The mergers and acquisitions business is booming again, with a flurry of recent deals whose size recalls the heady days of the 1980's.

The practice is too closely connected to the profitable merger and acquisitions business.

It also earned record fees from its merger and acquisitions business.

Their move was the talk of the corporate world because they were among the leading figures in the ultra-profitable mergers and acquisitions business.

The business has virtually disappeared in recent months with the moribund state of the mergers and acquisitions business.

First Boston, for instance, has lost its two top specialists in investment banking, which could affect its mergers and acquisitions business.

Well, without all those fine briefcase-carrying commuters, my friend, New York wouldn't even have a mergers and acquisitions business.

For 1995 the firm was the leading investment bank in the mergers and acquisitions business.

The results reflected surging trading profits and strength in its mergers and acquisitions business.

Mr. Siegel had built one of the most active mergers and acquisitions businesses in investment banking.