By Wesley Brown Following the near collapse of the U.S. housing market and the financial crisis of 2008–09 that triggered the Great Recession, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the banking sector surged after a record number of banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) failed between 2008 and 2013. A June 9 […]
Category: Finance
Finance is the study of money and how it is used. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires the money needed – called capital in the company context – and how they then spend or invest that money.