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Which large-cap companies in the media, pharma-biotech and information technology sectors have done the best work in strategic M&A? The Deal put that question to readers in its second annual Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers survey earlier this fall. On Thursday the company announced the results at its Deal Economy 2010 conference in New York.

In media, readers judged Walt Disney Co. to have performed the best during the three-and-a-half year period they were asked to assess. CBS Corp. was runner-up.



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