Mergers Quotes

Again it's all driven by mergers and acquisitions activity, and telecoms are in the limelight. - Simon Jeffries

After three years of cost-cutting, companies have a lot of cash and are looking to grow earnings. I expect to see a lot more mergers and acquisitions. - David Graham

A paradox exists in the world of mergers and acquisitions. Other studies that have looked at M&A deals in the past 20 years have found that deals in earlier M&A cycles destroyed, rather than created, shareholder value. Yet to grow to be an organization operating on a global scale, it is almost impossible to do so quickly enough through organic growth alone. Mergers and acquisitions have in many ways become necessary. Interestingly, evidence is now mounting that the deals conducted in the current merger wave may be different. Across a broad range of industries throughout the world, lessons learned are being applied. - Marco Boschetti

A major wild card that has yet to really surface is legislation that allows U.S. corporations to repatriate foreign earnings at a 5.25 percent tax rate instead of 35 percent. To be eligible the money has to be repatriated in 2005 and reinvested by Dec. 31, 2007. While the money cannot be used for many corporate activities, it can be used for mergers and acquisition. - John McCamant

A lack of mergers has allowed them to stay focused on strategy, Their alliances have been a success. - Chris Schott

[Mergers and liquidations are] going to happen... They're going to realize the industry has too much capacity, too many hubs, too many seats, too many airlines. - Ray Neidl

[Higgins said he believes the winning bidder probably will pay more than $60 a share, while the loser will be left with a weaker position.] I see it as a lose-lose situation... Integration problems with airline mergers are legendary. - Jim Higgins

(Mergers are) good for the industry. Just the fact that there are fewer companies in the industry should help stabilize pricing in the long term. In the near term, there could be some benefit to Western Digital. There probably will be some merger-related losses. Western Digital is in a good position to pick up share. - John Rydning

(China) hasn't created a very good environment for mergers and acquisitions. - Wu Xiaoling