Drop in operations in 2009. In 2009, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the world will collapse in value by 56% compared to 2008 figures, according to the latest estimates of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), published at the end of November. This constitutes the sharpest decline since 1995. Operations of this kind are expected to attain a level of 600 billion dollars, compared to around 1360 billion in 2008. This net decline is largely down to the 60%...