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Related CRAIG GROESCHEL RAY KURZWEIL It's time for the merger and acquisition activity to increase here, ... It's largely been proven acq... ANDREW COLLINS maybe the odds are less than 50-50 after yesterday. GERARD ARPEY C. JOYBELL C. I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Merger and acquisition activity in Europe has taken off over the first two months of this year. A to... CLIVE MCDONNELL The merger creates a Goliath. What they have done is created the best of the best. DAVID SAKS They said the odds of First Union doing a merger of equals in the next 24 months is 10 percent or le... FRANK BARKOCY Companies are now taking a five-year-plus view. That's why we're probably going to see a greater lev... GAVIN WENDT The merger itself is a positive factor but pretty much priced in already, and some are now questioni... HIDENORI KARAKI I teach my children that in life, there is no control of what tomorrow is going to bring. There real... BEBE WINANS Certainly merger and acquisition activity will pick up. There are many small- and medium-size compan... CARLO PAMBIANCO CRAIG GROESCHEL We believe the likelihood of the merger going through remains high, but it is possible that the merg... HARRY BLOUNT We believe the likelihood of the merger going through remains high, but it is possible that the merg... HARRY BLOUNT STEWART BUTTERFIELD JOHN SHELBY SPONG JIM HARRISON The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry ... EVAN RACHEL WOOD You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. ROALD DAHL This recent wave of merger news provides some of the strongest evidence yet that companies are willi... ARNIE BERMAN 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would ha... KEVIN ROLLINS If you believe this a secular story then you should ignore cyclical swings. The banks may have bad q... RICHARD BOVE ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH 26. Don’t marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If y... JAMES C. DOBSON 'Sabotage' was an opportunity. That was journeyman work, but the irony is I learned more off... DAVID AYER We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA I'm sure if you do the odds, it's not 50-50, but I really wouldn't doubt it one bit, BRAD WILSON The big deals that have made sense have already been done. I'd be surprised if there was a large dea... ANGELA KOHLER ARUNDHATI BHATTACHARYA It's a little bit disappointing. Part of it is an industry slowdown and part, I suspect, is the dist... TODD RETHEMEIER If I went and told my boss to buy something with over a 50 P/E, he'd kill me, ... Both companies are... ETHAN MCAFEE R. D. LAING REGGIE WATTS You see, the what ifs are as boundless as the stars. SALLY GARDNER We live in a diverse nation, but it isn't that diverse. If any one state showed results so drama... TIMOTHY NOAH ERIC RIES In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being succ... JOHN CORBETT We have no doubt that Hillary Clinton will raise $50 million-plus, if she hasn't already, DAVID BRENNER LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI We are applying the hard-learned lessons of the California crisis, by assuring that clear and comple... JOSEPH KELLIHER You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That'... BLAKE FARENTHOLD 'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the ai... B. J. NOVAK Recent statistics have introduced an element of uncertainty into the economic recovery, ... We don't... RAM KOLLURI DEYTH BANGER It would have been helpful if the standard was released many months ago. Companies have already done... ERIC KAROFSKY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT GINNI ROMETTY DEYTH BANGER I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable... JEFF BECK We have brought a lot of companies into the Boston Scientific family and we have never been more con... PAUL DONOVAN It is hard to say exactly what the impact of such a speech can have on the development of merger neg... FRANK GOVERNALI There will be increased merger activity as global energy companies find buying proven reserves more ... JEFF RUBIN We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA A lot of the blockbuster products will lose their patents soon, so the companies are milking them fo... ALEXANDER GROSCHKE I think it's important to note that (today) we will have people greeting our customers in the parkin... BILLY LIVINGS Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU The smallest bookstore still contains more ideas of worth than have been
presented in the entire his... ANDREW ROSS You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ... THEHEALTHFOODGURU A low quality job is better than no job whatsoever. But if many of these jobs don't pay very well, a... BENJAMIN TAL BILL GATES It's probably 50/50 that we host. The 15th and 16th teams are up in the air right now. Oklahoma Stat... DWAYNE HULTQUIST The stock markets have been doing reasonably well and there's been a big hike in merger activity ove... DOUGLAS MCWILLIAMS Companies that wish to access the capital markets in the United States will no longer have the threa... JAY KASNER Public companies no longer have to fear the threat of securities class actions in 50 different state... JAY KASNER CHARLIE WATTS He needs to train well, but it is probably doubtful to be honest. We'll give him every opportunity, ... CHRIS CONNOLLY It's better, in terms of group benefits, to have a 50/50 split instead of one important, large group... JOSE HALLOY Merger and acquisition activity is the primary driver in the market. Investors are greedy for the ne... JUSTIN URQUHART STEWART BILL BRUFORD DEYTH BANGER I don't know how many members they have now, but I'm sure its far shy of 60. After the merger, the c... RICHARD TILLIS Biggest lesson I learned my first year in the NFL is no one gives a crap about what you did last wee... ANDREW LUCK In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful... JOHN CORBETT We are confident that the merger authorities will conclude that this merger is unlawful and cannot g... WILLIAM BARR If you want a job, do what I did: work for other people for 50 years; but the odds of you getting sw... DEAN JONES There are less than 50 guys on his level that we know of in the world. JEFFREY SWEETIN KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON All along, our biggest problem has been that the management team did not recognize that a 50 percent... LEE MOAK PETER BENCHLEY Less than 50 percent of people even have access to the Internet so there's an ignorance factor that ... GENE FAIRBROTHER The thing behind it short term, without any doubt, is the merger and acquisition activity. EDWARD MENASHY HANNAH SIMONE GAIL CARSON LEVINE CRAIG GROESCHEL MARILYN MANSON It has been a good year for many Denver merger and acquisition professionals. Many private equity fi... DAVID MEAD STEVEN GERRARD JOHN FLANAGAN LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. We're not even at the peak of the current cycle — we're only halfway up and already we're seeing a... JUDITH CURRY JAY-Z The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Certainly seeing more merger and acquisition activity going on encourages people too because it's a ... EDGAR PETERS J.A. REDMERSKI Tech is a great place to be at the moment. Merger and acquisition activity and good company earnings... MARIANO SANCHO There are no benefits in this merger for consumers or the U.S. economy. This merger continues the an... EARL COMSTOCK
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