What are the sources of the Deal Retriever merger and acquisition transaction data?
A. Deal Retriever monitors several business publications, reports, and online reporting services on a daily basis to track mergers and acquisitions as well as issues impacting M&A activities in selected industries. Publications and reports regularly reviewed include The Wall Street Journal, The Deal.com, Value-Line, Dow Jones Newswires, Information Week, Electronic News. Online databases and reporting services monitored include the Edgar filings of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Edgar Online, CBS MarketWatch, M&A Insight, Yahoo! Finance and Hoover’s. Q. What does Deal Retriever provide that the business press and online reporting services do not provide? A. Deal Retriever provides three analytical tools that save you time and money. First, you can focus on a particular industry immediately. Next, summary statistics for the industry and other criteria you select are provided. Finally, graphical representations of six key purchase price multiples for the industry and other crite