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"U.S. retail and consumer merger &amp; acquisition (M&amp;A) activity during the second quarter of 2014 was driven by eight multibillion dollar transactions, anchored by the food and beverage (including alcohol and retailing) sectors, exceeding year-over-year deal value by 104 percent and volume by 52 percent, according to PwC\u2019s U.S. retail and consumer deals insights Q2 2014 report released today."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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