Execs see rise in corporate mergers.(SHORT TAKES)

Corporate mergers may be on the rise through the end of the decade, a new survey suggested. Twenty-seven percent of chief financial officers polled said they expect the number of corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As) overall to increase this year, and 48 percent of CFOs polled said they anticipate greater M&A activity during the next two to three years, according to Robert Half Management Resources.

Among industries, the greatest amount of merger activity is expected to take place in the t