LinkedIn Answers: Mergers and Acquisitions (Sirius/XM, Microsoft/Yahoo!?, etc...)

While some of you are reading the latest on the XM buyout yesterday, I had a chance to peruse some of our top question on LinkedIn Answers on the topic of Mergers and Acquisitions.

Just yesterday, the buyout was approved by the Justice Department.

The Justice Department has approved the $5 billion buyout of XM Satellite Radio by a rival, Sirius Satellite Radio, saying the deal was unlikely to hurt competition or consumers. (Source: New York Times)

So, if you were unaware, LinkedIn Answers has a sub-category called "Mergers and Acquisitions" under "Finance and Accounting" that professionals bouncing ideas ranging from valuation of an acquisition to research sources on the topic. Here are three picks from within that category that'll give you a feel for the quality of questions and answers that you find on the topic of M&A within LinkedIn Answers. Let's start with one of the open questions.

Yes, that questions (above) should have been spell checked, but despite that it yielded a slew of insightful answers from the following:

Or, more in-depth answers, particularly this one from a manager of corporate development at 3M - Zafar Khan.

There are other questions that help provide resources to many of your unanswered questions:

* Sergey Prasol, asks what'd be a useful source in the internet about M&A that covers topics ranging from financial model templates to theoretical info. Here it is.

The answers range from Business Value Express to Pratt's Stats. A ton of valuable information for those immersed in this field. For a plethora of answers on the topic of Mergers and Acquisitions from over 20 million professionals, go here.