Using TFSD Worldwide M&A

The search is demonstrated below using DialogWeb 2.0. You will have a chance to try searching DialogWeb on your own for the practice exercises at the end of the lesson.

To see a movie of the logon procedure, click here.

To start my search, I will type BEGIN 551 in the command text box, click the button or press the ENTER key on the keyboard.

Click the Command Summary icon to see a summary of the commands we will use for this search.

I will enter my SELECT command in the command text box as follows:

select alcoa/aq and ty=1999

Tip 6-1

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6-3

Search Tip 6-1:

We can restrict our search to the acquiring company by using the suffix (/aq) and to the targeted company using the suffix (/tg).

Example:

select intel/aq and netscape/tg

We can also narrow the search to deals effective in a particular year by using the prefix (ty=).

Example:

select ty=1999

Command Summary

File 551 Sample Search

?begin 551
?select alcoa?/aq and ty=1999
?select s1 and reynolds/tg
?type s2/medium/