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December 4, 2011
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Spending on Security Companies Booming, PwC Finds With the exception of the recessionary year of 2009, the last three years has seen an M&A mini-boom with spending on security companies rising every year to reach record heights in 2011, which has already recorded $10.1 billion of deals.
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