Business Combination Quotes

Financial "synergy" is a will-o'-the-wisp.It looks good on paper, but it fails to work out in practice.

Typical mergers happen when there are two competitors coming together, and they reduce overhead.

Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.

... the world's largest merger.

Later in that administration, I was asked to take a job which I had to turn down as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs because we were just then putting together the merger of two small law firms that became this law firm. I couldn't leave them at that point.

I believe the combination of Travelex and Apax will represent a powerful force.

The complexity increases exponentially when you try and combine two companies that both need to be restructured in their own right.

We get talent and scale from mergers.

This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities.

Once parties [businesses] merge, the eggs are very difficult to unscramble.

Bolthouse is a great strategic fit with Campbell.

Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?