According to the latest statistics of THOMSON FINANCIAL SERVICES DATA, international merger and acquisition operations attained a new record level of $1,900 bn in the first half of 2000, or up 26% on the same period last year. The survey indicates, notably, that: i) the media, new technologies and telecommunications sectors were particularly in demand, with 38.7% of the total. The purchase of TIME WARNER by AOL - AMERICA ONLINE, acting as example with $187 bn invested; ii) the largest...