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M&A Seen Rising in Survey

Stock quotes in this article: PFE , JAVA , ORCL , WYE , MRK , SGP  

M&A professionals believe the deal environment is showing signs of improvement, according to a survey.

Total announced merger and acquisitions activity totaled $480.3 billion in the first quarter of the year -- down 28% from the first quarter of 2008, according to the survey by the Association for Corporate Growth and Thomson Reuters.

Major deals include Sun Microsystems' (JAVA Quote) planned $5.6 billion sale to Oracle (ORCL Quote); Pfizer's (PFE Quote) purchase of Wyeth(WYE Quote) for $68 billion; and Merck's (MRK Quote) $41.1 billion purchase of Schering-Plough(SGP Quote). ...

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