When Sprint and Nextel merged in $2005,$ the combined stock lost $76$

percent of its value by $2021$ at which point SoftBank agreed to

purchase the company. SoftBank stock dropped $20$ percent the week

after announcing it would acquire Spring. This example of a

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supports research that

do not create

automatically.

expansion; merger and acquisitions; corporate success

divestiture; acquisitions; profits

acquisition; acquisitions; shareholder value

cost savings; mergers; profitability