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Typically when two people get married, there are two willing adults. From time to time, though, things may feel a little forced — a shotgun and an angry father may be involved.

The same goes when companies get together and combine. Usually, the terms of a deal are fairly straightforward. Typically, a larger company is looking to bolster a part of its business. The company could hire a team of people to build that company from scratch, pairing up researchers to design the product, finance people to price it right and control costs, marketing people to whet the consumers’ appetite, and operations people to get the product. But all that takes time and money. So instead, companies often buy already existing companies, saving themselves a lot of work.