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Corporate mergers create larger, more geographically diverse clients needing larger, more geographically diverse law firms.

Ward Bower

I'd say this is closer to a bump in the road than a real red flag. I don't recall any mergers that have been held up by (intellectual property) issues.

Michael Barr

The landscape is fairly well littered with large technology companies whose mergers have not been that successful.

Rick Lane

Given his experience with mergers there is a lot of speculation that he will go in there and do a big deal, ... but we're a bit skeptical of that.

Mark Thomas

The door is now open to some kinds of corporate activity with very few checks. Scrutiny by the court is good, but one consequence is that you almost have the death of control over mergers.

Chris Bright

These mergers will be bad for competition and bad for the customers.

Claudia Kemfert

Banks' abilities to execute complex cross-border mergers has improved and the environment in which both the customer and the regulator would perceive them has improved.

Russell Collins

We're seeing alliances, not mergers, among leaders, which reflects clearer thinking about what is good.

Andy Neff

Frankly, we question the timing of this announcement on the heels of one of the largest mergers in the history of software.

Gregg Moskowitz

Mergers of equal partners are rare and difficult to carry out.

Juan Fernandez

There's a need to expand branch network and not shrink them in the name of mergers.

Dr Kamal Hossain

Banking has been the driving force in mergers and acquisitions this year. With over $1 trillion in all U.S. deals, about $250 billion have been in the banking sector.

Richard Peterson

This is an extremely competitive business, and horizontal mergers like this make sense.

Allen Sinai

All those mergers create opportunities, and we're looking at some of [them].

John Best

Companies are trying to take some action in order to reduce their expenses, so you'll likely see some further mergers and acquisitions.

John Lichtblau

People will always be a little bit concerned that higher interest rates will go too far and threaten company earnings, which will then mean mergers and acquisitions don't make a great deal of sense.

Robert Talbut

There is a huge amount of consolidation in the industry, and that consolidation is smaller companies all becoming larger through mergers or acquisitions or any kind of arrangement. So what's really going on is there's a huge pressure to lower their costs.

David Manning

We have found that, though their stars are generally old, the galaxies that result from these mergers are relatively young.

Pieter Van Dokkum

The economic case for further mergers and consolidations in Europe is very strong. We haven't seen all the bidders come out.

Lucy Macdonald

I have seen great value in Europe. There will be a lot of (mergers and acquisition) plays in Europe that will be very positive.

David Liu

There is no reason for us not to go after large mergers.

Ron Sommer

I think it makes sense to see some mergers. The competitive advantage seems to be with the low-cost carriers.

Joel Denney

Mergers and acquisitions will continue to be a major driver for the next 12 months. There is a lot of cash on corporate balance sheets and very attractive valuations.

Giles Keating

We believe there could be greater impetus for potential mergers among the second-tier players in 2006.

Frank Lee

The cost of mergers and acquisitions is too much.

Dong Junfeng

Mergers offer a faster way of achieving our longtime goal of an economy of scale, which is very important [in making profits].

Barry Lam

The big difference is that government rarely has mergers.

Pete Anderson

We're beginning to see greater levels of mergers as the economy improves and as executives that have been reticent get more comfortable with their own business.

John Orrico

The only thing driving it today is mergers and acquisitions, it's the story today as it has been for the last couple of weeks. There's good sentiment out there about corporate earnings.

Oliver Stevens

We are beginning to see some signs of improvement in mergers and acquisitions and an increased number of transactions.

David Goldfarb

Massive dark matter halos are clearly detected in disk galaxies, so where did they disappear to during the mergers?

Avishai Dekel

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

Chris Schott

More (conditions) would clearly have been better, ... This is better than approving these mergers without any conditions.

Michael Copps

When the economy is growing faster and businesses want to replenish inventories and make the kind of capital expenditures, mergers and acquisitions that outstrip their internal financing, then they will turn to banks.

Stuart Hoffman

There was no language that required or forced mergers in those counties, but clearly if funding were provided for one and you have to maintain three, there would have been some things to talk about.

Adam Levinson

The Boston Globe is just struggling mightily. It's a function of the Boston economy; it's a function of the mergers of advertisers like Bank of America and Fleet.

Douglas M. Arthur

They need to re-acquire credibility before even considering major mergers and acquisition. There is still plenty of growth and improvement potential in the existing businesses.

Andrew Wood

The market has been dominated by the big mergers that have been announced.

Ric Klusman

The mergers are going to impact everyone who depends on the Bells. When it comes to marketing and buying equipment, the Bells are going to get better deals.

John Hodulik

It has been another storming day with plenty of mergers and acquisitions activity.

Edward Menashy

The market is being dominated by mergers and acquisitions activity -- all the fundamentals have fallen into the background.

Edward Menashy

Mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors will be a market highlight this year. Banks, retailers and steel-making stocks will be favorites.

Zhang Lan