Biggest mergers of the year

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25 largest deals - Year to date
Target Name	Acquiror Name	Deal Date	$ Value of Deal (mil)	Full Report
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER)	Bank of America Corp (BAC)	09-14-2008	48,766.20
Yahoo! Inc (YHOO)	Microsoft Corp (MSFT)	02-01-2008	43,711.60
Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC)	Shareholders (NULL)	04-30-2008	28,829.70
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC{RBS} (NULL)	HM Treasury (NULL)	10-08-2008	26,062.90
HBOS PLC (NULL)	Lloyds TSB Group PLC (NULL)	09-17-2008	25,439.50
William Wrigley Jr Co (WWY)	Mars Inc (NULL)	04-28-2008	22,361.20
Audi AG (NULL)	Porsche Automobil Holding SE (NULL)	09-16-2008	20,118.10
British American Tobacco PLC (NULL)	Shareholders (NULL)	08-08-2008	19,826.70
St George Bank Ltd (NULL)	Westpac Banking Corp (NULL)	05-12-2008	17,933.00
British Energy Group PLC (NULL)	Lake Acquisitions Ltd (NULL)	03-15-2008	16,938.40
Continental AG (NULL)	Schaeffler KG (NULL)	07-12-2008	16,302.30
Rohm & Haas Co (ROH)	Dow Chemical Co (DOW)	07-10-2008	15,513.10
Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (NULL)	Investment Corp of Dubai{ICD} (NULL)	01-31-2008	15,213.20
Wachovia Corp,Charlotte,North Carolina (WB)	Wells Fargo & Co,San Francisco,California (WFC)	09-29-2008	15,112.00
HBOS PLC (NULL)	HM Treasury (NULL)	10-08-2008	14,799.40
YPF SA (YPF)	Petersen Energia Inversora SA (NULL)	05-21-2008	14,587.00
Rio Tinto PLC (NULL)	Shining Prospect Pte Ltd (NULL)	02-01-2008	14,284.20
Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NULL)	Teck Cominco Ltd (NULL)	07-29-2008	13,599.10
ING Groep NV (ING)	Netherlands (NULL)	10-19-2008	13,410.20
Origin Energy Ltd (NULL)	BG Group PLC (NULL)	04-30-2008	13,013.00
Fortis Bank SA/NV (NULL)	BNP Paribas SA (NULL)	10-06-2008	12,765.30
Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS)	Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ)	05-12-2008	12,565.00
UST Inc (UST)	Armchair Merger Sub Inc (NULL)	09-05-2008	11,685.30
Embarq Corp (EQ)	CenturyTel Inc (CTL)	10-01-2008	11,559.40
Alcon Inc (ACL)	Novartis AG (NULL)	04-07-2008	10,547.50

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