Briefly describe a corporate merger that you have read about recently or been part of as an employee:

$*$What kind of a merger was it$?$

$*$What was the motivation for the merger?

$*$What barriers existed for this merger? Have these been overcome? Why or why not?

$*$How well is it working from the perspectives of the various stockholders?

$*$As far as you are able to determine, what factors are contributing to the success or lack of it$?$