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Differences between merger and acquisition?

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Merger is when the owners of two separate businesses agree to combine their resources and form a new organisation.
Acquisition is is when one business takes control of another by purchasing a controlling interest in it.

in simple terms: merger is when 2 businesses come together (i.e. merge) and acquisition is when one takes over another.

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