The $6.3 billion acquisition of Brazilian meat processor Bertin by its larger rival JBS was Latin Americas top deal last year, according to the fifth annual ranking of Latin Americas Top 100 M&As from Latin Business Chronicle and Thomson Reuters.
Other top deals included the purchase of food company Sadia by its larger rival Perdigao and France-based communications company Vivendis acquisition of GVT,
As expected, 2009 was a bad year for mergers and acquisitions globally and
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