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Corporations are constantly trying to maximize their profits by increasing or decreasing the size of their operations. They do this via mergers or acquisitions (M&A's), and/or spinoffs, downsizing and outsourcing.

Within the last 10 years, research a corporate merger between two corporations (e.g. Time Warner/AOL, Sprint/Nextel or Sirius/XM radio) that is publicly traded with public stock holders and then addresses the following in a 1 or 2 page APA style response:

Compare the profitability of the firms (including stocks prices) before and after the merger.

What were the anticipated sources of the improved profitability?

Were they realized? Why or why not?

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