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.
Comstock Park, established as "Mill Creek" on Indian Mill Creek in the 19th century, is an unincorporated community in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes. The population was 10,674 at the 2000 census. The CDP covers an area in southeast Alpine Township and southwest Plainfield Township near the Grand River. The Comstock Park ZIP code 49321 larger areas in central and eastern Alpine Township and western Plainfield Township, as well as a small area of southern Algoma Township. The town hosts the West Michigan Whitecaps baseball club of the Midwest League.