# Prof. Roy Smith on recent political interest in mergers

1 Faculty News June 17, 2014>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-17/pfizer-to-at-t-made-political-footballs-in-shaky-recovery.html) -- "'This may be the first time we have seen a large number of high profile M&A deals in a low-growth environment in which countries might argue that mergers that reduce local employment should be stopped,' said [Roy Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-smith), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

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