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.
Strong City is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. The population was 584 at the 2000 census. It is named after railroad magnate William Barstow Strong. The center of population of Kansas is located 4.5 miles north of Strong City at 38°27′15″N 96°32′10″W / 38.45417°N 96.53611°W / 38.45417; -96.53611. Strong City is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area. The small Kansas town surprised many communities when it announced its intentions to apply for an Amtrak station on Amtrak's proposed extension of the Heartland Flyer from Oklahoma City to Kansas City, Missouri. If the town should receive a station it would be one of the smallest towns in the Amtrak system to have a station.