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Romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.

Matt Groening

With this overlap in mind, (takeover) interest from third parties may well be limited.

Morgan Stanley

If the shares drop to 7 euros the company could be ripe for a takeover, and that is probably [for] the best.

Thijs Berkelder

If the Manhattan Institute is against the state takeover of Medicaid costs of county taxpayers and new property tax rebates for homeowners, they are out of step with New Yorkers.

Scott Reif

This is a takeover, not a merger of equals.

Adrian Pilz

In most cases, the idea behind poison pills is to give members of the board full control of the takeover process.

Barry Goldsmith

With the takeover offer open, the results are less relevant now, but it's clear that from an operating point of view things are going well, especially with regard to the top line.

Martin Possienke

This is an obscene action by the Detroit City Council. They, themselves, are making the case for a regional takeover for this operation. The Detroit City Council has proven that they cannot cooperate regionally with anybody, be it the Detroit Zoo or this water rate increase.

Joe Munem

It is possible to imagine new regulatory restrictions and government involvement in stock swaps, even if it is part of a friendly domestic takeover and even though they are used everywhere else in the world.

Jakob Edberg

Of all the takeover candidates Kingfisher is not amongst the walking dead, as it has attractive businesses, which are dominant in their respective markets.

Seymour Pierce

The stock is cheap and many investors are speculating on a takeover offer, thus it's no surprise that the shares are reacting quite strongly.

Dirk Becker

The share price can only be explained by takeover speculation.

Alexander Groschke

I think Bristol-Myers is an excellent takeover candidate. It has a bloated cost structure and some really good mid- to late-stage products.

Jason Napodano

(The takeover) helps us to anticipate future restructuring in the retail sector. For example, we cannot imagine that rival Aeon will not do anything after this.

Hitoshi Yamamoto

It's irresponsible of George Lucas to OK the marketing around this PG-13 movie to young children, ... Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood.

Susan Linn

While current Sharper Image management is making progress with expense initiatives, the merchandise turnaround should take longer. In addition there is the possibility of further near-term disruptions with a potential takeover of the company. Therefore we remain on the sidelines.

Joan Storms

The proposed takeover of Schering is in line with our strategic objective to further grow our health care business, especially in the area of pharmaceutical specialty products.

Werner Wenning

This stock is up on potential takeover rumors.

Scott Appleby

A takeover bid is underscoring prospects for the sector, which has been benefiting from a recovery in consumer spending.

Susumu Abe

I think Stratum is over-rated, God's Own might need the run and I'm not convinced about Takeover Target.

Mark Morrissey

The market's not that stretched on valuations, it's a bit frothy because of the takeover activity but at the end of the day companies are quite cheap.

Mark Bon

This excellent result further reinforces the advice given to unit holders that they should take no action on the takeover offer made by ING Property Trust until they are in receipt of all relevant information.

Bruce Davidson

I'd be surprised if we get tacit admission from the company, but the takeover probably distracted Oracle's front-line sales reps and customers.

Jason Brueschke

Earnings continue to come in above market expectations. Takeover speculation is also fueling demand, so the market just continues to rise.

Patrick Casselman

The discussions with Alex and Carlos (Quieroz) as to where the team needs strengthening took place before the takeover.

David Gill

We think consumers can now show their disgust at this highly unethical takeover.

Ruth Rosselson

Sprint is very inexpensive versus the WorldCom takeover. It's over a 25 percent discount. First, (there is) the $76 that WorldCom will be acquiring it for. And we think it's a very strong likelihood that merger will go through by the end of the year.

Tim Horan

It has been struggling either side of 6,000 for a few days now but it's been a fantastic first quarter. We've had a good run, buoyed up with a combination of takeover hopes and strong commodity prices.

Roger Cursley

It was probably the first hostile takeover (attempt) of that size in Japan. It is true that the concept (of hostile takeovers) struck not only corporate managers but the public.

Shinichi Ichikawa

Even under martial law powers the Bill of Rights is not suspended and therefore Section 5, which gives the President the power to takeover operations of a station, I personally think it's constitutionally questionable.

Mario Bautista

It is unlikely that bondholders would get utterly buried in a takeover. There is a lifeline, in the form of covenants.

James Foster

After that happens, we are then able to widely distribute the takeover offer which includes full details of the proposal.

Bob Lineham

We will only start managing the hotel once the takeover is completed.

Dennis Tan

Continuing takeover speculation on a host of companies may see another near term rally in equity markets.

Matt Buckland

We will be launching a document probably tomorrow with the French regulators to launch the takeover offer for the remaining 25.3 per cent.

Stephen Allen

These are good, solid results with no surprises. But if you look at the stock's performance over the previous week it is down 10 percent against the market on concern that the issues in Alaska would stop the takeover of Arco.

Gordon Gray

This is pretty typical response...Very rarely do you have a hostile takeover where the (target) company says: 'it's a great price'.

Robert Gibson

The whole 'right to choose' thing -- that is sooo pre-right-wing-takeover!

Ralph Reed

They will see this as a hostile takeover of an entity that has let them down in the past.

Randy Stafford

When Oracle first announced the takeover, success was more important because the applications business wasn't doing well, ... Now it's doing well enough that I'm significantly less concerned about Oracle not being able to take over PeopleSoft.

Jason Brueschke

Many investors are speculating on a takeover offer.

Dirk Becker

The chances of a successful takeover have decreased a lot today.

Gert Biesmans

I believe that several shareholders will sue over the takeover decision.

Peter Dreier

We're still seeing takeover activity. That's positive.

Owen Fitzpatrick

There is continued takeover speculation surrounding the entire group. I suspect that is the primary reason moving the stock.

Michael Flanagan

We have trained staff who will screen the call to determine whether there has been an account takeover, a true identity theft or simply a possibility of identity theft, and put the person in direct contact with whoever can help them.

Brian Rose

If they want to use shares to buy a company, then if their shares fall it will make it harder for that takeover to proceed. The market's probably getting a bit of indigestion as regards to the size of the predatory move.

Jason Teh

Usually the fourth quarter is takeover time.

Garrett Williamson

Technical analysis will show you unusual trading patterns which might indicate a takeover bid or an institution building up a stake.

Michael Heffernan

It is very unusual for a suspect to come in, march right through he doors brandishing a handgun and order everyone to the ground. That's what we call a takeover robbery, where he takes control of everything going on within the four walls of the bank, take his cash and flee.

Paul Mccaffrey

It diminishes the whole process to call it a leftist takeover ? much less a feminine takeover; what's happening today is a takeover of the democratic majority.

Marta Lagos

The takeover is creating uncertainty for an industry which at the moment is working well in Spain. The lack of an industrial plan heightens this.

Jose Montilla

This is not the same old anti-takeover protection response.

Kurt Schacht

The takeover would make strategic sense.

Gert Biesmans

There's going to be a scramble in the next couple of months to pick up some of the smaller mills, especially in North America. Wheeling-Pitt is ripe for a takeover or buyout.

Mary O'connor

There are companies that in my mind are obvious takeover candidates.

Harvey Eisen

The mayor has taken us through a series of fiascos with the takeover of private bus lines. The city is down to half as many running buses as we had a few years back and riders are forced to wait twice as long for service.

John Liu

Sprint is very inexpensive versus the WorldCom takeover. It's over a 25 percent discount. First the $76 that WorldCom will be acquiring it for. And we think it's a very strong likelihood that merger will go through by the end of the year.

Tim Horan

While market expectation is that it will eventually lead to a full blown takeover, it could in the medium term prove to be a negotiating tactic - the board of the London Stock Exchange now have to think again with regards to their possible future while Nasdaq has effectively left itself with a big say in any future developments.

Keith Bowman

Australian banks have a higher PE ratio, (share price divided by earnings per share), so it would seem unlikely that foreign banks would rush in to launch a dilutive takeover.

John Mulcahy

If they make too many concessions then the potential synergy values to them of the takeover begin to evaporate.

Angus Gluskie

The ramifications would have been a moratorium on new development, all new development, residential and commercial; heavy fines from the federal government through the federal courts; and possibly the takeover of the city's water system.

Shirley Franklin

The takeover vehicles being created tend to be high risk because they are exposed to a lot of debt. The fear could be that in 15 years the new owners are unable to invest in the needs of [port] customers.

Alastair Gunn