Which of the Following Statements Is Most CORRECT

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most CORRECT?

• A) A conglomerate merger is one where a firm combines with another firm in the same industry.
• B) Regulations in the United States prohibit acquiring firms from using common stock to purchase another firm.
• C) Defensive mergers are designed to make a company less vulnerable to a takeover.
• D) Hostle mergers always create value for the acquiring firm.
• E) In a tender offer, the target firm's management always remain after the merger is completed.

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Definitions:

T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups to determine if they are significantly different from each other.

Nonsignificant

An outcome of a statistical test indicating that the evidence is not strong enough to reject the null hypothesis.

Nonsignificant

A statistical term indicating that the results of an analysis do not show evidence to reject the null hypothesis, suggesting that any observed effect could be due to chance.

Insignificant

A term used in statistics to describe a result that fails to provide enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis.