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M&A Expected to 'Improve Substantially' in 2010

February 8, 2010 | Vincent Valk

The chemical M&A market is set to "improve substantially" this year, according to Peter Young, president of Young & Partners (Y&P; New York), a boutique investment bank. "We hit a trough in volume in the first quarter of 2009, and a...

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