In the law of corporations, a merger is effected when one or more corporations becomes a part of, or merges, with another corporation so that one ceases to exist and the other continues to exist. In a merger, the company that continues to exist retains its name and identity and acquires the assets, liabilities, franchises, and powers of the corporation that ceases to exist. Attorneys who practice in mergers and acquisitions (sometimes called M & A) represent corporations and other business entities in strategizing, negotiating, and carrying out transactions in which two or more companies or corporations combine into a single new entity, a merger, or where one business purchases and absorbs the assets of another, an acquisition.
Saint George is a small unincorporated community located in the "Georgia Bend" of the St. Mary's river in Charlton County, Georgia, United States. Along with Moniac it is one of the two southernmost settlements in Georgia. The population in 1900 was about 1,000. The town has since declined although it is not a ghost town.