Conglomerate mergers are currently the center of attention in the corporate world. The Wall Street Journal recently published a three-part series on the conglomerate, which was labeled the "corporate phenomenon of the '60s." In a special report, Business Week wrote: "No creation of the U.S. economy reflects the vigor, imagination, and sheer brass of the 1960s more than the conglomerate corporations." Although they are the object of much discussion, little about conglomerates has been agreed upon