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.
Grandin is a city in Cass and Traill counties in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The population was 181 at the 2000 census. It is now a bedroom community for the nearby Fargo-Moorhead area. Grandin was founded in 1881. Grandin was the birthplace of the abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still.