The Magic of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) -

Cutting our Workforce and our own Best Markets - Simultaneously

M&As in Manufacturing and Mining: 1940s-1990s
The figures go year by year across the chart - for example, first line, 1940, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49

	y0	y1	y2	y3	y4	y5	y6	y7	y8	y9
1940s	140	111	118	213	324	333	419	404	223	126
1950s	219	235	288	295	387	683	673	585	589	835
1960s	844	954	853	861	854	1008	995	1496	2407	2246
1970s	1351	1011	911	874	602	439	559	590	610	519
1980s	1560	2329	2298	2395	2243	1719	2497	2479	2970	3752
1990s	4239	3446	3502	3722	4383	4981	5639	gap	gap	gap

Source - various years of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.