M&A deal machine seen buoying markets post-Fed: Reuters

For all the uncertainty on financial markets surrounding the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to put off a rise in interest rates, investors bet it will keep the music playing for corporate deal activity, Reuters reported. Worldwide mergers and acquisitions have hit US$3.1 trillion year-to-date, according to Thomson Reuters' data, just 0.9 percent shy of 2007's record over the same period.

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