Mergers and Acquisitions: M&A’s Class Struggle

• Chicago giant RR Donnelley spends nearly $500 million to acquire storied financial printer Bowne & Co. of New York.

• IWCO Direct, Chanhassen, MN, orchestrates a move to obtain the U.S. operations of Transcontinental Direct. The latter boasts sales volume in excess of $120 million annually.

• Houston-based Nationwide Graphics purchases the assets of its former ward, Premier Graphics.