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M&A turns to barter to finance deals

By Lina Saigol, M&A Editor

Published: May 20 2009 17:35 | Last updated: May 20 2009 17:35

It is the oldest form of commerce: trading what you have for what you want without exchanging money.

Businesses turned to bartering during the Great Depression of the 1930s, paying doctors with eggs or offering work in return for food.

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