Definitions

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  • noun A merger between two or more large corporations.

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  • noun informal A particularly large economic merger.

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ merger

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Examples

  • Last July, a group called the Coalition for Competition in Media wrote a letter to two key House subcommittee chairs on Capitol Hill, pleading for help in stopping the then-pending $30 billion megamerger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

    Bloomberg Set Up Lobbying Group To Block Comcast-NBC Merger: Report The Nation 2011

  • Last July, a group called the Coalition for Competition in Media wrote a letter to two key House subcommittee chairs on Capitol Hill, pleading for help in stopping the then-pending $30 billion megamerger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

    Bloomberg Set Up Lobbying Group To Block Comcast-NBC Merger: Report The Nation 2011

  • The distribution-space giant being formed by the megamerger of ProLogis and AMB Property Corp. already is looking at Europe as a major stomping ground.

    Post-Deal, ProLogis, AMB Look to Europe Anton Troianovski 2011

  • Last July, a group called the Coalition for Competition in Media wrote a letter to two key House subcommittee chairs on Capitol Hill, pleading for help in stopping the then-pending $30 billion megamerger of Comcast and NBC Universal.

    Bloomberg Set Up Lobbying Group To Block Comcast-NBC Merger: Report The Nation 2011

  • Many of us have serious worries about this latest megamerger and what it means for affordable broadband access.

    Preeti Vissa: The Revolving Door Continues Preeti Vissa 2011

  • The disclosure comes the same day CVS said first-quarter profit fell versus a year ago, thanks to lower margins at its PBM business, but maintained there were no plans to unwind the four-year-old megamerger and said that it would be a mistake to do so.

    CVS Receives SEC Subpoena Maxwell Murphy 2011

  • The megamerger that brought PBM giant Caremark into the CVS stable has been plagued by disappointments, and several analysts and observers have called for CVS to jettison the PBM business.

    Walgreen Profit Rises 10% on Prescription-Sales Growth Maxwell Murphy 2011

  • Another investor question arising from Monday's megamerger—which plumbers will AT&T go with?

    Risk of Supply Shock From AT&T Rolfe Winkler 2011

  • The exchange industry will next look to forming smaller-scale partnerships in lieu of megamerger deals, he said, though NYSE Euronext would "not shy away" from larger-scale deals if such a prospect presented itself.

    NYSE CEO: Appeal Possible, Clearing Strategy Again a Focus Jacob Bunge 2012

  • Many of us have serious worries about this latest megamerger and what it means for affordable broadband access.

    Preeti Vissa: The Revolving Door Continues Preeti Vissa 2011

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