<Li> Hiring: some companies use acquisitions as an alternative to the normal hiring process . This is especially common when the target is a small private company or is in the startup phase . In this case, the acquiring company simply hires ("acquhires") the staff of the target private company, thereby acquiring its talent (if that is its main asset and appeal). The target private company simply dissolves and few legal issues are involved . </Li> <Li> Absorption of similar businesses under single management: similar portfolio invested by two different mutual funds namely united money market fund and united growth and income fund, caused the management to absorb united money market fund into united growth and income fund . </Li> <Li> Access to hidden or nonperforming assets (land, real estate). </Li> <Li> Acquire innovative intellectual property . </Li>

The government has no power over companies joining together into larger companies