Word: offload
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...crazes, this one started in the U.S. Sales and spin-offs accounted for 35% of M and A activity on Wall Street last year, up from 21% in 2000. Companies like Tyco International and Citigroup are jettisoning divisions; others, including GE, the Hilton Group and Motorola, are expected to offload units soon. In Europe, the market is smaller, but it's growing exponentially. According to J.P. Morgan, sales and spin-offs represented 8.2% of pan-European M and A activity last year, up from 2.8% in 1999. In the same period, Europe's entire M and A market nosedived nearly...
...warning bell sounded last year when the giant BMG Classics began to offload several of its most famous artists, including the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. There was speculation that when company sales failed to justify inflated costs of pop-star-like promotions, which can exceed $500,000, the management cried, "Re-structure." BMG declines to comment...