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Sales of small Pittsburgh-area businesses during the first quarter of 2008 spiked dramatically compared with the same three months in 2007, as 15 transactions closed, almost quadrupling the four-deal volume of a year earlier.

BizBuySell.com, which chiefly handles very small business transactions, based its data on the 124 Pittsburgh-area companies listed for sale on its Web site.

Mr. Scott Mashuda, Managing Director of CPAs Earn CPE Credits with REAG, has completed teaching his course “The Bond Between Deal Structure and Deal Value: How

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 28, 2008Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Scott Mashuda and Mr. Todd Torquato of REAG in Pittsburgh, attended the event “Breaking News: How to Effectively

Pittsburgh Business Times – January 4, 2008 – by Jennifer Curry

A weakened U.S. dollar helped fuel a frenzy of foreign investments in local companies during the fourth quarter.

However, experts say the currency advantage could be short-lived.

CCAC Center for Professional Development Mr. Scott Mashuda, Managing Director of REAG, completed his first of five teaching assignments for CCAC’s “Center for Professional Development”

Pittsburgh Business Times

A brief glimpse of mergers and acquisitions in Pittsburgh shows a lot of activity: Companies that have been involved in deals just since the start of the year include tech firm CM IT Solutions of Wexford, accounting firm Urish Popeck & Co. LLC, and insurance firm the HDH Group Inc.

Nationwide, M&A activity has been steadily rising the past few years. In 2002, there were 7,411 deals nationwide at a total value of $441 billion. By 2006, that number had soared to 11,750 deals worth $1.5 trillion.

Through March 21, there were 2,471 deals worth $356 billion this year already, a rate that would equal or exceed last year’s numbers, according to FactSet Mergerstat LLC, a Los Angeles-based firm that tracks global mergers and acquisitions.