Reuters reported in a recent story that publicly-traded US pharmacy benefit management company Express Script Inc’s shares jumped 10.5 percent when the company gave a better than expected 2011 profit outlook.

According to an October 6, 2011 Reuters report, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp, the long-time gun-maker, has decided to sell its perimeter security business and concentrates solely on its core guns business.

It’s important in the world of mergers and acquisitions that merchant banks play an impartial role and avoid the perception or reality of conflict of interest.