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FT Video: Takeovers Explained

Geoff Riley

10th February 2016

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An excellent short resource to use when teaching the economics of business takeovers. n the first part of the new FT video series Finance Decoded, City editor Jonathan Guthrie explains how deal values are calculated, why bosses pursue corporate takeovers and what they mean for investors?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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