TY - BOOK AU - McQuown,Judith H. TI - Playing the takeover market: how to profit from corporate mergers, spinoffs, tender offers, and liquidations SN - 0872237079 (hbk) AV - HD2746.5 .M35 1982 U1 - 658.1'6 PY - 1982/// CY - New York PB - Seaview books KW - Mergers ans acquisitions KW - Consolidation and merger of corporations KW - Corporate reorganizations N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [241] N2 - The book provides solid strategies for investing in takeover stocks. By applying methods used by professionals for years, MCQuown shows how any investor can identify companies that are ripe for takeover by using commonsense deduction, by picking up signals in the press, by charting trends, and by analyzing a few key elements of a company's balance sheet. She examined the pros and cons of buying a stock before a tender offer has been made ER -