It's too early to get into that. That's something we'll address once the merger closes.
Michael Coe
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There is a bit of evidence that a merger would bring economies of scale, but it's hard to say just who would benefit from those.
Mark V. Pauly
It could be a merger with another player, it could be joint-venturing a material part of our business with someone, it could be financing the company in a completely different way, it could be just maintaining the status quo.
Joe Houssian
This merger would create a monopoly in those areas where cable television is not available, thereby eliminating the only competitive choice for millions of households.
Charles A. James
Merger and acquisition activity is the primary driver in the market. Investors are greedy for the next deal.
Justin Urquhart Stewart
Our merger with Union Camp is going not only well, but well ahead of expectations.
John Dillon
It's not surprising that Lacy is retiring. In the merger, he certainly appears to be a transitional figure.
Walter Loeb
This is a takeover, not a merger of equals.
Adrian Pilz
We are big enough at this stage to grow our business strongly. I am not ruling out what you may describe as bolt-on acquisitions -- what I am ruling out is a significant merger or anything like that.
Tom Mckillop
A merger of two previously disconnected worlds.
Jerry Hirshberg
It's a great deal. A joint venture doesn't cost (AT&T) as much as a merger would and it gets them into homes and businesses. Michael Armstrong is trying to win the battle from a different angle.
Philip Wohl
It should be clear that the burden of coming forward with adequate restructure proposals should be on the sponsors of the merger.
Robert Pitofsky
The purchase is certainly no bargain. That would suggest, to the extent they have ambitions for a significant merger, they are concentrating on the London Stock Exchange.
Benn Steil
The merger with Bank of Punjab has brought new business lines, especially in its SME (small and medium enterprises) portfolio, and increased our low-cost retail deposit base.
Shailendra Bhandari
Certainly merger and acquisition activity will pick up. There are many small- and medium-size companies that need to consolidate to compete, especially in Italy.
Carlo Pambianco
If a big French bank and a big British tank were talking of a merger, there would be scope for things to go awry if it's not clear who is running it.
Gerry Rawcliffe
So, we concluded that this (merger process) is not only important, but must be implemented immediately. The move to install better trading facilities in the bond market will be much easier if we first merge the two exchanges.
Darmin Nasution
A merger in a red-hot group is explosive.
James Dines
The merger is a possibility and it would create important synergies for both lenders.
Niccolo Pini
The merger will have a big impact on retailers. This will likely trigger consolidation within the industry, helping to drive profitability at retailers higher.
Yoshihisa Okamoto
We expect something from the FTC this quarter. We said all along that we expect regulatory [approval] to be completed by the end of first quarter and complete the merger by the first half.
Arch Currid
This merger is all about shaping our future.
James Rogers
I think it's still a merger of equals. I think you will see that it's a pretty good balance.
David Gunasegaram
It's a little bit disappointing. Part of it is an industry slowdown and part, I suspect, is the distraction of the merger.
Todd Rethemeier
This (BellSouth) merger will not affect those plans.
Richard Lindner
Both companies are dedicated to advancing to a broader array of investment products. This merger will give them bulk and more marketing channels.
Donald Light
I maintain the belief that it is not that easy or productive or value-creating going for a mega-merger.
Franz Humer
The merger will create a stronger competitive position for the businesses both in New Zealand and in Australia.
Phil Pryke
The consumer finance crisis could trigger more [merger and acquisition] activities.
Vincent Chang
Could Total survive and thrive without Elf? Yes. Could Elf survive without this merger? Of course, ... the two companies would run more efficiently together.
John Hervey
With this merger, PacifiCare members will have the benefit of this technology years ahead of when we would have had it were to remain.
James Frey
We are very confident that we'll get the merger closed by mid-year. The story basically reaffirms what the FCC has said all along -- that it may or may not impose conditions.
Selim Bingol
Merger talk among utilities has been dominating markets for days and you cannot say when this will end.
Guenter Senftleben
It is undisputed a preliminary injunction would kill this merger.
James Robertson
The impact is for the long-term. Users will see more integration between content and distribution after the first year or two after the merger.
Bruce Kasrel
As the market has rebounded and as the economy has improved, so has the appetite and dollars available for merger activity.
Bob Barnett
It is hard to say exactly what the impact of such a speech can have on the development of merger negotiations.
Frank Governali
As for the merger proposition, they have not gotten back to us.
Nestor Tan
At this stage, and clearly with the AGL merger looming, it's prudent for us just to maintain that guidance.
Bob Browning
Any of the four would be willing to do [a merger] if they were shielded from liability.
Art Bowman
Our pensions trusts are more than adequately funded, and nothing in the merger agreement changes BellSouth's, or after closing [of the deal], AT&T's obligation to honor existing pensions.
Joe Chandler
The time has come to look at whether New York banking has become anti-competitive. A merger of this size is something that low-income neighborhoods cannot afford. We've had more than enough.
Matthew Lee
This was about as good a performance coming off a big merger as seen in technology.
Tony Ursillo
We have no specific information about what number of job cuts would be at BellSouth. That's going to be determined after the close of the merger.
Joe Chandler
The merger should not be approved unless the executive compensation package is stripped out.
Phil Angelides
Our merger with Liberty Corp. allows us to take an exciting and logical next step into an exceptionally attractive group of markets.
Paul Mctear
The merger creates a Goliath. What they have done is created the best of the best.
David Saks
The merger would be against the public interest and should be prohibited.
Patricia Hewitt
The merger activity in the market is positive for stocks. Companies have a lot of cash on their balance sheets.
Thomas Muehlberger
They either need a major new product or they need a merger.
Richard L. Evans
Heinz is confident that this acquisition will meet the criteria for final clearance. This deal has already received approval from the merger authorities in Ireland and Germany.
Jane Miller
In our opinion this news is not new and should not slow down the merger with Guidant.
Joanne K. Wuensch
They're doing anything and everything to keep the company intact until the (merger) deal is done.
David Heupel
This order is intended to ensure that this new medium, characterized by openness, diversity and freedom, will not be closed down as a result of this merger.
Robert Pitofsky
I think we will be number three (after the merger with Equitable PCI). We're hoping to get an answer from Equitable PCI board before the end of this month.
Nestor Tan
AOL would do everything in their power to get [the merger] through. It would sell as much as possible. But they might not have to sell anything.
Pat Comack
We view the vote as an overwhelming endorsement of the merger.
John Still
The merger will help lower costs by expanding production capacity. The combination will narrow the gap with Korean companies.
David Hsieh
Frankly, it's kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the brand. It's a way to tell all of our customers and investors why this merger is important to them.
Roy Spence
If concluded, we believe the merger would add significant value to shareholders.
Lorna Tilbian
Yes, it has been stated in the signed agreement that the issue of merger of the two parties would be facilitated after the elections.
Veerappa Moily
We want certain guarantees that they won't pull out of the small group market and premiums won't pay for the merger.
David Fink
We had a lot going for us before the merger. We never said it was a do-or-die situation for America West.
Carlo Bertolini
Synergies from the AT&T merger will be 20 per cent better than expected.
Richard Lindner
This merger is a cataclysmic event, second only to the Big Bang in the amount of energy it produces.
Joan Centrella
We do not expect this development to interfere with the progress of the pending merger between Guidant and Boston Scientific.
Steve Tragash
We have brought a lot of companies into the Boston Scientific family and we have never been more confident or enthusiastic about the prospects for a merger.
Paul Donovan
Tech is a great place to be at the moment. Merger and acquisition activity and good company earnings make it a sector you have to be in.
Mariano Sancho
Governments do not have right to take measures relating to competition, if it is a merger that falls under our (jurisdiction).
Jonathan Todd
I think among this group of chip companies there's a period of merger and acquisition activity coming up.
Christopher Chaney
We always look at markets, and this is the classical market - and we have three of them. The merger of these three down to two would probably cause a competitive inquiry by somebody.
Harvey Saferstein
I don't think the merger is going to impact the level of competition for residential customers very much. What you have here is, you're substituting the AT&T name for BellSouth.
Robert Gruber
What happened when Warner merged with Pfizer in the end of May is that you will have a much broader portfolio. You will have probably 10 different drugs growing at double-digit rates. One of the advances of this merger is to broaden the focus beyond just the two drugs.
Jeffrey Chaffkin
We had looked for Wells to enter into a merger but we didn't know Norwest would be the other partner.
Tom Theurkauf
The German government approves of such a merger and will approve the budget necessary to achieve it.
Gerhard Schröder
There are no problems with the deal. The real question is whether the merger would block competition and in this case, it won't because the industry is already monopolistic.
Miguel Folly
This merger is particularly challenging to review, not so much because of its size, but because of its novelty, ... It's difficult to grasp the impact on consumers in markets that have barely emerged.
Michael Powell
This is a belated copycat lawsuit that is completely without merit, and an interesting tactic for someone that didn't vote against the merger.
Rick Stone
The merger will give us technology to enable consumers to interact with their physician and health plan.
Jeff Arnold
Toll remains committed to the proposed merger of the Toll and Patrick businesses.
Paul Little
This is the type of merger that we've seen in the past and that we're going to see more of in the future.
Michael Schneider
I'm not at all frightened, ... We are big enough now -- we now have the scale from this merger to compete.
Tom Mckillop
The merger-and-acquisitions cycle and also the market are far more beneficial in Europe and Asia and in emerging markets than they are in the U.S..
Huw Van Steenis
The offer that we have now is almost identical to the offer that was associated with separation that will occur after the merger.
Joe Chandler
The entire transaction is a landmark merger exercise and value-enhancing for all shareholders, customers and employees.
Nazir Razak
It does offer us the job protections that have eluded us since this merger was announced.
Gary Richardson
A merger this huge creates a maze of affiliate transactions and accounting that will be difficult to oversee and audit.
Sharon Miller
We see the rationale for this merger as separate and distinct.
Michael Coe
When we announced the merger agreement on Aug. 8, this was not the case.
Peter Thonis
This [type of transaction] has never been done before, ... Capitalizing on Merger Chaos.
Robert Lamb
This merger will allow us to move to a single brand for wire line, for wireless, for business and consumer, and that's AT&T. A single brand is much more cost-efficient and far more effective.
Randall Stephenson
This merger is a leap for Gold Fields into the international arena that could not be achieved through organic growth alone.
Chris Thompson
Mitsubishi UFJ's first priority is to digest the merger, ... Speed of execution is the crucial factor.
Standard Life
Guidant may actually come out ahead in this and the reason is they're a larger company from a market cap position than Boston Scientific, so, it's kind of like a small company buying a larger company. At the end of the day, they may be the dominant company in this merger.
Dr. Matt Willen
Merger deal flow is going to reflect an economic recovery and stock market recovery. They go hand in hand.
John Orrico
This is a very important step forward as we move toward completing our merger with HP.
David Booth
This merger combines two high quality businesses and will change the face of Russian retailing.
David Noble
Historically, the consumer has been subsidized by business users. Unfortunately, with the deregulation of this industry, the consumers are going to pay more regardless of this merger. It's already in the cards.
Bruce Roberts
In certain countries, the merger and acquisition model is more attractive because of the existing franchise and our ability to buy into them.
Anthimos Thomopoulos
We believe this combination and this merger will change the experience for our customers. It is a game-changing event.
John Killian
In the broad sense, our concern was that the merger of these two powerful companies would deny to competitors access to this amazing new broadband technology.
Robert Pitofsky
This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable TV.
C. Michael Armstrong
The merger will really boost bilateral trade opportunities for businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.
Roy Thomas
There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe -- this is in the interest of jobs in Europe.
Lakshmi Mittal
This merger is extremely dangerous for consumers.
Gene Kimmelman
I don't know how many members they have now, but I'm sure its far shy of 60. After the merger, the chamber do not do what it promised it would.
Richard Tillis
The UFJ merger was our first step into the new era after bad loans.
Nobuo Kuroyanagi
Intellectual property issues rarely derail a merger. If there was an issue, there would probably be an economic adjustment between Abbott and Boston Scientific.
Randy Katz
This merger will enable our customers to accelerate their deployment of high speed data services.
Gary Seamans
We have always said it was a merger of equals, but things have changed over the months. The structure now is what emerged from the merger of equals, but things have developed into what we are today.
Thomas Froehlich
This means at this stage we have some concerns about the proposed merger ... The formal decision of the second stage will be adopted before the end of this week.
Mario Monti
This merger is not just about [cost savings]. It's the opportunity to integrate the two businesses and generate new revenue growth.
John O'neil
Activity levels are probably higher than I've seen in my 25 years at Goldman Sachs. Client activity is very, very high. CEO confidence is quite high. You see lots of merger activity going on.
David Viniar
I think it raises the possibility of another merger if this one gets through.
Gareth Thomas
There is a lot of merger and acquisition activity, and where it is affecting particular stocks in an industry, you're seeing a lot of action.
Tom Mcintyre
We're constantly looking at merger and acquisition opportunities. We'd be fired if we didn't.
Bobby Godsell
There are various merger and acquisition options that we can and will explore.
Frans Van Houten
The facilities involved are those associated to pre-merger Boeing. The major ones were the Puget Sound, Wichita and Philadelphia facilities.
Peter Conte
The only way this company can improve their earnings is through pursuing a merger or by being acquired. It's not very innovative, but it's what they're going to have to do.
Barbara Ryan
We are not in discussions with [Palm] about any kind of merger.
Money Magazine
As we value what each one of us have, we want to create a new model through our merger.
Toshifumi Suzuki
If they screw it up, there probably won't be another rail merger approved, at least in my career.
Michael Lloyd
Experience with claims of efficiency defenses... indicates that efficiencies are often exaggerated and, perhaps even more often, can be achieved through non-merger routes.
Robert Pitofsky
It will take some time for the merger to be completed.
Andrew Levi
This is an ideal merger for both companies.
Michael Roemer
The merger between MTFG and UFJ Holdings will become a major turning point.
Hideo Kumano
Barring a miraculous recovery _ cheap oil, massive increase in travel or the low-cost carriers just disappearing _ at least one, if not two, of these legacy carriers will disappear via merger or liquidation.
Anthony Sabino
They've agreed to a merger so short-term earnings are not a priority right now.
Eric Schmidt
This would have to be a friendly affair with both companies sitting down to talk about the benefits of a merger.
Enrique Soldevila
The thing behind it short term, without any doubt, is the merger and acquisition activity.
Edward Menashy
Certainly seeing more merger and acquisition activity going on encourages people too because it's a signal to them that things are undervalued.
Edgar Peters
This merger is a logical next step.
Ed Whitacre
There are no benefits in this merger for consumers or the U.S. economy. This merger continues the anticompetitive resurrection of the old Bell monopoly.
Earl Comstock
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