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"You would think with depressed consumer
spending that the consumer sector would be a depressed area, but we are seeing
incredible activity in the consumer space and we think it will continue," says
Hiter Harris, founder of M&A boutique bank Harris Williams & Co. Other
sectors Harris predicts will flourish in middle-market dealmaking this year
include healthcare, technology, aerospace and government services
and transportational logistics. - Mary Kathleen Flynn
