In China, Bulls Sire Deal Making.

The article focuses on the increasing number of merger and acquisition (M&A) activities among Chinese companies in 2007. The $29.4 billion in local M&A transactions announced for the first nine months of the year exceeds last year's record full-year amount of $24.41 billion. According to Thomson Financial, the average size of domestic deals declared during the year is only $25.1 million. It notes that the most obvious factor encouraging such deals is a sharp increase in stock indexes.