what was the 1990s acquisitions frenzy 
the 1990s will be remembered in corporate america as the decade of the internet bubble and the megadeal the late 1990s in particular spawned a series of multibillion dollar acquisitions not seen on wall street since the junk bond fests of the roaring 1980s from yahoo s 1999 5 7 billion purchase of broadcast com to athome corp s 7 5 billion purchase of excite companies were lapping up the growth now profitability later phenomenon 89 such acquisitions reached their zenith in the first few weeks of 2000 the bottom linefinancial transactions can range from simple buy and sell deals to acquisitions that take place when one company acquires most or all of another entity s shares to take over the target s operations other reasons for acquisitions can include entering a new market gaining market share or even cutting out the competition large scale acquisitions make big news but these deals are fairly common in the small sized to midsized business market 