, currency, money, finances, finance, banker, mortgage rates, stocks, stock monitoring
- Etfs: New Wave Or Riptide?
By: Bill Byrnes | - There was an excellent article discussing the pros and cons of investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the July 3rd Wall Street Journal: As ETFs Seek Niches, Risks Rise (unfortunately, The Wall Street Journal doesn't allow us to link to their articles, perhaps that will change after Rupert Murdoch buys Dow Jones.) There's over $500 billion invested in Exchange Traded Funds and, I believe, they will either replace open-end index mutual funds or force those funds to lower their expenses. A wi ...
Tags: ETFs, Index Funds, Mutual fund blog, Mutual Funds, investing
- The First Himss Venture Fair -2007
By: M&A Guy | - I attended the new Venture Fair at the Himss Conference and applaud the organizers for launching this new event. In spite of its maiden voyage, it was very well organized, well attended and very effective. In fact, the biggest difficulty was the weather not co-operating and the morning session had a majority of entrepreneurial presenters compared with qualified investors. By Mid Afternoon, with late arrivals, however, the ratio of investor to presenter was approximately one-to-one.
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker, M&A
- A Daedalian Guide To Online Directories
By: Pool | - Business directories are an Al address to both advertise and find advantageous contacts, assets and supplies. Since the Arcadia the internet has become brimful with directories to the L that at times they have afloat the search engines, Google and Yahoo for example. Such directories accost in a many forms. The address here is to air the antiestablishment directory types, their use on the internet and to accord tips on embarking one of the many employed for services.
First off, we ...
Tags: advertising, directory, website, online dir, promote
- Selling Your Business - Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: M&A Guy | - In our mergers and acquisitions practice a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called their own shots for the last 25 years is ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Looking To Sell A Healthcare Company - Consider An M&a Advisor
By: M&A Guy | - Perhaps the most important business transaction you will ever pursue is the sale of your business. Many healthcare business owners attempt to do it themselves and when asked if they got a good deal, many respond with "I think so," or "I got my asking price," or "I really don't know," or "It was a disaster." Often times these very capable business people approach the sale of their business with less formality than in the sale of a home. The purpose of this article is to answer the questions - Wh ...
Tags: merger acquisition healthcare, business broker healthcare, M&A, sell, investment banker, venture
- Is Venture Capital Right For You?
By: M&A Guy | - I tried and I gave up. When we started out high-tech Merger and Acquisition Practice, I thought it a natural fit to also offer finder services for Entrepreneurs seeking Venture Capital Funding. That service is no longer available. Why not you ask? We failed miserably. Our firm has successfully completed several small high tech M&A deals at great multiples, but finding venture capital turned out to be a very frustrating and unproductive experience.
Unfortunately many high tech ent ...
Tags: information technology business broker, merger acquisition, private equity, venture capital, software
- Why You Need A Home Inspection
By: Inspector | - Why Do I Need An Inspection?
Very simply, a house is the single largest investment most individuals will ever make. More and more purchasers are coming to understand the wisdom of a thorough home inspection prior to committing to its purchase. Home inspections have proven to be a positive and educational experience for prospective homebuyers. An impartial inspection by a Certified Home Inspector will provide a large measure of protection from unpleasant surprises and allow you to ...
Tags: home inspection, professional home inspection, barrie home inspector, tips for home inpection, Barrie Ontario, napoleon home inspections, real estate
- Selecting A Merger And Acquisition Advisor For The Sale Of Your Business - The Request For Proposal
By: M&A Guy | - In my prior business experience in the information technology industry, it was a very common practice for potential buyers to submit a Request for Proposal in order to make a purchase decision. After several years as a Merger and Acquisition advisor, I finally got an RFP. A light bulb went off.
This is the most important "purchase decision" a business owner will ever make, and yet the process of selecting an advisor in a multi million dollar transaction was generally less diligen ...
Tags: Request For Proposal, RFP, business broker, investment banker, sell business, merger acquisition
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