"Any acquisition certainly creates more opportunities for additional growth."

The acquisition would create a big European company in the growing market for electronic sales.

The acquisition will create one of the largest information assurance and managed security services firms in Europe.

And if their acquisitions truly create value, executives holding a significant amount of the company's stock will profit from higher share prices.

However, a merger or acquisition can also create its own problems.

The acquisition created a bank holding company with nearly 600 branches and $30 billion in assets.

The acquisition created the world's largest publicly traded asset management firm.

The acquisition would have created the world's largest facilities management company.

The 2001 acquisition created the second largest bank in Michigan as ranked by assets.

The acquisition created a strong combined signal with just under 50% overlap.