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Special Report - Banking, Finance & Investment - August 02, 2012
M&As should rise post-election, Cascadia executive says
Q2 brought slower activity amid political uncertainty, Europe debt crisis impact

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Michael Butler
Michael Butler
The number of companies growing through mergers or acquisitions slowed beginning in the second quarter but should pick up after the election, says Michael Butler, chairman and CEO of the Seattle-based advisory firm Cascadia Capital LLC.

Butler says although M&A activity isn't at a standstill, strong momentum hasn't happened since early 2012 as attention turned to the U.S. presidential election. The debt crisis in European countries and uncertainty about its potential impact on the...


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