Investopedia: The Bizarre Merger Of Jefferies And Leucadia

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) play a large role in business today. While many recent merger/acquisitions announcements have made quite a bit of sense for both parties, Monday's announcement that Leucadia (NYSE:LUK) will acquire the remainder of mid-tier investment bank Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) breaks that mold. Although this deal brings some fairly clear benefits for Jefferies, I'm not really sure that Leucadia shareholders should be celebrating this deal.

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Investopedia: Knight Capital Lives To Fight Another Day

For those who favor quick and brutal justice for market misdeeds, the travails of Knight Capital Group (NYSE:KCG) ought to offer some measure of satisfaction. While Knight's technology problem led to only about an hour of chaos in about 140 stocks, the costs to the company have been swift and severe. While Knight has secured a capital injection that will keep it in the game, the long-term viability of this business is still uncertain at best.

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