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The most disastrous takeovers of all time

Mergers and acquisitions from hell
Pennsylvania & New York Central Railroads in 1968
Pennsylvania & New York Central Railroads in 1968
Pennsylvania & New York Central Railroads in 1968
AT&T & NCR in 1991
AT&T & NCR in 1991
AT&T & NCR in 1991
Quaker & Snapple in 1994
Quaker & Snapple in 1994
Quaker & Snapple in 1994
Daimler & Chrysler in 1998
Daimler & Chrysler in 1998
Daimler & Chrysler in 1998
Yahoo & Broadcast.com in 1999
Yahoo & Broadcast.com in 1999
Yahoo & Broadcast.com in 1999
Yahoo & GeoCities in 1999
Yahoo & GeoCities in 1999
Yahoo & GeoCities in 1999
Citicorp & Travelers in 1999
Citicorp & Travelers in 1999
Citicorp & Travelers in 1999
AOL & Netscape in 1999
AOL & Netscape in 1999
AOL & Netscape in 1999
AOL & Time Warner in 2000
AOL & Time Warner in 2000
AOL & Time Warner in 2000
Yahoo & Kelkoo in 2004
Yahoo & Kelkoo in 2004
Yahoo & Kelkoo in 2004
Newscorp & MySpace in 2005
Newscorp & MySpace in 2005
Newscorp & MySpace in 2005
Kmart & Sears in 2005
Kmart & Sears in 2005
Kmart & Sears in 2005
Sprint & Nextel in 2005
Sprint & Nextel in 2005
Sprint & Nextel in 2005
Toshiba & Westinghouse Electric in 2006
Toshiba & Westinghouse Electric in 2006
Toshiba & Westinghouse Electric in 2006
Bank of America & Countrywide in 2008
Bank of America & Countrywide in 2008
Bank of America & Countrywide in 2008
Wesfarmers & Homebase in 2016
Wesfarmers & Homebase in 2016
Wesfarmers & Homebase in 2016
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Mergers and acquisitions from hell

They always seem like a good idea at the time, but mergers and acquisitions have a notoriously high fail fate and research shows between 70% and 90% end in tears. Here we look at the most traumatic tie-ups in history and what happened next...
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Daniel Coughlin

03 July 2018

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