If you've been paying even a little bit of attention to the news lately, you will have

noticed a worldwide trend.

You might call it Independence Feaver.

The polls have closed in Scotland, and the vote over independence went down to the wire

closer than a lot of people imagined.

And a plan to split California in six different states is one step closer to a vote this morning.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Barcelona to demand the right to vote on

independence from Spain.

Now Catalonia is not alone in the battlefield for sovereignty.

Another Spanish region, the Basque Country, is also seeking a referendum on independence.

In Iraq, the President of the country's autonomous Kurdish north has asked the regional

parliament to prepare for a referendum on independence.

But while countries are threatening to break apart, companies are moving in the opposite

direction.

The Foss Food Giant Burger King is in Merge Talks with Canadian coffee and donut chain to

importance.

If the deal goes through, it will create the world's third largest Foss Food Chain.

Dollar General has gone hostile and it's bit to buy a rival family dollar deal.

America's two biggest cable companies announced a 45 billion dollar merger.

Three of the four largest German deals ever have happened in 2014.

We've seen 61 billion dollars worth of German companies buying US companies this year.

But here we are again and it's just another example of an M&A frenzy.

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