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25 largest deals - Year to date
Target Name	Acquiror Name	Deal Date	$ Value of Deal (mil)	Full Report
Wyeth (WYE)	Pfizer Inc (PFE)	01-23-2009	67,285.70
Rio Tinto Ltd (NULL)	Aluminum Corp of China {Chinalco} (NULL)	02-12-2009	4,100.00
Rio Tinto PLC (NULL)	Aluminum Corp of China {Chinalco} (NULL)	02-12-2009	3,100.00
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (NULL)	Morgan Stanley (MS)	01-09-2009	2,700.00
Swiss Reinsurance Co (NULL)	Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKA)	02-05-2009	2,590.40
Commerzbank AG (NULL)	Finanzmarktstabilisierungs fonds{SoFFin} (NULL)	01-08-2009	2,426.70
Terra Industries Inc (TRA)	CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)	01-15-2009	2,139.90
BTA Bank JSC (NULL)	Samruk-Kazyna Fund (NULL)	02-03-2009	2,094.10
Bank of America Corp (BAC)	United States Department of the Treasury (NULL)	01-22-2009	2,000.00
OZ Minerals Ltd (NULL)	China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co Ltd (NULL)	02-16-2009	1,672.50
Advanced Medical Optics Inc (EYE)	Abbott Laboratories (ABT)	01-12-2009	1,377.70
Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA (VCP)	Investor Group (NULL)	01-20-2009	1,355.90
Zhong Guo Nian Dai Energy Investment(Hong Kong)Ltd (NULL)	China Energy Development Holdings Ltd (NULL)	02-04-2009	1,289.80
Aracruz Celulose SA (ARA)	Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA (VCP)	01-20-2009	1,148.30
Aracruz Celulose SA (ARA)	Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA (VCP)	01-20-2009	1,148.30
PNC Financial Services Group Inc (PNC)	United States Department of the Treasury (NULL)	01-02-2009	1,142.00
Distribucion y Servicio SA (DYS)	Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)	01-27-2009	1,104.50
Boddington Gold Project, Western Australia (NULL)	Newmont Mining Corp (NEM)	01-27-2009	1,090.00
ApexHi Properties Ltd (NULL)	Redefine Income Fund Ltd (NULL)	01-15-2009	1,010.20
CV Therapeutics Inc (CVTX)	Astellas Pharma Inc (NULL)	01-27-2009	981.20
Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc (NULL)	H Lundbeck A/S (NULL)	02-09-2009	900.00
Rio Tinto PLC-Potash Assets (NULL)	Cia Vale do Rio Doce SA (RIO)	01-30-2009	850.00
Interwoven Inc (IWOV)	Autonomy Corp PLC (NULL)	01-22-2009	781.00
Rio Tinto PLC-Iron Assets (NULL)	Cia Vale do Rio Doce SA (RIO)	01-30-2009	750.00
Outram Ltd (NULL)	HongKong Electric(Holdings)Ltd (NULL)	02-05-2009	732.60

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