In order to find the slope, it is simplest to put this line equation into slope-intercept form. If I rearrange this line to be in the form  y = mx + b , it will be easy to read off the slope m.
While there are several types of transactions classified under the notion of M&A, a merger means a combination of two companies to form a new company, while an acquisition is the purchase of one company by another in which no new company is formed.
noun. The definition of fusion is the act of melting or blending two or more separate things into one. An example of fusion is creating a dinner that combines Indian and Japanese elements.1  a fusing or melting together. 2  the union of different things by or as if by melting; blending; coalition: a fusion of political parties. Physics A nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy. 2  Music that blends jazz elements and the heavy repetitive rhythms of rock. 3  Also called jazz-fusion, jazz-rock.