1. Participants in a ______ continue as separate firms, but create a new corporation or partnership.

   		Merger
   		Acquisition
   		Joint Venture
   		Business Alliance

2. ________ involve selling assets, a product line or a subsidiary to another company. The key reason for this is that they are worth more as a part of the buyers organisation than as part of the sellers.

   		Leveraged buyout
   		Dual recapitalization
   		Equity Carve-out
   		Divestiture