- Europe: according to figures published by THOMSON FINANCIAL SECURITIES DATA, the money involved in European mergers-acquisitions reached new record heights in Europe and in the world in 1999, following an already good year in 1998. This type of operation increased to $1,213 bn last year, or some 105% more than the previous year and accounted for 37% of the amount of all transactions recorded throughout the world. Other characteristics, the transactions, of which an increasing number are...