The Private Business Owner is starting a new feature that provides M&A news and tips each week. Jumping right into this week’s highlights, there is good news for all of North America, as the U.S. re-shoring initiative has gained more traction and Canadian M&A activity was up the second quarter of this year. M&A activity continues to recover nicely and the last week of July had 11 IPOs, making it one of the busiest weeks in 2011.
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